In a twist of events, out of sorts Information Minister Patricia Kaliati has backtracked on her earlier remarks which implicated chief secretary in the Office of President and Cabinet, Bright Msaka as having been part of a failed “coup” plot by DPP cabinet When Mutharika died on Thursday, government went into a panic mode as […]
The much-anticipated March 14 came and passed. Today, Thursday, is March 15 and Nyasa Times snap checks in the streets and townships of the country’s two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe have shown it is business as usual. March 14 was the day government and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), led by President […]
Despite repeated claims of coup de tat on March 14 by President Bingu wa Mutharika and his cohorts being in the public domain, government has now changed tune on the issue saying nobody said so. For about three weeks now, government has been making allegations that it has intelligence information that some Malawians were planning […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has denied claims by Malawi Police that at the end of the two-day conference aimed at finding solutions to Malawi’s economic and political challenges, they will incite to hold anti-government street demonstrations. The meeting is scheduled to end Thursday in the commercial capital, Blantyre. Police issued a statement alleging that it […]
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the country say President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government need to know that the role of CSOs is indispensable in a democracy and attempting to muzzle its legitimacy to operate is tantamount to breach of the very fundamentals of democracy. CSOs’ representatives said this in Lilongwe during a news […]
Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda has demanded K100 million in damages from rulig DPP Southern Regional governor Noel Masangwi over his remarks that Banda was plotting to overthrow the Bingu wa Mutharika administration. The Vice President has also demanded a written for defamatory remarks Masangwi made against her at Kachere when President Mutharika adressed a […]
Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda, who heads an opposition People’s Party, has been accused of treason as President Bingu wa Mutharika’s regime raised the stakes in the battle to retain its grip on power. Ruling DPP Southern Region Governor, Noel Masangwi, on Sunday accused Banda of conspiring with Public Affairs Committee (PAC) chairperson Rev Macdonald […]
Presidential Spokesperson Dr. Hetherwick Ntaba has accused the media practitioners and Civil Society Organization Leaders (CSO) for attacking President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government and also plotting to overtake the leadership of Malawi. Ntaba was speaking on Thursday through the state controlled public broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation TV (MBC TV). He echoed that the […]
Malawi opposition and a top diplomat swifly dismissed the coup claims by President Bingu wa Mutharika, calling them part of a plot to create a pretext for declaring a state of emergency that would give the dictator broad security powers. Mutharika speaking in his home district of Thyolo on Sunday, claimed he has intelligence reports […]
Malawi’s Minister of Energy, Goodall Gondwe, has said President Bingu wa Mutharika has prior knowledge of the plot to overthrow his governmnet on the 14th of March. Commentators have however described Gondwe’s statement as “ totally groundless” allegation meant to sew panick in the civil society, opposition and the growing band of critics ahead of stakeholders […]
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