Politics Posts

FAM urges Malawian FIFA referees to maintain integrity

Dec 20, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has urged Malawian FIFA Referees to maintain their honesty and avoid influencing and manipulating games. FAM Executive Committee Member Tiya Somba Banda said this on Thursday when he presented… ...

MCP says court should provide guidance on ‘fresh elections’   

Dec 20, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawyers say the Constitutional Court should provide guidance on the management of the fresh elections and which candidates should be eligible if the court declareS the May 21 presidential elections null… ...

Chilima questions absence of ‘key witness’ Ansah

Dec 20, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Lawyer for UTM president Saulos Chilima on Thursday questioned Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah’s failure to testify in the presidential elections case saying Ansah and other MEC commissioners are material witnesses. While presenting… ...

Tanzanian national jailed two years for theft by trick

Dec 20, 2019 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

The Second Grade Magistrate Court in Mchinji has sentenced a 34-year-old Tanzanian national to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing money by trick. The convict has been identified as Bashir Makado. In 2016,… ...

Musician Joseph Tembo dies

Dec 19, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Musician and producer Joseph Tembo has died today in Lilongwe. His brother Eleazar Tembo has confirmed saying Tembo died at Kamuzu Central Hospital where he was taken after complaining of fever. Meanwhile, Musicians Union of… ...

Minister Vuwa orders Lilongwe council to reclaim graveyard sold to businessperson

Dec 19, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Minister of Lands Symon Vuwa Kaunda has ordered the demolition of a fence built around a graveyard in Lilongwe by a businessman who bought the cemetery. Kaunda on Thursday went to the graveyard at Kauma… ...

Women lawyers ask court to recommend electoral reforms

Dec 19, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Women Lawyers Association (WLA) Malawi has asked the Constitutional Court to recommend changes in electoral laws so that presidential elections petitions should be concluded before the president-elect is sworn-in. Lawyer for WLAM Dr Benadetta… ...