Tag Archives: President Joyce Banda

Joyce Banda urges Malawians to take farming as a commercial business

May 11, 2013 no comments

Ahead of the 23rd World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, Malawi President Dr. Joyce Banda advised her nationals to take farming as serious business. She made the appeal befo...

Joyce Banda dresses down Malawi Journalists……Says local media killed B...

April 23, 2013 no comments

Malawi President Joyce Banda yesterday dressed down a group of seasoned journalists who had an audience with her at Sanjika Palace saying their ‘unprofessional conduct’ even killed president Bingu wa...

Joyce Banda loses round one

April 21, 2013 no comments

The People’s Party is a bereaved grouping. From President Joyce Banda to economic asylum seekers that she and her party uses as front-line strategists online, they, today, have tear-drenched he...

Zimbabwe awaits Malawi President Joyce Banda to open Premier Trade Fai...

April 17, 2013 1 comment

Malawi President Joyce Banda is scheduled to officially open the Zimbabwe 2013 International Trade Fair which runs from April 23 to 27 in Bulawayo, courtesy of an invitation of the country’s Presiden...

Malawi government should stop the rhetoric and encourage Madonna to co...

April 11, 2013 no comments

It is an undeniable fact the singer Madonna has done a remarkable job in Malawi, and should be applauded for that. For a government to issue an official statement that indirectly insults her and the ...

Malawi President Joyce Banda commissions new Military Barracks

April 7, 2013 2 comments

President Dr. Joyce Banda has commissioned a new Military Barracks in the Northern Malawi bringing the number of Battalions to 11, but the fourth along the coastlines of Lake Malawi. The Malawi leade...

Equatorial Guinea to import agricultural products from Malawi

February 25, 2013 no comments

In her efforts to spin around the economy of her country, Malawi has appealed to Equatorial Guinea to consider importing some agricultural products from Malawi. The request was forwarded by Malawi’s ...

Malawi President threatens to close down Joyce Banda Foundation

February 25, 2013 no comments

Angered by the un-sanctioned and strange protests by a cross section of pupils who in the commercial city of Blantyre also targeted the Joyce Banda Foundation (JBF), Malawi president Dr. Joyce Banda ...

Malawi president abandons striking public servants for Africa—South Am...

February 21, 2013 no comments

As the strike by civil servants rages on in Malawi, head of the civil service, President Dr. Joyce Banda leaves the country to Equatorial Guinea, amid futile calls to the president to curtail globe-t...

One-stop centre opens in Malawi to fast track assistance to gender bas...

February 19, 2013 no comments

Victims of gender based violence in the essential service provision challenged Malawi can at least smile as the country focuses on having as many as One Stop Centres (OSC) as possible so that gender ...

Malawi’s Joyce Banda government has not failed, says Mutharika

February 17, 2013 1 comment

Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting President Peter Arthur Mutharika has suggested that it is too early to judge that the Joyce Banda led government has completely failed...

Malawi president warns corrupt officials and the media

February 5, 2013 1 comment

Malawi president Dr. Joyce Banda has strongly warned that the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will have no mercy on any corrupt person, including high ranking officials in both the public and ...

Malawi President Banda does not consult husband on government affairs

January 26, 2013 no comments

Malawi president Mrs. Joyce Banda has revealed that she does not consult her husband, Justice Richard Banda on government affairs, saying the government has enough structures to handle its issues. Mr...

UK invites Malawi president for Dr. Livingstone celebrations

January 25, 2013 no comments

The United Kingdom (UK) has invited Malawi president Mrs Joyce Banda for celebrations commemorating 200 years of the life of Dr. David Livingstone and his contributions to the world, Newstime Africa ...

Malawi president’s aide too busy to appear before court

January 19, 2013 no comments

Joyce Banda’s presidential aid on special duties Reverend Malawi Mtonga who is one of people the prosecution set to testify against Journalist Justice Mponda, this week failed to avail himself ...

Malawi president Joyce Banda says she won’t declare her assets

January 2, 2013 2 comments

President Joyce Banda of Malawi has challenged that she will not declare her assets as some quarters are insinuating, stating that she is not contravening any known law. President Banda’s pronounceme...