It never rains but pours for fired Information and Civic Education Minister Patricia Botomani Kaliati, and it pours cats and dogs as she was booed and hissed at Sanjika Palace Friday afternoon by hordes of Malawians when she went to pay her last respects to the remains of the fallen Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika. […]
Wife to press officer for late Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika’s Albert Mungomo has died following a suspected fatal heart attack. Mungomo’s wife, Elizabeth, died suddenly Friday morning after collapsing at the couple’s residence within the Mtunthama State Lodge compound in the city of Lilongwe. A source within State House said Elizabeth was pronounced dead […]
Malawi’s former President Bakili Muluzi on Friday bade an emotional goodbye to his political buddy-turned-enemy late President Bingu wa Mutharika at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The body of late Mutharika is lying in state at the presidential palace to afford Malawians in Southern and Eastern regions to pay their last respects before his burial next […]
They say in politics there are neither permanent friends nor permanent enemies; this was exactly the scenario at Sanjika palace Friday morning when old time comrades joined President Joyce Banda to pay final respects before the remains of late president Bingu wa Mutharika are interred in Thyolo on Monday. Lighter moments begun to unfold soon […]
The first consignment of fuel which has been given by the Zambian government to ease mobility during the funeral of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is said to have been abused, Nyasa Times has established. Investigations by Nyasa Times indicate that Office of President and Cabinet through PVHO were issuing special vouchers to fill vehicles being […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi died on April 5 of a heart attack at the age of 78. His countrymen, suffering a massive economic and political crisis, seem to have declared good riddance. Some of his rogue allies apparently tried to hold on to power after his death, but democracy prevailed with the installation […]
The controversial Member of Parliament for Thyolo Thava, Lifred Nawena, has described members of the former ruling DPP defecting to People’s Party of President Joyce Banda as “abnormal” warning PP to be cautious of them. NawenA, who isn’t afraid to call a spade a spade, said Banda’s party should be wary of the defectors as […]
South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma has rescinded his decision to join six other African leaders to attend the burial ceremony of Malawi’s departed President Bingu wa Mutharika. Earlier, the Malawi Government had announced that seven African Heads of State and Government who included Zuma would be present during the burial ceremony scheduled for Monday […]
At exactly 3:30 in the afternoon on Thursday, late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s remains arrived at Chileka Airport in the commercial capital Blantyre amid wailing from thousand Malawians especially DPP diehards. Sombre music and sad faces could be seen everywhere as Blantyre people wanted to have a glance at Mutharika’s gold casket draped in a […]
Malawi Government has declared next Monday, April 23, as a public holiday in order for the people to bury late President Bingu wa Mutharika. The remains of Mutharika, who died on April 5th after suffering a cardiac arrest, will be interred on the day at his Ndata Farm in Thyolo district. The Office of the President […]
Newly elevated Malawi President Joyce Banda has officially announced that she should be addressed as ‘Her Excellency Mrs Joyce Banda’, Nyasa Times has learnt. In a statement to the media signed by Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Bright Msaka, the clarification has been made following numerous descriptions that people have given […]
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who was a close ally of late Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika, has confirmed that he will fly to Malawi to attend the April 23, 2012 burial of late Mutharika. Despite reported poor health, Mugabe has confirmed that he wants to pay homage to the man he called “dear brother and […]
Malawian late president Bingu wa Mutharika died on April 6, 2012, according to a white cross the army carried ahead of his casket on arrival at Mzuzu Airport on Wednesday. The change confirms the confusion on the real date Mutharika died. Government officials Nyasa Timestalked to at the airport failed to satisfactorily explain the apparent […]
Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s remains arrived at the Mzuzu Airport aboard a Malawi Defence Force Donnier plane at 08: 48am to solemn and sombre mood accompanied by dirges. Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali, accompanied by the former first Lady Callista Mutharika led Malawians in welcoming the remains. Head of the Catholic Church in Malawi […]
There is confusion over the precise date of death for late president Bingu wa Mutharika who suffered a fatal heart attack on April 5 The 78-year-old leader, reviled by many in Malawi and the international community, was rushed to hospital after collapsing on April 5, but could not be saved. He died on the same day according […]
Malawians are mourning their former president Bingu Wa Mutharika with mixed reactions. There are those who are genuinely mourning him. Yet there is also a segment that is openly celebrating his death. Even those he perceived as his friends – members of his own party – are celebrating, with some describing his death as “liberating.” […]
Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) has pledged to continue the Malawi government with an aim of bailing out Malawi from various challenges the country is currently facing. The message has been passed through the Executive Secretary of the Committee Dr. Tomaz Augusto Salomao who visited the country on Monday to pay the last respect to […]
The sudden death of a sitting president almost seems impossible. We often redirect our thoughts about death to lesser humans, but fate has a way of invalidating human decisions. And death itself is no respecter of man’s wishes. It really takes the hand of fate to be born human – and living – and it […]