Month: April 2016 Posts

Remembering the dictator Bingu wa Mutharika

Apr 07, 2016 William Simango 250 &

Bakili Muluzi once said that the problem with Malawians is that they have a short memory, they easily forget. He never could have been any right. Recent posts on the social media have sought to… ...

Unima should hang its head in shame for decorating tyrant Tembo

Mar 25, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 271 &

If anybody ever doubted that the University of Malawi (UNIMA) is a disgrace to our democracy and the academic freedom it is supposed to espouse, the University’s decision to award a honorary doctorate degree to… ...

M24 exclusive: Call him Dr. John Tembo

Mar 22, 2016 Aubrey Makina 184 &

...Unima to award JZU In the ongoing scramble for titles which has rocked Malawi politics, Malawi24 can exclusively reveal that the University of Malawi will be awarding former leader of opposition John Zenus Ungapake Tembo.… ...

Born-again politicians hijacked Malawi’s democratic revolution

Mar 10, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 78 &

In 1958 Malawians wanted to see Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda in power. After being under the British colonial rule for six decades, and as the wind of Pan-Africanism started blowing across the continent, Malawians wanted… ...

PAC conferences are useless – commentators

Feb 19, 2016 Aubrey Makina 62 &

Social commentators in the country have taken turns to lambast the Malawi's Public Affairs Committee (PAC) over their just ended 5th stakeholders conference. In posts on social media that Malawi24 has monitored, a section of… ...

Nkasa still wants his car

Feb 15, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 715 &

In 2002, during a political rally in Blantyre, former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi was heard to have promised musician Phungu Joseph Nkasa a car for his sensible songs. A few people have confided that indeed… ...

Analyst warns Peoples Party: Uladi Mussa will kill PP

Feb 05, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 38 &

The former ruling party, People’s Party (PP), of former President Joyce Banda, is facing a crisis of its lifetime. The party has divided itself into two factions, one led by its interim president, Uladi Mussa,… ...