Vol 54 No 4 | MALAWI Banda takes on her deputy 15th February 2013 The President is at loggerheads with her deputy just as she tries to strengthen her party in Parliament President Joyce Banda wants to build a parliamentary majority from defectors from the Democratic Progressive Party to her own People’s Party. She founded the PP after the late Pre...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 9 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Seoul says no to youth export 2nd July 2013 South Korea ends speculation on the matter and begins to investigate Yoon Choong-sup, the man behind the plan South Korea is adamant that it did not and will not authorise the arrival of some 100,000 young Malawian workers, as announced by President Joyce Banda and her People’s Party...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | MALAWISOUTH KOREA Youth export palaver 31st May 2013 Parliamentarians were up in arms after hearing that up to 100,000 young Malawians could be soon on their way to work in South Korea’s factories and farms in an effort by government...
Vol 53 No 23 | MALAWITANZANIA Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row 16th November 2012 The two sides will return to the table to settle an old dispute Malawi and Tanzania will return to the negotiating table on 15-17 November to seek a diplomatic resolution to their dispute over the border in the lake that divides their two count...
Vol 53 No 13 | MALAWI The honeymoon’s over 22nd June 2012 If she lost her majority in Parliament, President Banda would lose control of her budget and the IMF programme, too Acclaimed at home and abroad as a breath of fresh air when she took office on 7 April, President Joyce Banda is being severely put to the test. The President faces scheming opponen...
Vol 53 No 10 | MALAWI A long-distance run for Banda 11th May 2012 The new President is trying to correct her predecessor’s blunders and persuade the people to face tough times ahead President Joyce Banda has formed an inclusive government, appointing former enemies as well as allies in an effort to maintain a united front on economic problems. ‘The economy is ...
Vol 53 No 10 | MALAWI Three days in April 11th May 2012 President Bingu wa Mutharika’s heart stopped during a meeting on 5 April with a member of parliament, Agnes Penemulungu. ‘He just stopped talking and tipped over and the woman scre...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALAWI New leader, new broom 13th April 2012 Africa’s second female president faces a fickle parliament and a desperate economy Joyce Banda, accepting promotion from Vice-President to President on the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, inaugurated her rule on 9 April by sacking the police chief, Peter Mukhito. It...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALAWI How Mutharika went wrong 13th April 2012 Bingu wa Mutharika was Malawi’s third President, after Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Bakili Muluzi. Born in 1934 in the Thyolo district of southern Malawi, he was educated at mission ...
Vol 53 No 5 | MALAWI Pressure mounts on Mutharika 2nd March 2012 The IMF still wants devaluation, while a former Attorney General claims the governing party is hiring thugs to silence critics Ralph Kasambara is voicing the concern of many when he warns of a campaign of intimidation against civil society activists by criminals hired by the party in power.
