President Joyce Banda has assured the Faith Leaders that he will not protect anybody being family members or ruling party officials if they are linked in the ongoing investigations of massive plundering of public resources at Capita Hill. President Banda made the assurance at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe where she invited Faith leaders from different […]
Chairperson of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) Bishop James Tengatenga has said the financial mess at Capital Hill is not reason enough for President Joyce Banda to resign or ousted as suggested by some civil society organizations including the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama). Civil Society leaders have been calling the Malawi leader to return […]
South Africa’s Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is one of fourteen signatories to an article in Living Church magazine entitled ‘Defending Bishop Tengatenga’. Tutu is describing the revocation of Tengatenga’s job as Dean of the Tucker Foundation, the spiritual hub on Dartmouth College’s campus, United States in July this year as “gross injustice”. Tengatenga’s job was […]
The Anglican Church of Southern Malawi Diocese has finally elected a new bishop to take over from Rev James Tengatenga who resigned last month after he was offered a lucrative job in the USA. The new bishop of the diocese is Venerable Rev Canaan Alinafe Kalemba and was elected Saturday during a process that was attended by […]
Bishop James Tengatenga who resigned from his position as Anglican bishop of Southern Malawi Diocese to take up a job as a lecturer at a university in the United States of America (USA) has had his job offer withdrawn following his comments supporting the Anglican church’s opposition to homosexuality . Tengatenga was appointed dean of […]
Over 20 Malawian Anglican faithful are in Botswana to attend the consecration of that country’s first ever native Anglican Bishop, Metlhayotlhe Metlhayotlhe Rawlings Ogotseng Beleme. Bishop Tengatenga, who is also Dean of the Anglican Church for the Central Africa Province which has 15 dioceses in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, is joined on the trip by […]
Reverend Dr James Tengatenga has resigned as Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Malawi, Nyasa Times understands. The church insiders said the respectable Man-of-God had got a new window of opportunity in United States. “He will be lecturing at a university in America,” said the church source. Tengatenga confirmed that has been offered a job at Dartmouth College, New […]
Malawi quasi-religious organisation the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has elected Right Reverend James Tengatenga, the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Malawi, as its new chairperson. Tengatenga was elected in absentia Thursday at the committee’s annual general meeting in the commercial city of Blantyre. PAC, a platform for different denominations advocating for different issues in Malawi, elected […]
President Joyce Banda on Thursday appointed new board members for the Malawi National Examinations Board. According to the press statement, section 5 of MANEB Act gives the president powers to appoint members to run the operations of the board. Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi, Emmanuel Fabiano has been appointed as the chairperson of […]
The Malawian clergy have warned President Joyce Banda not to be obsessed with infatuations of power and depart from the ways of the Lord and become a ‘Jezebel’. The caution was made on Friday at Comesa Hall in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre during prayers held to commemorate the 48th Independence celebrations anniversary. In his sermon broadcast […]
Some of the country’s eminent clergymen, Bishop Dr. James Tengatenga of the Anglican Church and Reverend Dr. Felix Chingota of the Church of the Central African Presbyterian (CCAP), have failed to persuade Malawi’s former President Bakili Muluzi to completely retire from politics in order to enable the UDF to unite “because he is angry”. A […]
Revered Anglican Bishop the Right Reverend Dr. James Tengatenga has challenged Malawians to be vigilant in safeguarding their hard won democracy and also check their morals including that of others particularly political leaders. Bluntly telling his flock in Blantyre, the Anglican Bishop said Malawians must ensure that leaders stop nurturing bad behaviours “otherwise failing to […]
Christians of the Anglican Communion have been dared to offer a special gift to the country during this festive period as one way of depicting their responsibility. Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi, the Right Reverend Dr. James Tengatenga, made the call at Chilomoni Anglican Parish when he conducted a Confirmation Sacrament to […]