Of late, the Malawian President His Excellency Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa Mutharika has made some very out of the ordinary remarks on the podium that have had listeners in stitches. Mutharika made Malawians, and many citizens of other nationalities living in the country, end the year 2011 ridiculing and parodying him just as they did […]
District , constituency governors and some officials of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have vowed to sabotage the party’s participation in the 2014 elections because the party’s leader, President Bingu wa Mutharika has let them down since the 2009 elections. Latest disappointment is disbursement of K14 000 loans given to the governors and some […]
To say that life in Malawi is unbearable is indeed an understatement. The daily price rises of essential commodities makes them unaffordable. It is pathetic that even maize price has gone up and the little there is at Admarc markets is being rationed to the perceived needy people. It must be emphasized to the Bingu […]
Judicial workers who are on an indefinite strike over work conditions and higher pay on Friday turned Blantyre High Court premises into a demonstration arena. People, mostly women, who can safely be assumed as employees in the judiciary were camped outside the court premises with heavy hitting musical instruments dancing to the popural Fikisa song […]
Mzuzu based politician, Harry Mkandawire, has said the July 20th Commission of Inquiry on anti-government protest is wasting time and tax payers funds because it knows the truth as to who ordered the killing of people during the demonstration – President Bingu wa Mutharika. “I find it a bit flabbergasting that you are here trying […]
Malawi activists are kicking-off a ‘red card’ campaign against President Bingu wa Mutharika’s rule and plan vigils on Januray 15 a day the nation honours martyre John Chilembwe who led an uprising against the colonial rule in 1915. A pressure group called ‘Malawi Citizen’ says the Mutharika government deserves nothing less than a red card. […]
Malawi President President Bingu wa Mutharika was d forced to eat ‘junk’ food with other African heads of state who attended last weekend’s centenary celebrations of the African National Congress (ANC), according to media reports. Mutharika and others leaders had to buy their own bedding, food, pots, pans, glasses and bottled water because the ANC […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika whose administration is facing cash problems following western donors withdraw of aid due to governance and human rights concerns, says he was grateful to China for its assistance without any strings attached. Malawi President noted that China does not demand democratic reforms, good governance and anti-corruption drives as a condition […]
Reverend Mezuwa Banda of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia said at the July 20 Commission of Inquiry that only colonial government killed their people and not those in the multiparty dispensation. “Whoever ordered the killing of those people on July 20 last year must be out of his mind. Life is a God given gift […]
The endless unscripted drama continues in Malawi. And as it approaches its highpoint, both audience and players are coming to the same realization. It is a tragedy. Motorists, agitating for a few drops of fuel to keep them moving also have to endure insults from their President and his sidekicks as they attempt to explain […]
The controversial Member of Parliament for Thyolo Thava, Lifred Nawena on Tuesday took his time on Capital FM’s hard-hitting flagship interview programme, Straight Talk, to criticise President Bingu wa Mutharika, saying he has lost his edge as a leader. In the Straight Talk consisting of in-depth half-hour one-on-one interview with host Brian Banda, Nawena said emphatically […]
Malawi Presidet Bingu wa Mutharika finally met his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata on Saturday night and they hugged, had a friendly chat since the former’s deportation from that country in 2007, The Post newspaper of Zambia reported on Monday. The paper said the meeting of the two happened at South Africa’s governing African National Congress […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has received a dressing down from human rights campaigners over his sneering quip likening Malawians to ‘chickens’ that cry on simple issues like the twin problems of forex and fuel. “Malawians are like chickens, they cry over simple issues. Are you telling me that the only problems you can cry […]
The diplomatic relations between Lilongwe and Lusaka which was said to be mended risks to strained again following statements by Malawi President’s spokesman linking Zambia’s President Michael Sata to a coup plot. As an opposition leader, Sata was deported from Malawi in 2006 by the Bingu wa Mutharika government when he was visiting former President […]
MalawiPresident Bingu wa Mutharika has welcomed the stand taken byZambiaPresident Michael Sata to forgive him following a diplomatic row that has soured relations between the two neighboring countries. Mutharika’s spokesman, Hetherwick Ntaba, told Times of Zambia that the Malawian leader has welcomed the reconciliatory message from President Sata. Sata said he has forgiven Mutharika following […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday afternoon summoned Minister of Information, Principal Secretary and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board to Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The minister Patricia Kaliati, the PS James Kalirangwe and Macra board chairperson Ted Nandolo were some of the top officials that appeared before Mutharika. Kalirangwe and Kaliati had to travel […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has always boasted as a person who respects traditional leaders but on Wednesday the Malawi leader barked at the chiefs threatening to strip them off of their chieftaincies. The president attacked the chiefs in Zomba when he launched the 2011-2012 National Tree Plating Season at Jali in the area of TA […]
The economic and governance problems and erratic rainfall in Malawi have forced churches to hold national prayers on Friday in Blantyre to pray for God’s intervention. The prayers are convened by Malawi Council of Churches which is an umbrella body of all churches and religious groups. Rev. Osborne Jodda Mbewe said on Wednesday that the […]