Month: January 2019 Posts

‘Kamuzu’s son’ Jumani dies

Jan 26, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 8 &

Jim Jumani Johansson who claimed to be the son of Malawi’s founding President Kamuzu Banda has died this morning. Jumani, 45, died this morning after a short illness at Queens Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre.… ...

53 years of independence or in dependence?

Jul 10, 2017 Paul Nguluwe 9 &

With anguish and sympathy, I am obliged to convey my heartfelt condolence to the bereaved families of the innocent eight souls lost in the name of our 53rd Independence Day Celebrations. Had the gates been… ...

No Holds Barred! Taking stock of our 52 years of independence

Jul 10, 2016 José Safarao 9 &

This week, we commemorated our 52nd year of independence. It’s just as well that there was no celebration of any sort. Yes, there were a couple of really weird billboards painted in the colours of… ...

Mutharika turns useless rally into an English classroom

Jun 25, 2016 Aubrey Makina 172 &

…says Kamuzu only fed people to crocodiles Malawi leader Peter Mutharika turned a rally he addressed at Limbuli in Mulanje into an English classroom apparently indicating how much he has the colonial hangovers. Speaking at… ...

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.… ...

Rose Chibambo, one of Malawi’s co-founders has passed away

Jan 12, 2016 Aubrey Makina 498 &

Rose Chibambo, one of the co-founders of Malawi is dead, Malawi24 has learnt. Rose Lomathinda Chibambo, born on 8 September 1928, was a prominent human rights activists and politician against the Britain and Kamuzu Banda. Having fought… ...