President Peter Mutharika has taunted the civil society organisations (CSOs) which organised nationwide anti-government protests on September 21 which he describe as a flop demonstration. Mutharika said this on Monday on return from the United States of America where he had gone to attend the United Nations General Assembly last month. He addresses reporters at Kamuzu […]
Election activists have expressed concern that phase seven of the ongoing voter registration exercise might be hit with registration apathy as non of the 19 accredited civil society organisations have done civic education to people ahead of the exercise on Monday October 8 2018. Deputy chairman of Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) Emma Kaliya told […]
Malawi’s Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has warned that it will not hesitate but to drag to court anyone trying to tarnish the image of the organisation or any of its members for legal action. This comes barely few days after a picture went viral on social media capturing HRDC Chairman Timothy Mtambo at one […]
Council for Non Governmental Organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA) has revealed that NGOs, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and state sponsored Forum for National Development (FND) are not registered, a development which it says is a gross violation of the NGO Act. CONGOMA says the NGO Act stipulates that NGOs in Malawi must register with the Ministry […]
The Scotland government has announced it will disburse 11 million pounds (about K11.3 billion)to various civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country to be used for the next four years to focus on critical areas for local and international development goals. Scotland Minister of European, Migration and International Development Ben Macpherson, who is on a […]
A group of ‘concerned citizens’ led by Philip Kamangila and his two lieutenants have condemned the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) for organising what they say were “senseless” anti-governmet protests last Friday and accused the coalition of pocketing money from Malawi’s opposition political parties to finance the demonstrations. Kamangila, Willard Mhone and Kennedy Mwene Munyapala […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday rebuffed the civil society organisations (CSOs) to personally receive a petition from them after nationwide anti-government protests of the social, economic and governance ills Malawians are facing. High Court Judge Charles Mkandawire in an order given to the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) ruled that President Mutharika should personally receive […]
The High Court has granted the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) an order to use routes of their choice in the Friday’s anti-government demonstrations and that President Peter Mutharika should personally receive their petition on governance concerns. The civil society organisations (CSOs) sought court intervention after Lilongwe City Council (LCC) and the Malawi Police Service (MPS) gave […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) march will proceed with their planned anti-government demonstrations as planned on Friday but authorities warned protesters they would face the “full wrath of the law” if they defy conditions given by Lilongwe City Council (LCC) and the Malawi Police Service (MPS). Among the conditions imposed on the HRDC is that, the demonstrations […]
Malawi government has expressed its disappointment over civil society organisations (CSOs) decision to withdraw from their planned dialogue, but governance expert has backed Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), accusing the authorities of attempting to derail Friday’s nationwide protests. Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi, who is also the official government spokesperson, accused the HRDC of […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) who are planning anti-government nationwide protests on Wednesday stayed away from a dialogue meeting initiated by government because President Peter Mutharika and some of his Cabinet ministers were not attending. Government courted the CSOs to a dialogue meeting on outstanding issues but the activists gave condition that will only attend […]
The demand by civil society organisations (CSOs) who are planning anti-government nationwide protests to have President Peter Mutharika and some of his Cabinet ministers attend a dialogue meeting on outstanding issues on Wednesday afternoon will not me met, a presidential aide has said as the activist threaten not to pull out. Office of the President […]
The Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has invited organisers of the scheduled Friday September 21 anti-government nationwide protests to a dialogue meeting on outstanding issues in Lilongwe on Tuesday in a bid to stop the demos but the activists have said the streets protests will still go on. In a letter signed on behald […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have said they will go ahead with their plans to hold nationwide protests on September 21 despite the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s postponement of their ‘Blue Day’ on Friday in Blantyre and also rescheduled around September 20 or 21. Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo, one of the […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has cancelled the Blue Day march which was scheduled to start Friday morning in Blantyre and deferred their act to September 20, DPP Southern Region governor, Charles Mchacha has confirmed. Blantyre City Council (BCC) gave the ruling DPP permission to hold its Blue Day in the City on Friday September […]
Civil society organisations under the banner Human Rights Defenders Forum (HRDF) have taken the Blantyre City Council to court for illegal sell of the mayor’s residence to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The forum vice chairperson Gift Trapence said lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa has gone to court after the assembly failed to respond to the CSOs […]
A political scientist has told civil society organisations to go ahead with their planned peaceful protests on September 7, saying they should not be intimidated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which he said has always been against demonstrations. The CSOs said on Monday they have shifted the peaceful protests to September 21 after […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) have shifted the day when they will hold the nationwide demonstrations against government to September 21 after the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has vowed to counter the September 7 protests. DPP regional governor (South) Charles Mchacha said the CSOs demonstrations will be blocked on September 7 because the DPP youth […]