Tag: joyce banda

Government gets 105 more MPs for free

Published on May 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The sitting plan in Parliament on the opening of the budget sitting on Friday has indicated that the Joyce Banda […]

Malawians should support President Banda for the nation’s goodness

Published on May 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda’s state-of-the-nation address delivered yesterday has shed some light on what her administration hopes to achieve economically, socially […]

Malawi’s foreign policy under microscope

Published on May 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s legacy is likely to make a huge impact in matters of foreign policy as the […]

MALAWI: Bumpy road to economic recovery

Published on May 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A sizable devaluation of Malawi’s currency, aimed at reinvigorating the economy and wooing back international donors, has triggered steep increases […]

JB vows to repeal Malawi’s laws against homosexual acts

Published on May 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi’s laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa […]

President Joyce Banda announces probe into Mutharika’s death, Chasowa’s death and coup plot by the DPP

Published on May 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda says official investigators will look into Mutharika’s death in office and alleged attempts to keep […]

Quota system dies a sudden death as JB takes another step toward prosperity

Published on May 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

In her first state of the nation address on Friday, President Joyce Banda said she was abolishing the quota system […]

Chinese Stadium Back to Lilongwe

Published on May 19, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has directed that the Chinese funded state of the art stadium be built in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe […]

Fired MRA staff pen President Banda

Published on May 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Over 200 former employees of the Malawi revenue Authority (MRA) who were fired under ‘controversial’ circumstances in July 2010 have […]

Kamuzu Banda, Rose Chibambo, Inkosi Gomani II on Malawi’s new bank notes

Published on May 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi will have its founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s face on its new 1,000 Kwacha (about $11) banknotes […]

Its payback time: Malawi sends delegation to push Zimbabwe Govt to pay $23m debt

Published on May 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi government has sent a delegation to neighbouring Zimbabwe to demand payment of maize sales worth US$20m which Lilongwe […]

Norway commits US$30 million to Malawi in budget support

Published on May 18, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Norway has assured Malawi of national budget support for the next three years on condition that Malawi continues observing good […]

Presidential Contact and Dialogue Group to submit report to Pres. Joyce Banda

Published on May 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Presidential Contact and Dialogue Group is this Friday expected to submit report to President Joyce Banda on the progress […]

Govt changes growth rate to 4.3% from Mutharika’s 6.9%

Published on May 17, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The government has changed the growth figure for 2011 to 4.3 percent from the initially proclaimed 6.9 percent that was […]

MRA scam: President sets up committee to probe Lipenga as board chair resigns

Published on May 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Joyce Banda disclosed on Wednesday in Lilongwe that she has instituted a special committee to probe Finance Minister […]

Businessman hires South African lawyer to prosecute ‘midnight 6’ coup plotters

Published on May 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Businessperson Watson Katawa, who is suing six former Cabinet ministers for sedition and conduct likely to cause breach of peace […]

UK resumes funding to Malawi

Published on May 16, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The U.K. Department for International Development is reviving its budget support to the Malawian government after rerouting aid to nongovernmental […]

Malawi was run by gangsters

Published on May 15, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

When Balaka South MP George Nnensa drew the attention of the country to the greatest fraud of our time through […]