It is an established constitutional obligation that Malawians will be heading to the polling stations for general elections in May 2014, to elect the President, Members of Parliament or Councilors of their choice. Indeed the next few months will be exciting times on the political calendar of Malawi, with politics taking twists and turns, as […]
In my earlier contribution to Nyasa Times last year, l did point out to indications that Malawi was being led towards a stolen election in 2014 by the Peoles Party (PP) under the auspices of the Israeli company Nikuv Projects International following an expose by a Zimbabwean paper The Zimbabwe Independent. In my contribution l pointed […]
President Joyce Banda has been asked to take a leading role to support female aspirants vying for parliamentary seats in the forthcoming tripartite elections slated for May 20 this year. The call was made by Patricia Kaliati, a former Minister of Information and Civic Education in the late Bingu wa Mutharika’s government and now Director […]
“The past is our history, the present is our life we live and the future is our destiny” It is now a week in the most anticipated year 2014. The rising and the sating of the sun is the same, blowing of the wind is the same, people’s faces are the same, friends are the same, […]
UDF presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi says he will be on the ballot to contest for presidency in the May 20 tripartite elections ruling out the possibility of going into an electoral alliance with other political parties. Responding to a question on Zodiak Broadcasting Service radio interview aired on Saturday on whether the UDF is considering to team […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP presidential candidate Peter Mutharika is the main challenger to President Joyce Banda in May 20 presidential race according to an opinion by gender activist Seodi White. White, a bitter critic of President Banda and a close ally of Mutharika, told Zodiak Broadcasting Station the the competition for the country’s presidency is […]
The Blantyre Synod Church and Society has encouraged all women aspirants who did not make it during their party primary elections to go ahead and stand as independent ward councilors and Members of Parliament (MPs) in the forthcoming tripartite elections. Programme Officer for Blantyre Synod Cedrick Damala said this during voters’ sensitization campaign conducted in […]
If the year 2013 has taught us anything at all, it is that Malawian leaders, no matter what good intentions they confess, preach or claim at the time of their acquisition of power, they are commonly denominated by how soon they succumb to greed and self enrichment as power gets to their heads. I will […]
It is just a matter of hours now before Malawians join the rest of the world in welcoming the New Year and we, at Nyasa Times, would like to take full advantage of this opportunity in wishing all our readers, advertisers, news sources and other business partners the best of luck in 2014. We realise […]
Opposition Umodzi Party (UP) has said currently there is no presidential candidate fit to rule this country except its acting President Professor John Chisi. “Malawi need a mature person like Chisi and this is the time for the northern region to produce a President,” UP acting National Director Kayenda Makala told a rally at Area […]
As we enter the New Year of 2014, every Malawian has a duty to contribute significantly to long term development planning for our country. We are exiting 2013 as the world’s second poorest nation only ahead of the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo. By temporal comparison, Malawi often did assume the positions of 14-20 in […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has registered a total of 7,537,548 voters nationwide for the May 20 tripartite elections by closing of registration on December 18, 2013, it has been announced. MEC statement on the final statistics of registered voters after phase nine of registration released on Monday says the registered voters represent 94.10 percent of the projected […]
The ruling People’s Party (PP) is said to have started conducting rigging rehearsals for 2014 polls in the name of primary elections where government resources are used and the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has since asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and various stakeholders to stop PP from the exercise immediately. In its letter […]
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has said she will not need to cheat to fight to get her mandate in next year’s elections, after some opposition parties and civil society activist charged the president with rigging tactics in order to stay in power. Instead, the President assured all Malawians that her government will preside over one […]
The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has challenged elites Catholics across the country to come fourth and participate in the Social and Political domains of this country. The Officer responsible, Father Henry Chinkanda said this in an interview, saying the call is in line with Vatican II teachings of […]
Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), an umbrella body for over 25 faith based institutions has asked political parties competing in next year’s tripartite elections to make sure that they do not show any bias towards some candidates so that they go to the polls while united. The call comes at a time when some parties […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has announced that it will conduct Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT), a process that will verify and validate the 2014 elections results. The PVT will focus on the presidential elections results. MESN board chairperson Steve Duwa made the announcement to the Grand Coalition on Tuesday in Lilongwe. “The purpose for this […]
Voter registration for phase nine ends on Wednesday, December 18, which will also mark the official closure of the process ahead of Malawi’s anticipated highly-contested 2014 Tripartite Elections. The first phase of the exercise started on July 22, 2013 in Nsanje, Neno, Mwanza, Chikhwawa and Mbayani, Michiru, South Lunzu, Blantyre City Central and Chilomoni Wards in […]