President of Peoples Transformation Party (PETRA), Kamuzu Chibambo, says he is backing the calls to have the young generation assume the leadership of the country including the presidency. Chibambo says the older generation has “terribly let down” the youth by deceiving them that they are leaders of tomorrow. He said time was ripe for the […]
High Court Judge in Malawi’s administrative capital Lilongwe, Justice Chifundo Kachale, has ruled that citizen Khalidwe Chilivumbo has sufficient interest to challenge against the legality of fuel price increases by he Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). MERA on 8 November announced that petrol would now be selling at 380 Malawi Kwacha (US$2.28) per litre, up […]
It is 2014 and half of the 193 Members of Parliament in Malawi are young people aged below 40. This is the dream and initiative that the Youth Association for Restoration of Democracy in Malawi YARDEMA is championing in the forex-starved southern African nation to ave 50 percent or more youth holding parliamentary positions after […]
Just after a month when Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) increased pump price of fuel by an average of 30 percent government is piling pressure on the regulator to implement another increase before Christmas. Sources in government have confirmed that another fuel hike is imminent in the country as Malawi is struggling to pay $45 […]
The message from the youth of Malawi is quiet clear. It’s time to take over. During a public debate at Chancellor College on Saturday organised by the Youth Association for Democracy in Malawi (YADEMA) , a call was made to the youth to take up leadership roles and relegate experienced old guards into advisory role. […]
Private practise lawyer Wapona Kita has disclosed that he will represent concerned citizens to challenge the newly increase fuel prices. Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) in a vendor-fashion style saidon Tuesday the pump price of petrol had increased by 31 percent, diesel by 38 percent and paraffin by 10 percent to reflect higher world commodity […]
The Youth Association for Democracy (YADEMA) has been officially registered with the Registrar General. Its interim chairperson, Lilongwe-based lawyer Wapona Kita confirmed that the pro-democracy youth group was registered on Tuesday October 25. “I am pleased to inform the general membership that YADEMA has been registered today by the Registrar General as a charitable company,” […]
A Magistrate, who was supposed to determine bail application for five activists being held in connection with a peaceful protest in the capital Lilongwe , did not show up for the ruling and police took them back in their custody. The five – Billy Mayaya, Habiba Osman a lawyer with the development NGO Norwegian Church […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has dragged Vice President Joyce Banda to court asking for the judges to interpret that she has resigned as VP. The VP was expelled from the ruling DPP last December and formed her own Peoples Party (PP) early this year. Private practice lawyer Wapona Kita confirmed to Nyasa Times that […]
The Youth Association for Democracy in Malawi, (YADEMA) has demanded that Malawi Police should be thoroughly probed on the death of Robert Chasowa a death of a university student who may have been killed due to his anti-government activism. Police ruled the death a suicide but an autopsy report indicated that he was beaten to […]