The State Thursday finished parading its witnesses in a case in which politician-cum-activist Bon Kalindo is being accused of proposing violence during the November 30, 2023 anti-government demonstrations in Mangochi.
The court started hearing witnesses from the government side in December 2023 following Kalindo’s arrest.
After cross-examining the witnesses, Kalindo’s lawyer Smart Khalifa told the court that the two parties had agreed to present written submissions within seven days for the court to make its determination.
But Senior Resident Magistrate Muhammad Maxwell Chande asked the defence and the prosecution to bring their written submissions within 14 days from today to allow the court to make its determination on the matter.
Chande ordered that the court will reconvene on February 9 to determine whether the State has a case against Kalindo.
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During the November 30 demonstrations, some people went on rampage and damaged 11 government and personal vehicles.
Scores of people, suspected of taking part in the vandalism, were arrested in the aftermath of the protests.
Kalindo had previously led the ‘Malawi First’ protests in Zomba and Mzuzu before taking them to Mangochi.
He said the aim of the demonstrations was to force government to, among other things, improve the welfare of civil servants in the wake of the 44 percent devaluation of the Kwacha.
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His arrest in relation to the Mangochi violence came immediately after he had been granted bail by the magistrate’s court in Zomba where he was charged in relation to the violence that ensued during demonstrations he had led in the old capital
