Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is insisting that country’s currency, the Kwacha will not be devalued as demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and poked fun at Brettonwood institutions. Mutharika, an Indian trained economicst said on Sarurday on remarks aired live on state radio and television that devaluation “does not make sense(and) it will […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has dismissed suggestions that he is an alcoholic or smokes, claiming he is a sober man. There have been widespread suggestions that most of the decisions the President make are done under the influence of liquor. During the last year July 20 demonstrations some people were singing “ukamwa moya, usayende […]
A man who has been commandeering petro-bomb attacks on civil society leaders, Zodiak radio cars and who drove the regime thugs to firebomb former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara’s law firm has been named and shamed in the press. Malawi News report on Saturday identified the Paulos Chisale, who works as a Presidential valet at the […]
Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi, currently undergoing medical treatment in South Africa, has given his support to the campaign to free human rights lawyer and activist Ralph Kasambara. Speaking on his hospital bed in Cape Town, South Africa, Muluzi who is a goodwill ambassador and messenger of justice and human rights for Africa said the government […]
Malawi opposition parties have spoken with one voice in condemnation against the continued detention of human rights lawyer Ralph Kasambara, warning that dictator Bingu wa Mutharika will be held squarely responsible should anything unnatural happen to the outspoken lawyer. In a joint statement signed by Friday Jumbe and George Ntafu (UDF), Kamuzu Chibambo (PETRA), Mark Katsonga […]
Malawi’s leading private radio station, Zodiak, has been barred by government from covering live the launch of Presidential Sports Initiative on Saturday to be led by dictator Bingu wa Mutharika. Zodiak had applied to Ministry of Information for accreditation to have access of covering the event live on its popular radio station. But government the […]
The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) condemn this week’s persecution of Malawi’s former Attorney-General, Ralph Kasambara, and express alarm at the country’s continuing slide away from established principles of democracy and rule of law. A high-profile lawyer and outspoken critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Kasambara […]
Former ministers and leader of Maravi People’s Party (MPP), Uladi Mussa asked government to explain if it has silently declared the troubled a state of emergency in the troubled southern African country. Uladi made the statement in Parliament sitting in Lilongwe, demanding Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to explain why government is still detaining […]
Malawi Civil Society Organisations have pulled out of negotiations over 20 point petition which formed the core of issues that culminated into July 20 anti-Government protests. Leader of the CSOs dialogue team Voice Mhone told a news conference in the capital, Lilongwe on Friday that they have made the decision to abandon the talks following the arbitrary […]
The Malawi government has secretly drawn a list of human rights activist and critics of President Bingu wa Mutharika for arbitrary arrests and even causing physical harm this year, Nyasa Times sources have disclosed. Topping the list are vocal human rights defenders; Undule Mwakasungula, Unandi Banda, Benedicto Kondowe, Reverend Macdonald Sembereka, Voice Mhone and Rafik Hajat. Journalists, lawyers […]
One of the obvious reasons for Malawi’s fight for democracy was for people to get back their freedoms which were denied by Dr Kamuzu Banda’s dictatorship. As it were, of more important is the freedom of expression through which alternative views for running the country can be offered. To start with it must be mentioned […]
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Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has vehemently rejected claims that southern African nation is sliding towards full-blown dictatorship. Mutharika in an exclusive interview published with the British broadsheet daily, The Guardian, he dismissed claims that he was becoming more autocratic and intolerant to criticism. “It’s total nonsense because there’s no country in sub-Saharan Africa that […]
In an unprecxedented development, Mwayiwathu Hospital on Thursday was cordoned off to protect the privacy of a ‘very big and important person’ who seems to have been taken there for an emergency . The Hospital declined to comment to Nyasa Times’ clarification. There were heavy police presence at the hospital. Eye witnessess told Nyasa Timesthey […]
The offer by Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika to host the next African Union has attracted both negative and positive comments from a wide spectrum of the public both internationally and locally. It is important, according to consensus within Malawi, to take an analytical view of the situation instead of just praising or opposing the […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has hired a hit-squad from his political ally Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe to deal with critics and activist, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have claimed. Presidential spokesperson Heatherwick Ntaba has however refuted the allegations as baseless. Acting national coordinator of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, speaking at a […]
A leading private practice lawyer and critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Ralph Kasambara, has finally been freed on bail, lawyer Wapona Kita told Nyasa Times on Wednesday. Kita a lawyer in Kasambara’s law firm, Ralph and Arnolds – said he had picked the former Attorney General at Chichiri Prison to his home in Nyambadwe. “Yes […]
In a typical tit-for-tat style civil society organisations (CSOs) chased a state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Television (MBC TV) crew from their news conference held in the capital, Lilongwe on Tuesday, accusing them of not reporting their news objectively. And one of the CSOs leaders Voice Mhone said the action was also in line with […]