Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika told donors that he was keen in putting in cage veteran politician Gwanda Chakuamba and described him as a “thug”, according to leaked documents published on WikiLeaks. The WikiLeaks cable obtained by Nyasa Times shows that Mutharika told the donor community after his election in 2004 as Head of State […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika’s impending visit to Rumphi Central Constituency this Saturday has angered families and relatives of people slain during the July 20th demonstrations in Mzuzu. Mutharika is expected to drum up support for his DPP candidate Norman Nyirenda ahead of the bye elections scheduled for September 6. In statement released on Thursday, spokesperson […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has been asked to apologise for the war threats he made at the opening of the eighth Agriculture Trade Fair in Blantyre. The demand has been made by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Progressive Movement (PPM). “The President should apologise for that war statement. It was out of order,” […]
Embattled Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda has accused his boss President Bingu wa Mutharika of imposing a ‘death sentence’ on her when he said that he is going to “smoke out” and “flush out” people he alleged were trying to destabilising his government. Banda claimed she is number one on the list of seven people […]
Writing in The Times of the United Kingdom, Oliver Kay wrote; In one of his most famous speeches, John F. Kennedy said: “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity”. That interpretation is the subject of debate to linguists. Bingu Wa Mutharika’s tenure […]
Some observers say the current political stand-off is between two tribes, northern region based Tumbukas in civil society organisations (CSO) and the southern region Lhomwe tribe dominating government positions. The civil society is dominated by northerners with its spokesman for the September 21 planned demonstration being Voice Mhone. Other outspoken activists are Undule Mwakasungura, Benedicto […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has accused State Vice President Joyce Banda of “moral; inconsistence” for demanding an explanation from President Bingu wa Mutharika over his war-mongering remarks. Banda has said she would soon be writing the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue, Anglican retired Bishop Bernard Malango to seek a clarification from Mutharika. But […]
While the Malawi government continues to play down the fact that it its broke, Nyasa Times investigations can reveal that some World Bank and Department for International Development (DFID) funded projects have stalled for the past 3 months due to non payment of funds to consultants and contractors by the treasury following aid freeze. According […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika government has appealed to African Union (AU) to hears his government’s side of the story regarding July 20 protests that resulted in 19 deaths and blamed the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for her economic problems. In a statement released by Malawi Embassy in Ethiopia, the Malawi government […]
Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, in the backlash of his ridiculous homicidal war cry, and Professor Peter Arthur Mutharika, following his leaked gossiping, can rest assured that they are not the only nutty professors looking utterly stupid and clueless in Malawi. In the on-going mêlée for Academic Freedom, the Chairperson of the Council of the University of […]
Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) combed, screened, and searched all its rank and file and found out that the only capable person to lead the party in 2014 elections is Professor Peter Mutharika, the party’s secretary general Wakuda Kamanga has said. Kamanga disclosed this to Zodiak radio during Tiuzeni Zoona program aired on Sunday. […]
Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda has said she would soon be writing the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue, Anglican retired Bishop Bernard Malango to seek a clarification from President Bingu wa Mutharika over his war-mongering remarks when he officially opened the 8th agriculture trade fair in Blantyre, Thursday. In his characteristic militant discourse, […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday ordered closure of Chancellor College a constituent colleges of the University of Malawi ‘with immediate effect’ due to students vigil pressing University authorities to resolve the stand-off with lecturers. Assistant registrar at Chancellor College responsible for students welfare Ellias Chizimba confirmed that Chancellor College (Chanco) had been closed and […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC), the prominent civil society, interfaith organisation made up of the main Protestant, Catholic and Muslim faith groups in Malawi has criticised President Bingu wa Mutharika for his war cry speech and an attack of the clergy. Mutharika on Thursday went to town slamming head of Roman Catholic Church in Malawi, His […]
It is one thing to elect a State President. It is yet another to have a leader who is sensible enough to realise that he must have and show empathy towards the people he is leading. It has already been said several times in the media that, President Bingu wa Mutharika knows very little about […]
Confidential Memorundum to His Excellency the State President From: Ministry of Information and Civic Education File Ref: INF/ADM/01/23 Date: 4th March, 2011 Connected Files ……………………………………… SUBJECT: LIST OF EIGHT (8) NAMES OF PEOPLE PROPOSED AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NICE FOR YOUR APPROVAL Your Excellency, I have the honour to present to […]
Head of Presidential committee on dialogue, Bishop emeritus Bernard Malango has said President Bingu wa Mutharika was right to threaten the civil society with ‘war’ because he had been patient for a long time. Mutharika said Thursday he had declared “war” on his critics, who are planning a vigil on September 21 to protest his […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday claimed he has done great things in the country during his seven years in power including “eradicating HIV/Aids”, saying his government and ruling DPP is getting more popular. Mutharika said in a speech in Blantyre, the commercial capital, that civil society leaders were derailing his development programmes by […]