Malawi diplomats recalled from various missions have given Ministry of Foreign Affairs ultimatums to rfund them millions of kwachas they are allegedly owed effectively rejecting orders for them to return home which has seen Bernard Sande still holding the position of the High Commissioner in London. Sande has refused to return home unless he is […]
Ministry of foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesperson Quent Kalichero has said the ministry is waiting for the appointing authority, the President to make flesh nominations to replace two proposed diplomats who withdrew their appointments to foreign missions. The two are veteran politician -cum-medical doctor Hetherwick Ntaba who was posted as High Commissioner to UK […]
As we wind up the year I have decided to finish a piece that I had wanted to write a month or two ago. In a game of chess, whatever gambit you chose, the idea is always to plan ahead. You must always be several moves ahead and consider the:what if scenario. Traditionally, ambassadors were […]
Let us switch gears this time around and do a bunch of different things together. We will see how it all works. Those who paid attention to what happened this past week heard about new degree programs in Gender Studies at a Malawi university. Then there was the story of top Civil Society leaders appointed […]
“Sometimes working to consolidate the interest of your country demands that you renounce your personal views” –Dr. Brave Rona Ndisale For some reason I have started liking George Chaponda. You see, every time he opens his mouth the Yale-trained lawyer says something interesting, if not outright wacky. I do not want to remind you of […]
One of Malawi’s leading human rights non-governmental organization Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has advised President Prof. Peter Mutharika to tread carefully on Thoko Banda saga after he told BBC that he has turned down the job of ambassador to Zimbabwe because he was opposed to dictatorship. Banda was initially earmarked to be Malawi’s […]
Malawi’s minister of foreign affairs George Chaponda says President Peter Mutharika had already planned to bar Thoko Banda from representing Lilongwe in Harare where he was expected to be an ambassador for the Southern African country, even if he did not pull out by himself. Chaponda told the state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) television during Monday evening news cast […]
A Malawian diplomat who once reportedly described Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as an “idiot” told BBC’s Focus on Africa programme Monday that he has turned down the job of ambassador to Harare because he was opposed to dictatorship. President Peter Mutharika named Banda as ambassador last month as he was initially earmarked to be Malawi’s envoy […]
Malawi’s ambassador designate to Zimbabwe has asked ministry of foreign affairs to consider relocating him to another diplomatic mission apart from Harare after reports have gone viral that he once described President Robert Mugabe as an idiot and a horrible man in 2006 while he was an asylum seeker in Germany. In a letter sent […]
Diplomatic ties between Lilongwe and Harare are likely to face a blow after President Peter Mutharika appointed a man who once described President Robert Mugabe as an “idiot” to be the new ambassador to Zimbabwe. Thoko Banda made the comments in 2006 during his stay as a political asylum seeker in Germany. Read the full interview which […]
Malawi risk to face a diplomatic scandal with Zimbabwe after it has been revealed that the newly appointed Ambassador to that country Thoko Banda in one of his interviews around 2006 had called Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe an idiot. The revelation has already sent the Zimbabwean Government working on a way to bar Banda from […]
Thoko Banda, son to former cabinet minister Aleke Banda, is not going to Belgium as earlier announced due to his unsatisficatory qualifications and performance during the interviews by the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Malawi Parliament. Banda, the newly-appointed Malawi’s envoy to Zimbabwe who initially appeared on the lists of diplomatic appointments made in August […]
Thoko Banda going to Zimbabwe not Brussels President Peter Mutharika has hired new diplomats to head Malawi missions in Germany, United States and other nations which have seen chairperson for the Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi (CONGOMA), Voice Mhone being appointed. According to a statement issued by George Mkondiwa, Chief Secretary to the Government, […]
Thoko Banda, son to former cabinet minister, the late Aleke Banda, who has appointed to be Malawi ambassador to EU in Brussels has maintained his links to Thyolo, saying he is a bonafide citizen of the President’s home citizen having been born there. The fifty-year-old Banda has also clarified on his credentials. Public Appointments Committee […]
Newly appointed Malawian Ambassador to Brussels, Thoko Banda, has found himself angering and crossing paths with his new boss President Arthur Peter Mutharika after the Head of State felt embarrassed with the blatant lies by the new diplomat on his qualifications and home of origin that could have impressed the president to appoint him for the […]
Thoko Banda, son of former cabinet minister the late Aleke Banda, told parliamentary Public Appointment Committee (PAC) that he hails from Thyolo and not Nkhatabay the home of his father. Banda who was being interviewed by 20 members PAC for the position of Malawi Ambassador to the EU after being appointed by President Peter Mutharika. His CV indicated that […]
Son to former renowned politician Aleke Banda, Thoko on Saturday endorsed Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the only hope for Malawians during the forthcoming Tripartite Elections. Speaking during the official launch of the DPP campaign at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe, Banda said as his father stood for what was good for Malawians, it is only DPP […]
Former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday unveiled its electoral manifesto with a declaration of commitment to lead Malawi to prosperity after the country’s May 20 tripartite polls. The party’s president, Prof. Peter Mutharika, speaking at Bingu International Conference Centre in the capital Lilongwe, where he also launched the party’s campaign, said the manifesto […]