One eminent figure from Malawi who died in the month of October, was an exiled freedom fighter and journalist called Mkwapatila Mhango then based in Lusaka, Zambia. He was also the Publicity Secretary for Orton Chirwa led party called Malawi Freedom Movement (MAFREMO). On 13 October 1989, while Orton Chirwa was still in jail at…
Following the Lenten pastoral letter of March 1992 by the Catholic bishops, students demonstrations, and the strike activities staged by workers from March to May 1992 and then the sanctions that Malawi suffered from May 1992 amidst international criticism of appalling human rights record in the country, Dr Banda’s government was brought to its knees…
I don’t want to hide my feelings, Mr. Speaker. Iam looking forward to the day when this country will be organised that there will be no opposition at all and all of us will be sitting like real mphara. (Interjection: There is no opposition! No opposition!). There is no opposition, I agree, But Iam looking…
On the 13th October 2018, a seminar on the cabinet crisis of 1964 and October 1967 Mwanza war was held at Gymkhana club in Zomba. It was attended by scholars from the University of Malawi, officials from the Malawi Defense Forces, historians, social commentators, family members of the victims of the cabinet crisis and the…
A highlight of the Mwanza War Video documentary coming out soon, can now be watched by clicking here. This video clip of about 12 minutes long, was beamed for the first time during the seminar on Cabinet Crisis of 1964 and Mwanza War of October 1967 which took place in Zomba on the 13th October…
Orton Edgar Ching’oli Chirwa, Malawi’s first black barrister was born on 30th January 1919. He was called to the bar of London in 1958 and became Malawi’s minister of Justice and Attorney General in 1964. After cabinet crisis of 1964, he fled to Tanzania where he worked as an advocate and law lecturer till 1981.…
On 11 September 1986, after his repeated protests to Malawi over RENAMO incursions in Mozambique originating from Malawi, Mozambican President Samora Machel visited Dr. Banda at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre along side Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Samora Machel loathed Dr. Banda, whom he described as a ‘fascist, a black Nazi,…
The seminar on Cabinet Crisis of 1964 and October 1967 Mwanza war was held on the Saturday the 13th October 2018 at Gymkhana Club in Zomba. Below are some of the photos taken from the seminar:
Press Statement “…We realize that the enemy (Dr. Banda) is both powerful and ruthless and that we are relatively weaker than him for now. We are convinced, however, that in the course of the struggle and in the long run, the revolutionary forces will be able to gain such strength and experience that will facilitate…
Yatuta Chisiza ‘Old soldiers never die’ The saying goes- So too to Yatuta So too to the cause he lived for. For us The rank and file Only the agony And the pity For a piece of lead. There is much to remember And little to forget When greatness Dies a simple death For souls…
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