Month: May 2021 Posts

Chakwera says people turn presidents into dictators

May 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has promised Malawians that he will use his power to serve people and not to rule them, but he has warned that presidents become dictators because of people. Chakwera was speaking today… ...

Malawians review Cecilia Kadzamira’s book

Apr 30, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

...too PR-esque Malawians say Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamira’s book, Mama of the Nation, glamourizes dictatorship. The book has been launched today at University of Notre Dame, Indiana in the United States of America. The website for… ...

Minister Gwengwe appointed as trustee of Press Trust

Aug 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe has been appointed as a trustee of Press Trust which is the majority owner of Press Corporation, raising concerns that it is part of a process to hand the company… ...

Multiparty is war: Analyst says Kamuzu was right

Jun 14, 2019 Luke Bisani 1 &

Malawi founding President Dr. Kamuzu Banda warned that multiparty politics is war and a political analyst says he was right. Following 31 years of one party system, debate on whether to have multiparty system or… ...

Chakwera sorry again for MCP atrocities

Mar 25, 2019 Johans Mumba 2 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday held prayers where he apologized for MCP’s atrocities. The MCP organised the event to pray for the 2019 elections as well as the campaign period. Addressing… ...

Stop the Kamuzu nonsense, he never developed Malawi – Chisi

May 17, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 993 &

Umodzi Party president John Chisi has said Malawians should stop honouring founding president late Hastings Kamuzu Banda since he did not develop the country. According to Chisi, Kamuzu left Malawi poor by bringing things which… ...

Malawi leaders should copy from Kamuzu – analyst

May 14, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 154 &

Political leaders in Malawi should emulate Malawi’s founding president, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who was a development conscious leader and had a vision for the country, a political analyst has said. The remarks come as Malawi… ...

Politician Robson Chirwa dead

Apr 19, 2017 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Veteran politician, Robson Watayachanga Chirwa has died. He died in Lilongwe on Tuesday 18th April, 2017 in Lilongwe. Government has since expressed its sadness over the death of Chirwa. He  served as minister for a… ...

Kamuzu’s ghosts haunt Peter Mutharika

Mar 22, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 3 &

Peter Mutharika might have inherited the government from Joyce Banda but the ghosts of first Republican president Kamuzu Banda are in Mutharika’s neck. Victims of paramilitary wing Malawi Young Pioneers under former President Dr Kamuzu… ...