Free Expression Institute (FEI) a local independent civil society organization in the country will on July 20 this year honor and recognize individuals and organizations who have played an important role in the area of promotion and enhancement of freedom of expression in Malawi. FEI Chairperson Martins Naminga told journalists in the capital Lilongwe on Thursday that Malawians through […]
The High Court in Blantyre on Monday granted bail to five police officers amongst the nine arrested in connection with the deaths of 20 people during the July 20, 2011 nationwide anti-government demonstrations. The case was committed to the High Court last week Thursday by the Magistrates Court after formally charging the accused with murder. […]
The High Court in Blantyre has adjourned to Monday where it will rule on bail application for five police officer amongst the nine arrested officers are in connection with the deaths of 20 people during the July 20, 2011 nationwide anti-government demonstrations. The case has been committed to the High Court where they will face […]
At least nine police officers including Sergeant Ian Kanyama, son to one of the Commissioners for Southern Region Police have been arrested in connection to the deaths of 20 people during the July 20, 2011 national wide anti-government demonstrations. On Sunday, senior officers from Police Headquarters in Lilongwe traveled to Blantyre to arrest five police […]
We are applauding and celebrating the new PP administration for its efforts to go to the bottom of the challenges we faced during the last two years of Bingu wa Mutharika’s regime. During the recently organised prayers remembering all those who lost their lives during last year’s 20th July 2011 demonstrations, various speakers highlighted the importance […]
We all err at one point or another. That statement is true in itself and no question about that. This is the case because every human being, finite as one is, is naturally destined to make mistakes, gaffes, or miscalculations, though in differing degree and frequency. And when such mistakes are made, the ego almost […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has openly apologized for the slayings that occurred during nationwide demonstrations against the then Bingu wa Mutharika led government on the deteriorating economic and governance situation in which 20 people were killed country wide. “Pepani, they were accidents but that should not happen again,” DPP’s leader professor Peter Arthur Mutharika […]
Families whose breadwinners lost their lives on July 20, 2011 will now have their day-to-day upkeep problems eased after State President Mrs Joyce Banda gave them K1 million on Saturday for them to engage in small scale businesses. The President made the gesture at Mzuzu State Lodge during a closed-door audience with about 22 relatives […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has asked the religious community in Malawi to offer special prayers for her so that she does not become the usual leaders who get drunk with power . Banda made the plea during an Interdenominational memorial prayer service for the 20th July 2011 victims held under the them: ”Time for healing […]
President Mrs Joyce Banda has made an impassioned plea to Malawians not to aid illegal immigrants into the country, saying the continued influx of illegal immigrants poses a threat to the country’s economy, security and even jobs. “Interestingly I have some passports of people who cannot even utter any single word of Chichewa or any […]
Civil society organisation leaders have said late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s statements that those who died during last year’s July 20 were thieves was the most unfortunate remarks , saying the victims did not die in vain and that Mutharika gave police orders to kill protesters. In a panel discussion broadcast live on Zodiak Broadcasting […]
Malawi Police on Monday arrested Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ‘terrorist-in-chief’, Louis Ngalande. Southern Region Police spokesperson Nicholas Gondwa confirmed the arrest of Ngalande and said Police were “interested to question him”. He said the DPP southern region youth director was arrested in connection with his gang which paraded in Blantyre City wielding panga knifes in a […]
Just last week President Mrs. Joyce Banda read out the inquest report on the July 20/21, 2011 mass demonstrations that culminated into needless bloodshed and destruction of millions worth of property. The findings indicate that almost all Jim and Jack were in the wrong. The government, for starters, failed to be tolerant and listen to the […]
President Mrs Joyce Banda has said never again should Malawians die or even get injured in the course of exercising their rights: be it right to freedom of expression or right to association. Banda was speaking at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre where she presented the findings of the report into the deadly July 20 anti- […]
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry on events surrounding anti-government July 20 demonstrations has presented its findings to President Joyce Banda and government insiders says perpetrators of the killings will soon face charges . “There will be prosecution of the violators of the right to life,” government judicial officers said, adding “all forms of arbitrary deprivation […]
Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) has engaged the services of Malawi music icon Lucius Banda to perform at a fundraising gig scheduled to take place this coming Sunday at Mungo Park-Munali in the capital city Lilongwe. According to YADEMA Vice Chairman Alexander Mkandawire, the show is aimed at raising funds for various activities lined up […]
Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture, Enock Chakufwa Chihana who is also Aford’s MP for Rumphi Central says the police officer who used lethal weapons to kill 20 demonstrators on July 20 2011 should be caged, saying they don’t belong in a democratic society. Chihana made the call in Parliament on Wednesday, stressing that the […]
Arrests are on the way for Malawi police officers implicated in the deaths of four individuals in Kafukule in Mzimba in 2009, Home Affairs Minister Uladi Mussa told parliament on Thursday. Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ralph Kasambara has also said trigger happy police officers who killed and assaulted citizens during the July 20, […]