In a statement issued this week, the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) criticized President Peter Mutharika for his alleged“nepotistic and political patronage tendencies” in the way top public officers are being dismissed or transferred. Before the ink had dried on that statement, the President […]
A week of retractions and apologies from the two dailies in Malawi. After The Daily Times retracted and apologised to the Principal Secretary for Education, Dr. Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo for associating her with the ‘kangaroo court ‘ for two gender activists, Jessie Kabwila and Seodi White, Malawi’s flagship daily The Nation has also retracted it’s comment […]
The Daily Times newspaper has apologised over claims that Secretary for Education Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo accompanied by two presidential aides = reportedly summoned and grilled two outspoken activists Seodi White and Jessie Kabwila for their remarks that they would not vote for President Joyce Banda just because she is a woman. The paper claimed that the […]
Malawi human rights activists have asked government to tread carefully in the way it is handling pop diva Madonna, following a strongly worded statement issued Wednesday by the president’s office, State House, in the capital, Lilongwe. The statement accused Madonna of using her fame and money to press the government of Malawi to give her […]
Claims and misgivings have been expressed by Pop Star, Madonna and her agents, against the Malawi Government and its leadership for not giving her the attention and courtesy that she thinks she merits and deserves during her recent trip to Malawi. According to the claims, Madonna feels that the Malawi Government and its leadership should […]
US pop star Madonna on Saturday night ended her week-long controversial tour to Malawi after being accused of claiming to have built 10 schools across the country when she is has been building school blocks within existing government schools. The pop diva and her four children arrived in Malawi on Easter Monday and visited […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has appointed her young sister, Dr Anjimile ntila Oponyo as Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The ministry’s pokesperson Lindiwe Chide confirmed Oponyo will be“ PS for Basic and Secondary Education.” An educationist, Dr Oponyo worked for the World Bank, International Monetray Fund and at the UN […]
US pop queen Madonna who adopted two children from Malawi, David and Mercy, says she is “happy” that Her Excellency Joyce Banda is now the Head of State, spurring hopes that her new agenda on helping education in the country will not be frustrated. The administration of late president Bingu wa Mutharika was said to […]