1. XMASS EVE OF 1963 A leader of an opposition coalition against MCP called Mbadwa Party Gilbert Pondeponde is brutally murdered by MCP hoodlums on Christmas eve of 1963 at his home in Chileka ahead of April 1964 elections whose registration period opened barely six days later. On Christmas day of 1963, the sad news…
Manuscript description of shooting trip in Nyasaland (Malawi) by Captain John Archer. Collection/items by ARCHER, Captain John (1871-1954) Date 1911 Specific Place(s) Nyasaland, Malawi, Africa Specific keywords shooting, expedition Archive reference Archer Nyasaland 01 – 10 For further details, click here Source: KCL: KING’S COLLECTIONS: THE SERVING SOLDIER (NX)
The General elections were due to be held for the Legislative Council in Nyasaland on 28 April 1964. These would have been the first in the country under universal suffrage. The general roll was to elect 50 members while the special roll had three seats reserved for Europeans to be elected as members of parliament. A total of…
Following the illness of the then Life President Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, a three-man Council, a triumvirate, and the first of its type was sworn in on 15th October, 1993 to execute the duties of the President. Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda was flown to South Africa on 3rd October 1993 where doctors operated on him…
By Conleith Selenje The Malawi National Anthem came into existence at our Independence (1964) marking the birth of a new nation and replacing “God Save the Queen”, the Federal Anthem. It was composed by Mr Michael Fred Sauka who at the time of the composure was an employee of the Audit Department of the Federal…
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