Secretary General for the United Democratic Front UDF Kennedy Makwangwala was Tuesday morning assaulted by party members who are not happy with how he runs the party’s affairs. Makwangwala has been accused of orchestrating divisions that have rocked the former ruling party. An eye witness told Nyasa Timesthat the incident happened at the party’s Head […]
A prominent governance body, Centre for Multiparty Democracy’s (CDM), survey report which took place between November last year and August this year, has revealed Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) and Maravi People’s Party (MPP) have no traceable structures. The survey results, […]
Presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi, son of former president Bakili Muluzi, says he would like to purse his national agenda for change but highlighted that Malawi political parties must change the way politics is being practised to embrace the essence of democracy in its full meaning. “Those of us holding positions, whether in the area, branch, […]
People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing will hold a Christmas party for Malawians in the UK, other African natives and other nationalities across the globe to celebrate the festive season as well as raise money to help the party in Malawi. Organising committee chairperson Elizabeth Makossah, who is also the Wing’s deputy treasure said the […]
People’s Party of vice president Joyce Banda is set to form the next government in Malawi, the party’s national director of economic affairs, Dr. Jerry Jana has said. Jana an accomplished economist and former diplomat says he thinks that PP is ready to form the next government and that it will have a different approach […]
The United Kingdom wing of People’s Transformation Party (Petra) has asked Malawians to join the party and consider running for parliamentary and local government elections under the party banner in 2014. The call was made during a meeting Petra UK wing chairperson Prisca Juma-Phiri Jere organised for its members in Nottingham. The minority party’s external […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has dismisses the charge levelled against President Bingu wa Mutharika on impeachment, raised by Ken Msonda, UDF’s spokesperson Msonda told Capital FM radio Day Break Malawi programme that President Mutharika should be impeached for going AWOL! (Absent Without Leave). He said Mutharika’s holiday at the time when Malawi is suffering the […]
Presidential aspirant Chris Daza says he wants to rebrand the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and model it into a democratic movement when he ascends to its top leadership position. Daza wants to contest at the party convention as president and says he is being encouraged by party officials at grassroots and various structures. He said […]
Malawi’s former ruling UDF party senior official Humphrey Mvula has said the party has a letter from Machinga North East constituents demanding their member of parliament Atupele Muluzi to stop his presidential bid for 2014. According to a letter, Atupule has been asked to scrap off his interest for the high office in the country […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi has advised UDF gurus to go to the High Court in Blantyre and study the file for his criminal case the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is handling, saying the money they are demanding him to account for is being used by the bureau on one of the charges. In a letter […]
The former governing United Democratic Front (UDF) say it will select its presidential candidate in 2013, a year before the general elections. The party has however announced that it will a national convention in April 2012 which will not elect a presidential candidate, but a new national executive committee. “The United Democratic Front…has identified core […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has said there will be tough competition for the party’s leadership at the convention, disclosing that there are many aspiring candidates who will contest. “There are so many aspirants for the presidency in Malawi Congress Party,” Tembo said in an interview on Zodiak Broadcasting Services Tiuzeni Zoona programme […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has said Malawians can trust his party with power in 2014, saying his main opposition party ruled this country better for 31 years. Tembo also hinted that he wants to contest in 2014 as MCP presidential candidate. “Why s houldn’t they (Malawians) not trust me? We ruled this […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) senior officials and the Communist Party of China (CPC) held a meeting in Beijing during which the two sides vowed to further strengthen their ties. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, DPP was led by Secretary General Wakuda Kamanga durig the meeting Kamanga spoke highly of China-Malawi ties, which […]
Orange Movemnet an umbrella organisatuion for three youth arms of the People’s Party say it is concerned with how the youth of Malawi are failing to participate fully to the development of this nation due to lack of political will on the side of the government of Bingu wa Mutharika to uplift the lives of […]
Apparently inspired by newly-elected Zambian President Michael Chilufya Sata, aging Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Zenus Ungapake – JZU- Tembo says he would seek a third run for the country’s presidency in the 2014 General Elections. Sata, 74, recently led his opposition Patriotic Front (PF) to the historic victory Zambia to become president after two […]
Malawi’s ex-finance minister Ken Kandodo says he has no plans to run for presidency or persuing to become a running mate in 2014 elections. Kandodo has been subject of fevered speculation that he may run for president – either as a ‘dream team’ running mate with ruling DPP’s presidential candidate Peter Mutharika, or for the […]
The so called Pirates, a new entry in the Berlin Federal State Parliament, may have broken the jinx in the Germany political scene by becoming perhaps the only party so far without a clearly defined agenda, ideology or leadership structure. Similarly in Malawi, the 40 or so political parties may borrow a leaf from the […]