The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on July 20, 2011anti-government nationwide protests says it will present its findings to President Bingu wa Mutharika in May. Vice Chairperson of the Commission, Apostle Timothy Khoviwa, said the team is currently analyzing the data it collected from various stakeholders. “Malawians should expect a complete report by May, currently we […]
Malawi’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Governor (South) Noel Masangwi has confessed that the Panga-wielding youth on the streets of Blantyre a day before the July 20 anti-government demonstrations were DPP youth militia. Masangwi reportedly told the Presidential Committee of Inquiry into the July 20, 2011 events in Zomba on Monday that the youth were meeting […]
Mzuzu based politician Harry Mkandawire and Reverend Mezuwa Banda of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia have been subpoenaed to testify before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on anti-government protests in July which claimed almost 19 lives, following Police testimony that the duo were part of the master minders of the demonstrations. Northern Region Police Operations […]
A leading human rights activist in Malawi, Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, has expressed doubt over the level of independence of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the death of 19 people killed in cold blood during the July 20 nationwide demonstrations. “This is long overdue. It is a welcome development if it is not going to […]