President Peter Mutharika will on Saturday attend the burial of Mamarita Ruth Tembo, much-respected wife to former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo at Kaphala Village in Traditional Authority Kaphuka in Dedza. Mamarita Tembo died on Monday at Dae Yung Luke Hospital in Lilongwe where she had gone for treatment after a short illness and […]
Lingadzi CCAP on Thursday led mourners in Lilongwe at the funeral vigil of the much-respected wife of party’s former long-time leader John Tembo. Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tembo’s residence in Area 10 and paid their last respects to Mamarita Ruth Tembo, who passed on in the late hours of January 5 at Dae Yung Luke […]
The funeral program of the much-respected wife to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former long-time leader John Tembo has been released and burial is scheduled for Saturday in Dedza. The burial will follow a church service at Nthulu, Chimbiya in Dedza on Friday, according to the official programme. The body of Mamarita Ruth Tembo, who […]
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has urged the DPP government to restrain from threatening citizens particularly against the Judicial staff who are currently withdrawing labour seeking salary increment. Chakwera has since pushed all the blame to the Peter Mutharika government in the ongoing standoff on Judiciary and Anti […]
Tributes have poured in for the Mrs Ruth Tembo, much-respected wife for former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo following news of her death on Monday. Leading the growing tributes, Tembo’s successor in MCP, Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera said he is deeply saddened with the death of Mrs Tembo, saying she would be mourned […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has lost his much-respected wife Ruth who has died after a short illness. Ruth Tembo, originally from Lesotho, died at Medi-Clinic in Lilongwe after a short illness, Nyasa Times understands Her husband is said to be “very devastated” by her death. The couple had four children together. MCP […]
George Zulu has resigned as deputy secretary general of the opposition Peoples Party (PP) and withdrawn his membership from the party. Zulu who was elected by the party’s politbulo to deputize Ibrahim Matola is said to have since joined Malawi Congress Party (MCP). In his interview with the local media, Zulu accused the PP of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) district chairpersons in the Southern Region have rejected results of last week’s election of Eston Kakhome to replace regional chairperson Dennis Nanthumba, saying the polls were null and void as Kakhome joined Aford before elections and did not rejoin MCP formally. The district chairpersons have vowed not to recognise Kakhome and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmakers have accused President Peter Mutharika government of being “clueless” on coming out of economic turmoil, saying the country is on auto pilot. The country is currently facing many industrial action over demands for salary increase due to weakening Kwacha and rising costs of living. MCP chief whip in Parliament, Lobin […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youths on Saturday cheered the sick and distributed various food items worth K754, 000 at Mangochi District Hospital. The patients and hospital authorities expressed gratitude to the MCP for the donation. MCP Director of Youth Lobin Lowe said the youths decided to visit the hospital after noting that various challenges […]
It is generally accepted that, in Malawi, the arrival of Christianity and colonialism altered the gender relations and sociocultural makeup of its people. These changes are most evident in the way the male gender (or ideas governing what it means to be a man), in both matrilineal and patrilineal societies, came to be understood. Masculinity […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokeswoman Dr Jessie Kabwila says the party feel vindicated with the report by the taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on controversial May 20 Tripartite Elections which has questioned the legitimacy of President Peter Mutharika. MCP has been claiming that Mutharika was ruling through stolen votes but that their party leader Rev […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP0 Members of Parliament from Salima have said that the public works program under Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) has failed to alleviate poverty among the rural poor. Speaking in turns on Tuesday during a briefing of the Salima District Council on the MASAF IV program, the parliamentarians Dr. Jessie Kabwila and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jessie Kabwila has explained that her comments in relation to the controversial grants the National Aids Commission (Nac) gave to Beatify Malawi (Beam), National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) and Mulhakho wa Alhomwe were not insulting as being construed by some section of the society. Kabwila described the release of money from […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has dismissed claims of unrest within the party, they MCP was moving in one direction. Sunday Times report indicated that there are cracks in the rank and file of MCP as evidenced by comments made by spokeswoman Jessie Kabwila supporting the controversial MPs salary hike and then […]
Far from exculpating himself from complicity in gluttonous increments to remuneration packages for political elites, Chakwera’s press statement exposes him as a sheep in a flock rather than a herdsman and someone far less than a paragon of moral probity. Chakwera’s press statement has pretensions to being a poorly written pastoral letter. The flattery implied […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera has said the prospect of a large pay rise for President, vice president, ministers and MPs including himself was “simply unethical” at a time when the economy is ailing and public-sector workers want better pay. Chakwera during a news conference on Monday accused President Peter Mutharika of engineering […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has spoken in support of the salary increments for Cabinet ministers and members of Parliament as its party’s president and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Dr Lazarus Chakwera and the bulk of its MPs are beneficiaries. Chakwera’s salary, has been adjusted from K600 000 per month to K1 […]