‘Handle electoral issues with care’
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has recently been rocked in scandals that have raised questions on whether the electoral body is credible to deliver…
Category: Politics
I have left MCP, not my people—Kabwila
The embattled Salima North west Parliamentarian Jessie Kabwila recently abandoned the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and joined the newly-formed UTM Party. Our reporter Andrew…
Sticky issues in UDF-DPP alliance
Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) has been in an alliance with the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for four years. Of late, the UDF…
If I were Atupele Muluzi
President of the United Democratic Front (UDF), I would realise that I have delayed in announcing the party’s position about participating in next year’s…
The hypocrisy of Mzimba’s ‘sovereignty’
Debate on the repeated question of Mzimba’s sovereignty refuses to die. Each time it is raised, the subject rarely generates a serious national discussion…
Alliance to unseat DPP?
There is an electoral alliance comprising sixparties—People’s Progressive Movement (PPM), New Labour Party (NLP), Assemblyfor Democracy and Development (ADD), Republican Party (RP), Malawi DemocraticParty…
IF I WERE :Kondwani Nankhumwa
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, I would accept and acknowledge that it is a fact that Saulos Chilima is the country’s Vice-President…
#YouthDecide2019: Making young majority count
In September 2016, the country’s oldest Cabinet minister Goodall Gondwe, using a walking stick, paced feebly to the podium at the opulent Bingu International…
UTM elects convention delegates for South
Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima’s UTM on Monday held elections in Blantyre where the party elected people to positions that were being held on interim…
DPP pledges K400 000 monthly donations in Ndirande
Governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by its vice-president for the Southern Region Kondwani Nankhumwa on Sunday held a meeting with Ndirande Township market…
No linear formula For political alliance
With barely six months to the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, the elections mood is getting hotter. Almost all political parties are now back…
Class of 2014 under scrutiny
The last but one meeting of members of Parliament elected in 2014 begins next week on Monday. Our reporter AYAMI MKWANDA engages Chancellor…
Charles Mchacha
Democratic Progressive party (DPP) regional governor for the South, I would feel ashamed to insult women who belong to other political parties, in…
Arrests, violence, State indifference
People in same-sex relations in Malawi are treated as second-class citizens, suffering constant attacks and rights violations while the State looks away. While politicians…
Campaign fever
With barely seven months to the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, primary elections are underway, alliances are under negotiations and voter registration is almost…
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.…
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)…