Month: July 2022 Posts

Newly amended NGO Act is punitive – NGOs

Jul 28, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Balaka Civil Society Organizations Network has  expressed concern over the newly amended Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Act which was approved by President Lazarus Chakwera. Chairperson of the Balaka Civil Society Organizations Network John Jackson Bamusi has… ...

Protesters in Balaka present petition

Jul 28, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Organizers of the Anti-presidential Immunity demonstrations in Balaka  have successfully presented their petition to Balaka District Commissioner Darwin Mngoli. The protesters presented the petition after marching peacefully while singing anti-Chakwera songs. In a letter read… ...

Chakwera calls for speedy investigation into Namiwa’s abduction

Jul 28, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera has urged the country's security agencies to speed up investigation into the alleged abduction of human rights advocate Sylvester Namiwa. This is according to a press statement signed by the presidential… ...

Anti-presidential immunity demos start in Balaka

Jul 28, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

A grouping under the banner 'Action Against Presidential Immunity (AAI)" is holding demonstrations aimed at forcing the President to remove his immunity from prosecution. The day has started normally like usual days as residents flocked… ...

Chizuma chooses not to dance for Chakwera

Jul 27, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma has been lauded for her professionalism after she chose not to dance for President Lazarus Chakwera at the Anti-Corruption conference. Chakwera and Chizuma met at the second and… ...

Malawians oppose judges’ retirement proposal

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Malawians have opposed the Tonse Alliance administration’s proposal to increase the retirement age of judges in Malawi from 65 to 70. The Lazarus Chakwera administration wants to table the Courts Act Amendment Bill in Parliament… ...

Brown Mpinganjira joins MCP

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member Brown Mpinganjira and Allan Chiyembekeza, a former cabinet minister in the Peter Mutharika administration, have joined the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Former Cabinet Ministers Henry Phoya and Friday… ...