Malawi 24: The latest thoughts and views from Malawi

Opinion: How can Malawi turn around the economy?

Nov 12, 2023 Burnett Munthali 0 &

Malawi Finance Minister, Simplex Chithyola Banda, has been soliciting views from different stakeholders on how to turn around the economy of Malawi as Parliament is preparing to meet soon for the mid-term big budget review.… ...

UDF and UTM’s chickening out of Dedza parliamentary by-election is a missed opportunity

Nov 09, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

The by-election in Dedza Central Constituency has created another opportunity for aspiring Members of Parliament. It is reported that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has registered a total of 3,202 new voters with 1,993 of them… ...

Peter Mutharika is the president of the Democratic Progressive Party and former President of Malawi

Will Peter Mutharika stand in 2025?

Nov 09, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

There is a high chance that the former President Prof. Peter Mutharika (APM) will stand as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torchbearer in the coming 2025 presidential elections. Firstly, APM showed interest in standing again… ...

Should we blame President Chakwera for the current socio-economic meltdown in Malawi?

Nov 07, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

Somewhere on the planet earth, there is a village known as Maliwa. It is situated on an island. Every five years, the people of Maliwa have an opportunity to elect their boat driver who take… ...

John Chisi is a Malawian politician who contested in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections

The politics of defection: 2025 Malawi elections heat up

Nov 06, 2023 Burnett Munthali 0 &

"Political defections deceive the mandate of the electorate, the fundamentals of a party system, and lead to political instability in the country. The phenomena of anti-defection became popular in 1967 with a popular phase “aaya… ...

Saulos Chilima was Vice President of Malawi

The significance of law sources in Malawi: A case of Chilima’s eligibility to stand as a presidential candidate in 2025

Nov 03, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

Following closely people’s arguments on social media platforms, it is mindboggling to note that many Malawians are not aware of various sources of law. Furthermore, many are in total darkness as to determine the circumstances… ...

The dismal loss of Malawi’s Speaker in Inter-Parliamentary Union elections

Oct 30, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

There are mixed feelings over the Speaker of the Malawi National Assembly, Mrs. Catherine Gotani Hara's, loss in the recent presidential elections for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Luanda in Angola from 23 October… ...