By Andrew Nyayah, Nyasa Times Many residents in the townships of Zolozolo, Chiputula, Msasa, Chibavi, Ching’ambo had by Monday and Tuesday ensured that they had many of the basic food stuffs and accessories in anticipation of the August 17 mass demonstrations, Nyasa Times established. A spot survey by Nyasa Times also found out that even […]
By Wapona Kita At a time when we are increasingly aware both of the strengths and weaknesses of extensive government, the ways of government become even more complicated for the citizen to understand. Even the law which has often been looked to by the citizen as a lifeline if all else fails, seems in many […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika had a rude awakening when head of the Catholic church in Malawi, His Grace Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza bluntly said in his presence that he should stop gagging the civil society, the media and the faith community, saying they had a role to play in safeguarding […]
By Felie Mzumara, Nyasa Times Malawi Police on Monday night arrested 27 people suspected to have committed various crimes in central region district of Kasungu. The arrests come amid reports that residents there were geared for the cancelled August 17 national vigils organised by leaders of the civil society groups demanding President Bingu wa Mutharika […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Barely 24 hours to go, civil society organisations in Malawi have announced the call off of their much-anticipated and widely publicised August 17 national vigils. Rodgers Newa, a spokesman for the organizers, told reporters Tuesday that protests were being postponed indefinitely because of a court injunction issued to stop them […]
By Sembe Gondwe SATIRE: Malawi national select takes on the Republic of Malawi on 17th August in what soccer pundits have dubbed: Mother of all cup finals. The first leg played on 20th July ended in goalless draw. Chairman and manager of Republic of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, and told reporters at a press briefing […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika’s good gesture of inviting vendors to Sanjika Palace has turned into blame to the Head of State that he disturbed their businesses because they failed to ply their trade on the next day due to hangover. “We dined and guzzled a lot of beer with the […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi’s traditional chiefs on Monday made a passionate appeal to rights groups to call off the planned nationwide vigils against President Bingu wa Mutharika set for Wednesday in order to “save loss of life” and damage to property as it happened on July 20, saying they should give dialogue a chance. […]
By Dennis Chirwa, Nyasa Times Preliminary findings by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) have revealed that Malawi Police Service used live bullets on a largely peaceful July 20 demonstrations when 19 people were killed and many more suffered severe injuries. Malawians were protesting against the rising cost of fuel, increasing political repression and deteriorating […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times Malawi civil society organisations (CSOs) have denied accusation by President Bingu Wa Mutharika of having received funds from European countries to overthrow his government. Mutharika in a speech on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) radio on Sunday, accused ‘some’ European countries of funding protests to enforce “unconstitutional regime change”. “We know […]
By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times The former governing United Democratic Front (UDF) says it eagerly expected that President Bingu Mutharika would in his national address delivered on Sunday demonstrate empathy and sincere remorse that the people are going through serious social, economic and political challenges as a result of the President’s arrogance and policies that […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika has accused unnamed European governments of bankrolling Malawi non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in order for them to organize mass demonstration against his government and effect unconstitutional regime change. Speaking when he addressed the nation on Sunday via the Malawi Broadcasting (MBC) radio and television, Mutharika said the […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times Organisers of Malawi August 17 countrywide vigils aimed at demanding President Bingu wa Mutharika’s immediate redress for their concerns have released an outline of the vigils which they say will be in two segments. The first phase of the vigils will be for 48 hours (two days) within which the […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has compared the protests in his country to this week’s riots in Britain and yet again issued arrest threats against unnamed civil rights leaders who planned the July 20 mass demonstrations against the deteriorating economic, social and political order. “I will hunt you and I […]
By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times In a 25-minute long national address monitored on state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Sunday, President Bingu wa Mutharika pleaded with organizers of the August 17 mass protests to call them off, claiming his government is doing all it can to improve the deteriorating economic and political governance in the […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times Some senior members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politburo are reported to have met on Thursday and Friday in Blantyre to strategize on how they could counter the planned 17 August mass protests. Individuals that attended the meeting included those that sponsored the panga-wielding DPP cadres that terrorized Blantyre […]
The Protestant Christian Churches mother body, Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) and Catholic Churches mother body, Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), have called for divine intervention as the country draws near to August 17, when citizens are to stage another round of mass demonstrations aimed at expressing dissatisfaction with the Bingu wa Mutharika administration. Joined […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Following a serious stand-off between President Bingu wa Mutharika, his government and the civil society organizations, Britain has expressed concern about the situation in Malawi, asking the Head of State to show restraint ahead of the nationwide demonstrations on August 17. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a media statement […]