A retired politician and longest serving leader of opposition John Zenus Ungapake Tembo on Sunday made a rare public appearance when the unveiling ceremony of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera as the country’s sixth President. Tembo—who twice failed to win the presidency—arrived at the venue holding a cane in his right hand while […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) strongman John Tembo has given a rare media interview, telling embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Jane Ansah to resign voluntarily to save Malawi from destruction and bloodshed. Ansah has been facing calls for her to resign for allegedly compromising herself and mismanaging the May 21 Tripartite Elections and purportedly favouring […]
A former diplomat John Tembo Jnr who is a son to immediate past president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), John Zenus Ungapake Tembo, popularly known as JZU , on Friday suffered a humiliating defeat in the primary elections underway to identify candidates to represent the party in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. In the […]
King Lestie of Lesotho is expected to visit retired veteran politician John Tembo in Lilongwe. Tembo has confirmed that the visiting king would be paying him a courtesy call at his residence. “I spent much time in Lesotho (where he did his education and taught in secondary schools) and I know the king very well,” […]
The family of former opposition leader and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, John Zenasi Ungapake (JZU)Tembo has refuted rumors circulation on social media that JZU is dead. Born in 1932, Tembo is no longer in active politics having served for years as president of the MCP. He was succeeded by Reverend Dr. Lazuras Chakwera prior […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday visited former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, John Zenasi Ungapake Tembo, at his residence at Area 10 in Lilongwe on Wednesday. But MCP Deputy Secretary General , Elsenhower Mkala said the party is surprised with the visit saying they were not informed of the same . Mkaka said Mutharika was […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Zenus Ungapake (JZU) Tembo has advises party structures and organs to maintain discipline and not to be misled by people who want MCP to disintegrate, accusing secretary general Gustav Kaliwo for planning to hold a convention without following the party’s constitution. Tembo said this on Monday in his […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has welcomed the offer by its former president John Tembo to mediate on warring factions of the party. MCP spokesperson Jessie Kabwila said the mediation would bring the party back to its grorious days when it thrived on four corner stones of unity, discipline, obedience and loyalty. “This will […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has put himself on offer to mediate on the continued problems rocking his former party. Tembo said he is not happy with the protracted war between party president Lazarus Chakwera and some of his senior party leaders. “There is need to be tolerance in the party, as […]
The attempted murder case of former budget director, Paul Montfort Mphwiyo continued at Lilongwe High Court on Monday where defence witness businessman Kondwani Ndovie linked former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo to Cashgate —the plunder of public resources at Capital Hill exposed by Mphwiyo’s shooting. The case is at defence stage where the […]
President Peter Mutharika officially conferred an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Management and Leadership (Honorius Cauca) to the country’s gallant retired politician John Tembo amid concerns that the veteran politician did not deserve the accolade. The former Malawi Congress Party president, Tembo received the honorary doctorate during a graduation ceremony at Chancellor College in Zomba. […]
Former opposition chief and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has been honoured with a prestigious degree of doctor of philosophy in leadership management by University of Malawi (Unima). Tembo, who served as chairperson of University of Malawi Council in the 1970s when MCP was in power and he was regarded as the country’s […]
When one dies, the best way to honor them is to learn one or two things. Many times people do not learn from other people but death always teaches us a lot. Mrs Tembo’s death is one of them. For those of us who spent some quiet moments with her may agree that everything political […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition, Lazarous Chakwera has thanked Malawians for their comforting during the bereavement of the much-respected wife of retired politician John Tembo . Chakwera said Malawians mourned Mrs Ruth Tembo in peace, unity and dignity. “This was comforting to the Tembo family and the Malawi Congress Party,” said Chakwera. […]
It was a day of emotions and unity of purpose for Malawi as dignitaries, politicians and people from all walks of life gathered in Dedza on Saturday to pay their respects to the much-respected wife of retired politician John Tembo where her remains were interred. Mamarita Ruth Tembo, wife of 45 years of former Malawi […]
President Peter Mutharika will on Saturday attend the burial of Mamarita Ruth Tembo, much-respected wife to former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo at Kaphala Village in Traditional Authority Kaphuka in Dedza. Mamarita Tembo died on Monday at Dae Yung Luke Hospital in Lilongwe where she had gone for treatment after a short illness and […]
Lingadzi CCAP on Thursday led mourners in Lilongwe at the funeral vigil of the much-respected wife of party’s former long-time leader John Tembo. Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tembo’s residence in Area 10 and paid their last respects to Mamarita Ruth Tembo, who passed on in the late hours of January 5 at Dae Yung Luke […]
The funeral program of the much-respected wife to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former long-time leader John Tembo has been released and burial is scheduled for Saturday in Dedza. The burial will follow a church service at Nthulu, Chimbiya in Dedza on Friday, according to the official programme. The body of Mamarita Ruth Tembo, who […]