It is confirmed by overwhelming evidence that throughout history, women have also been actively participating alongside men in the broader struggle for freedom and human rights in Malawi since the colonial era. One fascinating account of the immense contribution of women to the struggle for democracy and human rights in Malawi that is seldom talked…
Probably, one of the most memorable public addresses by Dr Kamuzu Banda would be that which he delivered on 13th February 1989 at Manjawira in Ntcheu after conducting a crop inspection in the district. In his address, Dr Kamuzu Banda issued a directive that public school teachers working in the Southern and Central regions whose…
The first multi-party elections in Malawi were conducted on 15 August 1961 for the legislative council of Nyasaland. This was way before Nyasaland became independent on 6th July 1964. Voter registration period of five weeks for the elections opened on the 13th February 1961 and closed on the 18th March 1961. A figure of 350…
Although the state apparatus of repression was still intact, growing discontent against the tyrannical one-party regime led to the formation of a small and loose but active underground opposition movement right inside Malawi prior to 1991. From this underground opposition movement, two anonymous epistles emerged in the month of February 1992 which were circulated in…