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Why America and Europe will work behind the scene to have Joyce Banda elected

January 15, 2014 Global AuthorApartheid South Africa, Cashgate, FRELIMO, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Mozambique, Muluzi, Renamo, USA, Zimbabwe

Soon after independence in 1975, the country of Mozambique was plunged into a protracted civil war pitting the ruling FRELIMO party against the RENAMO rebels. RENAMO fighters will always be remembered as some of the most brutal fighters Africa has ever seen. In the later 1980s a woman refugee crossed into Mulanje district. Her story was particularly distressing. Read More

Malawi govt. warns Chinese managers against abusing local workers

January 9, 2014 Global AuthorChina, James Kalirangwe, Malawi

BLANTYRE (AGV)-- Following The Daily Times' story that a Chinese company, which is constructing a national stadium in Lilongwe, is abusing local workers at the site, Malawi government has warned that it will not tolerate such acts. Government through the Ministry of Labour has since given the management of the company several recommendations and stressed on the need for the... Read More

Malawi vendors escalate maize shortage in Admarc depots

January 9, 2014 Global AuthorADMARC, Joyce Banda, Maize Shortages, Malawi

Blantyre--As Malawians are still struggling to access maize in many Agricultural Development Marketing Cooperation (ADMARC) depots, it has been established that the situation is being escalated by vendors. A snap survey by Maravi post in Ntcheu and Balaka districts has found that despite the rationing of maize sales to 10 Kilogrammes per customer by Ministry of Agriculture, vendors are still... Read More

Britains Tony Blair Ends Political Advisory Mission in Malawi

January 5, 2014 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Malawi Cashgate, TOny Blair

Lilongwe, January 5, 2014 (MaraPost) A group of British political advisers, led by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, will leave Malawi later this month after concluding their advisory sessions to the government of this African country. The collaboration of the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) with President Joyce Banda comes to an end in January after an agreement between the parties,... Read More

President Jacob Zuma’s 2014 New Year message

December 31, 2013 Global AuthorJACOB ZUMA, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, South Africa

Fellow South Africans,The year 2013 has come to an end. It has been a momentous year, filled with both successes and challenges, as we continued to work together to build a united, non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. We will tomorrow, on 1 January, begin an important year, during which the country will celebrate 20 years of freedom and democracy... Read More

Malawi Pres Joyce Banda: ‘Competitive primary elections must not divide us’

December 23, 2013 Global AuthorBlantyre, Cassim Chilumpha, Fahad Assani, Joyce Banda, Kachale, Malawi, Malawi 2014 Elections, Malawi Peples party, Sosten Gwengwe

BLANTYRE—With only few months to 2014 May tripartite elections, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says her governing People’s Party (PP) will allow its members to elect candidates considered the best to propel the party’s ideologies of togetherness, equity and fairness, among others. Read More

Numsa cuts political ties with ANC

December 20, 2013 Global AuthorANC, Numsa, South Africa, Zuma

(Photo: file, Sapa) Johannesburg – Numsa, South Africa’s biggest union, will not support the ruling ANC in elections next year, its general secretary, Irvin Jim said on Friday, in a blow to President Jacob Zuma, whose political support with the working class is fast eroding. The salvo from the 330 000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is also another sign… Read More

State House compares Malawi pres. Joyce Banda with Barack Obama

December 18, 2013 Global Author#Joycebanda, Joyce Banda, Malawi, Mandela, Obama, Twitter, Twitter Trends

BLANTYRE(MaraPost)_ Kamuzu Palace, the official home of Malawi president Joyce Banda, says according to twitter analytics tool, Tweetreach, tweets which contained the hashtag #joycebanda alone gained over 1,649,702 impressions or opportunities to see during Banda's speech at former South African president Nelson Mandela’s state funeral on Saturday in Qunu. More than 2 million people were directly involved in the conversation... Read More

Malawi Pres. Joyce Banda’s eulogy at Mandela’s burial in Qunu

December 16, 2013 Global AuthorEulogy, Joyce Banda, Madiba, Malawi, Mandela, Nelson mandela Dies, Rohlihlahla, South Africa

I stand before you today to join you, the people of South Africa, and the world, to mourn the loss of a great leader: Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela. I join you, the people of this rainbow nation, to celebrate a life of one of Africa’s unique leaders who gallantly fought for freedom and peace for this great country and the world. Read More

Why Nelson Mandela never forgave ex-wife, Winnie

December 16, 2013 Global AuthorMandela Dies, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Winnie Mandela

Nelson Mandela passed away Thursday night. John Carlin in his new book ‘Knowing Mandela,’ reveals why he never forgave the former wife who has visited his bedside. TWO weeks before Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990 I went to see his wife, Winnie, at her home in Diepkloof Extension, the posh neighbourhood of Soweto where the handful of... Read More

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