Although he was active during all these three presidents' terms of office the Malawian-British businessman Zuneth Sattar's alleged corrupt activities have damaged Chakwera politically the most since it was then that they were widely reported...
As Chizuma went on leave prior to the end of her contract term the Director of Public Prosecutions discontinued the prosecution of Vice-President Saulos Chilima – just four weeks before he died – on charges of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from the British businessman Zuneth Sattar in what many took as a symbolic end to the anti-corruption offensive...
Chilima was arrested in November 2022 over allegations that he had received US$280 000 from British businessman Zuneth Sattar for helping his firms secure Malawi Defence Force contracts (AC Vol 63 No 12 Bribery accusations engulf government & Vol 65 No 4 Generals persist with banned arms deal)...
The United States government has slapped a visa ban on four former senior Malawi government officials including the former Head of the Malawi Police Service George Kainja over corruption allegations regarding Malawian-born British citizen Zuneth Sattar provoking an outburst from President Lazarus Chakwera...
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 been ended were contradicted by a media investigation...
Gondwe was detained by the authorities for several hours in 2022 after alleging that Nyirenda had paid a sum to Zuneth Sattar and ordered to reveal his sources which he did not...
Attorney-General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda did not grant the ACB's request to invite the UK's formal cooperation in the case against British/Malawian businessman Zuneth Sattar who was first arrested in the UK a court heard (AC Vol 64 No 19 Bribes case on the rocks)...
At the same time the ACB has failed to renew restrictions on the bank accounts of Zuneth Sattar the British/Malawian businessman accused of bribing government officials...
Prosecutors pledge action on Sattar The case against the British/Malawian businessman Zuneth Sattar who is accused of bribing government officials to buy overpriced arms and other goods 'is still alive' and will be 'pursued to its logical conclusion' the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said...
Chizuma has been investigating and arresting government ministers and officials who were allegedly bribed by Zuneth Sattar the Malawian-British businessman who has been arrested in Britain but not yet charged (AC Vol 63 No 12 Bribery accusations engulf government)...
As well as constant bickering between the coalition parties corruption scandals have abounded including several implicating presidential advisors and cabinet members while the venerable Cashgate controversy – bane of the administrations of both Chakwera's immediate predecessors – obtained a new lease of life in the scandals surrounding the Malawian-British businessman Zuneth Sattar who is accused of epic bribery to secure contracts for overpriced goods and services but which he denies (AC Vol 63 No 12 Bribery accusations engulf government)...
The most spectacular corruption scandal that involving British businessman Zuneth Sattar has yet to start...
• UPDATE: Two days after this report was published online the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Vice-President Saulos Chilima on charges of receiving $280 000 and other items from Zuneth Sattar...