The Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board in Malawi has trashed a letter from the United Nations AIDS Agency (UNAIDS) calling for the immediate release from custody of rights activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka, saying such a call is an obstruction to justice especially as it is apparent that the two really have a case to […]
Amid violent protests in Malawi over the alleged mismanagement of the presidential election in May, the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board in the country has reminded organisers of such demonstrations to exercise their right of assembly with responsibility. In a statement tittled; A Call for Responsibility in the Exercise of the Right of Assembly, which is […]
Malawi’s NGO Board has been receiving K250,000 as revised membership fees from local and international non-governmental organisations, defying a court injunction which restrains the board from implementing the new membership fees. The malpractice in the collection of the fees was revealed Thursday during the 2018 annual general meeting (AGM) of the Council for Non-Governmental […]
The Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Board says the amount of money NGOs are spending annually in Mzimba does not reflect development activities being implemented in the district and suspects a lot is being swindled. NGO Board’s Director of Programs, Kamwana Muyaya made the sentiments during a District Executive Committee meeting. Muyaya said, in its recent mapping […]
The parliamentary committee on Social and Community Affairs has backed the proposed me Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Act that will ensure that local organizations should make full disclosure of their financial sources and use as one way of being accountable to the communities they serve. The committee’s Chairperson Richard Chimwendo-Banda said that the new Act will […]
Legal activist Justin Dzonzi has said NGO board has no mandate to deregister nongovernmental organisations which have failed to register with the board. Dzonzi said the law is evasive and ambiguous on the issue making it difficult for the board to win a court case should some deregistered NGOs decide to seek legal redress. “Such […]
The Non–Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board of Malawi has given over 400 nongovernmental organisations up to May 31 to register with the board or face the chop, warning that it will deregister any civil society organisation which flouts the laws governing the operations of non–State actors in the country. The NGO Board has the mandate to register […]
Some Civil Society groups, human rights defenders and lawyers working in the realm of human rights and governance in Southern Africa have called for depolitisization of Malawi NGO board. The grouping made these observations during their submission at Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 57th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human […]
Former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara triggered debate on social media when he challenged Malawi government through the NGO Board against shutting down non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating “without following proper procedures”, mostly those that are critical to the administration. Those targeted include Malawi Network of Religious Leaders Living with Aids (Manelera) led by Reverend MacDonald Sembereka, […]
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Board, a regulatory body of NGOs in the country has cautioned organizations accredited to conduct civic and voter education for the 2014 tripartite elections against being partisan when discharging their duties. NGO Board’s Chairperson Emily Banda warned the organisations Wednesday during a District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting held in Mzimba. The meeting […]