Malawi’s Vice-President and president of the United Transformation Movement (UTM), Saulos Chilima faced a number of probing questions from journalist Zeinab Badawi on BBC HardTalk but kept his cool and one of them was why he met former president Joyce Banda whose reputation has been dented by a corruption scandal, known as Cashgate, which has led […]
Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda says in many parts of Africa, young girls are discriminated against when it comes to accessing education and that in many cases, they fall victim to harmful cultural practices. Banda, who is chairperson for International Sheroes Foundation, was speaking during the ‘International Sheroes Forum Liberia 2018’ whose theme was “Advancing women’s […]
Former president of Malawi and Peoples Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda left the country on Monday 15th October 2018 for Liberia where she has been invited to be a special guest speaker at the International Sheroes Forum. Banda has been invited by Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor who will host the conference and she is also Vice […]
Former president Joyce Banda has said there is need for special recognition of women and to reflect on what mothers undergo in society. Banda, who is People’s Party (PP) president, said in her Mother’s Day statement made available to Nyasa Times on Sunday as Malawi commemorates Mother’s Day, which falls n October 14. She said […]
Before he launched the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in Zomba on September 9, 2018, vice president of the Republic of Malawi, who is also leader of the Movement, Saulos Klaus Chilima, paid a courtesy visit to immediate former President, Joyce Banda at her Domasi residence in Zomba. The meeting sent a lot of tongues waging about a possible […]
To God be all the glory, former president Joyce Banda has said in recognition to the Judiciary which has paid special tribute to retired Chief Justice Richard Banda, her husband. The Judiciary honoured the former first gentleman Richard Banda on Friday together with other retired Chief Justices Leonard Unyolo, the late Friday Makuta and the […]
Since her return from self-imposed exile and re-election as leader of former governing People’s Party (PP), immediate past president Joyce Banda has intesfied political meetings as the nation is approaching the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections as she plots her return to power with belief that the country was better place before the current administration, […]
Immediate past president and leader of People’s Party (PP) Joyce Banda has vowed that she want to give the country’s top job another shot by contesting in the May 21 2019 elections, saying she has solutions to the unemployment and power outages Malawi is facing under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. Banda has promised […]
Malawi’s immediate past former president Joyce Banda, who is People’s Party (PP) torchbearer in next year’s elections has intesfied her engagement with the electorate, travelling the breadth and width of the country addressing rallies and has accusing the current Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of being “woefully” out of touch with economic reality for people […]
The former governing People’s Party (PP) says it will not spare any constituency and ward during its primary elections scheduled to start mid next month. PP spokesman Ackson Kalaile Banda said the party is set to hold parliamentary and local government primary elections as part of its prepatiosn for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. […]
Immediate past president of Malawi Joyce Banda on Tuesday made an appeal to the Club de Madrid at the United General Assembly (UNGA) in New York to find ways of helping underprivileged students to have equal access to information technology. Speaking to Club de Madrid, Banda who was Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second, […]
People’s Party (PP) has said the Yusuf Billiat Matumula is the party’s national organising secretary after being appointed by its leader Joyce Banda after the party politiburo recommended. PP spokesman Ackson Kalaile Banda clarified to Nyasa Times after an earlier report which indicated that Banda has snubbed Matumula and Rumphi East legislator Kamlepo Kalua in […]
Malawi government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has responded to former president Joyce Banda’s recent claims that there is a crisis in most of government hospitals in the country. Banda claimed to have received concrete reports that there are no drugs and food in public hospitals as well the facilities being hit hard by […]
Former president Joyce Banda, 68, has said Malawians are tired of being trapped in abject poverty and that the only way is to bring about transformational leadership that will improve their lives beyond May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Banda, who was given the nod by her People’s Party (PP) members during last month national convention to be […]
Immediate past president Joyce Banda has called upon President Peter Mutharika, Vice-president Saulos Chilima and opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera to bury their political hatchets and come together to deal with public health crisis. Banda, who leads the People’s Party (PP). Said her heart bleeds with reports of poor drug supply to public hospitals and that […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima and immediate past president Joyce Banda held talks on Saturday in Zomba amid fevered speculation of a possible electoral relationship between United Transformation Movement (UTM) and People’s Party (PP). Chilima’s spokesman Pililani Phiri confirmed that the vice president met Banda at her home in Domasi. But the spokesman described the two […]
Malawi’s immediate past president Joyce Banda says it is possible to create one million jobs in the country within a year but said the problem is that there are many pessimists in Malawi. Speaking in a special program on her Ufulu Radio, Banda said it does not matter what type of jobs would be created but […]
Malawi’s immediate past president Joyce Banda has thrown her weight behind vice president Saulos Chilima’s suggestion to give more powers to the offce of the vice president to make it more authoritative. In an interview with Ufulu Radio, Banda said sitting presidents have taken advantage of the ambiguous law in the Constitution to make it […]