Month: June 2018 Posts

Let them all come to me: thieves, robbers, murderers – Chilima Movement

Jun 20, 2018 Mike J. Kangwele 3 &

The Chilima Transformation Movement has said it will not stop people facing criminal charges from becoming front line members of the movement. Spokesperson for the movement, Chidanti Malunga, described as fake news minutes circulating on… ...

Journalists asked to be fair in election reporting

Jun 19, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Media practitioners have been asked to avoid favouritism when reporting election related issues. The call was made on Saturday by Director of Information in the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Gideon Munthali during a… ...

NICE trains civic educators in Neno

Jun 18, 2018 Enock Naphazi 0 &

In an attempt to increase voter registration turn out, officials from National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) are in Neno training community civic educators to go and sensitize people on their right to participate in… ...

Kajoloweka survives the purge over secret meeting with APM

Jun 09, 2018 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 2 &

Malawi’s vocal activist, Charles Kajoloweka, will not be expelled from the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for attending a secret meeting with President Peter Mutharika at State House where each activist received K2.5 million each.… ...

We will not allow general elections to happen – Chilima Movement

Jun 01, 2018 Martha Chikoti 2 &

Members of the Chilima Movement have warned that the 2019 election will not happen if their wishes are not fulfilled. The Chilima Movement is a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) faction supporting Vice President Saulos Chilima… ...

MEC drills drama artists on electoral process

May 28, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on drama artists and road show groups in the country to be nonpartisan and abide by electoral code of conduct as they take election messages to the people.… ...

Malawi to fund 2019 elections

May 20, 2018 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 4 &

For the first time since Malawi adopted multiparty democracy, government will fund the general elections without donor support. Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe revealed this when presenting the K1.5 trillion 2018/19 national budget in Lilongwe… ...