In its drive to woo more eligible voters to register and vote in the forthcoming tripartite elections the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) conducted training for the disabled on the electoral process in Lilongwe. Assistant District Civic Education for Lilongwe Rita Kalanje told the participants that are just as good as their able bodied […]
Party leaders in Lilongwe Msinja South took a swipe at some traditional leaders who favor certain political parties saying this is recipe for political violence in the run up to the forthcoming tripartite elections. This came out clearly at Dickson TDC when the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) conducted training on conflict management during […]
Former vice-President in Malawi, Justin Malewezi has said that all the political parties should be provided with level playing field in the next year’s three-tier elections. Malewezi said an un-fair advantage that ruling parties have over other parties during an election can potentially undermine the credibility of the electoral process. Malawi is scheduled to hold […]
The third phase of voter registration kicked off Sunday morning with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) expressing optimism that the exercise will go on smoothly. The phase, which is expected to run from August 25 to 2 September 7, 2013 will cover all the constituencies in Mulanje, Luchenza Municipality, Phalombe South, Phalombe East and Phalombe North East constituencies and […]
Democratisation is the process followed in order to achieve democracy in either an organisation or a nation. Desperation is such a state in which all hope is lost or absent. It is the act of despair. Any action that is done as a result of desperation commonly brings annihilating results. It is when you desire […]
My name is Silence Chihuri, I am a Zimbabwean lawyer with great interest in politics and I am based in Scotland and I do hereby introduce my new column on Nyasa Times “The Malawian Body Politic”. However, before anyone starts accusing me of pocking my nose into Malawian affairs well, I am actually not interfering […]
The election of Lazarus Chakwera as Malawi Congress Party leader has been welcomed with handclapping and ululation from many quarters. Some analysts have described his election as a move which has changed the political landscape. I am not surprised that others are calling Chakwera as game changer. Few months ago, some had difficulties in identifying alternative leadership. […]
Political parties in the country have described the attractiveness that has followed the Reverend Lazarus Chakwera due to his election as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate as “mere excitement” that will not translate into votes. Although there has been no official survey to gauge Chakwera’s popularity, the social media and the public sphere has […]
People in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are pushing for a change on the registration date which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) allocated to them saying they will be busy cultivating in their fields. According to MEC the registration exercise there is expected to be conducted from 5-18 December. Speaking during whistle stop conducted by National […]
Police in Ngabu, Chikhwawa have arrested two people who went around buying voter registrations cards from about 64 people at undisclosed amount. The two, Patrick Losi 40 years old and Fred Njanji 37 years, both from Tchochola village, T/A Ngabu, Chikhwawa from the 3rd of this month, went around in the villages of Sande and […]
As political parties gear up for next year’s tripartite elections, the Anglican Church in Malawi has called on electoral stakeholders to treat all participating parties equally to avoid disputes. Preparations are underway for the polls but the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is yet to announce commencement of official campaign period despite all the major parties […]
Prisoners in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have described as failures civil society organizations accredited to conduct civil education on 2014 tripartite elections for failing to civic educate them on the forthcoming polls. Speaking when they received radios from National Initiative for Civic Educational (NICE) one of the prisoners Jimmy Harawa said it is high time […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate for next year’s elections, Dr Lazarus Chakwera in his maiden political rally since he was elected the party’s president at the convention, has expressed confidence that he is going to build “a winning team” for the polls. In his address to thousands of supporters who attended his rally Ntchalachala […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has expressed concern with the challenges and irregularities by the Malawi Electoral Commission in the ongoing voters registration exercise currently in the second phase. According to DPP’s National Director of Elections Kondwani Nankhumwa, the party feels insecure with some of the published and alleged reports towards the registration exercise. […]
With constitutional reform introducing multi-party democracy in the early 1990s, Malawi switched from a Parliamentary to a Presidential system and now the 5thPresidential and Parliamentary elections are to be held on 20th May 2014. However, in 2014 it will be a tripartite election race. The tripartite elections shall see the electoral body conducting Presidential, Parliamentary […]
on the occasion of the rise of Rev. Lazarus Chakwera to the MCP leadership When the face of leadership in the MCP changes from that of battle-scarred JZU Tembo, 81, to the more youthful Rev. Lazarus Chakwera, 58, the sentence is not yet complete. The failure of the MCP at national elections since the referendum […]
John Tembo has finally left the room, Reverend Lazarus Chakwera is in – career politician passing a political button to a man of God, completing the eagerly awaited 2014 presidential line-up. Smaller parties may yet feature their own presidential candidates and independent candidates may yet emerge but it is safe to say that baring any […]
I woke up around 1am and couldn’t get back to sleep till 5:30am. My mind was pre-occupied with the visions of a better Malawi. It became so clear that if we all (at least the majority of us) agree to play our part to turn things around, we can do it. We can achieve sustainable […]