The civil society organisations (CSOs) pushing for resignation of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe—who is under pressure over the K4 billion allocation to legislators that critics say is irregular— on Wednesday accepted Gondwe’s request of holding a roundtable discussion on the matter. In a letter dated March 12 2018, Gondwe invited leaders of […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) plea to discharge a case where five civil society organisations (CSOs) want the party to pay back K13.5 million it got from parastatals during its dinner and dance dubbed the Blue Night has been dismissed by the High Court in Zomba. DPP is alleged to have solicited the from […]
Caution has been sounded as Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe—who is under pressure over the K4 billion allocation to legislators that critics say is irregular—has invited civil society organisations (CSOs) pushing for his resignation to a meeting to explain the matter, with governance activists saying dialogue should not replace the essence of […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, has said he has np intention to step down as Cabinet minister which some civil society organisations members have demanded over the controversial K4 billion impending disbursement to legislators but has invited the activists pushing for his ouster to a meeting on Wednesday. According to a letter dated […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have threatened that it will mobilise citizens to take to the steets in a series of demonstrations against Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe and Local Government Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa over the controversial K4 billion scam. At first, the money was reportedly earmarked for only 86 constituencies belonging to legislators on the government […]
Four leading Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and some activists have demanded Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe to immediately resign because of allegations of abuse in his role for government to allocate K4 billion to 86 parliamentary constituencies. In a statement issued on Wednesday and made available to Nyasa Times, the CSOs […]
Three parliamentary committees have endorsed the hiking of fees non-governmental organisations (NGO)s pay to government based on the funding they receive and not a fixed amount as is currently the case and are calling on both local and international NGOs the country to comply with the new fees structure. The civil society previously chided the new […]
High Court registry in Zomba will from February 20 start hearing the case in which civil society organisations (CSOs) want the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to desist from abusing power by soliciting funds from State agencies by paying back money it collected during its dinner nad dance fundraising event dubbed the ‘Blue Night’. The […]
Malawi Human Rights Defenders Forum has lamented the manner in which the government has raised non-governmental organisations (NGOs) annual fees by almost 1 900 percent to about K1 million, alleging that there were sinister motives behind the increase in annual fees. According to the Non-Governmental Organisations (Fees) Regulations of 2017 gazetted effective January 1 2018, […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) executive director Timothy Mtambo has said Malawi government is employing tactics to stifle civic society from carrying out its watchdog role as well as pushing for good governance. Mtambo, who is also Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition, said in a published interview that there are State sponsored CSOs […]
Pan African Civic Educators Network(Pacenet) Executive Director Steven Duwahas urged civil society organizations (CSOs) to start lobbying for adoption of gender affirmative law and other measures for advancement of women in politics. Duwa was speaking this on Wednesday at Annes Lodge in Zomba duringa meeting on setting up election situation Room. Present during the meeting […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) and Mzuzu University (Mzuni) student community have added weight to the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) nationwide demonstrations by declaring that they will participate in the December 13 marches. The CSOs and Mzuni student community have since called on their constituents to come out in large numbers and participate in the demonstrations […]
Malawi Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have given their “unwavering support”to the continued public calls for the Democratic Progressive Parrty (DPP) government to honour its earlier pledge of tabling the electoral reforms Bills in the current sitting of Parliament. The CSOs pointed out in a statement that while commending the efforts of the Public Affairs Committee […]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights activists have condemned the sensationalising of rumours of blood sucking on both main stream and social media with the devious intent of instilling fear and despondency among the public. Chairperson of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC), Robert Mkwezalamba told reporters in Lilongwe on the ongoing rumours of blood […]
Opposition political parties have hailed the remaining credible civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country who have taken the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to task to refund all the money it received from parastatals and city councils during its fundraising dinner called Blue Night on July 29 2017 and to desist from abusing power. […]
Mzuzu City Council has signed a court order declaring that it will not honour its K3.5 million pledge to ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) during its controversial fundraising dinner called Blue Night on July 29 2017 following legal action by civil society organisations. The CSOs—Youth and Society (YAS), Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), Livingstonia […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSO’s) in Malawi have asked government to review the draft NGO Policy in a deliberative and consultative manner in order to reflect their views. Speaking to reporters in Lilongwe, Centre for Human Right and Rehabilitation (CHRR) Executive Director, Timothy Mtambo said due to lack of enough consultations there are several areas which […]
Five civil society organisations (CSOs) pushing the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to refund money from some State enterprises have finally filled a lawsuit against the DPP after terminating the dialogue process. CSOs, through their lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa, lodged the court summons at High Couy=rt registry in the eastern city of Zomba in miscellaneous Case […]