by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
Documents show that months before the Malawi government signed a massive $350 million deal with Romanian firm East Bridge, the company was declared bankrupt in court. The company did not disclose the Malawi contract in court as it battled— and lost—in insolvency...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
Malawi paid a deposit for two helicopters, but a technical report condemned them as unsafe to fly. Now, a Zambian firm is demanding 8 billion Kwacha from Malawi over a decision to cancel the controversial planned procurement. GOLDEN MATONGA The controversial deal by...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
BY PIJ REPORTERAlaw firm belonging to former Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu is withholding over K660 million awarded by a court to the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) after the state-owned company terminated the company’s contract for external legal...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
n February 2020, Malawi amended its rigorous anti-cannabis laws to pave the way for the legal cultivation and export of cannabis, while maintaining the prohibition of Indian hemp and other recreational uses of cannabis.The tobacco industry, the mainstay of the economy...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) founding executive director Gregory Gondwe has departed for the United States, where he will embark on a nine-month fellowship at the esteemed Stanford University under the John S. Knight (JSK) Fellowship next month.In an...
by admin_ijhub | Apr 3, 2026 | pijmalawi
BY JACK MACBRAMSIt had been at the end of an uneventful Lilongwe evening in January 2020 when 23-year-old Kotanna Chidyaonga walked, hand-in-hand with her boyfriend, ready to get into the car to go home.Then something happened.Kotanna is said to have stiffened up,...
