Brands resignation   calls ‘mob justice’ Insists she operated within the law Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has dismissed calls for her to resign for allegedly compromising herself and mismanaging the May 21 Tripartite Elections and purportedly favouring President Peter Mutharika. Breaking her silence in an exclusive interview with multi-award winning private broadcaster…

Parliament resumed sitting on Monday after a weekend recess without a Leader of Opposition (LOP), a first since Malawi embraced multiparty democracy through a 1993 national referendum. Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara announced the leadership of the House from all parties with the LOP  missing on the list. Standing Order 35 (1) states that…

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been faulted for appealing to the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal a High Court ruling delivered last Friday dismissing an application to throw out, based on technicalities, a petition challenging presidential election results. In separate interviews yesterday, a law professor and governance commentator observed that the electoral body should not…

Confirm probe into alleged K2m airtime deal Be Forward Wanderers have launched an investigation into allegations that for two years the club’s general secretary (GS) Mike Butao has been drawing K2 million monthly from Be Forward Limited sponsorship to allegedly pay TNM for airtime distribution dealership. The club’s chairperson Gift Mkandawire has since pleaded with…

Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama), the country’s largest tobacco growers association, has attributed low tobacco volumes being brought on the floors this year to the new Tobacco Industry Act. Tama chief executive officer Felix Thole said in an interview on Friday that the new Act has introduced some changes which the market is struggling to…