Tag: joyce banda

What is Joyce Banda upto? Giving fertiliser to CCAP clerics?

Published on December 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda’s donation of fertiliser to three Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) synods of Blantyre, Nkhoma and Livingstonia […]

Malawi analysts look for improved politics, economy in 2013

Published on December 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi political scientists and human rights campaigners are looking back at 2012 as a year of both progress and setbacks. […]

Mass demos organisers reject dialogue

Published on December 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Organiser of the January 17, 2013 Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) led mass demonstrations have rejected any dialogue with government. […]

Kunkuyu in MACRA recruitment imbroglio, minister caught lying on Nsaliwa appointment

Published on December 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister Moses Kunkuyu has embroiled himself in a recruitment controversy involving Macra director-general (DG) Charles […]

Joyce Banda: ‘I want Malawians to say our country became a better place’

Published on December 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi president and award-winning gender activist on the pressure of steering the country through economic crisis. She is southern […]

Anti-govt demo Jan 17

Published on December 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Street demonstrations against economic hardships will take place on January 17 next year, organisers of the protests under the leadership […]

Malawi’s economy to recover in 11 months, says govt

Published on December 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Economic Planning Minister Goodall Gondwe says he is confident the local economy will recover in the next 11 months. Gondwe […]

JB against maize exports

Published on December 28, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda on Monday ordered the Police and the Ministry of Agriculture to seal borders to stop maize exports. […]

JB trims convoy

Published on December 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has trimmed the size of her convoy in keeping with austerity measures her government announced early this month, […]

MALAWI’S INEVITABLE CYCLE OF DISCONTENT: Reflections from 2012

Published on December 26, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

In this article, I argue that there is an inevitable cycle of discontent in Malawi that is as hard-wired into […]

Joyce Banda calls for patience, as activists set date for anti-govt demo

Published on December 26, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has appealed for patience from Malawians with her government, saying the country is closer to doing away […]

Joyce Banda pardons 279 prisoners

Published on December 25, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Joyce Banda has pardoned 279 prisoners as part of celebrations marking Christmas and the New Year. The pardoned […]

Majority of Malawians support CAMA’s January protests to highlight economic hardships

Published on December 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Peoples Party (PP) government might be treading on a thin line if they try to suppress the January CAMA […]

Govt suspends TA Chimombo due to corrupt practices and snatching subject’s wives

Published on December 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Office of the President and Cabinet through the Ministry of Local Government has suspended Traditional Authority Chimombo of Nsanje […]

Joyce Banda seeking help from DPP secretly

Published on December 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

People’s Party members will always demonize the leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at every available opportunity in terms […]

President Joyce Banda’s health in bad shape after falling in July

Published on December 24, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Mrs Joyce Ntila Banda on Thursday July, 12th, 2012 fell down mysteriously at a public event in the […]

Billy Mayaya, a masquerade

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has two types of civil society leaders. There are those that stand on principle because they are rights defenders […]

Joyce Banda’s son terrorising state establishments

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda’s son, Geoff Kachale, using the influence of his mother is busy terrorising heads of ministries and parastatals […]