The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is supposedly, an independent institution established under Chapter XI of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, mandated to promote and protect human rights in the broadest sense possible, and to investigate violations of human rights on its own volition or upon complaints received from any person, class of persons or body. […]
Youth development and sports Minister Enock Chihana has said President Mrs Joyce Banda inherited a government that had only $174, 000 in foreign reserve, a development that necessitated the devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha. Chihana, who is also AFORD’s Member of Parliament for Rumphi central said this on Friday during a rally he addressed at […]
Chancellor College students Wednesday morning presented their petition to the District Commissioner for Zomba Harry Phiri to be presented to President Joyce Banda for action on the hiked school fees in the University of Malawi. In the petition the students have expressed deep concern over the increase over the tuition fees. The march was dominated by […]
The Government’s initiative to put in place an initiative to rescue our economy is commendable. Whilst the Government should be commended for this it is saddening to note that it is making decisions that are in clear contradiction with the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP). So far, there have been a number of shortfalls observed about the […]
Malawi’s year on year consumer inflation quickened to 28.3 percent in September from 25.5 percent in August, a 2.8 percentage points increase the National Statistical Office (NSO) in Zomba said on Tuesday. NSO said the inflation has increased due to a sharp rise in food prices, “Food inflation has gone up by 27.7 percent compared to […]
Introduction The current government’s effort to get the economy out of the economic problems at hand are commendable and the effort put in authoring the Economic Recovery Plan have to be celebrated as an indicator that probably someone somewhere out there is contemplating of doing something. Having said that, it ought to be said without […]
One of Malawi’s leading motivational speakers, Henry Kachaje, has attacked some local prophets for their frequent use of expressions “Can I prophesy or go deeper man of God” calling them childish and immature. While not targeting specific prophets, Kachaje described such men of God as fake because what they say is not biblical as Old […]
The International Monetory Fund (IMF) has projected that Malawi’s 2012/2013 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will grow by 4.3 percent and 5.7 percent respectively. The IMF indicated its focus in its October 2012 regional economic outlook report for Malawi just at the moment when economic authorities in the country have pegged the country’s GDP growth projection […]
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Largade is set to visit Malawi in what has been billed as the first trip ever by an IMF top brass to Malawi. According to the Business Times, several IMF officials who were attending the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Tokyo, Japan confirmed that Largade has decided to visit […]
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda arrived Monday morning, 15 October, 2012, at Sheraton Hotel to attend the 2012 European Development Days (EDD) Conference in Brussels, Belgium. The plane carrying the Malawi leader touched down at Brussels Airport at exactly 10:15 am where she was welcomed by Malawi Ambassador to the European Union Dr. Brave Ndisale […]
This week has been a fairly busy one in the world of news, from the Tanzanians trying to steal parts of our lake to by-elections in Mzimba that taught a lesson or two to both the People’s Party and its predecessor, the Democratic Progressive Party. One would thus be forgiven for missing out on some […]
Quotation “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. “ – Voltaire ______________________________________________________________________ “The Rwandan Miracle” is something that will, perchance, go down in history as one of the wonders of the world when it comes to how a country can move from a state of hopelessness to being a […]
The economic commentators in Malawi are asking government authorities to take a leaf from policies of the world’s newly emerging economies like China, Greece and Singapore if they really want to rid the country of economic dire straits it is currently sailing through. Malawi is currently sailing through a labyrinth of economic problems forcing price […]
A majority of Malawians are holding the incumbent president Joyce Banda and her People’s Party government responsible for the unbearably poor economic environment typified by a very high general increase in prices of basic commodities, transportation, fuel, education and other necessities. Pumps are again dry and fuel queues have resurfaced on filling stations in Lilongwe […]
Malawi’s longest serving parliamentarian and leader of opposition John Tembo has defended incumbent president Mrs. Joyce Banda’s six months of office saying she is on the right track considering the mess she inherited from late Bingu wa Mutharika’s administration. Tembo told Zodiak Radio’s Friday’s News Night program that the previous Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime messed the […]
Let’s get real, economy growth to nose dive -Reserve Bank governor Malawi will cut its forecast for economic growth- Finance Minister Malawi President Joyce Banda has assured that the country’s battered economy will be revived, pointing out that she is resuscitating the sick economy which was choked by the previous DPP regime. Banda said the […]
Malawi Energy Authority (MERA) announced the reversal of price hike of fuel only hours after announcing a price increase effectively retaining old fuel prices which were hiked by 5.79 percent, 6.30 percent and 8.20 percent for petrol, diesel and paraffin, respectively. The regulator earlier announced in a statement, that from 6 o’clock in the morning […]
Consumer rights activist John Kapito has asked Malawi President Joyce Banda has suggested a ten-point plan the government should adopt to help it in its economic recovery Kapito said Banda’s austerity measures to cut government expenditure and implementation of the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) can only be taken seriously with more gestures. He is suggesting […]