Minister of Education George Chaponda who was instrumental in the formulation of the ‘quota system’ in public universities which annoyed the northern region is reported to be on another crusade to fight judicial officers from the north. According to published report, former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara accused Chaponda before High Court judge Geoffrey Mwase of […]
Despite the unemployment levels being ultra-high, Malawi government has thousands of vacancies that are not filled in the country’s civil service. This has been disclosed Thursday in Parliament in Lilongwe by Minister of Education George Chapola. In his ministerial statement to the august House on the status of education sector in the country, Chaponda said […]
Blantyre Rural East MP Henry Duncan Phoya (HDP) accused Minister of Education and government leader in parliament George Chaponda of making insulting statements, claiming the fuel crisis has just been there for a short stint. Malawi has been gripped by an acute fuel shortage because it cannot access enough foreign exchange reserves from the central […]
As Malawi Parliament sets out to “Reforming” its Standing Orders; a lot of historical and democratic thought should concentrate the mind, lest, lightening might strike in the same place twice, or indeed thrice! Reading in today’s (November 21) local Newspaper [The Nation; front page article entitled Impeach Bingu As Well- NGOs”] where it is suggested […]
Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda will face impeachment in parliament as leader of the House, George Chaponda has acknowledged that government has indeed mooted the idea to complete impeachment procedures. Earlier reports indicated government has so far drafted procedures in the Standing Orders on how to remove a sitting President or Vice President. It was […]
Malawi’s Minister of Education Science and Technology, George Chaponda has asked UNESCO to scale up the government’s MK 3 bllion Youth Enterprise Development Fund (Yedef), saying a generation of untrained youth is susceptible to hatred and violence. “it is important to realize that there should be an effective generation of employment or engagement of the […]
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Minister of Education George Chaponda and deputy minister of presidential affairs Nicholas Dausi on Sunday turned Calvary Family Church in Nottingham, UK as a political ground to campaign for ruling DPP amongst Malawians in Diaspora. The ministers were accompanied by Ben Phiri, personal assistant to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Mutharika, the DPP presidential candidate. […]