In the raging storm of political tension ahead of Malawi’s high-stakes September elections, one voice is cutting through the noise with uncommon calm and clarity—and it belongs to none other than MCP Youth Director Baba Steve Malondera. While the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) youth front, led by the ever-scandalous Norman Chisale, seems to have mistaken a political party for a paramilitary unit—complete with verbal grenades, vulgar rants, and open threats hurled in full view of former President Peter Mutharika—the MCP has taken the moral high ground. At a rally held Sunday at Likuni Boys Ground in Lilongwe, Malondera, sharp in message and firm in tone, called on the ruling party’s youth to reject violence in all its forms. “I say no to political violence,” he declared to thunderous applause. “There’s a saying: ‘war does not build a village.’ And I repeat today—MCP has no room for violence.”
With the election clock ticking and political camps scrambling for dominance, Malondera’s peaceful gospel rings especially loud. He reminded supporters that victory is not won through fists but focus. “Eyes on the ball, not brawls,” was his message—sharp, sober, and strategic. And he may be right to call for calm, because if top analyst Lyson Sibande’s prediction holds, the MCP isn’t just in the race—it’s cruising toward a landslide. Sibande, with a track record of accurate calls from Lilongwe to Washington, has boldly projected a 52% vote share for the ruling party, a forecast that’s reportedly rattled the DPP camp to its core. “Take a screenshot,” Sibande dared critics. “Come September 17, we’ll see who’s laughing.” As the opposition roils in confusion and internal bickering, Malondera’s call for peace could very well be the secret weapon that helps President Chakwera’s camp seal a history-making win—without shedding a single drop of chaos.
