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Malawi24
March 14, 2018
... Righteous Banda, Precious Phiri and Sankhani Mkandawire, with Wanderers signing Peter Cholopi, William Thole, Dan Kumwenda, Misheck Botomani and Dennis Chembezi. Civil Sporting Club have brought in Hastings Banda from Fish Eagles; Masters Security have signed Zondiwe Munthali, LimbaniÃâà...
Barbados Today
February 22, 2018
After some initial hesitation, Nkomo joined Kenneth Kaunda, the nationalist leader of Northern Rhodesia, and Hastings Banda, the future president of Malawi in opposing federation. In 1957 Nkomo became the leader of Southern Rhodesia's nationalist movement, the ANC, which was banned two yearsÃâà...
The Guardian
February 14, 2018
The environment became more dangerous – Hart's car was firebombed – and he was sacked by the Times after writing an unflattering profile of the nationalist leader Hastings Banda, so he returned to Britain in January 1963 and joined the Telegraph. He soon became bored and sought a job in television.
The Scotsman
November 8, 2017
New flags were being hoisted and new national anthems sung. Nyasaland (now Malawi), which would come to be one of John's intellectual and spiritual homes, achieved its independence in July 1964, under the leadership of Hastings Banda, a maverick authoritarian with strong connections to Scotland.
NewsDay
September 17, 2017
... the international community, keen on keeping them into their fold against the Soviet Union, most of the African governments turned into dictatorships. In Malawi, for example, the late President Kamuzu Hastings Banda, who took the country at independence in 1964, declared himself life president in 1971.
Malawi24
August 25, 2017
Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera has claimed that Malawi's politics is riddled with educated fools who are entrusted with leadership positions. Chakwera who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president made the remarks at a two-day convention Transformation Alliance in Blantyre on Friday.
The Sun Chronicle
July 21, 2017
... Jehovah's Witnesses were killed in concentration camps; a purple triangle was used by the Nazis to mark them. In the 1960s and '70s, scores of African Jehovah's Witnesses were slaughtered by members of The Youth League of the Malawi Congress Party for refusing to support dictator Hastings Banda.
Nyasa Times
July 6, 2017
The leadership you detested then, is still holding power in our country since you bravely and patriotically resigned from the MCP's obnoxious regime under Hastings Banda surrounded by his quisling obsequious like the Tembos,Chakuambas,Chibambos,Alekes,Muwalos, so on and so forth,just to enrichÃâà...
The Maravi Post
July 5, 2017
On 6 July 2017, Malawi will celebrate 53 years as an independent (sovereign) nation and 51 years as a Republic. It has been a long ride, with numerous various difficulties, triumphs, and losses. However, one thing is certain: we are here and to our credit, have remained a peace-loving country, solid toÃâà...
The Maravi Post
March 19, 2017
For decades, Fr. O'Malley did whatever he could to help his fellow lecturers at Chancellor College who were detained without trial by the government of Dr Hastings Banda. When icons of Malawian poetry, such as Prof. Felix Mnthali and Dr. Jack Mapanje (and others) were locked up at Mikuyu Prison, it wasÃâà...
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