DPP launches campaign newspaper, The Sky

Malawi’s new publication hits the streets. The Sky Newspaper has been designed to propagate a campaign in support for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 2014 torch bearer Peter Mutharika’s candidature. The broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in South Africa, is being run by Noel Masangwi, a DPP regional governor for the south. The maiden publication is […]

Bingu’s first term was like a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Writing in The Times of the United Kingdom, Oliver Kay wrote;   In one of his most famous speeches, John F. Kennedy said: “When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity”. That interpretation is the subject of debate to linguists. Bingu Wa Mutharika’s tenure […]

Malawi fertiliser scam and wrongful enrichment

By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times Despite the 2010/11 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) review faulting the manner in which tenders of the supply and delivery of fertilizer were offered by government, the 2011/12 procurement process is almost a repeat of the previous scenario. Last year, the FISP review observed that some of the bidders were […]