First were Members of Parliament from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to allege that some Malawians were plotting to overthrow the Bingu wa Mutharika government on 14th March this year. The party’s Vice President and a senior cabinet minister, Goodall Gondwe followed suit. A few days later, it was Mutharika himself publicly echoing the allegations […]
The World Bank said Thursday it had offered Malawi a plan to help turn around the troubled economy of the southern African nation. “We have presented a comprehensive package with all necessary measures to help the Malawi economy,” Marcelo Giugale, leader of a Bank delegation, told reporters in the main city Blantyre. Giugale, the Bank’s […]
“We must all mobilise together to deliver the killer blow and put an end to this regime,” – Alioune Tine, Coordinator of the Senegalese opposition June 23 Movement (M23) The above quote by the coordinator of the June 23 Movement (M23) named after the June 23 anti-government demonstrations in Senegal gives hope to other opposition […]
Former Speaker of Parliament and cabinet minister, Davies Chester Katsonga on Tuesday accused President Bingu wa Mutharika of imposing his brother and Foreign Minister Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer in the 2014 national presidential polls. Katsonga told journalists and a handful of his followers when he announced the […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has removed Cosmas Tchale as its Head of Presentation following his drunkenness behaviour, Nyasa Times can reveal. Tchale, was handed the removal letter from MBC management on Monday the 5th of March 2012. He has since been moved to a lesser influential position in what is known as the National Development […]
Malawi’s Energy Minister Goodall Gondwe, in a bid to salvage his image, has been forced to disassociate himself from claims that civil society groups are planning to overthrow the government of Bingu wa Mutharika. Gondwe made the remarks at the March 3 Martyrs Day event in the northern port district of Nkhata Bay. His speech […]
Malawi needs a bail out of about $500 million to get out of its economic mess. Currently on ICU, it urgently requires Western assistance but the President Bingu wa Mutharika’s vilification of donors last Sunday has jeopardised the possibility of a rescue package, diplomatic sources have confided. Senior diplomats, in separate interviews, told The Nation […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has been asked to stop using hate speeches and desist from badmouthing donors and critics. Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) an umbrella of rights groups in Malawi, said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times on Tuesday that Mutharika should stop his inflammatory, intimidating and abusive comments in public […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has claimed that his ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) remains popular and that it is poised to win resoundingly again when elections are held in 2014. Mutharika told supporters at a rally after he opened a road in his tea-growing home district of Thyolo on Sunday, that many people were still […]
When dictatorship is a fact, said Victor Hugo, a revolution becomes a right. President Bingu wa Mutharika knows this for a fact, and is wary of a revolution or as he calls it a coup, as more and more people catch on to the fact that a revolution is their right. And this explains why […]
Septuagenarian Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika scoffed at fears about his health and indirectly reacted to TB Joshua prophecy of the death of an African President. Speaking when he hosted religious leaders from central and northern regions at the State House in the capital Lilongwe o Sunday, Mutharika said there are many people who wish […]
The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia last week barred up to 120 members of the Women’s Guild from Milala Presbytery and some CCAP Reverends in Mzimba district from travelling to the new State House in Lilongwe, Nyasa Times has learnt. Consequently the two Buses, which government hired, returned to Lilongwe empty despite impassioned pleas from Mzimba […]
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is worried with the fragile situation in Malawi and has asked Southern African Development Community (SADC) to assess the situations. The UN chief asked Angola, as chairperson of SADC , to assess Malawi “ on the worrying situation.” Malawi situation triggered more concerns on Sunday when President Bingu wa […]
Malawi opposition and a top diplomat swifly dismissed the coup claims by President Bingu wa Mutharika, calling them part of a plot to create a pretext for declaring a state of emergency that would give the dictator broad security powers. Mutharika speaking in his home district of Thyolo on Sunday, claimed he has intelligence reports […]
Malawians in Luton Town, UK on Saturday marked Malawi’s Martyrs Day commemoration by launching a branch of the People’s Transformation Party (Petra) UK wing in the area amid strong calls for unity with stakeholders to engage in a fierce fight against President Bingu wa Mutharika’s despotism. The wing’s chairperson Prisca Juma Phiri-Jere told the meeting […]
Presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi on Sunday took a swipe at the state sponsored graft busters Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for what he called intimidation of lawyers in the country. He was referring to an incident where two lawyers, Wapona Kita and Lusungu Gondwe of Ralph & Arnolds Law Firm who were recently summoned by ACB on allegations that they […]
Several traditional leaders in Malawi have lately taken to the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV to argue on the president’s behalf about why the Malawian currency, the Malawi Kwacha, must not be devalued. The suggestion to devalue has been prescribed by the International Monetary Fund and Malawi’s bilateral donors, and has been supported by several […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was at it again on Sunday with his temperate behaviour when he made a fiery speech in which he told off the donor community, threatening “war” against activists. The President again called on his DPP youth cadets to “discipline” his opponents when they protest against his government. Speaking when he […]