Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopeful Arthur Peter Mutharika is reportedly splashing cash to buy supporters as his elections campaign funds t is reportedly running into billions. DPP sources told Nyasa Times that Mutharika -who inherited the party leasdership from former Head of State late Bingu was Mutharika -is paying people attending his rallies […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi on Tuesday appeared before a Commission of Inquiry into the death of former president Bingu wa Mutharika in Blantyre. The commission which was set to establish the date and place of death plus roles played by different individuals in managing the transition of power to President Joyce Banda, met Muluzi at his BCA […]
Nobody is born a politician, most of us may well argue. But for others, politics is the bonafide thing. Look at how Enock Chihana and Atupele Muluzi are fairing? The golden spoon seems to have been born with them in the political foyer! Then we have one ol’ 76 (or thereabout) years-old John Zenuz Ungapake […]
Russians have had quite a quite a few remarkable achievements in space exploration. One of these achievements was the establishment of the first space station called the Mir. Before the establishment of the current International Space Station, all astronauts including American, rented space on Mir to conduct space-based experiment. There was a little bit of […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda said in an interview with a newspaper Sunday that an attempt was made to kill her in 2010 during her tenure as vice president when she opposed ex-leader Bingu wa Mutharika. Banda told South Africa’s Sunday Times that since taking office in April, she had discovered proof that a truck that […]
I was young but I still recall what was happening that time. This is because I believe that without history, the long journey of life is nothing but just like a huge bottle tree without roots. I remember when my father told me that ‘Never underestimate yesterday’s events because they help to shape the today and gently […]
It can be said without any form of contradiction that freedom of expression can and contributes to the survival of multiparty democracy in Malawi. It can be further stated that freedom of expression , especially on topical issues is incomplete without appropriate response from relevant authorities. All this boils down to the fact that a […]
Foreword: This is not article per se; it is a lamentation – a petitioning lamentation for that matter. My prayer is that God should grant Malawian women and men of God the courage to speak up when they see things going wrong or when they receive prophetic visions, rather than wait to preach after the fact. In […]
Being an African president is a risky business. It can be fatal. We`re already three down this year alone, and critically-ill Meles Zenawi looks like he`ll make it four. Other continents, by and large, seem to do a better job of hanging on to their leaders. The curse of the African president strikes again. This […]
The adage which says that ‘no condition is permanent’ makes a lot of sense especially when one looks at governance. Whether one talks about the recent Arab uprising in north Africa or the change of government in Malawi, they both stand as examples that no condition is permanent. Having said the above, it is surprising […]
Spokesman of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Nicholas Dausi was again a marvel to listen to when he was guest on popular in-depth-interview Straight Talk programme on Capital Radio when he used his verbiage to attack people who have surrounded President Mrs Joyce Banda, saying most of them were ill-advising former president late Bingu wa Mutharika. […]
Malawi government has dispatched secret agents specialised in money laundering to Europe to trace the wealth of former president Bingu wa Mutharika, sources close to the operation have exclusively told the Nyasa Times. Mutharika is believed to have stashed millions of money in foreign banks mainly in Europe which government analysts believe is funding the recent […]
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 […]
A man claiming to be the son of Malawi’s founding President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Jumani Masauko Kamuzu Banda, who was deported from Malawi to Sweden on September 27th, 2011 is back in Malawi, Nyasa Times has learnt. Jumani confirmed to a Nyasa Times correspondent in Lilongwe that he was back in the country. He could […]
While addressing yet another astonishingly mammoth gathering at his second rally on Sunday, July 22, at Mgona Area 25, in Lilongwe, Peter Mutharika hinted that the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Television, deliberately disregarded coverage of his presence in parliament. Seemingly joking, the professor also lamented that the MBC, which alone is the public media house in Malawi, no longer provide live coverage of DPP […]
British government has been persuaded to reinstate its general budget support for Malawi following brave reforms ” for the better carried by new President Joyce Banda, according to MPs on the International Development Committee. In a report released on Tuesday and seen by Nyasa Times from the House of Commons website, the committee’s chairman, Sir Malcolm Bruce, recommended that […]
Two former female cabinet ministers and now senior members of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Patricia Kaliati and Dr Jean Kalirani on Sunday went to town blasting President Joyce Banda’s first 100 days in office, saying she is “hopeless”. The two told a rally in the capital Lilongwe which was addressed by DPP leader […]
Last Sunday, on July 15, 2012, Professor Peter Arthur wa Mutharika held a legendary political rally in Thyolo. There has been an unchallenged claim, that the rally was one that no politician of Opposition has ever held since the history of Malawi and even the President of Malawi, Mrs Joyce Banda, has never attracted such a gathering during her rallies. […]