“…A wretched soul, buried with adversity, we bid be quite when we hear it cry. But were we burdened with like weight of pain, as much or more we should ourselves complain…” William Shakespeare, English Dramatist & Poet (1564 – 1616) In the Holy Scriptures, the almighty God clearly declares in the Book of 1 […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Perks Ligoya said on Tuesday that it is misleading to say that country’s economy was doing very well under the tenure of Bakili Muluzi than currently under economist President Bingu wa Mutharika. Economist and former diplomat Dr Jerry Jana told a radio interview on privately-owned Capital radio that “in the […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has defended the actions of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters who booed and threatened to rough journalists for asking President Bingu wa Mutharika probing questions on Monday during the press conference at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. The press conference was hijacked into a political rally for the DPP where […]
Social and political activist Ben Chiza Mkandawire has organised a movement to move into the National Assembly to protests against government and MPs “to work with the people and not against them.” Chiza Mkandawire a student of political science at Huddersfield University in UK and a member of Malawi Diaspora Forum told Nyasa Times that […]
Last Monday’s events at the Kamuzu International Airport where President Bingu wa Mutharika was addressing the press must serve to remind all Malawians that while we consider our country to be a democracy, we are, as a matter of fact, only a whisker away from sliding back to the dark days of authoritarianism where the […]
Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati has lambasted Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), for advocating for impeaching President Bingu wa Mutharika, saying they (NGOs) have run out of ideas. Kaliati was reacting to a story carried out by a local newspaper in which the NGOs were demanding the removal of the Head of State […]
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dr Perks Ligoya has disclosed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “high powered team” will be coming in the country in December to help reform the exchange rate and look at devaluing the Kwacha currency. IMF wants Malawi to further devalue the kwacha and liberalise foreign exchange before resuming the […]
Two private security guards and a petrol attendant have been arrested in Blantyre for allegedly insulting President Bingu wa Mutharika and wishing he had died. The arrested guards who were not identified,allegedly hurled insults at President Mutharika and his government in Malawi’s lingua franca, Chichewa for the economic turmoil the country is facing. “Ka boma […]
People’s Party of vice president Joyce Banda is set to form the next government in Malawi, the party’s national director of economic affairs, Dr. Jerry Jana has said. Jana an accomplished economist and former diplomat says he thinks that PP is ready to form the next government and that it will have a different approach […]
As Malawi Parliament sets out to “Reforming” its Standing Orders; a lot of historical and democratic thought should concentrate the mind, lest, lightening might strike in the same place twice, or indeed thrice! Reading in today’s (November 21) local Newspaper [The Nation; front page article entitled Impeach Bingu As Well- NGOs”] where it is suggested […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika says Malawians should appreciate that he has developed the country since he took over power in 2004 and said he was poised to continue with the development agenda. Mutharika was speaking on Monday upon his arrival at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe from Chinese resort city of Macau. […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika returned home on Monday after a holiday in Hong Kong with his wife. Mutharika’s trip ignited rumours of poor health. The speculation gathered pace when his spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba refused to disclose the location of the Head of State. But the 78-year-old leader insisted he was in good health. Thousands […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika failed to give a comprehensive answer on the diplomatic stand-off between Malawi and Zambia arising from a 2007 deportation of Zambia’s President Michael Sata when he was opposition leader then. “I had expected that President Sata would come to attend the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Summit in Australia where […]
If you think just doing the job you were employed for can not invite some trouble in your career then take a flight to London and ask one former British envoy to Malawi, Fergus Cochrane- Dyte. Dyet was posted to Lilongwe not as a tourist but as a watchman for British tax payers and one […]
As I write Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is preparing to travel back to the country he is supposed to be heading – in both times of hardship as well as times of merry-making. In his infinite wisdom, however, he decided on a holiday – in South East Asia, apparently at a time when everybody […]
Recent headlines: Italy: “Mr Berlusconi lost his majority amid an acute debt crisis that threatens the eurozone. He promised to go once MPs had approved new austerity measures. Crowds celebrated outside the presidential palace, shouting “buffoon” as he entered. The BBC’s Alan Johnston in Rome says Mr Berlusconi’s last journey as prime minister was an […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has dismisses the charge levelled against President Bingu wa Mutharika on impeachment, raised by Ken Msonda, UDF’s spokesperson Msonda told Capital FM radio Day Break Malawi programme that President Mutharika should be impeached for going AWOL! (Absent Without Leave). He said Mutharika’s holiday at the time when Malawi is suffering the […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika arrives back this Monday (November 21) after spending about a month outside the country. The Office of President and Cabinet says in a statement made available to Nyasa Times that the President will be returning from the Commonwealth Summit in Australia after making a stop-over in South East Asia. The […]