Month: June 2021 Posts

Vehicle hits gates at presidential palace

Jun 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Saturday shot a driver on both legs after his vehicle rammed into two gates at the palace while the president was home. The driver has been identified as… ...

Nepotism and rot: Chakwera appoints Chilima’s in-law to embassy position

Jun 14, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Rot continues to dominate President Lazarus Chakwera’s appointments with the latest case being the appointment of his deputy’s mother-in-law to an ambassadorial post. Chakwera has also re-appointed a former ambassador with a track record of… ...

Chakwera appoints new ambassadors

Jun 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed new heads of mission to six countries, including South Africa where Malawi’s diplomats have been expelled over illegal alcohol trade. The Public Appointments Committee of Parliament has confirmed the six… ...

Talking Blues: Mr President, spare us from dishonourable diplomats

Jun 13, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron” - Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was the dictator of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. He transformed the Soviet Union from a… ...

Concerns over implementation of clean-up initiative

Jun 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

An organization which has been closely monitoring the progress of National Clean-up Campaign-initiative says the initiative has lost its initial momentum as people demand payment for carrying out clean-up exercises. AppDev. Chief Executive Officer Sylvester… ...

UTM threatens to break away from Tonse Alliance

Jun 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

UTM has threatened to leave the governing Tonse Alliance if its demands for better representation in terms of appointments to top jobs are not met. According to a report by British fortnightly newsletter Africa Confidential,… ...

Chakwera appoints four new MEC commissioners

Jun 09, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed four new commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), including three whose names were submitted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The DPP commissioners are Francis Lazaro Kasaila, Emmanuel Fabiano… ...