In the local lingo, Malawi’s current economic tango fits plumb with the old saw; those who cry for rain should accept the mud it creates. In 1994, Malawians ululated hoarse at the advent of multiparty. They had survived 31 years of keeping one step ahead of the police. Many had fallen foul of the dictatorship, […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has attacked Joyce Banda’s administration, seven months after being in power, arguing it has failed to run the country properly. DPP in its six page statement made available to Nyasa Times –at a news conference addressed by party acting President Peter Mutharika, vice president Jean Klairani, George Chaponda, and Kondwani Nakhumwa -highlighted […]
Former First Lady Callista Mutharika has rushed to the High Court to get a temporary relief stopping children of the former Malawi President late Bingu wa Mutharika from evicting her from Ndata Estate property which has the magnificent Casablanca Manor and the Mpumulo wa Bata Mausoleum in Thyolo tea-growing district , southern Malawi. Mutharika’s three […]
The UK government has indicated that Malawi government is yet to meet all the necessary conditions needed in order for the UK to resume its general budget support (GBS) to the the southern African country. The UK says ‘progress against a range of partnership needs to be assessed’ first. It has pointed out that some of the […]
Children of the former Malawi President late Bingu wa Mutharika have ganged up against their step-mother and former First Lady Callista Mutharika accusing her of trying to grab their duly owned Ndata Estate property which has the magnificent Casablanca Manor and the Mpumulo wa Bata Mausoleum. The scathing attacks are in statement signed by Mutharika’s […]
Government of Malawi through the ministry of transport fraudulently awarded Portuguese multidisciplinary engineering group Mota Engil, a concession to own and operate all lake ports and public marine vessels. Mota-Engil won the concession to manage Malawi Lake Services (MLS), a State-owned entity that runs water transport services in the Southern African country after shrugging off competition from […]
Late former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s widow Callista on Thursday called police to her late husband’s sprawling Ndata mansion in Thyolo to chase late Mutharika’s daughters. Police sources say late Mutharika’s daughters Duwa and Tapiwa want to claim the mansion. The daughters and Mutharika’s only son Madalitso went to Ndata to change the mansion’s locks. […]
Former minister Dr Goodall Gondwe credited for Malawi’s economic success during President Bingu wa Mutharika’s first term has confirmed to Nyasa Times exclusively that he has withdrawn his membership from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and was quitting frontline politics. He has however said he intended to carry on serving as MP for Mzimba North until he […]
“Let me have silence, and I will speak, and let come on me what may.” – Job 13:13 For the record, contrary to recent allegations, the Chief Mourner mourns not over the loss of his government job. The Chief Mourner in fact rejoices that he is not part of a clueless administration whose only cause […]
State House has confirmed that President Mrs Joyce Banda and her entourage’s trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.will cost f K308 million (about $1.03 million) but says the amount is “reasonable”. Presidential press secretary Steve Nhlane said the K308 million is “reasonable “and far much smaller than what government was spending […]
Any good deed that a person starts during his lifetime, and that is of renewed benefit and ongoing use for others, will continue to benefit him and augment his record of good deeds, even after his departure-as long as its benefit continue to reach others. It is because of this accepted wisdom that former President […]
If you are a professor of history or a consumer rights activist, but you cannot put things in context, you are probably not sophisticated enough. Introduction President Joyce Banda has in the past few weeks experienced a barrage of criticisms reminiscent of a hostile environment in which her predecessor Professor Bingu wa Mutharika concluded his […]
Malawi’s only private radio station transmitting on satellite, Galaxy FM, has for close to a fortnight stopped doing programmes and airing news but only playing music as it is facing technical hitches, Nyasa Times sources have confirmed. The station owned by late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter Duwa Mutharika Mubaira was given both television and radio licenses […]
Listening to Mr. John Kapito on the famous Zodiak’s ‘Tiuzeni Zoona’ programme on Sunday afternoon, he sounded a very angry man. Mr. Kapito, the all powerful and only Chairman of Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) for decades now, alleged during the programme, the People’s Party (PP) Government, led by President Joyce Banda, had failed the […]
Malawi government will launch an ambitious economic recovery plan that will turn the southern country at a long-term into a progressive developmental State. The economy of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, was shattered by former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s poor governance record which followed with suspension of foreign aid. But President Mrs Joyce […]
The regime of Joyce Banda is experiencing the sternest test of its ability to manage the political economy of Malawi. Having spent a great deal of her vice presidency suffering the persecution of the DPP, Her Excellency Banda has been rudely awakened to the realities of leadership. As President, Mrs Banda has to live with […]
Denial syndrome reborn: This week has seen the second coming of the one and only, the incorruptible peoples’ champion, the inimitable John Kapito – the main man who refused to compromise with his appointing authority on human rights. Kapito, in his direct manner, has charged that; “Everywhere in the world, government’s main responsibility is to […]
Former presidential legal counsel, Allan Ntata, has alleged that Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume was “an instigator” of the alleged coup d’état to deny President Joyce Banda from ascending to power when president Bingu wa Mutharika died in April. Chiume served as Justice Minister in the Mutharika administration. Speaking on Capital FM Straight Talk […]