Bishop James Tengatenga who resigned from his position as Anglican bishop of Southern Malawi Diocese to take up a job as a lecturer at a university in the United States of America (USA) has had his job offer withdrawn following his comments supporting the Anglican church’s opposition to homosexuality . Tengatenga was appointed dean of […]
It was so disgusting to see the PP led government suspending laws which criminalise homosexuals in November, 2012, without giving an ultimatum as to when will the house table the bill to pave the way forward. It was clear that, Malawi government acted under pressure to impress the donors but at the same time going […]
A Malawian man Ackeem Kamkuzi said “I do” in front of hundreds of guests in a same-sex marriage officiated in the City of Brussel. Kamkuzi exchanged wedding vows with Bart Nagels of Brussels at Brussesls historic city halls in a function officiated by Freddy Thielemans, mayor of the City of Brussels before relatives and friends. […]
Homosexuality is one of the scrofulous issues worldly discussed today. The Human Rights Organisations have found a project to pursue and gain recognition. UN and other organisations are fighting tooth and nail to make sure that homosexuality is legalised in all countries with homosexuals being respected like any other person. I am writing with a […]
One of the Malawi’s renowned vernacular theatre groups, Kwathu drama group says it is joining the band wagon campaigners advocating for equal rights by taking part in promoting rights of the minority groups in the country through performances. Assistant director for the group Charles Mphoka said after a show at Zuc lodge in eastern region […]
Malawi rights groups have raised concerns over growing homophobia against sexual minorities. The nation’s laws have outlawed same-sex relationships since colonialism under Britain, and a sodomy conviction carries a 14-year prison sentence. But there has been a debate to decriminalize homosexuality which has received resistance from faith group and traditional leaders. The Centre for Human […]
Malawi police in the northern region district of Rumphi have arrested a form four Phwezi Boys secondary school student on sodomy charges. Rumphi police station officer Assistant commissioner Peter Chimseu identified the student as Mathias Maweta 21 of Mkwate village T/A Mulumbe in Zomba district. Chimseu said the suspect sodomized a 14 year old a form […]
The Blantyre Magistrate Court has ordered that 44 year-old Andrew Mazunda from Kapalapata village, Traditional Authority Timbiri in Nkhata-bay district be on full remand at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre pending his full trial on two accounts of sodomy and defilement. The police arrested Mazunda on April 11, 2013 at his home at Naperi residence following […]
Malawi Catholic bishops have condemned homosexuality in a pastoral statement released on Sunday, saying it is sinful practices which shouldn’t be tolerated in a God fearing nation like Malawi. “The Church maintains that while the homosexual orientation is disordered, it is not sinful in itself. However, once a person with this orientation or indeed a […]
Introductory Remarks From the earliest days of the Church, it has been clear that the Bishops have a unique role in passing on the faith and applying the teaching of Christ to the circumstances of the day. Catholic teaching is authenticated by the Church’s teaching office that mirrors and transmits the revelation of Christ under […]
Malawi parliament this week passed a government bill which critics say will make abortion legal in the country and bishops of the influential Catholic church in Malawi in a pastoral statement—expected to be read on Sunday—they have spoken against abortion and artificial birth control measures. When Gender, Children and Social Welfare Minister Anita Kalinde tabled […]
Amid advanced discrimination and stigma, a Malawian woman has come into the open and made a rare declaration that she has been a lesbian for some years. The Lilongwe based 23-year-old Mercy Kumwenda said she had decided to come out in the open as the first step to getting society to accept that lesbians exist […]
‘Love on Trial’, a homosexuality short story written by Malawian Stanley Kenani, will be staged as a play in London next month. The adoption comes after the story, which centres on a gay Malawian villager, was nominated for the Caine Award last year. Kenani’s story is centred around a gay Malawi villager, Charles, and begins […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda on Monday refused to commit herself on the controversial question of homosexual rights. The President said she had nothing to say on the matter as to whether the country should decriminalise same-sex relations or not, saying she would leave Malawians to decide for themselves. She was speaking on Zodiak Broadcasting […]
CCAP Synod of Livingstonia General Secretary Reverend Levi Nyondo on Sunday told Vice President Khumbo Kachali in the face that corruption is rampant in the country and called on government to address it. The outspoken Nyondo said various audit reports have revealed abuse of public office and theft. He called for action to punish the […]
Thrown into jail for 14 years under Malawi’s anti-gay laws, Tiwonge Chimbalanga has no regrets about the marriage ceremony that became a symbol of Africa’s intolerance toward homosexuality. In the first press interview since being granted asylum in South Africa, the 24-year-old, who was freed amid global pressure, urged more Malawians to come out from […]
Some of these human rights activists will never cease to amaze me, and you. Take one talkative (some use ambience – ‘controversial) Emma Kaliya who leads the NGOGCN, if I got the acronym right. That woman has a bone to settle alright. Ha ha ha ha! Emma never cools down when she expresses herself. She […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Mwanza West, Nicholas Dausi, on Tuesday asked government to explain its stand on gay and abortion rights issues. This follows recent announcement by Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara that the government would suspend arrests pending a decision on whether to repeal laws banning homosexuality. But government back-tracked […]