{"id":49430,"date":"2026-10-29T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49430"},"modified":"2026-10-29T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:58:21","slug":"calls-grow-for-malawis-mutharika-to-give-vp-ansah-greater-role-in-government","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/calls-grow-for-malawis-mutharika-to-give-vp-ansah-greater-role-in-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls grow for Malawi&#8217;s Mutharika to give VP Ansah greater role in government"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">There are growing calls urging Malawian President Arthur Peter Mutharika, to give Vice President \u00a0(VP) Dr. Jane Ansah, substantive responsibilities and greater involvement in government business.<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\" dir=\"ltr\" data-applydefaultfontstyles=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The latest calls, come amidst concerns overher role in the administration.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0In a statement, the Public Affairs Committee, has called for greater transparency regarding the President&#8217;s prolonged private visit to South Africa, saying his absence and limited public communication, are fuelling questions about the country&#8217;s leadership.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45752,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49430","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":" The latest calls, come amidst concerns over her role in the administration.","published_date":"","news_description":" The latest calls, come amidst concerns over her role in the administration.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49432,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49430\/revisions\/49432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}