President Peter Mutharika’s special aide and ruling DPP field marshal director, Ben Phiri has attained a doctorate degree with the Cyprus International Institute of Texas in United States of America which he received at a colourful commencement ceremony held on Saturday at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Now to be called Dr […]
Malawi veteran politician in retirement from front line politics, Gwanda Chakuamba, has said he is living a destitute life due to financial problems, according to press reports. Chakuamba, 81 told The Nation newspaper of Thursday that he is penniless and struggling to live a normal life. The paper reports that Chakuamba is having constant threats […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said he is not bothered with the conduct of President Peter Mutharika who snubbed him at the opening of the HTD’s Abdul Majid Motor City in Blantyre . During the function, President Mutharika reportedly ignored Chakwera twice. The MCP president is also leader of opposition in parliament […]
Malawi’s veteran politician Gwanda Chakuamba who was admitted at Milpark Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa, has been discharged from the clinic. Sources close to Chakuamba disclosed that the former Republican Party (RP) president is now “fit and well”. Chakumba was admitted at Milpark clinic mid September following the heart complications. He was praised by senior staff […]
Malawi’s veteran politician, Gwanda Chakuamba, is reported to have been airlifted to Johannesburg South Africa where he is receiving treatment for heart problem at Milpark Clinic in South Africa. Chakuamba was airlifted to South Africa following the heart problem which he has been experiencing but he is said to be in good spirits. He is placed […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has appointed former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Chris Daza Minister responsible for Good Governance in the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) as the biggest talking point. The move is seen as a reward for Daza who dumped MCP on Wednesday and formally joined ruling People’s Party (PP) on […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) on Thursday, officially welcomed four prominent political leaders from the opposition parties who have joined the party. These included Dr Chris Daza who was the Secretary General for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), veteran politician Elias Katola Phiri also from MCP, Dr Isaac Lamba from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and […]
Veteran politician, Gwanda Chakuamba is contemplating of joining the ruling Peoples Party (PP) in a move which is expected to help him regain control of the Lower Shire-Sena belt, Nyasa Times understands. Reports reaching Nyasa Times indicate that the veteran politician is contemplating of joining PP after being sidelined by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) executive, […]
As the second phase of voter registration exercise got underway Thursday, veteran politician and former president of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Gwanda Chakuamba, has come out of his cocoon to send an emotional appeal to the electorate to register en mass ahead of next year’s tripartite elections. The second phase will run up […]
President Joyce Banda on Thursday met leaders of all parties in Malawi at her official Kamuzu Palace in the Capital City, Lilongwe, hailing them for approaching national issues “with seriousness”. In her brief remarks before the meeting went into camera, the President said she had invited the leaders to Kamuzu Palace so that Government could brief […]
The name Gwanda Chakuamba is no mystery, obviously with a controversial legacy in domestic politics. That aside, the old man is a family man and among his grandchildren is Gwanda Chakuamba II who trekked to the US at the age of 12 and currently plies his trade as a musician and actor. His mother’s luck […]
Nomadic politician Gwanda Chakuamba has hit back at Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo’s refusal to accept him rejoin the party after dissing him that he is a political vagabond. Chakuamba announced Thursday that he has rejoined MCP, a party he ditched in 2004 following leadership disputes in the party to form the Republican […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has rejected the renewal of membership of Gwanda Chakuamba, saying he is not welcomed in the party’s rank and file. Reacting to Chakuamba’s announcement that he was rejoining the country’s oldest party, Tembo said Chakuamba was not welcomed in the party’s rank and file because he was a […]
Malawi’s renowned veteran politician and a key political ally of the country’s former president Hastings Kamuzu Banda, has rejoined Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Chakuamba was president of the New Republican Party (NRP) and said on Thursday that his entire party executive has agreed to work and support the MCP. “I am back home in MCP,” […]
Outspoken Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson Nicholas Dausi has described a decision by the Peoples Party (PP) to hire veteran politicians Gwanda Chakuamba and Kamlepo Kalua to help them in campaigning for PP candidates in the forth coming Mzimba by-elections as laughable and illogical. Dausi was reacting to reports that Chakuamba and Kamlepo have been […]
The ascendancy of President Joyce Banda brought joy to the African continent, the whole World and it remains for Malawians to appreciate its huge impact, New Republican Party (NRP) president Gwanda Chakuamba has said. Chakuamba, who was a special guest of Vice President Khumbo Kachali at Kalikumbi ground in Mzimba South West constituency alongside Malawi […]
After an inspiring and sparkling life of 67 years, Friday, September 7, 2012 finally closed the chapter for one of Malawi’s heroic sons, Captain Stanley Edingtone Masauli. The businessman and politician died around 3.00am at Malamulo Seventh Day Hospital in Makwasa, Thyolo district after complaining about abdominal pains. And on Sunday, September 9, 2012, thousands […]
Veteran politician Stanley Edington Masauli has died after a short illness, his family said. Masauli was the presidential candidate for the Republican Party (RP) in Malawi’s 2009 election. He came third after late President Bingu wa Mutharika and MCP-UDF alliance’s John Tembo. Previously he served as treasurer general of Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Masauli, 67, […]