Joseph Malanji: Zambia's Ex-Foreign Minister Sentenced to Hard Labour for Corruption

Joseph Malanji: Zambia's ex-foreign minister sentenced to hard labour for corruption

Joseph Malanji was convicted of acquiring properties and helicopters that were suspected to be the proceeds of crime.

Zambia intensifies crackdown against graft - CAJ News Africa

from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, ZambiaZambia BureauLUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ZAMBIA’S Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) said the recent convictions of former Foreign Affairs Minister, Joseph Malanji, and ex-Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba, mark a turning point in the fight against corruption. The commission also disclosed that further investigations were underway to trace unaccounted funds. The forfeiture proceedings for seized properties are…

RPP Welcome The Sentencing of Malanji and Yamba - Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site

The Republican Progressive Party (RPP) youth wing welcomes and commends the judgment handed down on 4 September 2025 by the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court, in which former Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment following convictions on multiple corruption-related counts. This conviction — and the concurrent sentence against former Treasury Secretary […] The post RPP Welcome The Sentencing of Malanji and Y…

Zambia: Former Foreign Affairs minister jailed 4 years with hard labour for corruption

Zambia’s former foreign minister Joseph Malanji has been jailed for 4 years with hard labour after being convicted of corruption involving helicopters, real estate

COURT JAILS FREDSON YAMBA TO 3 YEARS WHILE JOE MALANJI GETS 4 YEARS WITH HARD LABOUR - The Zambian Observer

Malanji and Yamba Jailed Over Corruption and Abuse of Office By Hannock Kasama Former Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison, while his co-accused, former Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba, has received a three-year sentence. Lusaka Acting Chief Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga handed down the custodial sentences today, […] The post COURT JAILS FREDSON YAMBA TO 3 YEARS WHILE JOE MALANJI GETS …

Zambia court jails ex-minister for corruption — Akelicious

A Zambian court on Thursday sentenced former foreign minister Joseph Malanji to four years in prison with hard labour for corruption. Malanji, who served under former president Edgar Lungu from 2018 to 2021, was arrested in late 2021 for allegedly using embezzled state funds to acquire property, including two Bell 420 helicopters. The conviction marked a rare victory for state prosecutors in the southern African country, ranked among the world’s…