Malawi hosting SADC Ministers meeting this week

Malawi will from Monday October 30 to November 3 play host to the Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) ministers meeting responsible for transport and meteorology in the country’s administrative capital Lilongwe. The ministers meeting will be curtain-raised by various committee meetings by senior officials of the transport and meteorology departments of the 12 member grouping. “From its […]

Minister Jappie says North Malawi cannot provide president: ‘Let’s join DPP to be in power’

Transport and Public Works minister Jappie Mhango says the northern region cannot produce a President because it has a small population. He was speaking on Sunday in Luweredzi in Mzimba after officially opening a bridge. Mhango then urged northerners to join the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying the party has an advantage of winning […]

Jappie slaps Kamlepo with K100mil law suit for ‘defamation’

Information minister Jappie Mhango has slapped firebrand government critic Kamlepo Kalua for defamation, demanding K100 million in injuries for allegedly saying the minister is behind the violence that erupted recently at an opposition rally in Mzuzu. Kalua described the suit as laughable saying political statements are not defamatory in nature. In an interview, Mhngo said […]