Malawi’s Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked President Peter Mutharika to commission special investigation over the death of his elder brother, the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed by immediate past president Joyce Banda. Nankhumwa made the shocking remarks during the […]
Malawi will from this weekend witness memorial services of its two dictators Kamuzu Banda and Bingu wa Mutharika. The first memorial service will be of Bingu which his younger brother, President Peter Mutharika will attend on Saturday May 9, 2015 at Ndata Farm in Thyolo. Bingu died on 5 April 2012 after a cardiac arrest […]
April 5 2015 marked the third anniversary of the sad sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, whose legacy stand to defend his honour through visible infrastructure development and policies and initiatives like the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), free ARVs for HIV/AIDS patients, the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS), the African Food Basket […]
Malawi ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will from Sunday April 5 to April 7 be celebrating the life and achievements of the party’s founder and former head of state late Bingu wa Mutharika. DPP ‘s director of youth for the central region Rajab Malimba has called upon youths in the country to pray for the […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) officials accompanied by armed police officers on Friday raided offices of the government-hired valuer of the estate of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika, and went away with computers and files after a six-hour search, it has been reported. Yeremiah Chihana,, proprietor of YMW Property Investment in Lilongwe, said officials […]
Many ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters and faithful, including known a pologistsas well as the rank and file cadets,were obviously enthralled by the High Court of Malawi’s declaration that Peter Mutharika had won the 2014 tripartite elections. The excited panel also included close associates of former President, the late Bingu wa Mutharika such as […]
The legal attempt to declare public the Bineth Trust of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika to become a replica of Press Trust, which was initially established as a public trust but operated and was used as a personal entity of Malawi’s founding president, the late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has been foiled after […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the People’s Party (PP) on Saturday took turns slamming the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government for naming the state-of-the-art stadium currently under construction in Lilongwe as Bingu National Stadium. According to Youth and Sports Minister Grace Chiumia, the decision to name the Chinese-funded 40 000-seater facility was […]
Sometime last year, I made new friends and colleagues in some distant part of the world. Many people that surrounded me, and those I came into contact with, did not know what Malawi is, or where it is located on the globe. Most of them heard the word Malawi for the first time from me. […]
Malawi government has named the Chinese-funded stadium being built in in the capital city, Lilongwe after late president Bingu wa Mutharika. The stadium, which is earmarked for completion in November, will be called Bingu National Stadium. Youth Sports Minister Grace Obama Chiumia confirmed the development and said this is in honour of the fallen […]
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” – Charles Darwin in “Origin of Species.” There is a joke about a simple, dense villager who goes to watch a western cowboy film. As they are sitting […]
Claims by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government that it has in possession of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage showing former president Joyce Banda meeting chief cashgate suspect, Oswald Lutepo, are only a creation to implicate the former Head of State in the infamous financial scandal, it has been learnt. Information Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa told […]
Malawi Foreign Affairs Minister George Chaponda has regretted the expulsion of former British High Commissioner Fergus Cochraine-Dyet during former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration. Chaponda said the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration will never repeat such actions because it had a negative impact to the country’s economy. “President Peter Mutharika has made […]
Influential Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua who made headlines in 2012 when his prediction concerning the death of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika came to pass after being widely reported in African media, has again prophesied an imminent attack on a presidential figure in Southern Africa. “You should pray for Southern Africa… I am seeing militants […]
“Every politician has a promising career. Unfortunately, most of them do not keep those promises.” ~ Jarod Kintz Malawians have developed a culture of falling for empty political promises and political leaders are making the most of it. One would think that after 20 years of democracy the country should be at a point where […]
The Peter Mutharika administration is supportive of commemorating July 20, the date in 2011 when police gunned. down 20 unarmed protestors, as long as it is done in a “non-partisan manner” , according Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu Tembenu was quoted by Malawi News on Saturday saying they would allow commemorating the […]
Weekend Nation newspaper of June 21st 2014, a day President Peter Mutharika and the first lady, Gertrude Maseko tied a knot, led with a news story on the first couple’s wedding, titled: “Meet the Bride.” The story had vox pop kind interviews with relatives of the bride and people from her home area in Balaka. […]
President Prof, Peter Mutharika said on Sunday, that Malawians have every reason to merry-make and celebrate their hard-won independence on July 6 and consolidate the unity of purpose in the country. Malawi attained independence from the British Government on 6 July 1964 and Sunday marked its golden jubilee at a public stadium in Lilongwe which […]