Malawi President Joyce Banda has accused the Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) advocating for ‘Black Monday’ anti-government protests, accusing them of plotting to topple her government. Thirteen high-profile civil society organisations (CSOs) operating under the Grand Coalition are planning to hold street demonstrations and vigils against Banda’s rule following the cash-gate corruption scandal. But President Banda speaking […]
Spokesperson for the Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) advocating for ‘Black Monday’ anti-government protests, Baldwin Chiyamwaka has dismissed as propaganda to associate the Black Monday day to negative things. Thirteen high-profile civil society organisations (CSOs) operating under the Grand Coalition are advocating for ‘Black Monday’ when Malawians will dress in black every Monday to symbolise the death of […]
Malawi government has taken swipe at Voice Mhone, a spokesperson for the coalition of the Malawi Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are leading the voice of dissent against president Banda’s handing of cashgate scandal saying he is not a man to be trusted and that he has indelible track record. In an unsigned statement but […]
Minister of Information and Civic Education, Brown Mpinganjira has trashed calls by the civil society organisations (CSOs) operating under the resuscitated Grand Coalition calling President Joyce Banda to resign and pave for an interim government if the State fails to conduct a fast-tack trial on suspects involved in the looting of public resource dubbed cash-gate […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) operating under the Grand Coalition are proposing a march to the State House to push for President Joyce Banda to resign and pave for an interim government if the State fails to conduct a fast-tack trial on suspects involved in the looting of public resource dubbed cash-gate scam. Malawi is recovering from wide […]
Malawi Civil Society organisation have asked the government of President Joyce Banda to swiftly act on what they call governance lapses within 30 days or risk a campaign against citizens from paying tax. The group operating under the resuscitated umbrella called Grand Coalition has faulted the JB government for being “seen to be irresponsible to […]
Public service directors and principal secretaries in the civil service have described the meeting which was summoned by Chief Secretary Hawa Ndilowe on Wednesday as ordinary and not “crisis meeting” as envisaged following reports of high level corruption. There have been fevered speculations on corrupt practices in the public service following the shooting of Budget […]
Prisoners in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have described as failures civil society organizations accredited to conduct civil education on 2014 tripartite elections for failing to civic educate them on the forthcoming polls. Speaking when they received radios from National Initiative for Civic Educational (NICE) one of the prisoners Jimmy Harawa said it is high time […]
Malawi Non Government Organisations (NGOs) have organised an indaba for citizens to brainstorm and discuss the role of the NGOs and citizens in the country’s socio-economic development. Under the theme ‘The role of civil society and citizens in the current political, social and economic situation in Malawi’, the proposed indaba is, among others, expected to […]
The term civil society, according to political theorist Grugel, applies to social activity and societal organizations, which, directly or, indirectly, support, promote or struggle for democracy and democratization. Civil society includes social-political institutions, voluntary associations, and a public sphere within which people can debate, act and engage with each other on matters of group, public […]
The Daily Times newspaper of Friday February 15, 2013 ran an editorial that correctly laid a damning verdict on lack of institutions of democracy in Malawi. It is safe to say that this includes Malawi parliament, it is an open debate whether it is fit for its purpose. The editorial decried the ‘dormancy’ of the country’s civil […]
Malawi will never stop to amuse me. It’s hilarious how people mix everything, politics, human rights, family/personal issues and current affairs.With the current economic crisis hitting hard, everyone can claim to be whatever and whosoever he/she want. I remember a couple of months ago people were so excited criticising the late president, professor Bingu Wa Mutharika when […]
Over time, communities in Malawi especially smallholder farmers in rural years have remained poor. Statistics shows that poverty levels are increasing in all corners of the country. This is all happening when the country is among the major beneficiaries of external aid, enjoying democratic politics. In this theory, I would like to argue that Communities […]
*Every little girl has a dream. Some want to marry a prince. Others long to marry the rich and famous. But for one Habiba Osman, a civil rights activist, lawyer and human trafficking expert, her dreams were only about one thing – to defend the innocent and defenceless – and she always knew she wanted […]
A recent study by Women in Politics and Decision Making Permanent Committee (WPDM PC) has revealed that women representation in decision making positions is very low in many institutions. Chairperson of WPDM PC which is under Gender Coordination Network (GCN), Emmie Chanika at a press briefing held in Blantyre on Monday disclosed that some institutions […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Anastasia Msosa on Wednesday expressed concern that civil society organization (CSOs) did not participate in the twin bye elections held in Mzimba district on Tuesday. Making the official the official announcement at Mzimba Boma that ruling Peoples Party (PP) candidate Raymond Nkhata and an Independent candidate Joseph Mavuto […]
Empty pharmacy and hospital shelves are so common in Malawi that a phrase has been coined to describe them: ‘stock-outs’. However, few would have expected a president to be affected, until the recent death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. Here Shenard Mazengera calls for improved transparency, civil society engagement and donor support to help fight […]
Leaders of the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) are meeting government representatives this Saturday, May 19, to discuss ways of addressing the enormous challenges civil servants face. The meeting, according to CSTU Secretary General, Pontious Kalichero is slated for the capital Lilongwe which is the seat of government and high on the agenda is the […]