Episode 4 of the Mwanza ‘war’ of October 1967, has aired tonight at MIJ FM. In this Episode 4, Major General Namwali Who fought in the war on the Malawi’s security forces side and Frank Jiya who was on the opposite side of the ‘rebels’ provide conflicting testimonies pertaining to the intensity of the ‘war’…
In this week’s Episode 3 of Mwanza ‘war’, Frank Jiya dwells on the struggle against Dr Banda after the Mwanza ‘war’ of October 1967 to 14 June 1993 when finally Dr Banda conceded popular demand (through referendum) to reinstate multi-party democracy. Frank Jiya who survived the Mwanza ‘war’ and successfully escaped back to exile with…
A Tribute to the Unsung heroes ‘…Time has come to correct the mistake of 1964. My generation is guilty of making Dr. Banda a semi-god. We should not let that happen again in our country…’ –Aleke Banda, Addressing students at Polytechnic, April 1994. This month of October, exactly marks 50 years after the ‘war’ in…
MIJ Radio fm has today, sunday the 7th of October 2017, aired Episode No. 2 (of five) on the Mwanza “war” of October 1967. To listen to this episode, please click here. In this Episode No. 2, Frank Jiya continues to provide the context within which the Mwanza “war” broke out. He goes further to…
As this month of October exactly marks 50 years after the Mwanza “war” in which post colonial Malawi’s first Home Affairs Minister, Yatuta Chisiza and his lieutenant Lutengano Mwahimba were shot dead, MIJ-FM has run the first episode of five today Sunday the 1st October. Click here to access full Episode 1. Basically, in this…
RARE FOOTAGE FROM ARCHIVES: as we are about to enter the month of October to commemorate 50 years after the October 1967 Mwanza “War” What you see on this video clip (click here to view), are the 8 prisoners of “war” who were captured during the Mwanza “war” of October 1967 in Malawi. This…