By Flavour Mazinga, Nyasa Times A prisoner serving a 1 year and 6 months sentence. Simeone Theu is battling for his life at Rumphi district hospital after a prison warder hit him in the private parts and got them severely injured. Theu collapsed evening hours of Wednesday after a prison warder identified as Sergeant Limbani […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesman Nicholous Dausi has apologised for the party’s past mistakes during its time in government. The party has since regretted its grave sins which include the economic mess, human rights violations, threats to close down newspapers, banning government advertising in some media outlets and passing repressive laws. ”We may have made […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MRHC), a state body says the 17th January demonstrations were not about an individual or a group of individuals but represented the right step towards the respect for diversity of opinions and free expression which it said is the hallmark of democracy. The commission said this in a news statement […]
The state-funded Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRC) has told government and the country’s police service not to make any attempts to stop the January 17 demonstrations and said instead state agents should ensure that there is enough security during the demonstrations to avoid a repeat of July 20, 2011. Twenty people lost their lives and property […]
The world which we are in would have been unquestionably uninteresting were it not for the presence of women. This is a self-evident, God-inspired truth whose counterargument is proven to be non-existent. Historically, women have the centre of attention of every male’s actions. That is to say that the male sex has always wanted to […]
We have noted with utter dismay and disgust that as January 17, a day Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) has designated to protest against the economic malaise brought about by the PP administration’s management of the economy approaches, there is a growing queue of individuals and organisations eager to proclaim whether they will take part […]
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ralph Kasambara says he will not take any action on remarks made by Malawi’s Vice-President (VP) Khumbo Kachali to resurrect a case against consumer rights activist John Kapito. Nyasa Times reported during a public rally on Saturday at Chadza ground in Lilongwe addressed by President Joyce Banda, the VP asked Kasambara […]
In what could be seen as political persecution, Malawi Vice president Khumbo Kachali on Saturday ordered Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara to resurrect the case against government’s fierce critic John Kapito. Kachali made the order on Saturday during a public rally he held at Chadza ground in Lilongwe. Kapito, Chairperson of Consumers Association of Malawi, is […]
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 […]
Former information minister Patricia Kaliati will remain as one courageous “village idiot” who made efforts to fight child trafficking through strengthening legislative measures, activists have said. Talkative Kaliati was praised by anti-trafficking expert and advocate Habiba Rezwana Osman for her concerted effort to have the 2010 Child Care and Justice Protection Bill enacted into law […]
Malawi Rastafarian community will seek an audience with President Mrs Joyce Banda to petition government on the disguised state’s denial of the rastas `freedom of worship’. Leader of Rastafarian for Unity, Ras Judah, said the Rastas movement were not happy with the rebuff by ministry of education on their request to allow their children to […]
Leaders of Malawi’s biggest Christian church movement, the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), has spoken against moves to legalise abortion for all women. Currently, abortion is outlawed except in cases where pregnancy threatens the life of the mother. According to the laws, any person who administers an abortion faces 14 years imprisonment and any woman who solicits […]
The number of asylum claims by Malawians seeking protection in the UK is increasing with many defaming the country. On 04-December, a Malawian woman seeking asylum in the UK had her third appeal-hearing since escaping there ten years ago. Bradford resident Fishane Nkhata has had her case highlighted in a local newspaper, the Telegraph and Argus. She claims […]
I am impelled to write on the above topic because of the discussion unfolding in our social networks notably on Facebook and the print media. There are those who have made critical comments about the president’s decision to ease the suffocating grip of archaic laws that have been used to clampdown the liberties of those […]
Malawi’s prominent human rights activist Billy Mayaya has criticized the government for arresting two women from the southern district of Mwanza for allegedly insulting or undermining the authority of President Joyce Banda. According to published reports, two women, 26-year-old Eliza Kusheni and Dorothy Ng’onga, 24, are claiming police arrested them last week for insulting President […]
Leaders of Malawi’s biggest Christian church movement, the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), has proposed to government to address the general ‘code of dress’ amongst Malawians to ensure that local culture and sensibilities are respected. The Council has voiced their proposal in a communiqué on current “contemporary issues” affecting Malawi. “The Council has noted with regret […]
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN WHAT IS GENERAL AND WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION I think that in our bid to protect our children we should be humble enough to know what constitutional content is and what is general law. Our Constitution cannot cover the general law or else it ceases to be the Constitution and becomes […]
Police in Santhe a growth centre in Malawi’s central district of Kasungu have arrested a student at Santhe Secondary School for alleged sexually assaulting his roommate-cum-friend in the dormitory. This comes after reports that the government has suspended anti-gay laws which in the process stripped off the police of powers to arrest homosexuals. A source […]