Alliance for Democracy (Aford) has said this year it will observe April 6 dubbed ‘Chihana Day’ quietly in honour of Malawi’s hero of multiparty democracy Chakufwa Tom Chihana. Aford calls April 6 ‘Chihana Day’ in remembrance of April 6 1992 when Chihana walked into the den of lions when he landed at Kamuzu International Airport […]
Malawi’s hero of multiparty democracy Chakufwa Chihana’s tiny grave in the city of Mzuzu remains a desolate, abandoned site despite earlier government promises to erect a mausoleum befitting the fallen trade union, human rights activist nd served as the country’s second vice-president. The administration of former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika pledged to construct […]
“Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation?” –Thomas Carlyle It now looks like some light years back but sometime in 1993 I was on my first salaried assignment somewhere beneath the hills of Dedza when one Chakufwa Tom Chihana was in […]
“You don’t have to speak truth to power, because they know it already; What you do is join with the people and try to find the truth”Noam Chomsky Death is the inevitable consequence of birth. Although death is inevitable for any living thing, one wonders why this monster takes certain people in their prime. If […]
Members of Malawi’s opposition Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) meeting in Mzuzu city for the party’s national convention have controversially elected Enock Chakufwa Chihana as the new president. However, his election is being challenged by another camp led by the Godfrey Shaba who was acting president which has issued a statement describing the entire gathering as […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) national chairperson Enoch Chihana attacked his party’s spokesman Dan Msowoya at a public rally for and says he wants to contest for the party’s presidency during a convention in April, claiming he is the only one left with the vision to resuscitate it. Chihana, who is Minister of Sports and Youth in the Joyce Banda […]
Minister of Sports and Rumphi East lawmakers Enoch Chihana has declared his candidature for the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) presidency at the forthcoming party convention and declared that the party will campaign for President Joyce Banda in the next year’s elections. According to Aford publicity secretary Dan Msowoya, the party’s convention might take place in […]
In an effort to rebrand itself ahead of the expected 2014 tripartite elections, Malawi’s once mighty opposition party, Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), has finally settled to hold its long awaited national convention during the first two weeks of December, 2012. This was agreed last Saturday during the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in […]
Construction of the long awaited mausoleum for one of the architects of the country’s multiparty democracy late Tom Chakufwa Chihana has received cabinet approval and the work will start soon at his cemetery in Mzuzu City. Late Chihana, who championed the fight against the late Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s autocratic rule in 1992 after the […]
The Political Hegemony of the Centre and North, 1994 – 2009 Malawian politics since the advent of plural democracy in 1994 has largely been defined by dominance of a particular political party to a particular region – Centre (Malawi Congress Party), North (Alliance For Democracy) and South (United Democratic Front) – with the only exception […]
Nobody is born a politician, most of us may well argue. But for others, politics is the bonafide thing. Look at how Enock Chihana and Atupele Muluzi are fairing? The golden spoon seems to have been born with them in the political foyer! Then we have one ol’ 76 (or thereabout) years-old John Zenuz Ungapake […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) Member of Parliament for Rumphi Central who is also Sports and Youth development Minister, Enoch Chakufwa Chihana says he will support President Joyce Banda in 2014 presidential elections. Chihana , son of Malawi’s intrepid freedom fighter and Aford’s founding president the late Tom Chakufwa Chihana, made the remarks in London on […]
Diaspora Malawians in the UK Friday evening hosted a cocktail party at Kwacha House, London in honour of the Malawian Olympic team currently participating in the ongoing 2012 Olympic games. The reception also hosted Malawi’s up and coming fashion designer Lilly Alfonso who participated in the stupendous Africa Fashion Week in London and the Nazikambe Theatre […]
The case of the Alliance for Democracy (Aford) leader, late Chakufwa Chihana, is the best political saga that has existed since the post-colonial politics of Malawi. When Chihana, resorted to an open political defiance against Dr Kamuzu Banda’s (the lion of Malawi) tyrannical regime to lead the first ever prolific pro-democracy movement, in principle, Malawians opened the gates of […]
A boost to Malawi national team coach, Kinnah Phiri, as government has assured him of another renewal to his contract which is expected to end June 30, 2012. This development comes as Malawi – the Flames -prepares to take on Chad this Saturday in a must win game if they are to qualify for the […]
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) founding president Chakufwa Chihana’s son on Tuesday scooped the Rumphi central constituency seat deemed as the heavily contested parliamentary by-election . Results indicated Enoch Chihana polled some 6, 641 votes against DPP’s Norman Nyirenda’s 3, 275 votes. Chidumba Mkandawire of Mutharika’s estranged Vice President, Joyce Banda, came a close third with […]
The Vice President Joyce Banda has kick-started campaign for his People’s Party candidate in the Rumphi Central Constituency by-elections scheduled for September 06, 2011. Speaking to thousands of people who gathered at Mzokoto in the district where she addressed a campaign rally, Banda said Rumphi district deserves special recognition from government as the district is […]
By Emily Mkamanga So far, Malawi has had its own share of hair raising and spine chilling statements made by the Heads of State. Malawians can remember so well the statement Dr Kamuzu Banda made when he got word that the late Chakufwa Chihana was coming into Malawi to fight against the dictatorship. Dr Banda surprised […]