Once beaten twice shy, so the saying goes. As Malawi goes to the polls on May 20 this year the people of Neno-North constituency in Southern Malawi have tightened nuts to check on the cheating their elected members are usually ...
Category Archives : Southern Africa
Malawi’s public broadcaster guilty of bias in campaign period
Apr 7, 2014
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The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), a public broadcaster in Malawi has been found guilty of not complying to laid down rules ahead of May 20 tripartite elections in the country forcing the electoral managers to summon its board of directors. ...
Malawi President calls for political co-existence during campaign period
Apr 3, 2014
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Amid traces of political violence and mudslinging ahead of the May 20 maiden tripartite election, Malawi President Joyce Banda has urged political party leaders to be guiding their followers on how to conduct a clean campaign. The President observed that ...
MEC speaks on Zimbabwe electoral consignemnt amid fears of rigging tactics
Mar 29, 2014
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Amid speculations that some trucks are due to arrive in Malawi carrying voting materials meant for rigging the forthcoming tripartite elections, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has challenged that interested people inspect its consignment. MEC Head of Media and Public ...
Mozambique aims to reach universal malaria protection in 2014
Mar 27, 2014
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MAPUTO, Mozambique – The Ministry of Health of Mozambique, together with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Vision and BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities today announced a partnership to ensure that every family in Mozambique will be ...
Malawi Parliament dissolved as campaign for the May 20 tripartite elections rolls off
Mar 22, 2014
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Ahead of the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, the Malawi Parliament have been dissolved. This is in line with the country’s constitution which in section 67, Sub-section 2 demands that the Malawi Parliament stands dissolved on its fifth year after ...
Road to May 20 Elections: Malawians in voter verification exercise
Mar 18, 2014
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Malawians will from next week have a chance to establish whether their names appear in the voters roll or not, and make any appropriate corrections, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said. As the registered voters make the confirmations the ...
Malawi Muslims ask politicians to outline their manifestos
Mar 17, 2014
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Muslims in Malawi have asked political leaders in the country to bring forth their party manifestos if they seriously want people to vote people basing on policies. Chairperson of Muslim Taskforce for Democracy (MTD) Sheik Abdul Ajasie has observed that ...
Breakdown of justice blamed for the rise in mob justice in South Africa
Mar 11, 2014
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CAPE TOWN, Mar 11 2014 (IPS) - Margaret Feke* got off a taxi in Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, South Africa, carrying a package of new clothes for her son who was due to leave for his traditional initiation into ...
AU Launches Internet Exchange Point in Namibia: “Keeping intra-country internet traffic within the country”
Mar 10, 2014
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WINDHOEK, Namibia, March 10, 2014 – African Press Organization (APO) – 7th March, 2014: The African Union Commission (AUC), through the Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Communication Technology of Namibia today launched the Internet Exchange Point ...
Mary Catherine Nkosi appointed by Comesa Committee of Elders in Malawi
Mar 7, 2014
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A Malawian lady Mary Catherine Nkosi has been appointed by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) into its four member committee of Elders, it has been announced. News about the appointment of Nkosi who retired as Deputy ...
Pictorial focus on Malawi February demonstration
Mar 1, 2014
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In Malawi the Civil Society Grand Coalition petitioned the country’s President through the Blantyre City Council on February 27 2014. The coalition among others demands that Malawi Parliament convene to deliberate on the Preliminary Forensic Audit Report (FAR), the sale ...