A report on BBC Focus on Africa television programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Thursday captured Malawians facing economic hardships as the results of devaluation and consequent floation of the kwacha currency. The poor – 39% of the 13 million citizens, living on less than one dollar a day – suffered much from the devaluation, […]
Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) plans to hold a service in April 2013 to celebrate the life and achievements of the party’s founder and former head of state late Bingu wa Mutharika. The service is one of the several activities the party has lined up in 2013 which also includes its first ever […]
Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) chief John Kapito, who is organising the highly publicised national wide demonstrations, is asking Malawi President Joyce Banda to learn from the mistakes of past administrations if she is to survive the pressure from consumers to reverse the rising cost of living brought by poor economic policies of her administration. […]
Never before have cries been louder. A notable constituency of our society is so concerned with President Joyce Banda declaring her assets. To their dismay, she recently made it clear that after thorough consultation with her lawyers within government structure she has decided not to do so because she already did in 2009 when she […]
I have just returned from a visit to Malawi after a decade long absence. Malawi has changed a lot over the past 10 years. Unfortunately, most of the change is in the negative direction. Buildings that used to be the pride of the cities are now spotting rain-stained walls and dirty roofs. Once nicely kept lawns are […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda has been urged to desist from blame game instead focus on rebuilding the country’s frail economy. The former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says it fails to understand why President Banda instead of finding solutions to the problems facing the country is busy pointing fingers at it. In its New Year’s […]
Malawi political scientists and human rights campaigners are looking back at 2012 as a year of both progress and setbacks. Over the past 12 months, Malawi gained its first woman president after the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika. And, though the economy grew slowly, there was a return of donors who had withdrawn aid […]
In this article, I argue that there is an inevitable cycle of discontent in Malawi that is as hard-wired into the Malawian DNA as is the Malawian passivity in dealing with unacceptable political leadership decisively. Malawian tameness and political docility has shaped a cycle of discontent that can be traced as far back as the […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has thrown two prominent television programs include annual awards that late President Bingu wa Mutharika used to like most out of its television despite having infinite effect, Nyasa Times has established. The public broadcaster has chopped off ‘Reach Out and Touch’ as well as ‘Mbiri’ programs after noting that they were […]
“The donors want me to be on my knees begging them to give us funding. They are demanding 40 percent devaluation of the kwacha and I am saying no.” –– Bingu Wa Mutharika (former President of Malawi) Immediately President Joyce Banda took office, she heeded calls by civil society organisations, and this included the Public Affairs […]
Opposiiton Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the ultra-modern Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) at Ndata Farm in Thyolo is a living economic recovery plan left by former president late Bingu wa Mutharika. The university is being constructed with a $79 million grant from the Chinese government and wouuld be officially handed over to […]
Late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s Ndata Farm manager Chifundo Chapola was killed in a road accident in the wee hours of Friday. He hit a stationary vehicle on his way to Ndata Farm in Thyolo on the Nansadi road. Chapola is a brother to Malawi’s former First Lady Callista Mutharika. His body was brought to College […]
WANTED: a magic wand to clean out the foul toxicity in the political air. Required: a disinfectant to suppress the foul virulence in our political rhetoric. Sought: detergent with which to launder violence out of our way of doing politics. Desired: a metamorphosis of our criminal justice system so that it ceases to be an instrument […]
Late President Bingu wa Mutharika children and their step mother, former first lady, Calista Chimombo Mutharika have agreed to settle their property wrangle case out of court with negotiations currently underway to resolve the matter amicably. Lawyers representing the former first lady and Mutharika’s children under Bineth Trust, applied to the High court in Blantyre […]
Member of Parliament for Nsanje Central Francis Kasaila on Thursday asked for clarification on whether Nsanje Inland port was a priority for Government or not. Kasaila addressed the question to the Minister of transport and public works Sidik Mia. “The people in Nsanje want to know the progress on the Nsanje Inland port.” Kasaila said. […]
It is common knowledge that since Malawi got its independence in 1964, the country has experienced smooth transitions from one government to another. Though at times there has been resistance by the incumbent Heads of State to surrender power, Malawians have peacefully dislodged such power hungry leaders. It goes without saying that after every change […]
Children of Malawi’s former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika and their stepmother are wrangling over his assets. The three adult children are demanding to see a written Will which they say is missing. Mutharika’s childrend- —Madalitso, Tapiwa and Duwa—accuse their uncle, Professor Peter Mutharika, and widow, Callista, of stealing their father’s wealth. Sources closer […]
The wrangle between late former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s widow, Callista Chimombo Mutharika, and his biological children has taken a new twist. The widow and former First Lady sought a court permission to manage the deceased’s president’s Ndata estate and all interests at court. The former First Lady contends that Ndata Palace – the opulent […]