PP’s Mwenefumbo in tax scandal: Denies involving Malawi President’s son

Governing People’s Party second deputy secretary-general Frank Mwanafumbo on Sunday returning from a China is said to have  had h three big LED TVs seized by Customs on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport with the South African Airways. A source at the airport emailed Nyasa Times informing that Mwenefumbo wanted to evade tax on his […]

Chibwana retain position: Zikhale, Phoya and Chupa elected

Henry Chibwana on Monday returned his post as secretary-general of the ruling People’s Party (PP). Chibwana – a former Malawi Polytechnic Principal – retained his position with 1 200 votes, defeating another founder of the party, Paul Maulidi, who had 573 votes. George Zulu was elected first deputy secretary general after scooping 1 694 votes against his former Malawi Congress […]

PP welcomes Zikhale, Gotani, Mwenefumbo from DPP

Former President Bingu wa Mutharika’s right hand man Dr Ken Zikhale Ng’oma was among a group of six politicians that officially joined the People’s Party on Thursday in Mzuzu. Zikhale, a self-styled political strategist, even predicted that PP will get 98 percent of the seats in Parliament in the 2014 general elections. “I know all […]

Do’nt read The Nation, DPP warns civil servants

Malawi’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has issued threats to all civil servants to stop reading titles of the independent Nation Publications Limited  (NPL) and renewed the directive of withdrawing all official advertising from the company’s titles. DPP’s Director for Youth,  Frank Mwenefumbo, issued the threats at a public rally attended by President Bingu wa […]

Karonga-Chitipa residents reject ‘Bingu Highway’

People of Karonga and Chitipa districts have asked President Bingu wa Mutharika to stop naming the highly politicised and controversial Karonga – Chitipa road in his name until proper consultations with relevant stakeholders are done, Nyasa Times has leant. The naming ceremony happened a few weeks ago during a binge party held at Mikoma beach owned by […]