Malawi Government has made clarification on President Joyce Banda’s entourage to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to be held in New York, saying each delegate taken on board on the trip will have a role to play and that by involving players from various sectors on one trip the government will save a great […]
Malawi activists and commentators have expressed shock with revelations that President Joyce Banda’s maiden trip to the United Nations (UN) general assembly in New York, United States of America (USA) has cost the government about K308 million in air tickets, accommodation and allowances. The figure according to published reports has been bloated by the huge […]
Any good deed that a person starts during his lifetime, and that is of renewed benefit and ongoing use for others, will continue to benefit him and augment his record of good deeds, even after his departure-as long as its benefit continue to reach others. It is because of this accepted wisdom that former President […]
President of the Chipani Cha Pfuko (CCP) Davis Katsonga has joined the growing band of critics to People’s Party (PP) government , accusing the government for failure to address economic woes that have been inflicted on Malawians after President Joyce Banda bowed down to the dictates of international money lenders to devalue the Malawi Kwacha. Katsonga, […]
The country has started experiencing a shortage of soft drinks a situation which has forced some retailers to increase the selling price. For the past four weeks there has been shortage of soft drinks such as Fanta, Sprite, Ginger, Cherry plum and other products. Carlsberg Malawi Corporate Communications Officer, Towera Pilling, has not responded to […]
Nyasa Times reported last week that for two weeks Weekend Nation newspaper has not been publishing the column “Cut the Chaff” which has been critical of the Joyce Banda administration after pressure from State House. But the popular column is back in the weekly by Ephraim Munthali. In his comeback article, Munthali critiques the Economic Recovery […]
People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga says the Joyce Banda administration has not come out clear on the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) formulated to resuscitate the economy, saying it is mere lip-service. According to Malawi Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Atupele Muluzi , the recovery plan is a product of extensive local consultation by the […]
If you are a professor of history or a consumer rights activist, but you cannot put things in context, you are probably not sophisticated enough. Introduction President Joyce Banda has in the past few weeks experienced a barrage of criticisms reminiscent of a hostile environment in which her predecessor Professor Bingu wa Mutharika concluded his […]
Fierce government critic John Kapito has called on Malawians to rise up and stand for their economic rights for a better life, maintaining his controversial call for the Joyce Banda administration to step down. Kapito, who has been making headlines for asking President Banda to resign, again made his case on Capital Radio’s Straight Talk program […]
Despite mounting pressure and threats from his party, Minister of Economic Planning and Development Atupele Muluzi has said he is not yet to leave government to join the other members of the opposition in Parliament as directed by the UDF’s national executive committee. Young Muluzi, a Machinga North East UDF legislature said in light of […]
Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Atupele Muluzi, has laid out Malawi government’s ambitious short-term economic recovery plan, saying the Joyce Banda administration will cut expenditure. President Banda inherited sluggish economy from the late president Bingu WA Mutharika’s administration. Addressing the media in the capital, Lilongwe, Muluzi disclosed that the economic blue-print entails that Capital […]
President Joyce Banda on Monday said increased cassava production in the country would enhance socio-economic development of the country. Banda was speaking during national cassava commercialization launch which was held in the area of traditional authority Njewa in Lilongwe. The visiting Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Jonathan also was at the launch as a special guest […]
Listening to Mr. John Kapito on the famous Zodiak’s ‘Tiuzeni Zoona’ programme on Sunday afternoon, he sounded a very angry man. Mr. Kapito, the all powerful and only Chairman of Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) for decades now, alleged during the programme, the People’s Party (PP) Government, led by President Joyce Banda, had failed the […]
If what vocal consumer rights activist John Kapito said on the need for President Joyce Banda to re-assess counsel she gets from closer aides is anything to go by, the Malawi’s first female President still faces a daunting task to get her first ballot election triumph in 2014, observers have indicated. On Sunday morning, the President […]
Outspoken Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) boss John Kapito who recently called on President Mrs. Joyce Banda to step down or call for early elections has claimed that People’s Party (PP) government, led by President Banda, had failed the people. In an interview with Zodiak Radio in Tiuzeni Zoona Programme on Sunday, Kapito people cannot […]
Malawi government will launch an ambitious economic recovery plan that will turn the southern country at a long-term into a progressive developmental State. The economy of Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, was shattered by former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s poor governance record which followed with suspension of foreign aid. But President Mrs Joyce […]
The regime of Joyce Banda is experiencing the sternest test of its ability to manage the political economy of Malawi. Having spent a great deal of her vice presidency suffering the persecution of the DPP, Her Excellency Banda has been rudely awakened to the realities of leadership. As President, Mrs Banda has to live with […]
Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has adjusted fuel prices, a move likely to have reciprocal adjustments in transport costs and other items. The increase, effective Friday, has been attributed to rising prices on the international market and the depreciation of Malawi currency. MERA said in a statement that they have “considered recent trends in the […]