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Passport seekers threaten to camp at Immigration Office
2007-06-19 00:00:00 Scores of Malawian passport seekers have threatened to camp at the Immigration Department headquarters in Blantyre until they are issued with passports. Speaking to Nyasa Times at the department’s offices today, some of the disgruntled men and women from across the country alleged that the department was giving ... More About: Office , Camp , Spor , Seek
Malawi government faces legitimacy test
2007-06-18 00:00:00 A private member motion, to query the legitimacy of President Bingu wa Mutharika's government is in the offing, and would be moved in parliament, when Speaker of Parliament expels over 70 legislators following the a Supreme Court ruling, a backbencher familiar with the matter has disclosed. The motion which ... More About: Government , Faces , Malawi , Test , Macy
Mutharika ponders early polls
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika incensed with the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Section 65 on Friday, June 15, formed a Task Force to engage the opposition parties to save his crumbling government which is likely to face early polls, sources at Sanjika Palace have revealed. The Task Force ... More About: Polls , Early , Earl , Hari
Of poverty husbandry
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Our programmes, decision making and activities as nation can be liken as poverty husbandry science. Poverty husbandry, which is informally defined here as the science and management of resources to deny majority the opportunity to sustain the normal lives is now very prominent among African leaders. As a science, rulers ... More About: Husband , Vert
Africa and the race to the 'bottom'
2007-06-18 00:00:00 When competition gets stiff, nations and organizations adopt strategies that ensure their continued survival and enhanced competitiveness. Countries respond by introducing various reforms as well as improving legal and regulatory frameworks with a view to create conducive business environment, provide incentives and attract more investors. Some of the specific measures include ... More About: Africa , Race , Bottom
How about the Diaspora parliament?
2007-06-18 00:00:00 This articles aims to highlight the significance of involving Malawians when it comes to national issues in particular those that are discussed by our parliament. The article argues that with technology, the issue of brain drain should no longer be a limiting factor to involve untapped potential of experienced and ... More About: Diaspora , Liam , Spor , Arli , The D
Minister pays respects to plane crash victims
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Malawi’s Minister of Transport, Public Works and Housing Henry Mussa today (Monday) led a team that included the British High Commissioner to Malawi, Richard Wildash to the scene where a light aircraft crashed killing six people. The Cessna 206 flight registration number 7 QY-NS crashed Saturday evening in Rumphi district, ... More About: Plane , Crash , Pays , Plan
Speaker shows strain of Section 65
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Pressure is mounting on the Speaker of Malawi’s National Assembly Louis Chimango to exple "illegal aliens" in the august house following the June 15 Supreme Court of Appeal landmark ruling upholding a Constitutional Court judgement validating Section 65 of the Malawi’s constitution. Since the ruling last Friday, Chimango has kept a ... More About: Strain , Peak , TRAI
Republican Party petitions Speaker
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Malawi Speaker of the National Assembly Louis Chimango has been petitioned on Section 65 to invoke the powers vested in him by the Constitution to declare the seats of members of parliament who are deemed to have crossed the floor vacant, Nyasa Times has learnt. Officials from the Republican Party ... More About: Republican Party , Petitions
Malawi delegation pleased with progress of rail link with Zambia
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Malawian High Commissioner to Zambia, Chrissie Mughogho, has called on member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to consider improving the road infrastucture alongside the railway network. The envoy made the remarks when a Malawi delegation visited Zambia to check on the progress made on the construction of ... More About: Link , Malawi , Progress , Rail , Lease
‘Mugabe may retire in Malawi’
2007-06-18 00:00:00 Malawi is one of the countries mentioned to be considered as a retiring home for Zimbabwean tyrant, Robert Mugabe who is being encouraged by his lieutenants to relinquish power, according to media reports from Zimbabwe. Zimbabweans are scrambling to find an exit strategy for Mugabe amid political and economic turmoil. ... More About: Malawi , Retire , Alaw , Mala
Morocco boot Malawi out of AFCON
2007-06-17 00:00:00 Malawi national soccer team, the Flames today (Saturday) were eased out of the Africa Cup of Nations when they narrowly lost 0-1 to north African giants, Morocco in a pulsating match played at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. Malawi conceded the goal as early as ninth minute when a power packed ... More About: Malawi , Boot , Alaw , Mala
Malawi plane crash kills six
2007-06-17 00:00:00 Six people including a pilot are believed to have died Saturday (June 16) afternoon after their small aircraft on sight seeing tour crashed in northern Malawi , according to reports. The light aircraft, a Cessna 206 registration number 7QYNS named Nyika belonging to Nyika Safari Company failed to report to base ... More About: Plane , Crash , Plan , Kill
Malawi names squad to face Morocco
2007-06-16 00:00:00 Malawi have on Thursday named a 21-man squad to face the Atlas Lions of Morocco in an African Nations Cup qualifier this weekend. The Flames coach Stephen Constantine has omitted South Africa-based defender Allan Kamanga from the squad. Others that will miss the clash are striker ... More About: Malawi , Face , Ames , Quad
Mutharika children demand condolence money
2007-06-16 00:00:00 Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika’s children have disgraced their father with their demeanour by demanding condolence money collected by the funeral committee totalling around K100 million be deposited in their personal banks accounts. “The children of the president are demanding that the condolence money being collected should be paid in ... More About: Children , Money , Dole , Condolence , Demand
Bingu refuses to release parliament keys
2007-06-15 00:00:00 President Bingu wa Mutharika has told the Speaker of Parliament that he will only release the keys of the National Assembly chamber on June 28 when the month-long mourning period end, Nyasa Times sources close to the Head of State have revealed. The President’s decision effectively means that ... More About: Release , Keys , Lease , Liam , Ease
Clergy snubbed on Section 65
2007-06-15 00:00:00 Attempts by an organised group of clergy to petition the Chief Justice to postpone the ruling of the much dreaded Section 65 case have been futile as all is set for the Supreme Court to deliver its landmark ruling in the commercial capital, Blantyre tomorrow. A group of 12 “concerned ... More About: Clergy
Speaker to wield the axe, mass by-election follow
2007-06-15 00:00:00 Mass by-elections are expected to be held across the country this year following a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on the validity of Section 65 which empowers the Speaker of the National Assembly to declare seats of members of parliament deemed to have crossed the floor vacant. President Bingu wa Mutharika, ... More About: Election , Mass , The A , Peak
Govt loses on Section 65
2007-06-15 00:00:00 Chief Justice of the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Leonard Unyolo sitting in Blantyre today ( Friday June 15) has upheld the validity of Section 65 that members of parliament (MPs) cannot cross the floor. Government has lost on ground 1 and 2 and have succeeded on ground ... More About: Govt
Budget re-think: Emergency cabinet meeting at Sanjika Palace
2007-06-15 00:00:00 Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, will have to re-work the national budget to encompass the impending mass bye-elections and local government elections following the determination by the Supreme Court of Appeal reaffirming the validity of Section 65 that parliamentarians who ditched their sponsoring political parties be expelled from the House. Honourable ... More About: Palace , Budget , Pala , Lace , Cabinet
CHRR commends, cautions UDF on convention
2007-06-14 00:00:00 The announcement by Malawi opposition liberal party, United Democratic Front (UDF), to hold a convention in August has been welcomed with commendation and caution by the local human rights watchdog. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), reacting to The Nation newspaper article of June 5, which quoted ... More About: Convention , Comm , Ends , Vent
Malawian defender sign for England’s Orient
2007-06-14 00:00:00 Malawian-born football defender plying his trade in England , Tamika Mkandawire, has left the club he was captain, Hereford United and has joined Leyton Orient the League One side. Mkandawire who was much-coveted figure at Hereford United has signed a three-year deal with Orient after turning down a potential move to ... More About: Sign , Defender , Ender
Police arrest two for human trafficking
2007-06-14 00:00:00 Malawi Police on Wednesday (June 13) arrested two men for attempting to human traffic 10 young boys into Mozambique, barely two days after the U.S State Department hailed the police force efforts in combating the act in the country. The two, Happy Kalinde and Yerick Dayison, were arrested in the ... More About: Arrest , Human , Human Trafficking , Uman
DPP wrangles erupt again in BT
2007-06-14 00:00:00 A group of ‘Concerned DPP members’ has vowed to remove the incumbent Blantyre district governor by force if he does not leave voluntarily following internal squabbles in the ruling party. The group gave district governor Amos Phiri a three-week ultimatum up to last week to voluntarily resign but the man ... More About: Angle
Bomb scare at Mpinganjira's residence
2007-06-14 00:00:00 A five man police team with experience in explosives have today (Wednesday) afternoon attended Hon. Brown Mpinganjira’s residence after it was reported that there was a bomb. Security guards at Chigumula residence belonging to United Democratic Front (UDF) National Executive Council member reported the matter to Limbe Police Station after ... More About: Bomb , Ping
Malawi gets WFP approval on school feeding project
2007-06-13 00:00:00 About 635,000 school-going children in Malawi will be provided with a daily meal in their schools for four years after the World Food Programme (WFP) approved a 59.8 million U.S. dollar for Malawi’s Support to Primary Education Development. According to a statement from WFP office in Lilongwe, Malawi government would ... More About: Project , School , Feeding , Alaw
Report hails Malawi’s human trafficking record
2007-06-13 00:00:00 A 2007 Human Trafficking Report released by the United States of America has hailed Malawi ’s record for the past two years on human trafficking. The U.S Congress sanctioned report released yesterday (June 12) indicates that cases of human trafficking have over the last two years been drastically reduced because of the ... More About: Human Trafficking , Record
Student drowns in Rumphi
2007-06-13 00:00:00 A student who was preparing to sit for his final Form Four examinations at Livingstonia Secondary School in Rumphi, northern Malawi has drowned in a river after he failed to swim. According to Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation, the student 18-year-old, Lumbani Tembo, was in the company of his friends when he ... More About: Student
Over 1 000 kids rescued from child labour
2007-06-13 00:00:00 As nations across the globe commemorated the day against child labour yesterday, it has been revealed that over 1 000 kids have been withdrawn from child labour and placed back in schools in Malawi. According to statistics, Malawi has 3.8 million children aged between 5 and 17 and the recent ... More About: Kids , Labour , Child
Malawi to benefit from Songwe River basin
More articles from this author:2007-06-13 00:00:00 Development of the Songwe River Basin in northern Malawi can set free enormous economic benefits for the country, officials have said. Malawi’s Minister of Energy and Mines, Chimunthu Banda in a brief interview with Nyasa Times said preliminary studies have indicated if fully utilised the basin could enhance sustainable economic ... More About: Bene , Benefit , Alaw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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