Politics Posts

Mwanamvekha arrested

Dec 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Malawi Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha has been arrested. Mwanamvekha who is also Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu South has been arrested today. The arrest comes after Minister of Information Gospel Kazako and Attorney… ...

Mwase names 34-man Flames provisional AFCON squad

Dec 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi national team coach Meck Mwase has named a 34-member squad of local based players to start camp ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals scheduled for Cameroun in January next year.… ...

Zambian president Hichilema in Malawi

Dec 07, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia is in Malawi for a one day working visit. Hichilema was welcomed at Kamuzu International Airport by Malawi's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eisenhower Mkaka. The Zambian leader proceeded to Kamuzu… ...

CDEDI opposes mandatory Covid vaccination

Dec 07, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says the Lazarus Chakwera administration’s intention to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory in Malawi is reckless experimentation with laws that touch on human rights. The organisation has… ...

Malawi refuses to endorse ministerial agenda over transgender rights

Dec 07, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi has refused to endorse the agenda for Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Ministerial Committee on Education, Health and Well-being for adolescents and young people because the agenda includes  issues of bisexuality and transgender persons.… ...

Blessings Chinsinga appointed Minister of Local Government

Dec 06, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed two new ministers for Ministries of Transport and Local Government . Jacob Hara has been appointed as Minister of Transport and Public Works while Professor Blessings Chinsinga is the new… ...

Interdicted Malawi Govt. workers should not expect salary – Attorney General

Dec 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda says Malawi Government will not pay salary to any public officer who is on interdiction. Nyirenda made the remarks this morning at a press conference. According to Nyirenda, when… ...

Hichilema coming to Malawi: ‘I am exploring opportunities for Zambians

Dec 06, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Hakainde Hichilema who is coming to Malawi tomorrow says he is exploring opportunities for Zambia and Zambians. Hichilema was elected as President of Zambia in August and this is his maiden trip to Malawi… ...

Talking Blues: Talk is cheap; actions speak

Dec 05, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 1 &

“Within the first two years of being president, I will change everything in the way that we run things. If I don’t change everything in two years, I will resign.” Then-leader of opposition, now State… ...

OpEd: Zambia’s “New Dawn” should extend to digital rights

Dec 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In his inauguration speech on August 24, 2021, President Hakainde Hichilema declared a “new dawn” for Zambia. It is critical that this transformation extend to the internet sphere. Digital rights in Zambia suffered under former… ...

Mtambo meets DPP’s notorious cadet Jomo

Dec 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Civic Education and National Unity Timothy Mtambo has met Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) notorious cadet Isaac Jomo Osman. A picture of the two has gone viral on social media. Osman is usually linked… ...

Zambia’s Hichilema to visit Malawi next week

Dec 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda says Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will visit Malawi next week. Chimwendo disclosed this in Parliament yesterday when he was addressing the House at the end of the 4th… ...

ACB says Mota Engil was awarded 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract without solid basis

Dec 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the Ministry of Transport Public Works awarded a 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract for upgrading of Marka-Bangula railway to Mota Engil without any solid basis. The bureau has ordered the ministry… ...

Nankhumwa tells Chakwera to resign

Dec 03, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa says President Lazarus Chakwera has failed to provide critical leadership that Malawians need and he must resign. Nankhumwa who is also Member of Parliament for Mulanje Central made the call… ...

Anti-government protesters march in Mzuzu

Dec 03, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Protesters in Malawi's northern city of Mzuzu thronged the main highway this morning demonstrating against the high cost of living in the country. Led by former UTM Director of Youths Bon Kalindo, the protesters sang… ...