If the misguided Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) strategist advising the Mutharika administration to perform ridiculous stunts of “increment today, increment dis-owned, and increment indefinitely deferred” thinks Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika is scoring points, he must report to the nearest psychiatrist for a medical examination. If the praise team humming softly around Dr Lazarus Chakwera, for […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said he Development Cooperation Strategy (DCS) which government has launched will act as one of economic stimulation measures for elimination of poverty and resurgence of economic growth. Gondwe said during the launch of Development Cooperation Strategy in the capital Lilongwe that it will enable implementation […]
President Peter Mutharika has asked local and foreign companies to invest substantially in value addition to Malawian products, saying such interventions will help to develop the economy. Mutharika made the appeal when he presided over the official opening of a factory extention at JTI Malawi Limited at Kanengo in Lilongwe on Thursday. “While I commend […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Goodall Gondwe has said Ministers and Deputy Ministers in have joined their President Arthur Peter Mutharika and his Deputy Saulos Chilima in deferring the implementation of the proposed salary increments until Malawi economy recovers. The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) effected an 80 percent salary increment […]
Prologue: There is something wrong you know, Which not even a parson can understand, But Jah alone can understand. There is something wrong you see, That not even a parson cannot see, that It’s Jah alone a Christian. (Refrain) If you think them a Christian, Wait until them see a thousand dollars, Them say no […]
University of Malawi political professor Boniface Dulani says President Peter Mutharika has so far failed to demonstrate he is that elusive transformation leader. Dulani observed that the instead of dealing with the core political issues that can potentially transform the country towards a prosperous future, the leadership is “constantly attending to peripheral matters that only […]
Founder of Grace of Victors Ministry Pastor Victor Carzotah has advised that Malawi’s present economic and political situation needs fervent prayers to return to normal. Carzotah, who arrived in the country Tuesday via Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), said in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times that Malawians must take prayers seriously. “We’ve so much gotten used to […]
The opposition Peoples Party (PP) has demanded Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe to resign for misleading the nation on recent salary hike for President, Parliamentarians and cabinet ministers. Over the weekend Gondwe and other government agents were forced to clarify and justify the pay hike amid economic crisis, and President Peter Mutharika and his vice, […]
It has only been six months and the Peter Mutharika presidency appears to be heading south already—before it has even settled. The administration is choking under the weight of scandals, gross incompetence and a shocking inability to lead. The list of missteps and ineptness is getting longer every day. I will just sight a few. […]
‘Do the things that you fear, and the death of fear is certain.’ – Emerson The dizzying pace at which everything seems to be going horribly wrong in Malawi is frightening. We seem to be perfecting the art of self-destructive behaviour in ways that the world can only watch in incredulous awe. Instead of coming […]
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have started withdrawing their labour demanding the government to raise their salaries to an average of 70 percent in line with their conditions of service . “What the workers are asking for is not anything out of this world,” commented one of the striking workers. The workers claim their employers—ACB and […]
The Catholic Church’s Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) in Malawi has expressed concern at the hardships being faced by ordinary poor Malawians and has appealed to the government to cushion the suffering of the people especially the majority poor. .In a statement titled, “Not yet the Malawi we need,” the Church’s commission National Secretary, […]
Malawi Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe has defended the controversial salary increase of President Peter Mutharika and his deputy Saulos Chilima, saying they were justified as part of salary harmonisation policy of government . Gondwe told a news conference on Sunday that the pay hike was not proposed by the Democratic Progressive Party led government but […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika and vice president Saulos Chilima have said they will not be taking the percent salary increase “until economic situation improves”, Finance Minister and government chief secretary have confirmed to Nyasa Times. Information Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa said the new salaries, were “in line with the budget” which was passed by parliament last September. […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday said the private sector can play a critical role in resuscitating the country’s economy. Mutharika was speaking at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when he launched the country’s first ever bankable projects compendium. He said the private sector is the engine for the country’s economic growth and poverty alleviation and […]
President Peter Mutharika used his address during the launch of Malawi’s first-ever Bankable Projects Compendium – Malawi Investments Projects Handbook – to express confidence that his government will heal the country’s ailing economy. Mutharika presided over the launch of Malawi’s Investments Compendium and National Dialogue on Private Sector Development at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on […]
Students at the University of Malawi (Unima) are likely to face academic disruption as the support staff at Unima, which comprises Chancellor College, the Polytechnic and College of Medicine on Thursday started strike aimed at forcing government to give them 45 percent salary increase. Lower-paid employees, such as administration staff, security guards and library assistants […]
Just six months after sweeping into office in disputed elections, things are not looking up for President Peter Mutharika who took up where his brother Bingu left off as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 2012. Malawi’s economy is spiraling out of control as the currency slides with no end in sight; crime […]