Month: October 2017 Posts

Malawi Political wars: DPP brush off Chakwera beating

Oct 02, 2017 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 17 &

The rough road to the 2019 elections is getting rougher day by day. Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are not done fighting. The verbal wars between these two… ...

Govt fires Bagus

Sep 27, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 55 &

Government has fired Salim Bagus days after he ditched the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to join the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The President Peter Mutharika administration has fired Bagus as board member of… ...

MCP poaches from DPP again: Bagus leaves ruling for opposition

Sep 26, 2017 Richard Jimu 101 &

....analyst attributes defections to polls A few days after the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) poached Lilongwe Deputy Mayor from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the opposition has made yet another catch from the… ...

MCP’s Msungama speaks on rape accusations

Sep 25, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 50 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate for Lilongwe City South East constituency has responded to questions over his marital status and rape accusations. This follows claims by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that Msungama is… ...

Chakwera might not represent MCP in 2019

Sep 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 142 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) current President Lazarus Chakwera might not be on the Presidential ballot in the 2019 polls. A young MCP member Keneth Bwanali has expressed his wish to challenge Dr Chakwera for… ...

MCP ready to make Malawi paradise

Sep 20, 2017 Bright Malenga 238 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in the country have said that the party's current leadership under Dr Lazarus Chakwera is ready to take Malawi out of all woes and transform the country. Malawi24 conducted a… ...

Mutharika is only achieving on paper – Chakwera

Sep 19, 2017 Bright Malenga 208 &

Leader of opposition Dr Lazarus Chakwera has claimed that President Peter Mutharika is achieving on paper only. Chakwera said this as he questioned government’s claims that Malawi has achieved a single-digit inflation. Chakwera has said… ...