President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s denunciation of mineral smugglers as “traitors” is, by the standards of Malawian political rhetoric, unusually pointed. It came at the swearing-in of Thoko Tembo as the country’s first dedicated minister of mining, a role carved out of what was previously a combined energy-and-mining portfolio. The severity of the language is worth […]

The post Mutharika’s attack on mineral ‘traitors’ highlights need for stronger state capacity in mining appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.