As if a treason charge and a K2 million bail bond weren’t enough, CDEDI boss’s organisation now risks being struck off entirely It never rains but it pours for embattled activist Sylvester Namiwa, after it emerged his organisation is now facing the very real prospect of deregistration — piling fresh misery onto a man already […]
Prominent commentator Idriss Ali Nasser has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the arrest of activist Sylvester Namiwa, arguing that authorities badly misjudged their response and inadvertently elevated the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) executive director’s standing by choosing to detain him. The State has charged Namiwa with treason and publication of […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has made an urgent appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of its Executive Director, Sylvester Namiwa, pleading with authorities not to let him spend the weekend locked up behind bars. The outspoken activist had been invited to Area 30 Police Headquarters in Lilongwe on […]
The head of a prominent governance watchdog has admitted he has no evidence whatsoever to support explosive allegations he made against Malawi’s Minister of Lands — yet he is still daring the minister to sue him for criminal libel. Sylvester Namiwa, executive director of the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (CDEDI), was given […]
Minister of Lands Chimwemwe Chipungu has instructed his lawyer to fire off a stinging demand letter to the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (CDEDI), insisting the organisation’s allegations were “defamatory, malicious and reckless.” Lawyer Khwima Mchizi confirmed the development, revealing the ultimatum stems from a bombshell press conference held by CDEDI on 27 […]
A governance watchdog has fired a public broadside at Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu, daring him to undergo a full public lifestyle audit — a move it says will prove whether the minister’s loud anti‑corruption rhetoric is backed by real transparency. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) threw down the gauntlet at a […]
Governance watchdog CDEDI has written to Parliament, calling for security chiefs to be summoned to explain how a Tanzanian ship was able to enter Malawi’s territorial waters without authorisation. In a letter signed by its executive director, Sylvester Namiwa, CDEDI said the incident has caused public alarm and raised a number of unanswered questions about […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called on the government to reverse its decision to raise tuition fees at public universities, warning that the increase risks pushing needy students out of higher education by adding to the burden of already-struggling costs such as accommodation and upkeep. Addressing a live-streamed press conference […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has petitioned the Malawi Parliament, calling for an urgent review of the country’s laws governing the status of refugees and asylum seekers to ensure some of the fugitives are integrated into the society. The human rights watchdog argues that some of the refugees and asylum seekers […]
Registrar of Political Parties Chikumbutso Namelo has angered Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) for demanding registration details of the organization before he could provide information on source of financing for major political parties in Malawi. On May 17, 2021, CDEDI wrote to the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties, requesting for […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has challenged native small and medium business operators to step up their operations to save the economy from an imminent collapse as refugees and asylum seekers relocate to Dzaleka Refugee Camp. The human rights watchdog has also asked the Malawi Government to consider integrating some of […]
“… alleged misleading of President Chakwera on the K9.4bn swimming pool project” The Center for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded immediate dismissal of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama, for allegedly misleading President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on the MK9.4 billion world class swimming pool project. The government intends to construct […]
Malawians of all walks of life today pooled onto the streets of Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mulanje to deliver a petition to President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera over what they say are punitive taxes and levies basic commodities and services. A local human rights watchdog, the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), mobilized the citizens […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says all is set for peaceful demonstrations against punitive taxes, levies, interest rates, exorbitant mobile phone tariffs and theft of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds. CDEDI has mobilized Malawians to take to the streets tomorrow following the decision by the Tonse government not to remove value added […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has warned that taxpayers risk paying a huge price for the mistakes the Tonse Alliance led government has allegedly made by firing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-sponsored Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners, Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. On Tuesday this week, through the Office of the President […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded a probe into the circumstances that led to the construction of 65 dwelling units on privately-owned land at Ngumbe area in Blantyre. The State-funded Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), using a bank loan amounting to MK3.5 billion, constructed houses on a land that belongs to […]
Malawi’s cities and major towns are expected to host a new wave of nationwide protests next Wednesday, April 21, 2021, as the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) takes to the streets to protest against ‘government’s punitive taxes, high levies and interest rates on loans and essential services and commodities’. CDEDI executive director Sylvester […]
Inspector General of Police George Kainja has hinted that police have launched an investigations against outspoken human rights activist and head of the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) , Silvester Namiwa, over disparaging comments he made against President Lazarus Chakwera in which he described Chakwera as a joker, time-waster and a comedian […]