MCP veterans join Chakwera troops on campaign
Malawi Congress Party’s campaign has received a boost as veterans in the likes of former party president John Tembo and former speaker of parliament, Louis Chimango coming in to support by either...
View ArticleMCP unveils manifesto: Chakwera promises a reformed Malawi
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has unveiled its electoral promises, through their manifesto ahead of next month’s tripartite polls, promising seven key strategic priorities that will...
View ArticleTembo hits MCP’s campaign trail to propel Chakwera
Former Leader of the Opposition who is also former president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo has vowed to give his full political weight to his successor Dr Lazarus Chakwera as he seeks...
View ArticleGadama’s vote: Chakwera’s cross to bear
As Malawians vote on May 20th, it will be the 31st anniversary of central region minister Aaron Gadama’s death. He died gruesomely along with two other cabinet ministers and one mere Member of...
View ArticleMCP brutal past: Forgiven but not forgotten
“I am publishing this memoir after more than twenty years of my incarceration, not because I want to take my revenge on Banda and his inner circle for permanently shattering my academic career. I left...
View ArticleTembo trashes opinion polls that puts Chakwera loser
Veteran politician John Tembo has trashed opinion polls that put Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera loser, saying facts on the ground puts Chakwera winner with...
View ArticleJZU Tembo blasts Mutharika on nepotism: ‘Malawi for us all’
Retired politician and former president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo has added his voice to the growing chorus of expressing discontentment on regionalist aspects that surrounded the...
View ArticleOf college access and Tembo must tell truth about cabinet picks
While the electorate showed political maturity as portrayed in the recent elections, our Members of Parliament continue to demonstrate the very tendencies that the country should move past.Instead of...
View ArticleChakwera leads tributes to Lt. Col Tembo: Malawi soldier dies aged 48
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday joined his predecessor John Tembo in mourning Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Paul Tembo who died following liver complications on...
View ArticleTembo opposes North Malawi seceding: We’re better together
Veteran politician and former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has strongly opposed proposals that northern region should secede from the country and be a standalone country...
View ArticleCounterJab: Jogging Tembo’s memory as wrinkle appears in Mutharika’s...
Former leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo and Monsignor Boniface Tamani joined the federalism debate this past week and spoke more or less from the same script. Monsignor Tamani was...
View ArticleChakwera, Tembo lead tributes at Kamuzu memorial: Family makes benefit claim
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera and former party president John Tembo on Wednesday December 3 led tribute to founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings...
View ArticleJZU Tembo’s wife dies
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has lost his much-respected wife Ruth who has died after a short illness. Ruth Tembo, originally from Lesotho, died at Medi-Clinic in Lilongwe...
View ArticleMalawi leaders pay tribute to Ruth Tembo: Burial Saturday
Tributes have poured in for the Mrs Ruth Tembo, much-respected wife for former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo following news of her death on Monday. Leading the growing tributes,...
View ArticleJZU wife funeral program released: Burial in Dedza Sat
The funeral program of the much-respected wife to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) former long-time leader John Tembo has been released and burial is scheduled for Saturday in Dedza. The burial will...
View ArticleMalawi mourns JZU wife: ‘Cometh the hour, came the Lady’
Lingadzi CCAP on Thursday led mourners in Lilongwe at the funeral vigil of the much-respected wife of party’s former long-time leader John Tembo. Hundreds of mourners gathered at Tembo’s residence in...
View ArticlePresident Mutharika to attend Mrs Tembo’s burial in Dedza
President Peter Mutharika will on Saturday attend the burial of Mamarita Ruth Tembo, much-respected wife to former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo at Kaphala Village in Traditional...
View ArticleTembo’s wife funeral draws Malawi parties together in mourning
It was a day of emotions and unity of purpose for Malawi as dignitaries, politicians and people from all walks of life gathered in Dedza on Saturday to pay their respects to the much-respected wife of...
View ArticleMCP thank Malawians for comforting Tembo family
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition, Lazarous Chakwera has thanked Malawians for their comforting during the bereavement of the much-respected wife of retired politician...
View ArticleLessons Learned! A tribute to Mrs Ruth Tembo
When one dies, the best way to honor them is to learn one or two things. Many times people do not learn from other people but death always teaches us a lot. Mrs Tembo’s death is one of them. For those...
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