Malawi caught up in political party funding maze
Lilongwe – In 2005, the year President Bingu wa Mutharika ditched the United Democratic Front (UDF), the party that sponsored him into power, to form his own Democratic Progress Party (DPP), Malawi’s treasury was caught in a financial rip-off. The then Secretary to Treasury Dr. Milton Kutengule was arrested on charges of misappropriation of public [...]
Climate change squeezing Malawi’s maize production
Despite Malawi registering surplus maize yields in recent years, food production in the southern African nation has been on the decline, a climate change study has indicated. Malawi has in the past six years basked in the glory of maize surpluses that came about partly because of the implementation of the world acclaimed Farm Input [...]
Former president’s son arrested in Malawi
Lilongwe – The son to former Malawi president Atupele Muluzi, has been arrested, government and UDF officials have confirmed. The young Muluzi who is aspiring the country’s presidency under the banner of the former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF), a party which his father led between 1993 and 2009 was arrested at around noon as [...]
Swazi students demand justice
“Life without scholarships is impossible. The socio economic situation in Swaziland dictates that no parent can afford to pay tertiary fees. Denying students scholarships is denying them a future.” President of Swaziland’s Students’ Representative Council, Sibusiso Nhlabatsi, is talking about the planned cuts in education funding and students’ scholarships that will leave many already struggling [...]
Malawi’s public affairs group calls for resignation of President Bingu Wa Mutharika
Lilongwe. – The two-day conference to map the future course of the economically and politically troubled southern African country of Malawi ended Thursday by calling for the resignation of President Mutharika. Held in the commercial capital, Blantyre, under the theme: “Time to Reclaim Destiny: Seeking Redress to Economic and Political Challenges in Malawi” the conference [...]
Dutch organisation in an HIV SMS combat in Malawi
Lilongwe – As the war against HIV and AIDS rages in the sub Saharan Africa, the Dutch organization Humana People to People has thrown into the battle field a new innovation aimed at combating the scourge through mobile SMSs. Through its Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) international non governmental organization, the Dutch Ministry [...]
Farmers tackle water shortage fuelled by climate change in Zimbabwe
PLUMTREE, Zimbabwe, (IPS) – Beauty Moyo’s desire for access to water has finally been met. The rains that fell in the past week after a long dry patch have awakened this small-holder farmer deep in rural Plumtree, Zimbabwe on the border with Botswana to the reality of sparse rainfall, climate change and how she and [...]
Mutharika slams at western donors
Lilongwe – Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika has challenged the Western donor countries and multilateral agencies that are not pleased with his policies to withdraw. Mutharika, made the scathing remark when he inaugurated a road government constructed his tea growing home Thyolo. An irate Mutharika said his intelligence reports indicate that some Western donor nations [...]
Swazi student leader Maxwell: I was tortured
“I was tied to a bench with my face looking upwards and they suffocated me with the black plastic bag with a huge police officer on my stomach. They [Swazi police] asked me where the guns were and who was going to come to Swaziland to overthrow the king. They did that over and over [...]
Malawi catholic church prays for Easter against corruption nepotism and tribalism
Lilongwe. The Malawi Catholic Church has asked its faithfuls to pray against corruption, nepotism, tribalism, pride, body desires, witchcraft, Satanism, child abuse, drunkenness during the Lent period message delivered to mark the beginning the begging of Lent, forty days of fasting as exemplified by Jesus in the wilderness. In a letter by the head of the Catholic Church [...]
