Blantyre City Council (BCC) has given permission to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to hold their ‘Blue Day’ match in the city on September 7, the day civil society organisations want to hold peaceful protests against governance, transparency and accountability issues in government. In a statement, the party says the council has granted it […]
Malawi Police have confirmed that a gang of five men armed with pangas and dangerous implements roughed up a guard at the offices of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the address of its outspoken Executive Director Timothy Mtambo – who happens to be Human Rights Defender Coalition […]
Member of the Malawi Civil Society Led Black Economic Empowerment Movement (Mablem) Taskforce have backed business magnate Leston Mulli for going to court on his claim of K8 billion interests from government, saying he has a right to seek justice. Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have been questioning Mulli’s claim following the July 20 2011 protests […]
The Malawi Civil Society Led Black Economic Empowerment Movement (MaBLEM) taskforce has expressed concern over what it describes as the deliberate fragmentation of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) community in the country, saying the development is making the CSOs and NGOs lose focus. CSOs and NGOs are currently coming together […]
Some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Mzuzu City say they are not in support of fellow CSOs’ plan to hold nationwide demonstrations slated for September 7, 2018 arguing the demos may fuel political violence. The two CSOs, Christian Justice International (CJI) and Power of Peace Network, told reporters at Mimosa Court Hotel in Mzuzu that […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) planning the September 7 2018 nationwide demonstrations have faulted foul-mouthed governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the South, Charles Mchacha for using intimidation tactics on the scheduled anti-government protests. The CSOs have organised the protests were among the issues to be raised is government’s failure to address worsening corruption […]
Governance expert and commentator Makhumbo Munthali has asked President Peter Mutharika to provide assurances of the State’s protection to human rights defenders and critics of the regime. Munthali said there has been some vestiges of intolerance to criticism by the current regime which did not only portray the picture of a leadership which accorded itself […]
Leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malawi have condemned the violence that damaged two United Transformation Movement (UTM) vehicles in Mangochi, urging the police to thoroughly investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of what the CSOs describe as an act of cowardice. The CSO leaders Robert Mkwezalamba (Malawi Human Rights Consultative Committee), Fryson […]
Malawi’s renowned political commentators have shared mixed reactions over the recent announcement by the Civil Society groups under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition that they would mobilise citizens to peacefully demonstrate against President Peter Mutharika to demand his resignation. The CSOs made the announcement in Lilongwe on Wednesday, August 15 2018, saying Mutharika […]
Civil society organisations have come hard on graft busting body Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general, asking him to resign following the bureau’s decision to clear President Peter Mutharika over the K145 million dubious donation from an Indian businessman that went in a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) bank account. Pioneer Investment deposited the K145 million into the […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), under the Human Rights Defenders Coalition banner, have planned a second set of demonstrations on 7 September as a day of ‘major action’ in a bid to force President Peter Mutharika to step down after he failed to address issues they had raised in their 27 April ultimatum. Addressing a news […]
Local civil society organisations (CSOs) with membership to the Southern Africa People’s Solidarity Network (SAPSN) are expected to report worsening corruption and bad governance in Malawi at the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) People’s Summit to be held on 16 and 17 August in Windhoek, Namibia ahead of the 38th Ordinary Summit of SADC Heads […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) say another nationwide protest on September 7 to protest against what they call President Peter Mutharika’s inaction over their petition at the April 27 demonstrations is going ahead as planned and that they have added fresh issues of concerns. A member of the Human Rights Defenders Forum Gift Trapence has confirmed of […]
Undule Mwakasungula, a veteran governance, human rights and social commentator, has advised civil society organisations (CSOs) in the country to help build Malawi on the basis of engagement and not confrontation. Mwakasungula said the CSOs, should not take every matter to international community or the media in confrontational matter but they should pursue “genuine national dialogue.” […]
Barely less than a week after some organisations under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) wrote the Global Fund asking it to withdraw the nomination of President Peter Mutharika over alleged bad domestic track record, another group calling itself Joint Civil Society Platform on Health has also wrote the fund, commending it for […]
Civil society organisations under the banner Human Rights Defenders have given president Peter Mutharika up to seven days to fire Law Commissioner Gertrude Hiwa or face an unspecified action. The CSOs say Hiwa is illegally clinging to her job after her two term mandate expired in June and faulted Mutharika for his failure to appoint […]
Civil society organization leaders say they will go to court to force Treasury fund the November sitting of parliament which is supposed to commence impeachment proceedings for President Peter Mutharika over corruption allegations. Human Rights Defenders Coalition chairman Timothy Mtambo said Treasury should fund the seating of parliament where the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]
Leader of civil society organization (CSOs) in the country have reacted angrily to president Peter Mutharika’s assertion that the CSO leadership has nothing to offer in the country, describing the Malawi leader as an embarrassment to the nation who is tarnishing the country’s image. Spokesperson for the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Gift Trapence said […]