President Peter Mutharika has received a tribalism tag from a political science lecturer at the Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, Ernest Thindwa on the way he has been purging public servants. Thindwa has said he feels the dismissals of officers are based on tribal lines. “It’s normal for any new government to make […]
Controversy, drama and raising of eyebrows has engulfed within the rank and file of the Chewa people following the announcement by some individuals who want to launch the Mang’anja Association which happens to be the sprinter grouping of the Chewa People royal to Kalonga Gawa Undi, King of the Chewa People in Malawi, Zambia […]
So – we continue to forge ahead together, a nation composed of supposed patriots in matters of minority interest; a nation made up of vociferous hostilities of a fragmented nature against common problems viewed often from sectarian perspectives; and finally, a nation of a potentially powerful political base from which a vast majority of our […]
Paramount Chief Mkhumba of Phalombe district has been laid to rest at Mpasa Headquarters aftern being accorded a state funeral graced by the country’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima. Mkhumba died on Tuesday of Prostate cancer at Zomba Central Hospital at the age of 82. The funeral attracted several notable figures which included Peoples Party (PP) Member […]
A prominent newspaper columnist in Malawi on Saturday added his voice to the cacophony of accusations levelled against President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government on nepotism and ethnicity favouritism. Mutharika has come under heavy criticism from opposition in the way he has selected his cabinet and some public appointments. Critics […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika has been accused by some party members favouring members who are his Lomwe tribesmen at the expense of dedicated members. The members have made the accusations in a letter addressed to Mutharika, copied to party secretary general Jean Kalirani. But DPP spokesman Nicholas Dausi has trashed the member’s […]
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president, Professor Peter Mutharika, is one politician with a cunning mind. When rumour mills started making rounds a few years ago about his sexual orientation he demonstrated his sagacity by publically appearing with female lawmaker, Gertrude Handrina Maseko, assuredly to fend off claims that he was homosexual. The 2014 […]
There was huge excitement when opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika arrived at Mulhako wa Alhomwe carnival at Chonde in Mulanje on Sunday. And the excitement continued with the presence of renowned musician and United Democratic Front (UDF) politician, Lucius Banda who arrived at the event to the chants of mostly young people […]
Yao tribesmen are setting up a heritage grouping as a way of preserving their culture, Nyasa Times understands. The group, which will be similar to what former Malawi president the late Bingu wa Mutharika, formed – Mulhako wa Alhomwe – will be called Chiwanja cha Ayao. Quadria Muslim Association chairman Alhaj Likonde is chairman of the […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) revoked the broadcasting licence it issued to Mulhako wa Alhomwe cultural group. Mulhako wa Alhomwe was formed by former president late Bingu wa Mutharika on October 25 2008 to promote the Lhomwe culture in Malawi. According to the statement, signed by Macra’s chairperson Martha Kwataine and director general Charles Nsaliwa, Mulhakho […]
Tonga people of Nkhata-Bay District are banging their heads to seek ways of reviving their culture which they say is losing its originality due to migration of other people into the district and intermarriages. Speaking in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana), Traditional Authority Mankhambira said some of the major factors that have contributed […]