by admin_ijhub | Apr 14, 2026 | pijmalawi
The government has refused to release the list of prisoners pardoned by the President over Easter, prompting suspicion and speculation on who was pardoned. PIJ journalists have been out to dig for the truth. In a series of articles based on documents and interviews,...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 14, 2026 | pijmalawi
BY CHISOMO NGULUBE & JOSEPHINE CHINELELinda (her real name withheld) and 35 other female workers from the tea-growing districts of Mulanje and Thyolo in Southern Malawi went from earning not more than K50,000 (US$50) a month to instant millionaires. In 2021, as...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 14, 2026 | pijmalawi
On a quiet January afternoon, a Mozambican national was arrested at the VIP lounge of Chileka Airport on suspicion of attempting to smuggle gold weighing 50 kg, worth around K5 billion. Phone calls started flying, from politicians and senior police officers. Watched...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 14, 2026 | pijmalawi
By Maureen Kawerama (PIJ Fellow)The Indian-owned multinational mobile and data service provider, Airtel Malawi plc, is a company that is priding itself on registering huge profits this year. And it is only ironic when it gets accused of allegedly using stringent means...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 14, 2026 | pijmalawi
Former Presidents Zuma for RSA and Banda for Malawi. Pic –Africa Sustainable Conservation NewsFormer President Joyce Banda and South African counterpart Jacob Zuma may have left office long ago but secret banking reports have exposed US government fears that the two...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 13, 2026 | pijmalawi
Malawi’s former finance minister and Leader of Opposition in Parliament arrested over alleged role in K39 billion Cashgate-like scandalBY PIJ REPORTERMalawi’s former Minister of Finance, Simplex Chithyola, has been arrested in connection with a vast corruption...