Month: May 2017 Posts

Malawi advised against taking Lake Malawi wrangle to ICJ

May 25, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

A political commentator, has advised the Malawi government to continue negotiating with neighbouring Tanzania on the Lake Malawi dispute before going to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Malawi government earlier announced its plans to… ...

DPP warned on abusing MBC

May 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 29 &

Though it was established to be a public broadcaster decades ago, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has been seen losing direction and being a propaganda tool for the ruling party. With a role of providing… ...

Mutharika’s government tend to ignore issues – analyst

Apr 29, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 17 &

A political analyst has said that it is the responsibility of government to resolve the Chancellor College impasse rather than ignore the issue as it usually does. At the moment the Chancellor College is yet… ...

Analyst questions MEC’s reason for postponing by-elections

Apr 25, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

A political scientist in the country says Malawi Electoral Commission's (MEC) reason for failure to conduct by-elections in some parts of the country is a clever excuse. MEC was scheduled to conduct by-elections in Lilongwe… ...

Malawians are enduring tough times – analyst

Apr 14, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

A political scientist in the country has backed Public Affairs Committee's (PAC) claims that the current government has failed Malawians saying poverty levels are still high. This is coming days after PAC said President Peter… ...

50+1 will be a test of popularity

Apr 06, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

A local political analyst has expressed hope that the adopted 50 plus 1 percent system of electing a president will test popularity of Malawi political parties as it will break politics of regionalism in the… ...

Manganya’s defense of APM faulted

Mar 25, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

A political scientist in Malawi has supported procedures that are put in place for impeaching presidents arguing that they are part of democracy. This follows a public lecture that renowned comedian Michael Usi popularly called… ...