Blantyre minibus drivers’ trustees win default judgment over welfare fees row

The High Court in Blantyre has entered a default judgment in favor of the Registered Trustees of the Blantyre Minibus Drivers and Conductors Association against four individuals, their agents, servants, and whosoever who were accused of defying an earlier court order by continuing to collect welfare fees from members.

According to a court document in our possession, the judgment has been granted against the defendants — Tidziwe Mhango, Juma Pitani, Tizi Chelewani, and Abel Chelewani, together with their agents, servants, and whosoever.

The trustees accuse the four individuals, their agents, servants, and whosoever, of defying a governance injunction issued by Justice Muhome in August this year, which barred them from collecting welfare fees or interfering with the association’s welfare activities at various bus depots and stages in Blantyre.

They argue that despite the injunction, the defendants continued to intimidate members, collect fees unlawfully, and obstruct operations — prompting the association to seek a fresh interlocutory injunction and a default judgment.

The case was filed by Messrs Ebenezer Law Firm on behalf of the association, with the sworn statement of Everson Benard Sitolo supporting the application.

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