Vol 65 No 4 | MALAWI Generals persist with banned arms deal 15th February 2024 The army went ahead with a major arms purchase even after the government cancelled it and said all deals with Zuneth Sattar were over The government is in turmoil after its claims that all deals with the businessman Zuneth Sattar, who is accused of bribing dozens of top Malawian officials and politicians, had bee...
Vol 64 No 23 | MALAWI IMF devaluation demand shock 16th November 2023 President Lazarus Chakwera was accused of running away when he left the country on 8 November for Saudi Arabia despite knowing that the kwacha would be devalued by 44% hours after ...
Vol 64 No 22 | MALAWI UK cops in court 2nd November 2023 Government law officers have been so slow to summon witnesses to appear in trials brought by the Anti-Corruption Bureau that witnesses from Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) ap...
Vol 64 No 19 | MALAWI Bribes case on the rocks 21st September 2023 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has decided not to prosecute government officials who may have taken bribes so long as they return them to the state, according to leaks to the med...
Vol 64 No 16 | MALAWI You can run and you can hide 3rd August 2023 Former National Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose non-fatal shooting in 2013 blew the lid off the Cashgate scandal of wholesale plunder of the public purse by politicians, is rep...
Vol 64 No 12 | MALAWI Mutharika manoeuvres for a comeback 5th June 2023 So dire is the record of the incumbent that the opposition believes Peter Mutharika could be elected president again in 2025 The political situation is in such turmoil that the next contest to lead Malawi is already dominating talk in the capital. Ex-President Peter Mutharika is planning a comeback, acco...
Vol 64 No 4 | MALAWI Anti-corruption furore goes global 10th February 2023 Law officers are determined to obstruct fraudbuster Martha Chizuma's investigations as foreign envoys sound a warning The government has launched a war of attrition against the courts as it tries to stop Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director-General Martha Chizuma from investigating top politician...
Vol 63 No 24 | MALAWI Chakwera's travels and travails 23rd November 2022 There's no let-up in popular anger with the President's trips abroad, while the government mends fences with the IMF Nobody was surprised to see President Lazarus Chakwera's motorcade loudly booed as it swooped past motorists languishing in long queues for scarce petrol on the weekend of 3-4 Nove...
Vol 63 No 13 | MALAWI Chakwera sacks and attacks 23rd June 2022 President Lazarus Chakwera has reacted to the Anti-Corruption Bureau report that he demanded to be produced within three weeks by sacking key officials, but also by attacking the A...
Vol 63 No 12 | MALAWI Bribery accusations engulf government 27th May 2022 Revelations in an English court and public anger at the behaviour of top law officers are challenging President Chakwera's authority The case of businessman Zuneth Sattar, who is being jointly investigated by Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) for alleged bribery over...
