Month: July 2021 Posts

‘God has rejected Tonse’

Jul 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Self-proclaimed prophet Chimwemwe Sabao says God has rejected the Tonse Alliance and the ruling party will suffer shame in the next 12 months. A video clip of the prophecy has been circulating on social media.… ...

Malawians are suffering under Tonse – Kalindo  

Jul 25, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

UTM Youth Director Bon Kalindo says there has been no meaningful change since President Lazarus Chakwera took over last year, as Malawians are still suffering and corruption has worsened. He was speaking to Times Television… ...

Over one million farmers removed from AIP beneficiary list

Jul 23, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Affordable Input Programme (AIP), the Lazarus Chakwera administration’s flagship programme, will have one million less beneficiaries this year with government citing financial constraints and rising fertilizer prices as factors for the reduction in number of… ...

Tonse repeating DPP’s mistakes – Activists

Jul 23, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Activists say the Tonse Alliance administration led by President Lazarus Chakwera is repeating mistakes which in the past compelled Malawians to take to the streets. In a statement on Wednesday, Centre for Human Rights and… ...

Chakwera, Chilima close allies are stealing

Jul 21, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

UTM Director of Youth Bon Kalindo says close allies of President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima have been stealing from the Government. Kalindo has made the remarks in an interview with a local… ...

Talking Blues: Chakwera’s promises and lies

Jul 18, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“On politics, my friend, the late Dr Bonus Makanani of College of Medicine /QECH, was a staunch supporter of MCP. He has died very disappointed because what he expected from the party is not what… ...

Malawians defend Chakwera against accusations of ‘cluelessness’

Jul 12, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

As criticism of nepotism and poor governance from sections of the country continue pouring on President Lazarus Chakwera, some Malawians have defended the president, arguing that he needs time to fix the country. In street… ...

Talking Blues: Déjà vu, we should have seen this coming

Jul 11, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

The second signal that President Lazarus Chakwera had elected to follow the course of his predecessors came on 17 January 2021. In his second Covid19 national address, he clearly stated that due to the Covid19… ...

HRDC members given diplomatic jobs

Jul 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Members of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) who led post-election protests have been given jobs in foreign missions by the Lazarus Chakwera administration. Three members of the grouping, Luke Tembo, Billy Mayaya and MacDonald… ...

Tonse Govt accused of arrogance

Jul 08, 2021 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Leader of the Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has accused the Tonse Alliance government of executive arrogance after government Members of Parliament (MPs) passed anti-workers laws despite stiff opposition from labour unions and opposition legislators. Parliament yesterday… ...

Malawi adopts anti-workers laws

Jul 07, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Parliament has passed the Labour Relations Amendment bill which gives employers the right to deduct wages of striking employees. Both the Labour Relations (Amendment) bill and the Employment (Amendment) bill contain the provision on… ...

Winiko throws shade at Tonse

Jul 07, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Winiko, a character performed by Bon Kalindo, has gone full ballistic at President Lazarus Chakwera, his number 2 Saulos Chilima and the Tonse administration over poor performance Kalindo is a politician and he campaigned for… ...

Phase 2 of Jenda-Edingeni road begins

Jul 07, 2021 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

The Tonse Alliance Government has started phase two of the 53km Jenda-Edingeni road which links Jenda Trading Centre and Edingeni Trading Centre in Mzimba district. The project was stopped some years ago at Chindoka. On… ...

‘Malawians are being oppressed socially and economically under Chakwera’

Jul 06, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A rights group says Malawians are being subjected to human rights abuses and are being oppressed socially and economically by the Tonse Alliance administration led by President Lazarus Chakwera. Centre for Democracy and Economic Development… ...

Govt has unleashed terror on the poor through punitive taxes – CDEDI

Jul 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Rights group, Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), says punitive taxes introduced by the Lazarus Chakwera administration will drive more people, especially women, into untold poverty. CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa made the… ...