Politics Posts

Chaponda keeps being roasted

Feb 21, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 25 &

There is no break for estranged Minister of Agriculture, George Chaponda, who is being suspected of dealing corruptly with a local company in the purchase of maize in Zambia. Despite the Court giving him a… ...

DPP members justified to pressure Mutharika – analyst

Feb 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 2 &

A political scientist has described the move by senior members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to ask President Peter Mutharika to fire Agriculture Minister George Chaponda as justified. The senior members of the DPP… ...

Maizegate in Mchinji as Council employees follow Chaponda’s footsteps

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 35 &

Two Mchinji District Council employees are answering charges of theft by public servant after they stole 25 bags of maize meant for victims of a disaster in the district. The two who are driver Lytton… ...

Lucius gives loans to women in Balaka

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 134 &

In an effort to empower women in his Balaka North constituency, Member of Parliament Lucius Banda has offered loans to the women. Writing on his Facebook account, Banda said the women were excited upon receiving… ...

MCP finds fault with Budget Review statement

Feb 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 8 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has described the mid-term budget review statement presented on Friday by Minister of Finance and Economic planning Goodall Gondwe as a review that lacked Malawi's economic big picture. On Friday… ...

Govt, mobile firm in COMESA court over licence cancellation

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

Zambian judge Lombe Chibesakunda and her bench have started hearing a case involving the government of Malawi and a telecommunication company, Malawi Mobile Limited (MML), at the COMESA Court of Justice (CCJ) in Khartoum, Sudan.… ...

Father cries for Madonna’s adopted Malawi children

Feb 21, 2017 Luke Bisani 110 &

The biological father of Madonna’s two Malawian children has claimed that he was "misinformed" on the conditions of the adoption. Adam Mwale, a father to twins Ester and Stella who are currently in United States… ...

ATI law brings Malawi’s mining communities hope – HRW

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 2 &

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the signing of Access to Information (ATI) Bill into law by President Peter Mutharika can bring hope to mining communities in the country who were failing to… ...

Newton Kambala, the first Malawian to make a cellphone call

Feb 21, 2017 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 87 &

Malawians make numerous calls everyday but entrepreneur Newton Kambala was the first to make a mobile phone call. Kambala who hails from the Malawi's central region district of Mchinji district and was born in 1962… ...

Mutharika under pressure from party supporters: fire Chaponda, he is making party unpopular

Feb 20, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 122 &

As the saga involving the minister of Agriculture rages on, some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members have asked president Peter Mutharika to fire George Chaponda. Through a letter dated 20 February 2017, senior officials have… ...

PP slams Goodall: Malawi’s economic situation only sugarcoated

Feb 20, 2017 Joseph Dumbula 14 &

Opposition People’s Party (PP) has described as disheartening a recent remark made by Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe that Malawi’s economy has hit the road for a turn around. Gondwe told the Parliament last Friday… ...

Malawians angry at Mutharika for keeping Chaponda

Feb 20, 2017 Luke Bisani 119 &

Despite two public inquiries on the maize saga implicating minister of agriculture, irrigation and water development George Chaponda for his dealings, Malawi leader Peter Mutharika has not taken action against the minister angering Malawians in… ...

Chaponda office fire: Kalua quells fears of evidence being destroyed

Feb 20, 2017 Luke Bisani 32 &

Outspoken Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua has claimed that the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the maizegate scandal has evidence on the saga which investigators can use. This follows fears that the inferno at the ministry… ...

Constituents fault MP over Nsanje-Marka Road

Feb 20, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 1 &

Nsanje South Parliamentarian is under fire for failing to push for a good road network involving the 27 kilometre Nsanje-Marka Road which is currently in very bad shape. Concerned constituents including the business community have… ...

Dodma to continue supporting flood victims

Feb 20, 2017 Martha Chikoti 4 &

The Department of Natural Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) has assured flood victims in Lilongwe and Salima that it will continue assisting them with basic needs. The assurance has been made by Dodma spokesperson Sangwani Phiri… ...