Cable sent from US Embassy in Lilongwe to Department of State in Washington DC on 6 July 1978. FOLLOWING MINISTERS (WITH THEIR NEW PORTFOLIOS) HAD SERVED IN PREVIOUS CABINET: GWANDA CHAKUAMBA – YOUTH AND CULTURE AND REGIONAL MINISTER FOR THE SOUTH E. BAKILI MULUZI – MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO M. MALANI LUNGU – MINISTER AT LARGE…
Malawi held the presidential elections on 20th May 2019 which were nullified by the Constitutional Court on 3rd February 2020. The fresh presidential elections were held on 23rd June 2020. 1. Was 3rd February 2020 the first time in the history of Malawi for a national election to be nullified? 2. Was 23rd June 2020…
HIDING AND DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS At the Eve of Independence in 1964. Following the departure of the last and only Governor-General, Sir Glyn Jones on 5th July 1966, records from the Secretary to the Governor-General were transferred to the National Archives of Malawi on 9th July 1966. The Government Archivist (John Drew) at the…
HUMPHREY GONDWE left Malawi with his twin brother Maxwell Mandere to stay with an elder brother in Zambia in 1974. The twinkle brothers studied in Zambia from Grade 7 (Primary School) up to Form 5 (Secondary school). It was while in Zambia that they both joined the opposition political party during one party state called…
Despite being crowned the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) cup champions for the 1978, 1979 and 1988 editions, there were three CECAFA tournaments that the Malawi National Soccer Team (Flames) were geared to lift again but couldn’t make it. The first one was the CECAFA tournament held in December 1984 in…
After clobbering Zimbabwe in Lilongwe (2-0) and in Harare (2-0) on 12 September 1982 and 3 October 1982 respectively in the preliminary round and upon the withdrawal from the 1st round by Zaire, the Malawi National Soccer Team (Flames) was left with two (home and away) fixtures to fulfill for the 2nd round against Madagascar…
Article written by Inno Chanza Dr Laws performed the first known successful operation in Nyasaland on 2nd March 1876 using chloroform to surgically remove the cystic tumour on a native at Cape Maclear to the amazement of the natives. The natives had always known that Livingstone was a Doctor and when Robert Laws came they…
The Malawi National Soccer Team (Flames) as the then reigning champions of the 1988 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) cup, were scheduled to play the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Swaziland on 9th April 1989 in Mbabane and on 23rd April 1989 in Blantyre while Ethiopia was slated to…
For many soccer fans in Malawi if asked to mention any tragedy that ever occurred in the history of international soccer in Africa, they will be prompt to mention the loss of the entire Zambia National Team squad in a plane crush on the evening of the 27th April 1993 in Gabon en-route to Senegal…