Police in Blantyre on Tuesday re-arrested associates of former Malawian Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, a prominent critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, who were freed on bail. Southern Region Police spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa confirmed Kasambara’s security team—Arthur Chikankheni, Mayamiko Kadango, Brian Magoya, Patrick Gadama and Ali Kaka—who were arrested with him were nabbed again. They are being accused of assaulting a gang of […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika is in trouble with villagers at his retiring home Ndata in Thyolo district who are demanding compensation for their land which the President has snatched from them for the construction of a shopping mall. Mutharika is constructing a shopping mall near the Malawi (Mikolongwe) University of Science and Technology (Must) at […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says Malawians must forget cerebrating 48 years of their independence if they still cling to donor dependence. DPP’s Secretary General, Wakuda Kamanga, said in Blantyre as on Sunday as he laboured to explain to people of Ndirande Malabada Constituency why President Bingu wa Mutharika is advancing the Zero Deficit Budget […]
Former State House Press Officer and Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has been entrusted by President Bingu wa Mutharika with the responsibility to head his private radio and television station, Galaxy, based in the capital city, Lilongwe. Mtumodzi was moved out of State House in 2010 and appointed Director of Information. He was later sent […]
One of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s very unpopular policies, Zero Deficit Budget (ZDB), though a very popular phrase in 2011, is here to stay. At least, in the interim, this is what we can all look forward to, perhaps until after May 2014. Mutharika is not relenting on this as observed in his address to […]
The bureaucracy that ordinary citizens face while seeking assistance in various public offices has not spared President Bingu wa Mutharika who has been forced to come out in the open and declare his frustration. Mutharika told hundreds of people gathered at Domasi College of Education in Zomba on Sunday during the graduation ceremony of secondary […]
Authorities of Zomba Islamic High School were engaged in quarrelled over money which was donated by President Bingu wa Mutharika. On Friday the 17th February, Rev. Dr. Billy Gama, a presidential advisor of religious affairs, went to Zomba Islamic High School as a visit made in response to an appeal made by the Chairman of […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Sunday retaliated that he will not seek to elongate his stay in power at the expiry of his constitutional mandate in 2014, saying as a democrat he will make voluntary retirement. Speaking when he presented diplomas and degrees to 658 graduating secondary school teachers at Domasi College of Education […]
Lower Shire political strongman, Transport Minister Sidik Mia, has said the ruling DPP should be assured of massive support and votes from the region for its presidential candidate Arthur-Peter Mutharika in 2014. Speaking on Saturday after the opening of 46 kilometre Nsanje-Bangula road named Khuluvi Highway which has been constructed at the tune of the […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika and First Lady Callista Mutharika last week accomplished a ‘bribing’ tour of Blantyre by hosting at Sanjika Palace religious and traditional leaders, giving them significant amounts of money to win their sympathy amid increasing national social, political and economic woes. “They invited people who matter in town and the village to […]
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is reported to be annoyed with reports that state lawyers are refusing to prosecute prominent lawyer Ralph Kasambara in a “politicaly motivated” case. Kasambara is charged with offences of kidnapping and assault but currently out on bail Ministry of Justice spokesperson, Apoche Itimu, said the lawyers are “ giving out […]
There was panic at Nsanje Boma MBC outside broadcasting unit and the Broadcasting House (BH) at Chichiri in Blantyre following a blackout that ensued during a live coverage of President Bingu wa Mutharika. President Mutharika was in Nsanje to officially launch the long awaited and heavily politicized 50km Nsanje-Bangula road. Transmission went off for seven […]
A series of online lectures: Imagine, for instance, that a colleague pops in at your office gutted. She explains that traffic policemen on her way to work insisted that she pays a fine because she did not show the policemen her driving licence. Her explanation that she forgot the driving licence at home fell on […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika Friday night announced without disclosing reasons change of his travel details to Nsanje creating panic for the police, Nyasa Times can reveal. Mutharika travelled to Nsanje Boma Saturday morning to officially launch the 50km long Nsanje-Bangula road and was scheduled to fly to the flood-hit district but changed his mind at […]
A report in the DPP-sponsored Sky News said on Friday a leaked diplomatic dispatch has revealed a plot by Leader of opposition, John Tembo, to take over the Presidency of the country through the impeachment of President Bingu wa Mutharika. The broadsheet claims it has the confidential memo that exposes an agreement Tembo had with […]
Despite derogatory language towards donors on homosexual rights and unfounded allegations that NGOsare getting funded on the backs of homosexuals, President Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration is the one receiving funds from donors and implementing gay activities, The Nation has revealed. The exact amount government has received for gay activities is unclear, but the US Embassy […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika today (February 24) turns 78 and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members joined the First Family in celebrating his life. Loyalists lavished praise on Mutharika on his birthday against the backdrop of a crippling economic crisis and governance concerns. Mutharika is likely to mark his birthday with a private family dinner. According to a book the President wrote […]
Head of Malawi Health Equity Network (Mehn) Martha Kwataine has blasted President Bingu wa Mutharika for snatching the only specialist kidney doctor from Kamuzu Central Hospital to be at State House and live thousands of kidney patients, mostly poor people, in the cold. Media reports say Dr Dan Namarika of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) has […]