Major political parties in the country are not forthcoming on precise dates of conducting their respective primary elections to identify candidates for parliamentary and Local Government elections, having initially announced they would start this month. The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) announced they would start holding their…

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which organised a nationwide demonstration last April, have threatened to stage another demonstration on September 7 this year over perceived poor governance and arrogance by President Peter Mutharika’s government. The CSOs made the announcement in Lilongwe on Wednesday, August 15 2018, saying Mutharika and his government have shown arrogance by only…

President Peter Mutharika has come under fire for threatening to invoke Section 4 of the Protected Flag, Emblems and Names Act against his critics, including Vice-President Saulos Chilima, with lawyers and a political commentator describing the law as archaic. But the Attorney General and State House have defended the President, saying the said law was…

Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito has branded Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (Escom) the most corrupt, nonperforming and State captured institution. The consumer rights watchdog has since urged Escom to improve if it is to effect the tariff hike it is seeking to implement over the next four years. Kapito made…