A week of retractions and apologies from the two dailies in Malawi. After The Daily Times retracted and apologised to the Principal Secretary for Education, Dr. Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo for associating her with the ‘kangaroo court ‘ for two gender activists, Jessie Kabwila and Seodi White, Malawi’s flagship daily The Nation has also retracted it’s comment […]
The Daily Times newspaper has apologised over claims that Secretary for Education Anjimile Mtila-Oponyo accompanied by two presidential aides = reportedly summoned and grilled two outspoken activists Seodi White and Jessie Kabwila for their remarks that they would not vote for President Joyce Banda just because she is a woman. The paper claimed that the […]
From December 2012 to August 2013, we were part of the organising team of the National Gender Conference which has just taken place at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi from 1st September to 4th September 2013 under the theme – “Celebrating Malawi’s Quest for Gender Equality: Telling Our Own Story, Redefining and Taking Stock”. The conference was […]
The anger of Madam Seodi White towards President Joyce Banda has been noted. What has not been noted is what caused it. She claims she was annoyed because President Banda sort of demonized women who are divorced. This, President Banda did, according to Madam Seodi White, by advising women in Nkhata Bay a couple of […]
The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) of April 2013 to March 2014 makes it clear that 21 Districts of Malawi are facing food insecurity. It underlines that: The total humanitarian food required to support the vulnerable population is estimated at 57, 346 Metric Tonnes maize equivalent with a cash equivalent of MK7.2 billion if sourced […]
A strong call has gone out to Malawi government authorities to immediately consider reviewing the country’s existing restrictive abortion laws to save lives of women and girls mostly from poor families who are dying to due to complications from unsafe abortion services sought from untrained people in their neighborhoods. The call was made Tuesday night during […]
The Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has started consulting the general public on the next action to be taken against government’s reluctance to implement measures raised in its seven-point petition presented on January 17 2013 in the wake of flailing economy. Government a fortnight ago rejected most of the demands Cama had presented to it […]
Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) has condemned government for creating confusion in resolving the on-going industrial action by civil servants, saying its actions are not done in ‘good faith’ and has since called upon all its affiliates to support the strike. Meanwhile, Consumer Associations of Malawi (Cama) has also thrown its weight behind the […]
Malawi government has been criticized for its move to start printing new portraits for President Joyce Banda this month to accommodate her new doctorate title, a move which would cost the struggling southern African country millions of money. South Korea’s University of Jeonju awarded Banda an honorary doctorate degree in economics. University President, Dr. Kern Koh said the […]