By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has threatened to “smoke out” protestors who will hold another round of nationwide anti-government demonstrations Wednesday August 17. Civil rights groups want Mutharika to explain his personal wealth, address foreign exchange and fuel shortages and reconcile with Britain, which froze aid after a diplomatic spat. […]
By Mzati Nkolokosa It has been a second term of a kind for President Bingu wa Mutharika. A second term called all descriptions: The President does not listen. The president has failed on governance. The president has failed to run the economy. The President has failed this, has failed that and that too. All fingers […]
By Jeden Chilikunzako and Jeromy Kadewere, Nyasa Times Malawi’s most celebrated and award winning netball player Mary Waya aid out her legacy by announcing that she will from this weekend start sharing her skills and talent that made her a household name through her Mary Waya Netball Academy. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times,the […]
By Peter Makossah, Nyasa Times The Civil Society organisations in Malawi says the follow-up August 17 mass protests premised on poor governance, disrespect of the rule of law, abuse of power, corruption dwindling economic situation and political intolerance among others will go ahead because President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government have failed to address […]
By Chandiwira Mlafwu, Nyasa Times Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was on Wednesday embarrassed by a group of children at Mzuzu stadium where he was holding a beer party for street vendors, who hurled stones. According an eye witness, Vitumbiko Luhanga, a throng of children stormed the Marquee tent which was inside Mzuzu Stadium where the […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times The former governing United Democratic Front (UDF) has expressed doubts over President Bingu wa Mutharika’s proposed Presidential Committee on Dialogue, saying it would be counter-productive as it would have no legal mandate and therefore its resolutions hardly enforceable. The President made the call as he opened a Commonwealth meeting for […]
By NyasaTimes Reporter The People’s Development Movement (PDM) has described as criminal President Bingu wa Mutharika’s vendors’ binge party held at the Mzuzu Stadium on Wednesday saying it smacks of people who celebrate deaths, as out of touch with Malawi culture. “It’s criminal to hold a party just a few days after the Police, of […]
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 […]