Category: Courts

* Articles can instigate public anger against him and could also result in violent mob action * Can lead to loss of business for Batatawal’s companies impacting on his constitutional right to economic activity By Duncan Mlanjira Karim Abdul Batatawala, one of the suspects being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the landmark corruption charges, has demanded a public apology from the Nation Publications over its newspaper and online articles that Batatawala deems to have portrayed him in…

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The ghastly scene that appalled the public * The State never conducted proper investigations and committed amateurish mistakes * One is tempted to believe that they took it for granted that they had it in the bag—Soko * This boy has been let down yet again by adults that just couldn’t stand up for him—Pulimuheya * A whole village watched his torture like a movie and not a single one of them stood up to the bully * The…

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Justice Madise; the media must be protected by the law and the courts * The newspapers to withdraw the said articles and sincerely apologise to Chaponda on the front pages * The Registrar to access damages taking into account the apology that the defendant will make * It is not in the interest of this court to order huge damages which will end up bankrupting the defendants * Responsible media freedom is necessary in a democracy as it calls…

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Chisa Mbele was to be main convenor alongside Levi Luwemba * DC maintains that this has be reached at after further consultations with all necessary stakeholders * Wasn’t a precedence made when people demonstrated against a system that was still under Constitutional Court from 2019-2020? * HRDC held those demonstrations in solidarity from the then Leader of Opposition and eventual President elected in 2020 By Duncan Mlanjira In what has been described as application of double standards, Lilongwe District…

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Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo * Appeals to everyone against instigating racially motivated violence and any form of discrimination * Having an issue with one or two members of a grouping should not amount to profiling the entire race of the Malawian-Asian descent * Citizens are encouraged to respect the rule of law and always allow the due process of the law to take its course By Duncan Mlanjira In what seems to be a reaction to political,…

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Corruption suspect Ashok attracts negative attention on himself * To march from Simama Hotel to Ashok’s house in Area 9 via Lilongwe Town Hall and Maula * He is suing her personal capacity, on matters arising from the very case in which Ashok is being sought to be prosecuted * Malawians are fed up with the impunity, arrogance and sense of unfounded supremacy * Akatidziwe. Ifenso timudziwe. Munthu uyu awadziwe aMalawi amene atopa ndi Katangale By Duncan Mlanjira corruption…

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