Influential preacher Kawalala warns against  Malawi govt delays on reforms

An influential preacher has warned delays in implementing delays in government can lead to frustration among Malawians which might be a recipe for an uprising. Reverend Zacc Kawalala of Word Alive ministries said this Sunday during his online sermon. Kawalala said the Tonse alliance leaders should be agents of change in government, saying they need […]

Malawi religious tension: Christians demand council pulls down offensive Muslim billboard

The Evangelical Association of Malawi have reacted angrily to a bill board mounted in Blantyre by Muslims which say since people have read the Biblical Old Testament and the new testament, they should now read the last testament which they say is the Holy Quran. In a statement, the association’s chairperson Reverend Zacc Kawalala has […]

Rev Kawalala dares Mutharika on Malawi Judicial accountability

Revere d Dr Zacc Kawalala, who hea s the Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC) – a socio-governance arm of Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)–has challenged President Peter Mutharika on judicial accountability and further condemned the President’s continued attacks on the Judiciary. EAM is  an umbrella body for 64 church denominations and 58 Christian organisations. […]

Evangelical Association of Malawi laments ‘attempts to capture the Judiciary’: Rev Kawalala for righteousness

Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), an umbrella body for 64 church denominations and 58 Christian organisations,  has said that it learnt with great dismay the continued attempts by  President Peter Mutharika to undermine the Judiciary. The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC)– a socio-governance arm of Evangelical Association of Malawi – said in a statement […]

Forum appeals for  Malawi leadership responsibility based on Biblical principles

Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepers Forum (DLGF) has emphasized on the need for leaders to take responsibility by reflecting on issues that they can do as leaders in order to shape the political and socio-economic landscape of the country in a faith perspective that is based on Biblical principles. The meeting which drew leaders of various […]

Justice Kachale says forum to enhance national leadership, challenge split mindset of most Christians

South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will join two exceptional Malawians, Reverend Dr. Zacc Kawalala of Word Alive Ministries International and Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale, a Judge in the High Court of Malawi as motivational speakers during this year’s Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepers Forum to be held at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe […]

Evangelical’s Commission call for Mutharika’s decisiveness on gays, abortion

The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission  (EPJC) of Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has said it is time that President Peter Mutharika declared his stand on the controversial homosexuality and abortion issues in the country. Speaking during a news conference in Blantyre, the chairperson of EPJC-a governance and advocacy wing of Evangelical Association of Malawi, […]

Evangelical’s Justice Commission ask Malawi govt to implement pro-poor programs

The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)  says issues of human trafficking in the country can only end if the economy is improved. The EAM said this through a statement issued by its  governance arm Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC)  as Malawi joined the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Saturday […]

Evangelical Association of Malawi says lives of albinos matter: Police should hunt down killers

Thom Chiumia –Nyasa Times The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission (EPJC), a special Commission of the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), has called for an end to all brutal killings and persecutions on persons with albinism arguing that the lives of persons with albinism matter. At least 18 persons with Albinism have been killed since […]

Malawi in need of true agents of change—Rev Kawalala

Malawi is in need of leaders who will be true agents of the change that integrates their fundamental values with ethical business conduct, leading to beneficial permanence in society, Reverend Zacc Kawalala has said. Kawalala is quoted in the local press speaking as general overseer of Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepers Forum (DLGF, saying there is […]

Fire all presidential aides, cleric tells Malawi leader

A church cleric has told President Peter Mutharika to fire all his presidential aides to save money as the country reels from harsh economic climate in recent memory. Reverend Zacheaus Kawalala said at the just ended Public Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting that the President needs to walk the talk on financial prudence by firing the […]

Clergy say no compromise for gays: Malawi govt should not promote homosexual behaviour

Conservative clerics in Malawi are asking government not to compromise its anti-gay stand, saying they should not be lured by international support to give equal rights to gays under the law. Malawi government requested $388 888 (about K221 million) from Global Fund for HIV and Aids interventions targeting 40 000 men who have sex with […]

MHRC presents poll report to Malawi Parliament: Mutharika’s victory queried

A delegation of the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) Commissioners and secretariat staff presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs a detailed report on the 2014 tripartite elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, and indicated the polls were not “credible”. Chairperson of MHRC, Sophie Kalinde stated that commission monitored all […]