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Congress returns to further negotiations on health care subsidies and an earlier-than-expected vote on the Epstein files. President Trump is threatening to sue the BBC over an edit of his speech on January 6, 2021. Russian attacks and a major new corruption probe are the latest developments from Kyiv.
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BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Civil Society Led Black Economic Empowerment Movement (MaBLEM) has demanded full accountability from former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Steve Kayuni, following what it describes as serious allegations of abuse of authority, selective prosecution and conduct inconsistent with Malawi’s constitutional values and international human rights standards.
Addressing the news conference on Friday, November 14, 2025 in the capital Lilongwe, MaBLEM Chairperson Robert Mkwezalamba and Coordinator Fryson Chodzi, MaBLEM said the concerns raised against the former DPP strike at the core of Malawi’s justice system.
The organisation stressed that while the Constitution grants the DPP independent prosecutorial powers, those powers must be exercised within the parameters of legality, transparency and respect for human rights.
MaBLEM expressed alarm over reports that Kayuni allegedly blocked the late Israera Bushiri, daughter of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, from travelling abroad for urgent medical treatment, a decision the organisation believes contravened constitutional guarantees of the right to life and health, as well as obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The movement said that if verified, such an action would amount to negligence, abuse of office and breach of public trust.
The organisation also raised concerns about the former DPP’s alleged refusal to release funds for the school fees of the daughter of former presidential aide Norman Chisale, despite a court order permitting reasonable living expenses.
MaBLEM said the decision reportedly resulted in the child being withdrawn from school, an outcome it described as punitive, irrational and a violation of constitutional and international rights to education.
Additionally, MaBLEM questioned reports that Kayuni initially withheld consent for the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to prosecute former Cabinet Minister Kezzie Msukwa, allegedly due to personal relations.
The organisation said such conduct, if substantiated, would constitute conflict of interest and undermine the credibility of the prosecutorial system.
MaBLEM further condemned the pre-dawn arrest of former ACB Director General Martha Chizuma in December 2022, carried out over a defamation complaint reportedly initiated by Kayuni.
The movement said the arrest amounted to a misuse of State power, violated constitutional protections related to human dignity and fair treatment and contradicted international standards governing prosecutorial conduct.
The organisation has called on the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament to institute an inquiry into Kayuni’s conduct, on the Malawi Human Rights Commission to investigate possible rights violations and on the Office of the President and Cabinet alongside the Judicial Service Commission to strengthen administrative safeguards against abuse of prosecutorial power.
MaBLEM said that where liability is established, appropriate civil or criminal action should follow.
MaBLEM noted that trust in the justice system can only be maintained when those entrusted with public power are held to the highest standards of accountability and integrity.
The organisation pledged to stand with individuals affected by alleged abuse of office and called for reforms to ensure that prosecutorial authority is never again used as a tool for personal vendetta.
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…..Malawi seeks to end 16-year winless spell against Lesotho as Coach Pasuwa experiments with new players
PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-Malawi’s national football team, the Flames, are set to face Lesotho in a high-stakes friendly match at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
The match represents another attempt by Malawi to overcome a 16-year-long winless streak against Lesotho.
Coach Kalisto Pasuwa has expressed confidence in his squad’s preparedness for the encounter.
Pasuwa also revealed that he will be testing some new players as he looks to strengthen the team ahead of upcoming competitions.
The Flames have already arrived at the stadium, and the match is scheduled to kick off at 4:30 PM local time.
Fans and football analysts alike are keenly observing whether Malawi can finally break its long-standing drought against Lesotho.
The game also provides an opportunity for Coach Pasuwa to assess his squad’s readiness and experiment with tactical variations before the official competitive fixtures.
With a combination of experienced players and promising newcomers, the Flames aim to showcase their growing cohesion and fighting spirit on the South African pitch.
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When Peter Mutharika returned to State House, many interpreted his victory as the people’s verdict against failure. But in politicojuridical analysis, his ascent represents something more complex; and more dangerous. It was not a restoration of trust; it was an evacuation of hope.
Malawians did not vote for Mutharika because they believed in him. They voted because they had ceased to believe in anyone else. This distinction is crucial, because it determines whether a government begins its life with moral credit or moral debt.
Every new regime begins with some form of legitimacy capital: the symbolic credit extended by citizens who expect moral renewal. But Mutharika’s capital was not earned through vision, competence, or persuasion. It was pre-legitimised by fatigue: a weariness born of unfulfilled promises, institutional drift, and disillusionment with the Chakwera administration.
This kind of pre-legitimisation is the most deceptive form of political inheritance. It gives power the illusion of popular blessing without the substance of moral authority. Mutharika did not inherit faith; he inherited exhaustion. And fatigue, when mistaken for trust, is politically combustible.
What we are witnessing now, in the early appointments at Capital Hill, is not a reassertion of control, but the unfolding of a profound politicojuridical delusion.
Believing that his return to power signifies moral redemption, Peter Mutharika has begun to treat the electorate’s protest vote as a divine endorsement, and to govern as though fatigue were faith.
His appointments reveal the extent of this misreading. From the reinstatement of Dr. Jane Ansah; the very “Tippex Queen” whose controversial handling of the 2019 elections once ignited nationwide protests; to the inclusion of Frank Mbeta, a lawyer once cited by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for alleged bribery, Mutharika has surrounded himself with symbols of moral exhaustion rather than renewal.
In a normal politicojuridical climate, no leader seeking to rebuild national trust would have chosen such figures. But Mutharika’s calculus is not moral. It is reactive. He reads public anger at Chakwera’s failures as a blank cheque for rehabilitation of the old guard.
Mutharika seems to be working on the mistaken belief that because one’s enemies have fallen, one’s own sins are absolved.
The pattern is now frighteningly clear through the appointments of Richard Luhanga, until recently under interdiction for corruption allegations, now serves as the Inspector General of Malawi Police Service, Steve Gangata, a figure dogged by scandals involving falsified academic credentials and graft, holds office as a Minister of State, Ruth Mbilizi, and others whose names have long floated through public discussions of corruption, abuse of office, or partisan complicity.
Norman Chisale, who until his political appointment was facing multiple criminal cases, will now sit in the National Assembly while also serving as the President’s personal bodyguard.
Each of these appointments deepens the perception that this is not a government of restoration but of revenge and repetition.
The message to the public is unmistakable: Power, not purity, determines qualification.
In politicojuridical terms, this is a prelegitimisation overdraft: a government spending moral capital it never possessed, converting electoral relief into administrative recklessness. It is the state mistaking temporary public fatigue for enduring forgiveness; a fatal misunderstanding of what legitimacy means, and how quickly it can evaporate.
Unlike Chakwera, who began his presidency with genuine moral legitimacy and slowly squandered it through inertia and inconsistency, Mutharika starts from a deficit.
He is attempting to withdraw authority from an account that was already overdrawn.
This is why his appointments feel heavier, riskier, and more tone-deaf. They are being made under the illusion that the people’s exhaustion equates to absolution. But fatigue does not forgive, it only pauses judgement. And when that pause ends, disappointment returns with double vengeance.
Politicojuridically, what we are seeing is a tragic continuity of error. Chakwera’s failure was the mismanagement of genuine legitimacy: he began with moral credit and lost it through indecision. Mutharika’s error is even graver: the misuse of inherited fatigue: he begins with moral debt and is spending as though he were rich.
In both cases, the moral centre of governance collapses. The institutions that should renew public confidence are instead being converted into sanctuaries for the politically loyal and the legally tainted.
A State that continues to recycle legitimacy deficits becomes trapped in what API defines as the Circle of Negative Governance: a recurring cycle in which:
This is how republics decay without coups. They die not from lack of elections, but from the devaluation of legitimacy: the quiet corrosion of moral meaning behind constitutional processes.
The Africa Politicojuridical Institute warns that Malawi is now entering this danger zone. Mutharika’s early conduct; rewarding loyalists, recycling suspects, and ignoring public moral perception; risks institutionalising the very decay that brought down his predecessor.
A government founded on voter fatigue must tread with humility, not triumph. To act otherwise is to confuse protest with prophecy.
Mutharika’s pre-legitimised presidency must quickly rediscover the discipline of moral restraint, or it will collapse under the same weight of disillusionment that buried Chakwera’s moral promise.
Closing Reflection
Legitimacy is not restored by returning to power. It is restored by returning to principle. A fatigued nation does not need familiar faces; it needs a new moral grammar of governance.
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LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Shadric Namalomba, says the second week of the ongoing parliamentary session has demonstrated Parliament’s increasing commitment to accountability and solution-oriented dialogue, as legislators and ministers engaged on several pressing national concerns.
Briefing journalists on Friday at Parliament after the week’s adjournment, Namalomba noted that ministries delivered essential updates on issues affecting Malawians, including fuel shortages, persistent power blackouts, food security, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), economic hardships, and the confirmation process for the new Inspector General of Police.
“Throughout the week, at least four ministers presented key updates on matters such as fertiliser availability, fuel supply, and the status of the CDF.
“The discussions centred on identifying practical solutions because these issues directly influence government operations and the wellbeing of citizens,” said Namalomba.
The minister emphasised that government remains committed to long-term national development, guided by the Malawi 2063 vision and aligned with ongoing programmes across administrations.
“Development is a continuous process. It does not matter which administration initiated particular projects. Our duty is to build on what is already in motion to move this country forward,” he said.
On his part,Leader of the Opposition(LoP ), Simplex Chithyola Banda, echoed Namalomba’s assessment, noting that the week was marked by substantive debates on key national concerns highlighted by President Peter Mutharika during the opening of the 52nd Session of Parliament.
“In the general debates, members raised issues affecting their constituencies in response to the President’s address.
“We also received important ministerial statements from the Ministers of Energy, Transport, and Local Government,” he said.
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LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has dismissed circulating allegations suggesting that the organisation is working in collaboration with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), describing the rumours as baseless and harmful to its reputation.
Speaking during a press briefing held in Lilongwe, HRDC Chairperson Michael Kaiyatsa emphasised that the coalition remains an independent watchdog whose mandate is to defend human rights without aligning itself with any ruling or opposition political party.
Kaiyatsa expressed concern over claims that the HRDC is planning to stage violent protests aimed at undermining the newly elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration.
He clarified that the HRDC does not mobilise demonstrations arbitrarily or without legitimate grounds, and he stressed that the coalition follows due process whenever it calls for public action.
He further warned that the increasing spread of false information about the organisation—particularly on social media platforms—is not only damaging HRDC’s long-standing record but is also instilling fear among many of its members across the country.
According to Kaiyatsa, the misinformation appears to be a deliberate effort by certain groups to tarnish the coalition’s credibility and weaken public trust.
In response to the growing challenges faced by human rights defenders in Malawi, Kaiyatsa announced the launch of a new programme under HRDC aimed at providing protection and support for activists who experience threats, intimidation, or legal challenges in the course of their work. He explained that the initiative will offer assistance in areas such as personal security, legal aid, and advocacy, ensuring that defenders are not left vulnerable as they carry out their duties.
The HRDC leadership reaffirmed its commitment to promoting transparency, accountability, and the protection of human rights for all Malawians, urging the public to disregard misleading narratives and continue engaging constructively in the country’s democratic processes.
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Three Wisest Men marks the final Hallmark movie in the holiday trilogy — but star Andrew Walker teased it’s not the last time fans will see him and his film brothers Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell.
“I want to keep working with this group forever,” Walker, 46, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, November 13, adding that writers Campbell, 46, and Kimberley Sustad are already working on getting the gang back together ahead of Hallmark’s Three Wisest Men premiere.
“That’s the reason why we were saying we should shut down the Wise Men franchise sooner than later,” Walker added.
The actor, who plays eldest brother Luke Brenner in all three holiday films, noted that the Wise Men trilogy was “such a good thing” that you “don’t want to play out a good thing and have people have too much of it.”
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Moving forward, Walker teased, “The goal is to create something else with completely different characters in a [new] story line and have a completely different adventure that we go on together.”
When asked about his “vision” for his next movie with Hynes, 39, and Campbell, who played his brothers Taylor and Stephan, respectively, Walker said “playing enemies” is one idea.
Walker said another idea they’ve thrown around is “just us playing ourselves, essentially, but also you find out that we don’t like each other in real life. That it’s just been a hoax. We just put on our game faces and went to work and did our work together.”
“There’s a few other ideas, but I don’t want to spoil it, because Paul and Kim are working on those things,” he confirmed.
Walker has been part of the Hallmark family since 2012, when he made his debut in A Bride for Christmas alongside Arielle Kebbel. He has since starred in more than 30 movies, including holiday hits and mystery favorites like the Curious Caterer Mysteries franchise with Nikki DeLoach.
However, it was his role in 2022’s Three Wise Men and a Baby that cemented Walker as one of the Kings of Christmas for the network. In the original holiday comedy, Luke (Walker) is surprised to find a baby at his fire house with a note asking him to take care of the little one ahead of Christmas.
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Luke enlists his brothers, worry wort Stephan (Campbell) and gamer Taylor (Hynes), who both live with their mom (Margaret Colin) — or at least on the premises — to help him care for the baby after their mom goes out of town.
2024’s Three Wiser Men and a Boy saw the return of the Brenner brothers as they work together to help Luke’s son, Thomas, create the best holiday musical his school has ever seen.
Three Wisest Men, premiering on Saturday, November 15, finds the three siblings facing various personal challenges. Luke and his wife are preparing to become parents again to twins while Stephan is failing to plan his wedding to Susie (Fiona Vroom).
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Taylor, meanwhile, must decide what’s next in his career, while the family attempts to have the best Christmas ever before their mom sells their childhood home.
“It felt epic, it felt daunting, it felt exciting and it felt joyous to look across the room and see two of the most handsome men on television staring into my eyes questioning whether they made the right decision to make a movie with me,” Campbell joked about creating the final movie, exclusively telling Us earlier this month that the Wise Men movies are the “biggest joy” of his life.
He added: “If you’re in this life, and you can make good things with good people, you’ve done it. And in this case, I think we’ve done it.”
Three Wisest Men premieres on Hallmark Channel Saturday, November 15, at 8 p.m. ET.
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s bandleader Cleto Escobedo III’s cause of death has been revealed after his death at age 59.
Escobedo died from “cardiogenic shock as the immediate cause of death with vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver as the underlying causes,” according to the musician’s death certificate, which was obtained by TMZ on Friday, November 14.
Sepsis, graft versus host disease, immunosuppression, chronic kidney disease and pneumonia also contributed to Escobedo’s death, per the outlet.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! did not air a new episode on Thursday, November 6, days before Kimmel confirmed Escobedo’s death.
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“Early this morning, we lost a great friend, father, son, musician and man, my longtime bandleader Cleto Escobedo III,” Kimmel, 57, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, November 11. “To say that we are heartbroken is an understatement.”
The talk show host noted that he and Escobedo III “have been inseparable” since he was 9 years old.
“The fact that we got to work together every day is a dream neither of us could ever have imagined would come true,” Kimmel concluded. “Cherish your friends and please keep Cleto’s wife, children and parents in your prayers.”
During Tuesday night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel broke down in his emotional monologue as he paid tribute to Escobedo.
Kimmel noted he’s “had to do some hard monologues” over the past two decades but explained, “this one’s the hardest, because late last night, early this morning, we lost someone very special who was much too young to go.”
Sharing that everyone at the show was “devastated” by the loss, Kimmel also paid tribute to Escobedo’s widow, Lori, and their two children,
“It’s just not fair,” he said. “He was the nicest, most humble, kind and always funny person.”
Kimmel added, “Cherish your friends. We’re not here forever.”
Paula Abdul, 63, was among the celebrities to also pay tribute to Escobedo.
“My heart is heavy today as we say goodbye to the incredible Cleto Escobedo III,” Abdul captioned an Instagram video on Tuesday, November 11. “I first met Cleto when he was playing sax in a small bar at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.”
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In her touching tribute, Abdul shared memories of her time with Escobedo.
“I was putting together my band for my first world tour and the moment I heard him, I knew I had to hire him, even though he didn’t have any touring experience yet,” she wrote. “His talent and energy were undeniable, and he went on to have an amazing career, reuniting with his best friend Jimmy Kimmel as the bandleader on Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
The singer concluded, “Cleto was pure light and soul, both on and off stage. Sending so much love to his family and everyone who loved him.”
Escobedo’s band, Cleto and the Cletones, has been part of Jimmy Kimmel Live! since the talk show began in 2003.
Before working for Kimmel, Escobedo had his own record deal. He formed Cleto and the Cletones in 1995 with guitarist Toshi Yangagi, bassist Jimmy Earl, keyboard player Jeff Babko and drummer Jonathan Dresel. His father, Cleto Escobedo Jr., later joined the group after playing saxophone in a 1960s rock and soul band.
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