Yes, it is not surprising to read again about the author of the article; ‘It could be you next’ by Mzati Nkolokosa . To begin with, respect be given to him for the brilliant ideas and good direction of his views, however, it is not a question of anger and common sense in all evil […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika has disclosed that he will establish a commission of inquiry into the ‘murder’ of university student Robert Chasowa, a critic of the government and the riots that took place on July 20 national demonstrations killing 19 people. Mutharika speaking exclusively to the BBC’s Africa Have Your Say programme on Thursday […]
The High Court in Blantyre has granted anti-government activist Black Moses, 27 bail and he walked out of jail a free man. For now Moses, a trader, who is facing sedition charges, was granted bail by Blantyre Magistrate Court last Friday but police rearrested him on courtroom doorsteps immediately after the court granted bail. He was […]
New information has emerged that the death of university student activist Robert Chasowa may have been sanctioned by someone in the hierarchy of the ruling party’s southern region committee. A top tier member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) instructed some party cadres to deal with Chasowa for his writing in a newsletter that he […]
If this article does not make sense to you, it is because common sense does not make sense often. But if you let anger and all other preconceived ideas give way to common sense, you will appreciate that this piece is about your safety, not anyone’s, but yours. People have raised questions about recent fires […]
After a post-mortem report by local pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala revealed that Robert Chasowa – the fourth year mechanical engineering Polytechnic student found dead on the campus on September 24 – did not commit suicide as claimed by police, blogger Mabvuto Jobani (Jobani is a pseudo) has written a report on Media Institute of Southern […]
Editor of Malawi’s leading online news, the Nyasa Times, Thom Chiumia was invited to be a panellist at the debate organised by St Andrews University of Scotland which was held at the Royal Commonwealth Society in London on Monday. The debate was held under the theme: ‘Will the Arab Spring be followed by an African […]
Malawi’s pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala, who carried out a post-mortem on the body of a fourth year University of Malawi engineering student Robert Chasowa whose mysterious death police say, was a case of suicide, told Capital Radio’s Straight Talk programme on Tuesday that his death was not suicide and that his yet-to-be released report will […]
When Robert Chasowa, a student at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic campus, was found dead at the premises of the college, the police moved quickly to stem any mayhem the death might have resulted in. Students, after all, had already begun to run riot. The Police quickly announced that the death was suicide. The deceased […]
Malawi’s vice president Joyce Banda on Saturday paid homage to the late Robert Chasowa, a fourth-year engineering student and political activist who was found dead under suspicious circumstances within the Polytechnic campus on September 24, 2011. Chasowa was the vice-chair of a student activist group, Youth for Democracy (YFD). The YFD printed a weekly pro-democracy […]
Malawi’s pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala who carried out a post-mortem on the body of a final year engineering student Robert Chasowa whose mysterious death police say was a case of suicide, has refuted ever realising any report as police were claiming. Dzamalala told Malawi News on Saturday that he did not produce any autopsy report […]
Your body was laid to rest the other day We interred your remains: the clothes you wore your shoes, the wrist watch still ticking to tell us endlessly the changing of the seasons the signs of the times We buried your football skills But we failed to bury your soul. Your spirit lives on […]
Blantyre Magistrate Court on Friday granted bail to anti-government activist Black Moses who is facing sedition charges but police rearrested him on courtroom doorsteps immediately after the court granted bail. His lawyer Lusungu Gondwe of Ralph and Arnold, successfully applied bail after he has spendweeks in prison on remand. Presiding magistrate, Principal Magistrate Innocent Nebi […]