Democracy

Malawi Parties may ‘mirror’ Germany’s Pirates to enter govt

By Collins Mtika The so called Pirates, a new entry in the Berlin Federal State Parliament, may have broken the jinx […]

Political innovations offer hope for better global governance

“Like humanitarianism, politics is an imperfect project,” Dr. James Orbinski said, as he kicked off this year’s Signature Lecture Series […]

When yesterday meets today and we worry about tomorrow…in Malawi

By Mai Malawi Yesterday.. Normally when times are good most people rarely make frequent visits into their past. Why should you […]

21ST SEPTEMBER VIGIL: A BAD IDEA NOT THE SOLUTION

As 21st September approaches I smell a rat. The Civil Society Organisations (CSO), have withdrawn from the United Nations (U.N) […]

“OPERATION BWEZANI”: THE ARMY, POLITICAL CHANGE, AND DR. BANDA’S HEGEMONY IN MALAWI

By REUBEN CHIRAMBO University of Malawi, Malawi ABSTRACT When the Malawi Army violently disarmed the Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP), a […]

Muluzi to receive Democracy Award on Mandela’s 93rd | Nyasa Times

Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi has been nominated for the Champion of Freedom Award by a pan-African organisation Africa Heritage […]

DPP Should respect VP’s office – Chikwemba

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party-DPP government has come under criticism for not according the necessary respect to the office of […]

Electoral stakeholder threatens to sue the government over postponed polls in Malawi

by: Lameck Masina Various electoral stakeholders in Malawi have expressed resentment over postponement of the local government elections and have […]

Malawi postpones much-awaited local govt. to 2014

BLANTYRE–The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced the postponement of the long-awaited Local Government Elections to 2014, the elections body […]

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT AND ATTENDING THE ASIA-AFRICA CONFENCE IN TANZANIA IS DICTATORSHIP – DR BINGU OPENS NEW PARLIAMENT

We never believed that His Excellency Dr Bingu is a dictator. I thought it was just propaganda. Only last week […]