tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392742477373631942024-03-05T20:57:24.990-08:00News and Views across AfricaUlemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.comBlogger274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-81203288725916424802015-04-22T01:19:00.003-07:002015-04-22T01:28:01.544-07:00 Malawians calls upon SA to punish the Zulu king<br />
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The activists in Lilongwe said that unless action was taken against the two within 48 hours, it would force South African businesses in their country to close down. File photo<br />
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Malawian activists have demanded that action be taken against King Zwelithini and Jacob Zuma's son for making remarks that were viewed as inciting xenophobic violence.</h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px;">The activists in Lilongwe said unless action was taken against the two within 48 hours, they would force South African businesses in their country to close down. About 200 marchers presented a petition to South African High Commissioner Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone yesterday.</span></h3>
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Malawian police have also been out in force on the streets of the capital in case of reprisal attacks against South African businesses.</div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-41492665290851180052015-04-21T05:13:00.000-07:002015-04-21T08:29:19.962-07:00Army deployed to stop Xenophobic attacks <div style="background: white; line-height: 15.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
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minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday the South Africa defence force will be deployed in Alexandra and parts of KZN to
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Zimbabwean couple and other foreigners was attacked on Monday night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“We
are not coming to take over the work of the police, but we are going in to
support the police," said Mapisa-Nqakula.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to see the extent of the ongoing violence that is soiling the country’s image.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“There
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democratic government had decided not to deploy the army at every provocation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-89447908534753545482015-04-20T05:59:00.000-07:002015-04-20T05:59:11.984-07:00"Why should we share our land": imbizo attendees sing<h2 class="headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 26px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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"We are going to Point‚" men from Durban's Dalton hostel sang at Moses Mabhida Stadium where under-fire Zulu King Goodwill was expected to publicly address his controversial comments - that foreigners must leave the country.</h3>
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Carrying knobkerries‚ shields and other traditional weapons‚ the men made reference to Durban's Point Road where foreigners last week took up arms to defend themselves against threats of xenophobic violence.</div>
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Bussed in from different parts of the province‚ the crowd also sang songs questioning why they should share "our land".</div>
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"This is our nation‚" they sang.</div>
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About 4,000 people had arrived at the stadium to hear Zwelithini speak.</div>
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Speaking at a moral regeneration event in Pongola about a month ago‚ Zwelithini said that foreigners should pack their bags and leave.</div>
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The comments are being probed by the Human Rights Commission‚ which is investigating whether or not they constitute hate speech.</div>
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Since his comments‚ xenophobic attacks in and around Durban have claimed six lives and displaced thousands of foreigners.</div>
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Zwelithini was not likely to apologise for the comments‚ but was is expected to condemn the attacks and call for calm.</div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-72071537825236298982015-04-20T05:54:00.006-07:002015-04-20T05:54:57.360-07:00Protest as Malawian man appears on murder charge<h2 class="headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: georgia; font-size: 26px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.1;">A group of 400 residents picketed outside the Cala magistrate's court morning where Rendy Ussen of Malawi stands accused of killing his girlfriend.</span></h2>
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The discovery of her body last week sparked violence in Cala‚ resulting in four foreign-owned shops being vandalised.</div>
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Provincial police spokesman Brigadier Marinda Mills last week said foreign nationals were taken to the police station and other locations to ensure their safety‚ while police and community leaders addressed and requested the public not to take the law into their own hands.</div>
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Outside court on Monday morning‚ residents stood with placards calling for bail to be denied.</div>
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The case was postponed to April 28 for an interpreter</div>
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Mozambique national Emmanuel Sithole is attacked by men in Alexandra township in Johannesburg. He later died from his wounds.<br /><b>Image by:</b> JAMES OATWAY/Sunday Times.</div>
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The three men arrested in connection with the killing of Mozambican Emmanuel Sithole are expected to appear in court on Tuesday‚ as the hunt for the fourth suspect continues.</h3>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 22px;">murder on Saturday in Alexandra was captured by Sunday Times photographer James Oatway‚ and the images of the brutal death prompted police to offer a reward of up to R100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprits.</span></h3>
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Yet‚ following the attack‚ Oatway received grudging support when he attempted to remove Sithole from the scene and get him to medical help.</div>
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"Help me get him into the car. Help me‚ please‚" said photographer James Oatway‚ looking around at men gathered around him. One stepped forward‚ reluctantly.</div>
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Sithole was taken to the nearby Alexandra Day Clinic‚ where nurses did what they could‚ but as there was no doctor – he was apparently absent from the facility as he feared being attacked - he was eventually taken to the Edenvale Hospital.</div>
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Shortly after 9am‚ Sithole was pronounced dead.</div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-79772284940273683532015-04-20T05:51:00.001-07:002015-04-20T05:51:03.625-07:00South Africa's Zulu king condemns "vile" anti-immigrant attacks<div class="body-text left" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: arial; margin-top: -7px; min-height: 406px; padding-top: 1px;">
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DURBAN, South Africa, April 20 (Reuters) - South Africa's influential Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini on Monday described anti-immigrant attacks that have killed at least seven people this month as "vile" and "wrong".</div>
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Zwelithini has been accused of fuelling anti-immigrant unrest after local media quoted him saying foreigners should leave South Africa. He said his comments were taken out of context and condemned violence against immigrants. (Reporting by Peroshni Govender; Writing by Joe Brock; Editing by James Macharia<br /></div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-14877311738266382562015-04-11T02:02:00.000-07:002015-04-11T02:02:09.941-07:00South Sudanese abroad petition UN chief over conflict<div style="background-color: white; color: #3d3d3d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">
More than 200 South Sudanese in different parts of the United States have petitioned the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, urging the world body to find a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the country’s conflict.</div>
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The group, in a petition extended to<i>Sudan Tribune</i>, backed calls for imposition of targeted sanctions and an arms embargo on any party found to be obstructing or and frustrating the young nation’s peace process, in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2206 (2015).</div>
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“We express deep concern about the speech President Kiir delivered at a public rally in Juba on March 18, 2015 in which the President seemed to renege on most of the issues both sides had agreed upon in the recent inconclusive peace talks in Addis Ababa”, partly reads the 26 March request.</div>
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The petitioners, in their appeal, also called for immediate release of the findings of the African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudanese crisis, arguing that the continued withholding of the report encourages impunity, emboldens the perpetrators of the heinous crimes committed in the capital, Juba and other parts of the country.</div>
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This, they argued, does not serve the cause of justice for the victims of these crimes.<br class="autobr" />The group of activists also called for immediate withdrawal of the Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF) from South Sudan’s territory.</div>
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“Uganda’s involvement in the war in support of the government of South Sudan undermines its role in mediating peace between the parties to the conflict, complicates the peace process, and may be contributing to the failure to achieve peace in South Sudan”, adds the petition.</div>
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The group further advocated for the active involvement of the Troika countries and other international stakeholders in the peace process alongside the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member countries, insisting that the active participation of the Troika will give the process the impetus needed to end the conflict.</div>
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They also called for comprehensive and sustainable peace that tackles fundamental issues of governance and all conditions that contributed to emergence of the conflict.</div>
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“We specifically call for the adoption of a democratic federal system of government as one of the solutions to the ending the war in South Sudan”, further stressed the petition.</div>
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Tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced since conflict broke out in the young nation in December 2013. Aid agencies estimate that over three million of the population in the world’s youngest nation could face severe starvation.</div>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-11767345907668108662015-04-09T10:12:00.001-07:002015-04-09T10:12:22.817-07:00Journalists Have Crucial Roles to Play in South Sudan<div style="background-color: #bcc5c1; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.6000003814697px; margin-bottom: 1.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
Things will be better if both warring parties agree that consciousness of the culture of peace and non-violence is key to the future of this nation, and then the mass media has the potential to play a key role in developing a culture of peace and non-violence.</div>
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Unfortunately, the mass media has not been given chance to exercise its potential mandate to the entire population of South Sudan. In other concept it has almost completely been ignored by authorities inside and outside the country due to their daily preaching culture of peace and non-violence to people.</div>
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This is the conclusion of many of the organizations who have contributed to the <a href="http://decade-culture-of-peace.org/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; color: #b85b5a; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Civil Society during the violence took off in the nation by then and now report to the United Nations</a> who have listed the security arena “blackout” as one of the chief obstacles to their work.</div>
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Not only does the authority ignore the culture of peace, but also they support privilege news of the culture of war and violence in the nation.</div>
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For me this comes as no surprise. As a result of my experience trying to analyze daily expression of the people of South Sudan toward their own crisis and their perception at large through commends people always as violence concern. To my understanding, our people suggests that the Violence confronts an active resistance in the mass media and related social institutions more than it confronts an inherent ignorance or ‘psychological inertia’ in ordinary people.</div>
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The myth that war is part of human nature does not appear to be so much an inherent component of ‘common sense’ so much as it is the end result of a campaign of psychological propaganda that has been promulgated in the mass media in order to justify political policies of militarism. Several types of evidence support this hypothesis.</div>
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First, one can point to increasing publicity in recent war in the mass media for the myth that war and violence are intrinsic to human nature. Another kind of evidence comes from some opinions obligation more likely to believe in the myths of the biological inevitability of violence. There was a great deal of racist propaganda during Sudan conflict with SPLM /A rebel till 2005 when the reach compressive peace agreement that ended 21 years of war in Sudan.</div>
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Such racist propaganda may be seen as a last-resort effort by those who had a vested interest in South Sudan resources and colonialism to defend these institutions by appealing to the vulnerable belief systems of individual psychology at a time when they could no longer justify the institutions by economic or political arguments.</div>
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Does today’s propaganda about the tribal basis of warfare derive from a similar effort by those with a vested interest in militarism and who can no longer justify it on economic and political grounds? If this thesis is valid, then we should expect more rather than less resistance to publicizing the message of the constitutional statement as we succeed in getting more publicity from peripheral sectors of the mass media and educational systems, and as we continue to approach the more resistant and central sectors that are linked either ideologically or financially to the military-industrial complex.</div>
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The country constitution free media houses to alert the general public on information they founded with clear source of origin. We are faced with a more difficult task of engaging in a kind of psychological warfare with certain department of the government and related institutions who are engaged in producing the very ignorance that must be challenged.</div>
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If anything, the difficulty we face may become greater as time goes on, for the more the political and economic justifications for war are discredited, the more we may expect these sectors to fall back on the psychological justifications for war.</div>
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If this is correct, the struggle for culture of peace in the mass media needs to receive top priority and careful strategy. For example, efforts such media should basically do with information alert to general public in systematic way addressing news to the nation with the spirit of Peace and non-violence to the people of the nation.</div>
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A Media houses represent person hears in daily activities of government within and outside the nation to see and inform the people about the things and progress of the government on developmental issues. Therefore, media networks are not threat to the government as people uses to say during their daily expression.</div>
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The working of media houses such as Juba Monitor, Juba Telegraph, New Times, Citizen Newspaper and televisions is not against the government or threatening any authority in the nation.</div>
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The main work and mandate of media houses is connect-ability of the general public and government authority to one channel of common understanding in the country, government may not work well without people the same to the people. Any information to the public is channel to media for easy circulation of information across the country.</div>
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Therefore, the media departments act as morning cock to the nation. They wake-up the nation on critical situations and crucial times of the nation.</div>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-71491789388218809352015-04-09T09:52:00.005-07:002015-04-09T09:52:40.978-07:00IGAD: another deadline for peace in South SudanAfter the disappointing deadline of March 5, the role of IGAD in continuing mediating the
South Sudan peace talks came under scrutiny.<br />
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The question is less about what went wrong
with the IGAD-led mediation but rather what lessons we can learn to improve the mediation
of the next peace talks.<br />
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Recently some non-state actors consisting of civil society, media, women, traditional
authorities, faith-based institutions and academia held a meeting in Juba to evaluate the
IGAD-led peace mediation.<br />
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Despite bitter criticism of the poorly managed mediation, the
participants recognised that IGAD is the only regional organisation mandated to resolve
conflicts in the region.<br />
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Given the subsidiarity principle and the geopolitics of the region, IGAD is well situated to
continue mediating the peace talks, using a new design of mediation.<br />
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The participants also
agreed to expand the IGAD mediation to include other countries that can add value and
have sufficient economic, political, diplomatic and military weight.<br />
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The meeting also
recommended the new mediation to learn from the CPA experience of having one main
mediator, accepted by all the parties.<br />
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While the participants affirmed the principle of an inclusive process, a multi-process of
engaging stakeholders was accepted. This would include direct negotiations between the
warring parties, provided that the outcome is brought to the plenary of all stakeholders.<br />
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The
meeting also stressed the added value of the Arusha Agreement in resolving the outstanding
issues in the IGAD-led mediation.<br />
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With the failure of the peace talks in Ethiopia, the warring parties have started pursuing the
option of war, as seen recently by increased violations of the cessation of hostilities
agreement.<br />
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The question is: What can be done to encourage the warring parties to engage in
peace talks but in good faith?
A recent report, titled ‘South Sudan:<br />
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The Cost of War’, indicates that every minute spent on
the war effort will make the task of putting South Sudan on the path of sustainable peace
and stability more difficult.<br />
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The report shows that if the conflict continues for another one
to five years, it will cost South Sudan an estimated $28 billion.<br />
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In addition, the region could
save up to $53 billion and the international community $30 billion if the war stopped today.<br />
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The report stressed the urgent need for the warring parties, the region and the international
community to take action to bring peace to South Sudan.<br />
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A possible action of encouraging the warring parties to conclude peace deal is to enforce
targeted UN sanctions on individuals who are obstructing the peace talks.<br />
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Although these
sanctions may target individuals, there is need for a thorough assessment of their impact on
the people of South Sudan, the region and the international community.<br />
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A recent evaluation
of the effectiveness of UN targeted sanctions shows that they are effective only in one-third
of the time in changing the behaviour of targeted individuals, constraining them from
engaging in certain activities or stigmatising them.<br />
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UN targeted sanctions are often evaded through the diversion of assets through a third
party, the use of black markets or safe havens, the diversification of funds and investments,
and reliance on family members.<br />
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Besides, the report shows that sanctions do have
unintended consequences, such as an increase in corruption and criminality, the
strengthening of authoritarian rule, a burden on neighbouring states, diversion of resources
and a negative humanitarian impact.<br />
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Given the complex context of South Sudan, the unintended consequences of UN targeted
sanctions will certainly be borne by the people of South Sudan, with far-reaching
consequences on their lives and livelihoods. In addition, neighbouring countries such as
Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and probably Ethiopia would not be receptive in implementing the
sanctions given their economic and security interests in South Sudan and the possible impact
of the sanctions on their economies.<br />
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Another option for the region is to use the much-awaited report of the AU commission of
inquiry to encourage the warring parties to conclude the peace agreement without
compromising on issues of justice. Although the content of the report is not known, the
leaked report may provide a hint of what is expected from the final report.<br />
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It is most likely
that some senior leaders of the warring parties will be the prime suspects of the atrocities
committed since the eruption of the conflict in December 2013.
It is understandable that the release of the report should be managed in such a way not to
obstruct the peace talks.<br />
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Given the fact that the warring parties committed themselves to
issue of justice in Arusha Agreement, the African Union in collaboration with IGAD, the
Troika, the EU and the UN could use the AU report as a carrot or stick when appropriate in
encouraging the warring parties to conclude a peace agreement.
Another option is the leaked IGAD action plan for resolving the conflict in South Sudan by
April 18.<br />
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Unlike previous deadlines, when the warring parties were given a chance to agree
on the contentious issues, the new action plan aims at proposing a final and binding peace
agreement to be signed by the parties by April 18.<br />
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If the leaked document reflects the true IGAD action plan, then the challenge is how to
inform this process so that it reflects the aspirations of the people of South Sudan and
reduces the risk of bringing a ‘bad peace’.<br />
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As a good peace is becoming unattainable due to
the intransigent positions of the warring parties, the remaining choice for the people of
South Sudan is whether to have a bad or imposed peace, or war.<br />
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The remaining outstanding issues are two armies, federalism, power-sharing, the choice
between the position of prime minister or an additional vice-president, and succession. With
the exception of federalism, all these issues are less of concern to the people of South Sudan.<br />
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The security concerns rightly raised by the SPLM-in-Opposition can be resolved by
increasing the pre-interim period, to build trust between the warring parties and establish
appropriate security guarantees rather than having two armies.
The issue of federalism is less contentious.<br />
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It has been agreed in principle as the appropriate
system of government for managing diversity in South Sudan. However, its adoption
requires a thorough study and engagement of the citizens as part of the constitution-making
process.<br />
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The other issues of power-sharing, the position of prime minister or another vicepresident,
and succession can either be resolved in the context of the SPLM reunification
agreement in Arusha or through logical assessment, as reflected by previous IGAD
proposals and its protocol of August 25, 2014.<br />
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One would expect the newly expanded IGAD-plus mediation, with South Africa, Rwanda,
Chad and Algeria added, to be bold in proposing a draft agreement guided by the
overwhelming desire for peace of the people of South Sudan.<br />
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If the proposed agreement
would subject the remaining issues to the will of the people, then it cannot be termed a bad
peace.<br />
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However, it would be appropriate that all the stakeholders, and particularly the
warring parties, are given a last chance to discuss the proposed peace agreement before it is
signed into a final agreement.<br />
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The author is the director of the Centre for Peace and Development Studies at
the University of Juba. He is also a global fellow at the Peace Research Institute
in Oslo and an associate fellow at the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy at
Harvard Kennedy School. He can be reached on luka_kuol@hks.harvard.eduUlemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-5443225948536757372014-08-12T23:33:00.001-07:002014-08-12T23:33:13.997-07:00Malawi to hand over the chairmanship SADC to Zimbabwe<div class="yiv7806648829" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1407910340846_18545" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.9pt;">
<span class="yiv7806648829" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1407910340846_18544" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a summit to be held in Zimbabwe on 18<sup class="yiv7806648829">th</sup> August 2014 Malawi is expected to hand over the chairmanship of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to Zimbabwe, Malawi Minister of Information Kondwani Nakhumwa confirmed in an interview.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1407910340846_18582" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">According to Nakhumwa the hand over will take place at the 34<sup class="yiv7806648829">th</sup> Ordinary Summit Meeting of the SADC Heads of state and Governments scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe on the 17<sup class="yiv7806648829">th</sup> to 18<sup class="yiv7806648829">th</sup> of August 2014.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">He further said further said that as part of handing over the chairmanship Malawi’s Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, George Nkondiwa has already handed over the seat to his Zimbabwean counterpart on 10<sup class="yiv7806648829">th</sup> August. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1407910340846_18585" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The objective of the Summit is, among others, to undertake an overview assessment of the political and socio-economic development in the region; consider the Report on the Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) for 2015-2020; the Report on the SADC Tribunal; as well as the Appointment of the Deputy Executive Secretary responsible for Finance and Administration.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, the Summit will also receive reports from the ongoing Chairperson of SADC and the SADC organ on politics, defence and security cooperation.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Progress reports on the SADC Strategic Challenge, SADC Vision 2050 are also expected to received at the summit before the delegates consider legal instruments to be signed.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Zimbabwean Summit will be held under the theme “ SADC Strategy for Economic Transformation; Leveraging the region’s diverse resources for sustainable economic and social development through beneficiation and value addition.”</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7806648829" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1407910340846_18598" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Malawi president Peter Mutharika, will also present a report on the activities undertaken during the period under review. The Malawi’s SADC Chairmanship was held under theme “Agriculture development and agro-industries: Key for Economic Growth and Poverty Eradication in the SADC Region” focusing on the empowerment of women and the youth.</span></div>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-42439396362858416582014-07-10T07:45:00.002-07:002014-07-10T07:45:20.241-07:00UN Demands Malawi Position on Gays Rights <div class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36802" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36805" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36804" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">The United Nations Human Rights Committee has demanded Malawi government to come out and announce its stand on calls to decriminalize same sex marriage in the country. </span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;"><br class="yiv7590675816" /></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36809" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span class="yiv7590675816" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">" Please provide information on the findings of the Law Commission with regards to its review of the penal Code, in particular Section 137 (A) 157 and 156 in the context of the Human Rights Committee's previous recommendation to decriminalize consensual same- sexual activity," reads the UN Commiittee issue's paper.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;"><br class="yiv7590675816" /></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36813" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">The call follows a meeting between Civil Society Organisations ( CSO) and UN rights committee on Monday which was organised with an aim to provide an alternative position on the human rights situation in Malawi mainly focusing on gay rights.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36820" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36819" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36818" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Center for the Development of People (cedep) executive director Gift Trapence called upon the committee to push Malawi government to provide adequate protection against gays in the country. </span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;"><br class="yiv7590675816" /></span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Trapence urged the UN rights committee to make a strong recommendation to Malawi government to treat everyone in its territory with respect and as full bearers of rights without discrimination of nay kind, including on the basis of real or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity." </span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36827" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">The Malawi government delegation led by the countries Secretary for Justice and Solicitor General Janet Banda has a session with the committee this week to provide responses to human rights issues raised by the UN in respect of the international Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) country report presented in April 2012</span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">But commenting on the Issue chairperson of the Malawi Human Rights Commission Sophie Kalinde said Malawi government should be commended for opening up on the issue of gay rights. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">She said the commission has never received any complaints regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation and that most of the people arrested were on charges of child molestation. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36838" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Meanwhile the United Nations Humans Rights Committee is now recognizing the gay marriages of all its staffers including those working in its agencies such as the children's agency Unicef and cultural agency UNESCO around the globe.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Previously, the UN only recognized the unions of staffers who came from countries where gay marriage is legal.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday it would recognize the gay marriages of all its staffers, in a major policy shift that opens the door for the spouses of homosexual employees to enjoy the same benefits as the husbands and wives of their heterosexual colleagues.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">"The policy applies to all U.N employees, including those who work at separate agencies and programs such as UNICEF and UNESCO.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">The change means gay spouses of U.N. employees can get health insurance coverage and the chance to accompany spouses on their home leave every couple of years, among others. </span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">According to U.N website, the new policy became effective June 26, and will impact the U.N.'s approximately 43,000 employees worldwide.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36845" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Gay marriage is legal in 18 countries with prejudice remaining deep in main countries, and an extreme case is Uganda, which in February this year passed a law making gay sex punishable by a life sentence, according to the Pew Research Center.</span><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><br class="yiv7590675816" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;" /><span class="yiv7590675816" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404998819336_36843" style="line-height: 23.399999618530273px;">Meanwhile, the U.N. General Assembly is underway in Geneva, Switzerland where a Malawi delegation is also in attendance.</span></div>
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<tr><td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>CHAPTER
VIII</span></span></td>
<td valign="TOP" width="6%"> </td>
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<tr>
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<center>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>THE EXECUTIVE</span></span></center>
</td>
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<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The
President</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>78. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="80%"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="78"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There
shall be a President of the Republic who shall be Head of State and Government
and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of Malawi.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Vice-Presidents
31 of 1994</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>79. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="79"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There
shall be a First Vice-President and, subject to section 80 (5), a Second
Vice-President both of whom shall assist the President and who shall exercise
the powers and perform the functions conferred on the First Vice-President
or the Second Vice-President, as the case may be, by this Constitution
or by any Act of Parliament and by the President.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Election
of the President</span><span> </span><span>and the Vice-President</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>6 of 1995</span></span>
<br /><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>38 of 1998</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>80. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="80"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution
in such manner as may be prescribed by Act of Parliament and, save where
this Constitution provides otherwise, the ballot in a Presidential election
shall take place concurrently with the general election for members of
the National Assembly as prescribed by section 67 (1).</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall be elected
by a majority of the electorate through direct, universal and equal suffrage.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Every presidential candidate
shall declare who shall be his or her First Vice-President if he or she
is elected at the time of his or her nomination.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The First Vice-President shall
be elected concurrently with the President and the name of a candidate
for the First Vice-President shall appear on the same ballot paper as the
name of the Presidential candidate who nominated him.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Where the President considers
it desirable in the national interest so to do, he or she may appoint a
person to the office of Second Vice-President and may do so upon taking
his or her oath of office or at any time thereafter or upon a vacancy in
the office of Second Vice-President; and, where no person has been appointed
to the office of Second Vice-President then -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
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<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>the provisions of this Chapter
making reference to that office shall be read <i>mutatis mutandis;</i>
and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>the office of First Vice-President
shall be known as the office of Vice-President as if section 79 created
the office of a Vice-President only:</span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that where the President
was elected on the sponsorship of a political party, then he or she shall
not appoint a Second Vice-President from that political party.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="6">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Notwithstanding any provision
of this Constitution to the contrary, a person shall only be qualified
for nomination for election as President or First Vice-President or for
appointment as First Vice-President or Second Vice-President if that person-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is a citizen of Malawi by
birth or descent; and </span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has attained the age of thirty-five
years.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="7">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>No person shall be eligible
for nomination as a candidate for election as President or First Vice-President
or for appointment as first Vice-President or Second Vice-President if
that person-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has been adjudged or declared
to be of unsound mind;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is an undischarged bankrupt
having been declared bankrupt under a law of the Republic;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has, within the last seven
years, been convicted by a competent court of a crime involving dishonesty
or moral turpitude;</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>38
of 1998</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol start="4" type="a">
<li>
<span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">owes allegiance to a foreign
country;</span> </span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is the holder of a public
office or a member of Parliament, unless that person first resigns; </span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is a serving Member of the
Defence Forces or Malawi Police Force; or</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has, within the last seven
years, been convicted by a competent court of any violation of any law
relating to election of the President or election of the members of Parliament.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Oath
of office</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>81. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="81"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Before a
person elected to be President or First Vice-President or appointed to
be First Vice-President or Second Vice-President takes office that person
shall take the following oath which shall be administered in public by
the Chief Justice-</span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>"I.......do solemnly swear
that I will well and truly perform the functions of the high office of
President (or Vice-President) of the Republic of Malawi, and that I will
preserve and defend the Constitution, and that I will do right to all manner
of people according to law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.
So help me God."</span></span>
<br />
<br />
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Instead of taking an oath,
the President, First Vice-President or Second Vice-President may, if he
or she thinks fit, make an affirmation which shall be in the like form
with the substitution of "affirm" for "swear", and the omission of the
final sentence.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>A person elected to be President
or appointed to be First Vice-President or Second Vice-President shall
be sworn into office, in accordance with sub-section (1), within thirty
days of being elected or appointed.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President, First Vice-President
and Second Vice-President shall hold office until such time as his or her
successor is sworn in.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Remuneration</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>82. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="82"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The
President, First Vice-President and Second Vice-President shall receive
such salary, allowance or pension as may, from time to time, be determined
by an Act of Parliament in consultation with the President and shall have
such adequate number of residences and personal staff, at State expense,
as an Act of Parliament may prescribe.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Tenure
of office</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>1998</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>83. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="83"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
shall hold office for five years from the date that his or her oath of
office is administered, but shall continue in office </span><span>38
of </span><span>until his or her successor has been sworn in</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The First Vice-President and
the Second Vice-President shall hold office from the date of the administration
of the oath of office to them until the end of the President's term of
office unless their office should come to an end sooner in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President, the First Vice-President
and the Second Vice-President may serve in their respective capacities
a maximum of two consecutive terms, but when a person is elected or appointed
to fill a vacancy in the office of President or Vice- President, the period
between that election or appointment and the next election of a President
shall not be regarded as a term.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Whenever there is a vacancy
in the office of President, the First Vice-President shall assume that
office for the remainder of the term and shall appoint another person to
serve as First Vice-President for the remainder of the term.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Death
or resignation Vice-President</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span><span> </span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>84. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="84"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>If
the First Vice-President and Second Vice-President dies or resigns from
office, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired period of that term
by a person appointed by the President.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Vacancy
of office of President and Vice-President</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>85. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="85"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>If
at any time both the office of President and First Vice- President become
vacant then the Cabinet shall elect from among its members an Acting President
and Acting First Vice-President who shall hold office for not more than
sixty days or, where four years of a Presidential term have expired, for
the rest of that Presidential term.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Removal
from office</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>6 of 1995</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>86. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="86"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
or First Vice-President shall be removed from office where the President
or First Vice-President, as the case may be, has been indicted and convicted
by impeachment.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The procedure for impeachment
shall be as laid down by the Standing Orders of Parliament, provided that
they are in full accord with the principles of natural justice and that
-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>indictment and conviction
by impeachment shall only be on the grounds of serious violation of the
Constitution or serious breach of the written laws of the Republic that
either occurred or came to light during the term of office of the President
or the First Vice-President;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>indictment on impeachment
shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the
National Assembly in a committee of the whole house;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>conviction on impeachment
shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of both
Chambers;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>conviction in cases of impeachment
shall cause the removal, and disqualification from future office, of the
office holder; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>conviction by way of impeachment
shall not act as a bar to legal proceedings.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="3">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall have power
to remove the Second Vice-President from office.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Incapacity</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>87. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="87"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Whenever
the President is incapacitated so as to be unable to discharge the powers
and duties of that office, the 6 of 1995First Vice-President shall act
as President, until such time, in the President's term of office, as the
President is able to resume his or her functions.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall not be
deemed to be incapacitated for the purposes of this section until and unless
-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>there is a written declaration,
certified by a board of independent medical practitioners, that the President
is unable to discharge the duties of the office of President;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>the declaration is signed
by the First Vice-President and a majority of the Cabinet, holding office
at that time; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>the declaration is submitted
by the First Vice-President to the Speaker of the National Assembly.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="3">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Upon submission to the Speaker
of a declaration under subsection (2), the First Vice-President shall immediately
assume the powers and duties of the office of President as Acting President.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Where the President has been
declared to be incapacitated in accordance with subsection (2) the President
may, at any time thereafter, submit to the National Assembly a written
declaration, certified by a board of independent medical practitioners,
stating his or her fitness to carry on the duties of the office of President:</span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that -</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>upon receipt of such a declaration
from the President, the National Assembly shall have thirty days within
which to determine whether or not the President is in fact or not so incapacitated
as to be unable to discharge the duties of the office of President; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>if the National Assembly determines
that the President remains so incapacitated so as to be unable to discharge
the duties of the office of President, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds
of all of its members, the First Vice-President shall continue to act as
President until the National Assembly determines that the President is
again fit to assume the duties and powers of the office of President; or</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>if the National Assembly determines
that the President is no longer so incapacitated as to be unable to discharge
the duties of the office of President by an affirmative vote of two-thirds
of the National Assembly, the President shall resume the duties of the
office of President within thirty days of that vote.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="5">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>If, on the expiry of twelve
months from the date of the Speaker being notified of the incapacity of
the President, the National Assembly has not determined that the President
is fit to perform duties of the office of President in accordance with
subsection (4), then a Presidential election shall be held.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The provisions of this section
shall apply <i>mutatis mutandis</i> to the incapacity of the First Vice-President
except that the certificate shall then be signed by the President and be
submitted to the Speaker by the President and the functions of the First
Vice-President shall be carried out by such other member of Cabinet as
the President may appoint.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Every board of independent
medical practitioners required for the purposes of this section shall be
selected in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Standing Orders
of Parliament.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Responsibility
of the President</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>6 of 1995</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>88. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="88"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of this Constitution
by the executive and shall, as Head of State, defend and uphold the Constitution
as the supreme law of the Republic.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall provide
executive leadership in the interest of national unity in accordance with
this Constitution and the laws of the Republic.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President and members
of the Cabinet shall not hold any other public office and shall not perform
remunerative work outside the duties of their office and shall, within
three months from the date of election or appointment, as the case may
be, fully disclose all of their assets, liabilities and business interests,
and those of their spouses, held by them or on their behalf as at that
date; and, unless Parliament otherwise prescribes by an Act of Parliament,
such disclosure shall be made in a written document delivered to the Speaker
of the National Assembly who shall immediately upon receipt deposit the
document with such public office as may be specified in the Standing Orders
of Parliament.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Any business interests held
by the President and members of the Cabinet shall be held on their behalf
in a beneficial trust which shall be managed in such manner as to ensure
conformity with this section.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President and members
of the Cabinet shall not use their respective offices for personal gain
or place themselves in a situation where their material interests conflict
with the responsibilities and duties of their offices.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Powers
and duties of the President </span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>89. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="89"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
shall have the following powers and duties -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to assent to Bills and promulgate
Bills duly passed by Parliament;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to convene and preside over
meetings of the Cabinet;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to confer honours;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to make such appointments
as may be necessary in accordance with powers conferred upon him or her
by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>subject to this Constitution,
to appoint, accredit, receive and recognize ambassadors, high commissioners,
plenipotentiaries, diplomatic representatives and other diplomatic officers,
consuls and consular officers;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to negotiate, sign, enter
into and accede to international agreements or to delegate such power to
ministers, ambassadors and high commissioners;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to appoint commissions of
inquiry;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to refer disputes of a constitutional
nature to the High Court; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to proclaim referenda and
plebiscites in accordance with this Constitution or an Act of Parliament.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="2">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President may pardon convicted
offenders, grant stays of execution of sentence, reduce sentences, or remit
sentences:</span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that -</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>decisions under this subsection
shall be taken in consultation with an Advisory Committee on the Granting
of Pardon, the composition and formation of which shall be determined by
an Act of Parliament; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>judgements in cases of impeachment
of the President or Vice-President shall not be liable to pardon by the
President.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="3">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall each year,
immediately before the consideration of the official budget, attend Parliament
and shall -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>address Parliament on the
state of the nation and on the future policies of the Government at that
time;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>report on the policies of
the previous year; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>respond to questions.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="4">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall be called
to Parliament to answer questions at such times as may be prescribed by
the Standing Orders of Parliament or on a motion of the National Assembly
or Senate.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Subject to this Constitution
and any Act of Parliament, the President shall exercise all other powers
reasonably necessary and incidental to the functions of his or her office
in accordance with this Constitution.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The powers and functions of
the President shall be exercised by him or her personally or by a member
of the Cabinet or by a government official to whom the President has delegated
such power in writing.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Confirmation
of decisions, etc., of the President</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>90. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="90"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Decisions
of the President shall be expressed in writing under his or her signature.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="2">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The signature of the President
on any instrument shall be confirmed by the Public Seal.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Immunity</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>91. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="91"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>No person
holding the office of President or performing the functions of President
may be sued in any civil proceedings but the office of President shall
not be immune to orders of the courts concerning rights and duties under
this Constitution.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>No person holding the office
of President shall be charged with any criminal offence in any court during
his [or her] term of office, except where he or she has been charged with
an offence on impeachment.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>After a person has vacated
the office of President, he or she shall not be personally liable for acts
done in an official capacity during his or her term of office but shall
not otherwise be immune.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Cabinet</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>31 of 1994 </span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>92. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="92"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There shall
be a Cabinet consisting of the President, the First Vice-President, the
Second Vice-President and such Ministers and Deputy Ministers as may, from
time to time, be appointed by the President.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The Cabinet shall exercise
the powers and functions assigned to it by this Constitution or an Act
of Parliament and shall be responsible for advising the President with
respect to the policies of the Government and with respect to such other
matters as may be referred to it by the President.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Cabinet meetings shall be
presided over -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>by the President; or</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>in the temporary absence of
the President, by the First Vice-President; or</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>in the temporary absence of
both the President and First Vice-President, by the Second Vice-President.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="4">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There shall be a Secretary
to the Cabinet who shall be appointed by the President and whose office
shall be public office and who shall -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>have charge of the Cabinet
office;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>be responsible, subject to
the directions of the Cabinet, for arranging the business, and keeping
the minutes of the Cabinet;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>convey the decisions of the
Cabinet to the appropriate persons or authorities; and </span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>have such other functions
as the Cabinet may direct.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Government
departments</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>93. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="93"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There shall
be Ministers and Deputy Ministers who shall be appointed by the President
and who shall exercise such powers and functions, including the running
of Government departments, as may be prescribed by the President subject
to this Constitution.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Every Government department
shall be under the supervision of a Principal Secretary who shall be under
the direction of a Minister or Deputy Minister, and whose office shall
be a public office.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Appointment
of Ministers</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>6 of 1995</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>94. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="94"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President
shall have the power to appoint Ministers or Deputy Ministers and to fill
vacancies in the Cabinet.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>A person shall not be qualified
to be appointed as a Minister or Deputy Minister unless that person -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is a citizen of the Republic
who upon taking office, has attained the age of twenty-one years;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is able to speak and [to]
read the English language; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is registered as a voter in
a constituency.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="3">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Notwithstanding subsection
(2), no person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Minister or Deputy
Minister who -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>owes allegiance to a foreign
country;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is, under any law in force
in the Republic, adjudged or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has, within the last seven
years, been convicted by a competent court of a crime involving dishonesty
or moral turpitude;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is an undischarged bankrupt,
having been adjudged or otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force
in the Republic;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>holds or acts in any public
office or appointment, except where this Constitution explicitly provides
that a person shall not be disqualified from standing for election solely
on account of holding that office or appointment, or where that person
resigns from that office in order to stand;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>belongs to, and is serving
in the Defence Forces of Malawi or in the Malawi Police Force;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has, within the last seven
years, been convicted by a competent court of any violation of any law
relating to election of the President or election of the members of Parliament.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Oath
of office and removal of Minister or Deputy Minister</span><span> </span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>95. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="95"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>No Minister
or Deputy Minister shall assume office, unless an oath or solemn affirmation
was taken and executed in public in a manner prescribed by an Act of Parliament.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The President shall have the
power to remove Ministers or Deputy Ministers from their posts.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Duties
and functions of the Cabinet</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>96. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="96"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The members
of the Cabinet shall have the following functions -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to advise the President;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to direct, co-ordinate and
supervise the activities of Government departments, including parastatal
bodies;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to initiate Bills for submission
to the National Assembly and to explain those Bills;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to prepare, explain and formulate
for the Parliament the budget of the State and its economic programmes;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to be available to Parliament
for the purposes of answering any queries or participating in any debate
pertaining to the content of the policies of the Government;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to assist the President in
determining what international agreements are to be concluded or acceded
to and to inform Parliament thereon;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to take responsibility for
the implementation and administration of laws; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to carry out such other functions
reasonably necessary for the performance of their duties in accordance
with this Constitution, as may be prescribed by an Act of Parliament or
the President.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="2">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>In performing the duties and
functions referred in this section the Cabinet shall make legislative proposals
available in time in order to permit sufficient canvassing of expert and
public opinion.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Ministerial
accountability</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>97. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ul><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="97"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>All Ministers
shall be responsible to the President for the administration of their own
departments.</span></span></ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The
Attorney General</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>98. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="98"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There shall
be the office of Attorney General, who shall be the principal legal adviser
to the Government.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Such powers as are vested
in the office of the Attorney General may be exercised by the person appointed
to that office or such other persons in the public service, acting as subordinates
of that person and in accordance with his or her general and specific instructions.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Appointment to the office
of Attorney General shall be made by the President.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The office of Attorney General
shall become vacant after the person holding that office has served for
five years, or on his or her resignation or retirement, whichever is sooner,
provided that the person holding that office may be nominated for such
further terms, not exceeding five years, as the President considers appropriate.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The office of Attorney General
may either be the office of a Minister or may be a public office.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The Attorney General shall
be subject to removal by the President on the grounds of incompetence,
incapacity or being compromised in the exercise of his [or her] duties
to the extent that his [or her] ability to give impartial legal advice
is seriously in question.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The
Director of Public Prosecutions</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>1 of 1997</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>99. -</span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="99"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>There shall
be a Director of Public Prosecutions, whose office shall be a public office. </span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The Director of Public Prosecutions
shall have power in any criminal case in which he [or she] considers it
desirable so to do-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to institute and undertake
criminal proceedings against any person before any court (other than a
court-martial) in respect of any offence alleged to have been committed
by that person;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to take over and continue
any criminal proceedings which have been instituted or undertaken by any
other person or authority; and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>to discontinue at any stage
before judgement is delivered any criminal proceedings instituted or undertaken
by himself or herself or any other person or authority.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol start="4">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Subject to section 101 (2),
the powers conferred on the Director of Public Prosecutions by subsection
(2) (b) and (c) shall be vested in him or her to the exclusion of any other
person or authority and whenever exercised, reasons for the exercise shall
be provided to the Legal Affairs Committee or Parliament within ten days:</span></span> </li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that where any other
person or authority has instituted criminal proceedings, nothing in this
subsection shall prevent the withdrawal of those proceedings by or at the
instance of that person or authority and with the leave of the court.</span></span>
<ol start="4">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>For the purposes of this section,
any appeal from any judgement in any criminal proceedings before any court,
or any case stated or question of law reserved to any other court for the
purpose of any such proceedings, shall be deemed to be part of those proceedings:</span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that the Director
of Public Prosecutions shall not exercise the power under subsection (2)
(c) to discontinue proceedings with respect to any appeal by a person convicted
in any criminal proceedings or to any case stated or question of law reserved
at the instance of such a person.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Delegation
of powers to prosecute</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>100. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="100"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Save as
provided in section 99 (3), such powers as are vested in the office of
the Director of Public Prosecutions may be exercised by the person appointed
to that office or such other persons in the public service, acting as his
or her subordinates and in accordance with his or her general and specific
instructions in accordance with an Act of Parliament.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Notwithstanding subsection
(1) -</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>the person appointed to the
office of Director of Public Prosecutions shall be accountable to the Legal
Affairs Committee of Parliament for the exercise of such powers in his
or her own behalf and those powers exercised on his or her behalf by subordinates
in accordance with subsection (1); and</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>an Act of Parliament shall
prescribe restrictions relating to the exercise of powers under this section
by any member of the Malawi Police Force.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Appointment
of the Director of Public Prosecutions</span></span>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>6 of 1995</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>1 of 1997</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>101. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="101"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Appointment
to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions shall be made by the President
and confirmed by the Public Appointments Committee subject to satisfying
requirements as to competence of the person so appointed to perform the
duties of that office and as to capacity of a person so appointed to pursue
prosecutions independently.</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>In the exercise of the powers
conferred on him or her by this Constitution or any other law, the Director
of Public Prosecutions shall be subject only to the general or special
directions of the Attorney General but shall otherwise act independent
of the direction or control of any other authority or person and in strict
accordance with the law: </span></span></li>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that the Director
of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General may be summoned by the Legal
Affairs Committee of Parliament to appear before it to give account for
the exercise of those powers.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Removal
of the Director of Public Prosecutions</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%">
<div align="right">
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>102. </span></span></div>
</td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="71%">
<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=539274247737363194" name="102"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>The office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions shall become vacant after the person
holding that office has served five years or on his or her resignation
or retirement whichever is sooner:</span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>Provided that the person
holding that office may be appointed for such further terms, not exceeding
five years, as the President considers appropriate.</span></span>
<br />
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>A person holding the office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions may be removed from the office by
the President before the expiration of his or her term of office, if the
President is satisfied that the person holding that office-</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="TOP" width="21%"> </td>
<td colspan="2" valign="TOP" width="8%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="4%"> </td>
<td valign="TOP" width="67%">
<ol type="a">
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is incompetent in the exercise
of his or her duties;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is compromised in the exercise
of his or her duties to the extent that his or her ability to exercise
his or her functions impartially is in serious question;</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>is otherwise incapacitated;
or</span></span></li>
<li>
<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span>has attained the age prescribed
for retirement.</span></span></li>
</ol>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-81010819299286483832014-05-24T04:16:00.000-07:002014-05-24T06:56:59.854-07:00Law experts differ on Joyce Banda''s move to nullify elections<br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Read <b><b>Malawi</b></b>'s constitution here<span class="tco-ellipsis"></span><span class="invisible"></span><span class="js-display-url"></span><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible"></span></span> Try to find why some law experts says Banda is abusing her power to nullify elections lies.</span><br />
<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> Section 88 of Malawi Constitution : Responsibility of the President <br /> <br />
88.--(1) The President shall be responsible for the observance of the
provisions of this Constitution by the executive and shall, as Head of
State, defend and uphold the Constitution as the supreme law of the
Republic. <br /> ............<br /> (2) The President <span class="text_exposed_show">shall
provide executive leadership in the interest of national unity in
accordance with this Constitution and the laws of the Republic. <br /> <br />
(5) The President and members of the Cabinet shall not use their
respective offices for personal gain or place themselves in a situation
where their material interests conflict with the responsibilities and
duties of their offices.</span></span>Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-82251360212482639582014-05-24T04:07:00.001-07:002014-05-24T04:23:27.253-07:00Malawi president declares Malawi election ‘null and void'<div class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6038">
<span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6037">Malawi President
Joyce Banda on Saturday issued an order, stopping the Electoral
Commission from proceeding with the counting of votes at the nataional
Tally Centre.</span></div>
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Speaking on state run radio Banda declared
this week’s chaotic election “null and void,” throwing the impoverished
nation into crisis.</div>
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Banda has claimed there were “serious
irregularities” with the poll, saying people had voted multiple times,
ballots had been tampered with, presiding officers arrested, and the
computerised voter counting system collapsed.</div>
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<span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6093">She therefore demanded that elections should be held in 90
days. she however indicated that she will not take part in the coming
election.</span><br class="yiv4447838467" />
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<span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6108">However without indication any reason Banda disclosed that she will not participate in the coming election </span><br class="yiv4447838467" />
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<span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6095"> Meanwhile reports indicates that the Malawi Electral
Commission has consulted the Attorney General to seek advise on the
development.</span><br class="yiv4447838467" />
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<span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6097">But some law experts in Malawi discribed Banda's move as a violation of </span>the constitution according to Section 88 of Malawi constitution which states that " The president and members of the Cabinet <span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6102"><span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6101"><span class="yiv4447838467" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1400928678291_6100"> shall not use their respective
offices for personal gain or place themselves in a situation where their
material interests conflict with the responsibilities </span></span></span></div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-85820823622212227112014-05-18T04:11:00.000-07:002014-05-18T04:11:12.644-07:00Malawi President says graft scandal is her trump card<div class="itemIntroText" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 4px 0px 12px;">
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ZOMBA - Malawi's President Joyce Banda wrapped up her election campaign on Saturday by claiming that a graft scandal which rocked her administration is in fact her trump card.</div>
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As part of her campaign to crack down on corruption, she last year ordered an audit which found that millions of dollars in state funds had been looted by officials under her watch.</div>
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Banda's opponents accuse her of complicity in the theft and have used the so-called Cashgate scandal in their campaigns against her ahead of Tuesday's election.</div>
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But she told journalists before addressing a final rally in her home village of Songani on the outskirts of Zomba, the scandal would not affect her showing at the polls.</div>
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"In fact that's my greatest achievement," she said, adding that the rot had been going on before she came into office.But she told journalists before addressing a final rally in her home village of Songani on the outskirts of Zomba, the scandal would not affect her showing at the polls.</div>
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Her decision to fight graft put her political career at risk, but she had no choice and someone had to wage the battle, she said.</div>
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"It's just there's one bold president who came in and decided enough was enough," she said.</div>
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"I realised and I was advised that seven months before elections was too short for me to tackle corruption because the people that are benefiting from it, they will fight you back, they will bring you down, you may never get up.</div>
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"I said yes, I don't have a choice. I took risks, I had to make very bold decisions."</div>
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Banda managed to kickstart growth with painful economic reforms, winning the confidence of donors who returned with vital aid -- some of which was again suspended after Cashgate.</div>
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She squares up in the election against the brother of her predecessor, Peter Mutharika, who is her closest rival, and two other candidates who have a significant support base.</div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-21713857916409702592014-01-05T07:58:00.000-08:002014-01-05T07:58:07.199-08:00Robert Mugabe Feared Dead<div class="entry" style="background-color: white; color: #252324; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Few weeks after the death of world icon Nelson Mandela unconfirmed reports indicates that longtime Zimbabwe president Robert Bob Mugabe is believed to have died after he collapsed at the Sate house.</div>
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An insider from Zimbabwe’s ruling government has posted information suggesting that longtime president of the African nation Robert Mugabe has collapsed.</div>
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Happyton Bonyongwe, the Director-General of the Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation, has reportedly tightened security at State House in Zimbabwe, a day after fears for Mugabe’s health surfaced, according to internet commenter Baba Jukwa.</div>
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Baba Jukwa, an insider in the ruling Zanu-PF party who uses a Facebook page to expose corruption in the regime, on Saturday reported rumours that Mr Mugabe had collapsed.</div>
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However, he added that Mr Mugabe’s press secretary, George Charamba, had denied that the President was ill.</div>
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There have been rumours for several years that Mugabe, who turns 90 next month, has prostate cancer.</div>
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Baba Jukwa, who calls himself “a disgrunteld Zanu-PF insider”, said on Saturday that Mr Mugabe had “gone on his final visit” to his doctor. Mr Mugabe had previously offered a $US300,000 reward for the unmasking of Baba Jukwa.</div>
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<span style="background: white;">City of Johannesburg’s executive director of
transport Lisa Seftel says roads around the stadium have already been cordoned
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US President Barak Obama will travel to South Africa next week to attend the funeral service of world icon Nelson Mandela, the White House said Friday.</div>
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"President Obama and the First Lady will go to South Africa next week to pay their respects to the memory of Nelson Mandela and to participate in memorial events," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.</div>
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However Carney did not could not disclose whether Obama would attend a large memorial service on Dec. 10 or a private burial service on Dec. 15, or both.</div>
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"We'll have further updates on timing and logistics as they become available," Carney said.</div>
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The services are included in a ten-day mourning period in South Africa, where Mandela waged a successful battle against the country's apartheid government and became its first black president.</div>
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Obama has directed that American flags be lowered to half-staff through Monday in honor of the freedom fighter who died Thursday at age 95.</div>
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In a brief eulogy on Thursday, Obama -- the first African-American president in U.S. history -- said that "I am one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Nelson Mandela's life."</div>
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Obama issued a written proclamation saying that "the United States has lost a close friend, South Africa has lost an incomparable liberator, and the world has lost an inspiration for freedom, justice, and human dignity -- Nelson Mandela is no longer with us, he belongs to the ages."</div>
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Mandela "transformed South Africa -- and moved the entire world," Obama wrote. "His journey from a prisoner to a President embodied the promise that human beings -- and countries -- can change for the better."</div>
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The resolution said: "While we mourn his loss, we will forever honor Nelson Mandela's memory. He left behind a South Africa that is free."</div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-73885004104788679312013-12-06T08:56:00.004-08:002013-12-06T08:56:49.367-08:00Staement on the Arrangements for the laying to rest of former President Nelson Mandela<div class="d_PageTitle" style="background-color: white; color: dimgrey; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">
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Compatriots and friends around the world,</div>
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We meet on the second day of the passing of our beloved founding President of a free and democratic South Africa, His Excellency Nelson Mandela.</div>
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We sincerely thank all South Africans for the dignified manner in which they have responded to the monumental loss of this international icon who was a symbol of reconciliation, unity, love, human rights and justice in our country and the world.</div>
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We thank the Heads of State and Government, international organisations and eminent persons around the world who continue to send messages of condolence and support to the family and all South Africans.</div>
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We announced yesterday that the Former President will be accorded a State Funeral. He will be laid to rest on the 15th of December, in Qunu in the Eastern Cape province.</div>
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We should all work together to organise the most befitting funeral for this outstanding son of our country and the father of our young nation.<br /><br />We have declared Sunday, 8th of December as a national day of prayer and reflection.</div>
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We call upon all our people to gather in halls, churches, mosques, temples, synagogues and in their homes for prayer services and meditation, reflecting on the life of Madiba and his contribution to our country and the world.</div>
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The main activities of the national week of mourning are as follows;</div>
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The official memorial service will be held on the 10th of December at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.</div>
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From the 11th to the 13th of December, the remains of our beloved Madiba will lie in state at the seat of government, the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where he served as the first President of this young democracy. During these days, official memorial services will also be held in all provinces and regions.</div>
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Once again we thank all South Africans for the dignity, respect and the support that has been provided to the Mandela family, from the period of Madiba's illness to his eventual passing.</div>
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The outpouring of love that we experienced locally and abroad was unprecedented.</div>
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It demonstrates the calibre of leader that was Madiba.</div>
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We will always love Madiba for teaching us that it is possible to overcome hatred and anger in order to build a new nation and a new society.</div>
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We will spend the week mourning his passing.</div>
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We will also spend it celebrating a life well lived, a life that we must all emulate for the betterment of our country and Africa.</div>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-90974365409332290492013-12-06T08:54:00.000-08:002013-12-06T08:54:00.534-08:00Obituary: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 - 5 December 2013<div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
It is with deep sadness that the Government has learnt of the passing of the father of South Africa’s democracy – Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on 5 December 2013.</div>
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He passed on peacefully in the company of his family around 20h50 on the 5th of December 2013.</div>
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The man who was to become one of the world's greatest icons was born in Mvezo, Transkei on 18 July 1918, to Nongaphi Nosekeni and Henry Gadla Mandela. His father was the key counsellor/advisor to the Thembu royal house.</div>
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After his father's death in 1927, the young Rolihlahla became the ward of Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the acting regent of the Thembu nation.</div>
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It was at the Thembu royal homestead that his personality, values and political views were shaped. There can be no doubt that the young man went on to bring about some of the most significant and remarkable changes in South African history and politics.</div>
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It is through Mandela that the world cast its eyes on South Africa and took notice of the severe and organized repression of black South Africans. </div>
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Yet it was also through Mandela that the world would learn the spirit of endurance, the triumph of forgiveness and the beauty of reconciliation. Indeed, the story of Nelson Mandela is so much the story of South Africa.</div>
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When he was only 25 years old, Nelson Mandela joined the <a href="http://www.anc.org.za/" style="color: #613f24;" target="_blank" title="Outside link - opens in new window">African National Congress</a>. His political career would span decades more – as he himself said: "The struggle is my life." The young Mandela also qualified and practiced as a lawyer.</div>
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Together with Oliver Tambo he opened the first black legal practice in Johannesburg.</div>
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Mandela married Evelyn Nomathamsanqa Mase in 1945.</div>
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They were married for fourteen years and had four children: Thembekile (1946), Makaziwe (1947), who died at nine months, Makgatho (1951) and Makaziwe (1954). The couple divorced in 1958.</div>
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He was instrumental in the formation of the radical African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the 1940s which was determined to change the face of politics. </div>
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Mandela was elected the league's National Secretary in 1948 and President in 1952.</div>
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Much of the years that followed saw Mandela deeply involved in activism, rallying for political change against the increasingly aggressive apartheid government.</div>
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He was a key player in the ANC's Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws in 1952 and the Treason Trial in 1961.</div>
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During this time he was incarcerated several times under the apartheid laws and banned from political activity.</div>
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Realising that the ANC needed to prepare for more intensive struggle, he became an instrumental force behind the formation of a new section of the liberation movement, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), as an armed nucleus with a view to preparing for armed struggle.</div>
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On 14 June 1958 Nelson and Winnie Madikizela were married at a local Bizana church. They had two children, Zenani (1958) Zindziswa (1960). In April 1992 they were separated and finally divorced in 1996.</div>
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He left the country in 1962 and traveled abroad to arrange guerilla training for members of Umkhonto weSizwe.</div>
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On his return to South Africa he was arrested for illegal exiting the country and incitement to strike. Mandela decided to represent himself in court.</div>
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While on trial, Mandela was charged with sabotage in the Rivonia Trial. This is his famous <a href="http://www.mandela.gov.za/mandela_speeches/before/640420_trial.htm" style="color: #613f24;">statement</a> from the dock made in 1964: "I have fought against White domination, and I have fought against Black domination.</div>
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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.</div>
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It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."</div>
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In the same year Mandela and the other accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial and sent to Robben Island, near Cape Town. </div>
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While in prison, Mandela rejected offers made by his jailers to be released on condition that he renounced violence. "Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Only free men can negotiate," he said. He served a total of 27 years in prison for his conviction to fight apartheid and its injustices.</div>
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Released on 11 February 1990, Mandela plunged wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier.</div>
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In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after being banned for decades, Nelson Mandela was elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organisation's National Chairperson.</div>
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In a life that symbolises the triumph of the human spirit, Nelson Mandela accepted the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize (along with FW de Klerk) on behalf of all South Africans who suffered and sacrificed so much to bring peace to our land.</div>
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The era of apartheid formally came to an end on the April 27, 1994, when Nelson Mandela voted for the first time in his life – along with his people. However, long before that date it had become clear, even before the start of negotiations at the World Trade Centre in Kempton Park, that the ANC was increasingly charting the future of South Africa.</div>
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was inaugurated as President of a democratic South Africa on 10 May 1994.</div>
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This world icon worked tirelessly even after the achievement of democracy in South Africa to continue improving lives. </div>
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Even as he retired from politics, his attention shifted to social issues such as HIV and AIDs and the wellbeing of the nation's children. </div>
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As a testimony to his sharp political intellect, wisdom and unrelenting commitment to make the world a better place, Mandela formed the prestigious group called <a href="http://www.theelders.org/" style="color: #613f24;" target="_blank">The Elders</a> – an independent group of eminent global leaders, who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.</div>
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Mr Mandela is survived by his wife Graça, three daughters and 18 grandchildren.</div>
<br />Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-87523244174122708542013-12-04T03:29:00.000-08:002013-12-04T03:29:44.948-08:00Conflicting reports on Mandela's health <div class="yiv0383077121MsoNormal" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386153241483_4521">
Malawi High Commission in South Africa has dismissed reports
that its citizens are stuck at the Lindela Repatriation Center in South Africa after being arrested for
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The High Commission was reacting to story which was broadcasted by
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In
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Makumba alleged that all Malawians being held at the Lindela
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He further said
currently there close to 961 Malawians awaiting to be deported by the end of
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Responding to the question as to what the Malawi government
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He further disclosed that compared to last year few Malawians have been deported in 2013. </div>
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“ Last year all most 3000 Malawians were deported in South Africa
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He said currently the South Africa government is waiting for
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Thousand of Malawians flock to South Africa searching for
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-66075108752355426862013-11-19T03:33:00.000-08:002013-11-19T03:33:20.442-08:00Mandela grave tampering charges dropped<div class="yiv7254138165arcticle_text" id="yui_3_13_0_1_1384860370390_3724" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;">
South Africa National Prosecuting Authority on Tuesday dropped two charges against former president Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela.</div>
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NPA spokesperson Luxolo Tyali said on Tuesday that these related to alleged bigamy and grave tampering.</div>
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“Both cases were submitted to us a long time ago. We looked at the dockets and referred them back to the police for further investigation.”</div>
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When the dockets were returned, the NPA considered them and found there was insufficient evidence that would be admissible in court, Tyali said.</div>
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In July, 16 members of the Mandela family laid charges against Mandla Mandela after he admitted to exhuming the graves two years ago.</div>
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The remains were those of former president Nelson Mandela's eldest son Madiba Thembekile, who died in a car accident in 1969; Mandla Mandela's father Makgatho Mandela, who died in 2005; and Mandela's first daughter Makaziwe Mandela, who died as an infant in 1948.</div>
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On July 3, the three sets of remains were exhumed from Mandla Mandela's home village of Mvezo, in accordance with a court order, and reburied at Nelson Mandela's home in Qunu the following day.</div>
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The second matter arose in December 2011 when the Mvezo chief's first wife Thando Mabuna-Mandela laid a charge of bigamy against Mandla Mandela.</div>
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This was after he defied a court order not to marry a Pietermaritzburg woman Mbali Makhathini. The pair began divorce proceedings in 2008, after marrying in community of property in 2004.</div>
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Earlier this month, it was reported that Mandla Mandela's lawyers began legal proceedings against him to recover unpaid fees of almost R500 000.</div>
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Randall Titus & Associates Attorneys would no longer represent Mandla Mandela and court documents revealed that the firm was demanding R467 400 and interest of 15.5 percent.</div>
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The fees were reportedly for the period between May last year and May 2013.</div>
Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-536982369966198932013-11-18T02:49:00.000-08:002013-11-18T02:49:04.176-08:00President Zuma visits former President Mandela. STATEMENT <h1 class="page-header" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #292929; font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 450px;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;">President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 18 November 2013, visited former President Nelson Mandela at home in Houghton, where </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;">he continues to recover.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;"><span style="color: black;">The health of the former President remains much the same as it was when President Zuma last visited him, which is stable but critical while Madiba continues to respond to treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;">President Zuma conveyed the well wishes of all South Africans and those of the peoples of the world to the Mandela family and assured them that nations are united in their thoughts and prayers for him. In addition, President Zuma expressed the good wishes of the leaders of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;"> t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 13px;">he Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) from which he returned last night.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ulemu Teputepuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13611671199219021660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539274247737363194.post-73063426668313833362013-11-18T02:37:00.000-08:002013-11-18T02:37:17.049-08:00Zuma visits Mandela Houghton home<div class="MsoNormal c1" style="background-color: white;">
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The visit comes amidst reports that the world icon is still is still in a critical condition and he's unable to speak, but usus facial expressions to communicate </div>
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Mandela's former wife , Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, told to the local media that the 95-year-old remained "quite ill", but she dismissed speculation that he was on a life support machine.</div>
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Nelson Mandela is no longer talking "because of all the tubes that are in his mouth to clear [fluid from] the lungs", Ms. Madikizela-Mandela told South Africa's Sunday Independent newspaper.</div>
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"He can't actually articulate anything. He communicates with the face, you see. But the doctors have told us they hope to recover his voice.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222739; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"I have heard this nonsense that he is on life support - he is not.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222739; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">"It is difficult for him. He remains very sensitive to any germs, so he has to be kept literally sterile. The bedroom there is like an ICU [intensive care unit] ward," she told.</span><br />
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In September Mandela returned home after nearly three months in hospital with a recurring lung infection. </div>
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The government has said his condition is critical and sometimes unstable. The South African presidency has been keen to reassure not just the Mandela family but the nation that he is no more vulnerable at home than in hospital. It has called for Mr. Mandela's privacy and dignity to be respected.</div>
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Nelson Mandela has been receiving intensive care at his home in a suburb of Johannesburg, which has been specially adapted for his care. </div>
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The Nobel Peace Prize laureate is revered around the world for leading the fight against white minority rule and preaching reconciliation with the white community despite being imprisoned for 27 years.</div>
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