By Nyasa Times Reporter A new Youth Organization currently being called Youth Association for the Restoration of Democracy in Malawi (YARDEMA) has emerged amid calls to restore Malawi’s lost glory and democratic values. Yardema says that Malawi has completely lost truck on issues of democracy, good governance; rule of law and human rights despite such […]
By Charles Kufa, Nyasa Times Former finance minister Goodall Gondwe is supporting President Bingu wa Mutharika against his conscience to buy his freedom from alleged corruption prosecution, Nyasa Times understands. Government insiders said Mutharika has pledged to stop prosecuting Gondwe on corruption indictment only if he remains loyal and support his political moves. Gondwe on […]
By Ananiya Alick Ponje If there is a day president Bingu wa Mutharika rues most in his political career, it surely should be July 20. This is the day that shook the foundations of the State House with emotions, tears, anger, frustrations and death from Malawians. It must have sent a peculiar sting down his […]
By Jeden Chilikunzako, Nyasa Times Malawi National soccer team striker Atusaye Nyondo has now been cleared to play for his new South African club Supersport United. Nyondo, who signed a three year contract with United earlier this year from Carara Kicks, has not been featured by his new club in any competition awaiting clearance but […]
By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times A meeting of senior politburo members of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of president Bingu wa Mutharika agreed that the president’s younger brother, Professor Peter Mutharika, be appointed state second vice president and that the infamous section 46 of the penal code which empowers the minister responsible to ban […]
By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times Leaked minutes of another high level meeting held at Civic Centre in Lilongwe last Wednesday evening specifically mandated the newly appointed ruling DPP national campaign director, Zikhale Ng’oma to design effective strategy to deal with the “apparent growing popularity of the Vice president Joyce Banda and her People’s Party”. “You […]
By Charles Kufa, Nyasa Times National Salvation Front (Nasaf) party which was registered in January this year was launched at Cresta Hotel in Lilongwe on Monday with a pledge to transform politics and political leadership in Malawi. The 41-year-old James Nyondo formed Nasaf after his failed attempt at the 2009 presidential elections when he contested […]
By Peter Makossah, Nyasa Times Malawi Diaspora Forum (MDF) a consortium of diaspora Malawians in the United Kingdom currently hosting ‘Agenda for Change’ meetings across Great Britain aimed at strategising and charting a way forward for Malawi’s ailing economic crisis and the never-ending political catastrophes will on Saturday August 13th hold yet another conference in […]