A Chancellor College political commentator has told President Peter Mutharika to avoid promises of petty issues, saying he needed to fix things instead other than making political gimmicks like pledging ti construct stadiums for Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers to gain political mileage ahead of May 21 polls . Mutharika on Sunday promised […]
A political expert has warned the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that it risks having its convention null and void if it goes ahead to elect people on positions that are not recognised in party positions. Wiseman Chijere Chirwa, a professor at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, made the comments after people applied for positions such […]
Wiseman Chijere Chirwa, a professor at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, said at Public Affairs Committee (PAC) sixth All-Inclusive Stakeholders Conference underway in Blantyre that lack of visionary national leadership and worsening corruption as some of the factors that have worsened poverty while a few elite become richer. Chijere Chirwa said that in order to […]
A politician and an academician have said theft of public money at Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, will continue in different forms of ‘cashgate’ unless Malawians rise up and make protests to send a strong message to the government to take stern action against the culprits. George Nnesa of Mafunde party said […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday vowed to veto an Access to Information (ATI) bill if it goes with what he described as inconsistencies, rendering the three hour audience with media owners and managers useless. Leader of the media owners and managers, Professor Chijere Chirwa, who is also the chairman of Media Council of Malawi said […]
Media bodies in Malawi have warned journalists against demanding allowances from news sources if they are to appear in any news outlet. The Media Council of Malawi (MCM), and the MISA-Malawi are advising the general public never to succumb to such demands made by journalists. In a joint statement, the two national bodies said it […]
Malawi, University of Malawi’s professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa has pointed out that Malawi which is about to celebrate 50 years of independence this July, is till at crossroads with recycled politicians busy in wrongful self-enrichment at the expense of the ordinary impoverished people. Chijere-Chirwa was speaking during an all-inclusive stakeholders conference organised by the Public Affairs […]
Professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa, a social commentator based at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College in Zomba has said Malawi has benefited nothing in the past 50 years and there was a need for certain things to change. Chirwa said this on Wednesday in Blantyre during the launch of United Democratic Front’s (UDF) Jubilee Movement seeking to […]
A labour expert with vast experience in labour migration, University of Malawi (UNIMA) professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa has examined President Joyce Banda’s job creation initiative that will see 1000 youths in the country going to South Korea to be equipped with agricultural skills. According to President Banda, who launched the initiative on Friday, it is […]
Malawi government has been criticized for its move to start printing new portraits for President Joyce Banda this month to accommodate her new doctorate title, a move which would cost the struggling southern African country millions of money. South Korea’s University of Jeonju awarded Banda an honorary doctorate degree in economics. University President, Dr. Kern Koh said the […]
President of the Chipani Cha Pfuko (CCP) Davis Katsonga has joined the growing band of critics to People’s Party (PP) government , accusing the government for failure to address economic woes that have been inflicted on Malawians after President Joyce Banda bowed down to the dictates of international money lenders to devalue the Malawi Kwacha. Katsonga, […]
If you are a professor of history or a consumer rights activist, but you cannot put things in context, you are probably not sophisticated enough. Introduction President Joyce Banda has in the past few weeks experienced a barrage of criticisms reminiscent of a hostile environment in which her predecessor Professor Bingu wa Mutharika concluded his […]
A renowned social political commentator and historian Professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa has described President Mrs Joyce Banda as not sophisticated for failing to fix the economic problems facing the country. Professor Chijere Chirwa joined the chorus of chairperson of Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA), John Kapito, and criticising President Banda that she has failed to […]