Mutharika’s false bubble
President Peter Mutharika has picked an unnecessary fight with human rights defenders and he does not sound brave, our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA writes.…
Category: Politics
Setting political record straight
Youthful Malawian volunteers at the Lost History Foundation are unearthing censored and distorted history from the dictatorial era. During a day-long public lecture on…
Lloyd Muhara
Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), I would not be selective in the firing of public officers involved in…
Setting political Record straight
Youthful Malawian volunteers at the Lost History Foundation are unearthing censored and distorted history from the dictatorial era. During a day-long public lecture…
Grezelder Jeffrey
Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) secretary general (SG), I would not spend my energy castigating Vice-President Saulos Chilima and his United Transformation Movement (UTM)…
‘Irregularities give us room to improve’
The first phase of the on-going Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primaries has been marred by several irregularities, including complaints by mostly losing aspirants.…
Charles Mchacha (Part II)
Regional Governor of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the South, I would realise that the mind games I am playing surrounding my…
Charles Mchacha (Part II)
Regional Governor of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for the South, I would realise that the mind games I am playing surrounding my…
Unpacking Aford leadership dilemma
Alliance for democracy (Aford) wrangles are refusing to die following the emergence of two factions that are led by Enoch Chihana and Frank Mwenifumbo.…
Malawi’s economic freedom fight
lamenting line in one of his haunting songs, in which he mimics an Asian boast: dziko ndi wanu, ndalama ndi wathu (you, Malawians, own…
‘UTM has split the votes’
Following a constitutional court ruling on Friday, Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is Zimbabwe’s President. Our Staff Writer ALBERT SHARRA caught up with Wits…
Rodney Jose
Inspector General (IG) of the Malawi Police Service (MPS), I would act on the escalating cases of political violence in the countdown…
Chilima’s uneasy agenda
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has parted ways with the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and is out to unpack his mission to reboot the…
Tale of two movements
During a rally at Njamba in Blantyre on Sunday, Michael Usi of the Wodya Zake Alibe Mlandu movement pledged unconditional support to the…
IF I WERE :Charles Mchacha
Governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the South, I would not boast about my party’s move to subsidise alcohol prices at…
SKC vs APM: No love lost
So it turns out Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima is not an undecided jim, an ambitious marketer who speaks in parables. The 45-year-old, who…
Lowdown on UTM ride
Since Saturday, tongues have been wagging about the crowd-pulling launch of the United Transformation Movement led by Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima, but does…
Chikulamayembe or M’mbelwa
Paramount Chiefs of Rumphi and Mzimba, I would not be overjoyed if not overzealous to declare that President Peter Mutharika will retain his seat…
Political legitimacy: a tall order for leaders
Just a day after the Catholic Bishops released the April 29, 2018 pastoral letter calling for a new era in Malawi, one audio clip…
‘MLS is not targeting the president’
Malawi Law Society (MLS) recently gave its position on the leaked Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigation report on Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations…