The case of the Alliance for Democracy (Aford) leader, late Chakufwa Chihana, is the best political saga that has existed since the post-colonial politics of Malawi. When Chihana, resorted to an open political defiance against Dr Kamuzu Banda’s (the lion of Malawi) tyrannical regime to lead the first ever prolific pro-democracy movement, in principle, Malawians opened the gates of […]
United Democratic Front( UDF) says it has ended its long drawn factional feuding and decided to be a united front once again, Friday Jumbe, who was leading a renegade faction has revealed. UDF was divided into two factions when George Nga Ntafu declared himself leader of the party deposing Jumbe, and then led a group campaigning […]
The torrent of analysis and appraisal, hagiography and scorn levelled at President Joyce Banda’s first 100 days was relatively quiet on the issue of “Mandasi woman”. That’s shocking when you consider how all consuming the issue was during her fight with the Bingu wa Mutharika administration. Keep this point. Joyce Banda’s first 100 days in […]
Malawi is one of the poorest countries and is within top ten of the poorest in the world and third in SADC just behind DR Congo and probably Zimbabwe. Just like she has been overtaken by Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola etc because such countries were on war before, the country should expect to take the last […]
The High Court in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre, on Tuesday adjourned the ongoing corruption case involving former president Bakili Muluzi to October 8 to 26 . The former president has been accused of misappropriating about $11millionof funds from Taiwan, Morocco and Libya. Muluzi denies the charges – and has always said they were linked to […]
We are concerned with the security breakdown in the country. No matter how hard certain ideological zealots aligning themselves with the government may try to water down this unfolding tragedy, the truth is, there is still security breakdown in Malawi. As we speak now, some prisoners have just escaped from Zomba Prison. But to get […]
African continent has the capacity to lift itself out of the economic and social challenges it is currently facing and one of the tools to use in fighting the vices is football, former Malawi head of state Bakili Muluzi said at an African Union football match. Muluzi was speaking to a sizeable crowd that gathered […]
President Joyce Banda on Friday called on all civil servants to be committed to duty for her government to fulfill its development agenda. Banda said her government might have the best of plans, but if those required to execute such plans sabotaged them, there would be no meaningful achievement. “I thank God for the dedicated […]
Cameroonian international Patrick Mboma arrived in Malawi to join other 22 other ambassador to play a ceremonial soccer game at the gigantic Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday afternoon. The match which has drone people from 21 countries will be the main event at the activities that has been organised by the State of the […]
Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) says will hold its much touted convention on October 14 this year, both the party’s Secretary General Keenedy Makwangwala and deputy spokesman Ken Ndanga have confirmed. This follows an earlier interview the party’s interim leader Friday Jumbe told Capital Radio that the party cannot go to convention this year citing […]
Question: who decided to make Dr Hastings Banda life president? It was Aleke Banda who championed the idea. A lot of you did not know that, did you? I am sure you thought Dr Banda declared himself life president. I did not know either until earlier today. You will also be surprised to know that […]
Malawi’s music czar, Lucius Banda has announced his return to front line politics and is a member of ruling People’s Party (PP). Soldier, as he is popularly known in the music industry, told Nyasa Times in an exclusive interview that he did not bow out of politics out of his own will but rather he was a […]
Joyce Banda is on a mission to get the trade tap open, to get petrol in the pumps, to get food on the shelves, and to get investment coming in. Will she succeed for Malawi? I met a President last week. We were in the same room three times in a day. At one stage I think […]
Long time ago I used to watch lots of movies. I have not watched one for a number of years now. I always tell myself that I will go to the theatre when I get time. And it so happens that the time never seems to come. But I recall one movie I watched back […]
Former first lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi has joined front line politics registering her membership with the Peoples Party (PP) and is under intense pressure to contest as Member of Parliament in Balaka West Constituency. Shanil, who is former wife to the former president Bakili Muluzi, made the announcement at Ntcheu Boma Community Ground over the […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi, who has been leading the Commonwealth Observer Group in Lesotho’s parliamentary elections, has advised political parties in that country that coalition government — a first-time experiment for Lesotho – making process should not be frustrated. Muluzi’s advise come in the wake of a hang parliament after Sunday’s inconclusive election. The former […]
Former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi leading the Commonwealth Observer Group in Lesotho’s parliamentary elections says the polls were won by the party of the long-time prime minister have so far been peaceful and credible. Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili’s Democratic Congress has scooped 41 seats from 80, the simple majority needed to form a government. “It […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi said on Saturday that he believes Lesotho’s prime minister will step down if he loses this weekend’s general elections. Muluzi, who is heading the Commonwealth observer mission to Lesotho, said Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili had assured him that the election results would be respected. “He told me he would be […]