Month: July 2023 Posts

The hypocrisy behind homosexuality in Malawi

Jul 18, 2023 Rick Dzida 0 &

"I will give you a scaring sentence so that the public be protected from people like you so that we are not tempted to emulate this horrendous example. We are sitting here to represent the… ...

In the Malawi Constitutional Court: Challenging the offence of “defilement” in instances of consensual adolescent intercourse

Feb 18, 2022 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 0 &

On Tuesday, 15 February 2022 the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court will hear the case of AJ & TS v State and Others which deals with a Constitutional challenge to the… ...

Talking Blues: Do we really need Section 91?

Mar 21, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Last Sunday’s Times Television flagship “Hot Current” programme broached the nascent debate over Section 91 of the Republic of Malawi’s Constitution. The Section reads as follows: (1) No person holding the office of President or… ...

Parliament restricts 50%+1 to presidential elections

Oct 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Parliament has passed a bill which restricts the use of 50%+1 system to presidential elections while the winner in Parliamentary and Local Government election will be the candidate who obtains the greatest number of… ...

50+1 related bill rejected in Parliament

Feb 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The bill seeking to amend the Malawi Constitution in order to include a provision for holding of run-off elections has failed to get Parliament’s approval. The Constitution Amendment Bill required 128 votes (two thirds majority)… ...

Giving Mutharika a news blackout is retrogressive: Mount Soche Declaration is a threat to Malawi’s democracy and press freedom

Nov 16, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 27 &

The mainstream private media in Malawi have threatened to give President Peter Mutharika a “news blackout” unless press freedom is guaranteed by his administration. The media made this declaration following a meeting convened last week… ...

Malawi Prisoner blocked from going to University

Nov 24, 2015 Thula Chisamba 248 &

A Malawian prisoner George Luhanga has been denied a chance to pursue tertiary education at Chancellor College despite being selected for studies at the institution in Zomba City. Our findings indicate that the convict did… ...