Month: October 2022 Posts

DPP endorses anti-government protests

Oct 25, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Mphepo The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has urged its members to join anti-government protests organised by activist Joshua Chisa Mbele and other activists under the Action against Impunity. The party has said this in… ...

Lower Shire Chiefs honour Mia with Mbuya title

Jun 15, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

  Chiefs from the Shire Valley districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa have honoured Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Muhammad Sidikk Mia with a traditional 'Mbuya' title for his interest to serve the aspirations… ...

Mutharika calls for peace, unity

Jan 26, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Peter Mutharika has called for peace and unity in Malawi saying those who are destroying the country should leave the path of destruction. The Malawi leader made the remarks on Sunday in Lilongwe upon… ...

Malawians asked to try Bushiri as president

Nov 19, 2019 Demetria Herman Banda 7 &

 A South African businessperson based in Botswana who has been doing business in Malawi over the past 10 years has asked Malawians to try Prophet Shepherd Bushiri as president of the country. The businessman explained… ...

Tay Grin dedicates award to Malawi youth

Oct 19, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 1 &

Malawian politician Limbani Tay Grin Kalilani has dedicated his latest honour, Young African Emerging Politician of the Year Award, to the youth of Malawi and Africa at large. Tay Grin who is also a popular… ...

Meeting reveals lurking danger

Feb 27, 2019 Andrew Mukhuwa 0 &

A stakeholders meeting has revealed that there are clear warnings that there might be cases of political violence in Nsanje South constituency during the campaign period. The revelations were made in an impromptu meeting that… ...

Pay nomination fees for women aspirants, parties urged

Jul 19, 2018 Enock Naphazi 0 &

Barely few days after MEC announced an upward revision of nomination fees for 2019 tripartite elections, Women Legal Resource Centre (WOLREC) has asked political parties in the country to mobilize resources that will help them… ...

Talking Blues: A stitch in time….

Dec 11, 2017 Mapwiya Muulupale 24 &

When unassuming individuals like the Archbishop of Lilongwe Diocese, His Grace Tarcisio Ziyaye go to the extent of clearing all hurdles to priests’ participation in a protest; the proverbial writing might as well be on… ...

Achievements and failures of the DPP and the party’s prospects in the 2019 elections

Dec 01, 2017 Stanley Onjezani Kenani 1 &

On Monday, 21 June, 1999, Stuart, my classmate and room-mate at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic campus and I stood cheering and clapping alongside hundreds of President Bakili Muluzi’s supporters inside the Kamuzu Stadium. Above… ...

Political parties warned to stop celebrating huge crowds at rallies

Jul 31, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 30 &

Political parties in this country have been warned that they should not take the crowds of poor Malawians that attend their rallies seriously as they can give them wrong assumption. One of the local social… ...

Chief Lundu is drunk in political money

Jul 26, 2017 Wonderful Mkhutche 151 &

If ever there is a God, we sincerely pray, please, do away with our chiefs. We can do without them. They are proudly called the custodians of culture. That is the description that has resonated… ...

Mutharika speaks against regionalism

Jul 26, 2017 Bright Malenga 32 &

President Peter Mutharika has hit at critics who accuse his government of sidelining the Northern Region Malawi when providing funding for projects. Speaking on Tuesday when he was commissioning Chitipa Water Supply System, Malawi's first… ...

Mutharika invades the North, denies nepotism claims

Jul 24, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 37 &

President Peter Mutharika has said the inclusion of people from the North in his cabinet is enough evidence that he does not favour people from the Southern Region. He said this during a stopover rally… ...

I will not resign, I am here until 2024 – Mutharika

Jun 28, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 364 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has defied calls for him to step down saying he will rule the country beyond 2019. The president has challenged that he will defeat his opponents in the 2019 presidential elections.… ...

Malawi heading for ‘One Party Rule’ in 2019

Jun 27, 2017 Wonderful Mkhutche 68 &

It is an interesting cycle. Just after twenty years from change, politics is going back to the starting point, yet again. This is a history that has to be emphasized because this is where the… ...