Muhabi Chisi concedes attempts to hack MEC system,  unveils ghost user in Malawi polls

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) director of ICT, Muhabi Chisi came out of the cocoon on Thursday to reveal that during the results management time of May 21 tripartite elections, there were many attempts to hack into the MEC results management system (RMS) but they all failed. Chisi was making a simulation of the results management […]

Atupele defiant, raps Mutharika: ‘We won’t be scared’

Malawi’s youthful presidential aspirant, Atupele Muluzi, has vowed to continue resistance against the crackdown by the Bingu wa Mutharika administration, saying he will pursue his ‘agenda for change’ even if it means being killed. Police mounted roadblocks in Lilongwe on Sunday and fired teargas to prevent Atupele from addressing his road show political meetings. In […]

MEC has no commissioners, terms expire

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has no commissioners following the end of their contracts, an official in the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has confirmed. The impeccable source who looks at government contracts of senior officials said Commissioners Ron Nkomba, Brown Chimphamba, Dick Mzumara, Mary Manyusa and Georgina Chikoko left MEC on Wednesday, the […]

Nyasa Times, Nation, Banda top in Malawi media survey

You may loathe or adore it. Online publication Nyasa Times has done it with flying colours. It is the number one online ‘Newspaper of the Year’, courtesy of a survey. The Malawi Media 2011 survey was undertaken by Malawi2014 between November 24 and December 4 2011 where respondents gave 77.2 per cent to Nyasa Times online […]