Malawi court slaps three men with 2-year-jail term on conspiracy charges
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate’s court has sentenced three people to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour for planning to rob cotton buyers. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Hunter Masmba told the court...
View ArticleJB vows to develop Malawi girls, enhance their potential: Providence 80th...
President Joyce Banda has said government will make available conducive conditions that will enable girls not only access education, or remain in school, but also whet their appetite to fully exploit...
View Article‘No chidyamakanda law’: Malawi to allow girls at 18 to marry, not 16
Malawi will settle for the Convention on the Rights of Child (CRC) marriage age of 18 following consultations government through the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare embarked on to incorporate...
View ArticleGive DPP ‘red card’, Mpinganjira tells Mulanje rally: Malawi 2014 polls
The foul behaviour of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) when it was in government deserves nothing less than a red card, hybrid politician Brown Mpinganjira said on Saturday at a rally in...
View ArticleNomads through to quarter finals of Malawi Presidential Cup: Edge out...
A brace from Innocent Dzimbiri and a lone goal notched by Timothy Chitedze were enough to sail Mighty Wanderers through into the quarter finals of the prestigious Presidential Cup played on Saturday at...
View ArticleSilver beat Bullets 1-0 to progress to quarters: Malawi Presidential Cup
Chawanangwa Kawonga’s stunning strike enabled Silver Strikers to book a quarter final slot of the Presidential Cup on Sunday after sending Big Bullets packing in a fully packed Civo Stadium in...
View ArticleAA Muluzi says change agenda ‘resonating’:Malawi 2014 polls
Former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi said on Sunday that the “new UDF” will offer hope in 2014, to a Malawi let down by recycled politicians and...
View ArticleMalawi Technical College students plan nationwide strike
In Malawi strikes and petitions have become part of life that a week can hardly pass without hearing about them. The latest is a looming nationwide class boycott for all technical colleges’ students...
View ArticleDPP, UDF to hold primaries in all 193 constituencies
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) will hold primary elections in all the 193 constituencies to identify a new set of candidates for the 2014...
View ArticleMalawi gov’t asked to expedite compulsory education bill
The Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRS) has asked Government to speed up the enactment of the Compulsory Education bill if more children including girls who are prone to early marriages are to be...
View ArticleMalawi court dismisses case on Pres. Banda purported resignation letter: Dave...
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has dismissed a criminal case in which Dave Namusanya was accused of authoring a purported resignation letter of President Joyce Banda advising the Speaker of Parliament...
View ArticleKabwafu gets Limbe Leaf boost: K2.5m sports equipment
Kabwafu FC has been handed a morale booster when Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company (LLTC) gave them sports equipment worth K2.5 million on Saturday ahead of their quarter final match in K60 million...
View ArticleJB elevates Chiradzulu’s Chitera to Senior Chief
President Joyce Banda on Monday elevated Traditional Authority Chitera to Senior Chief at a colorful function that took place at Chief Chitera Headquarters in Chiradzulu district. Speaking during the...
View ArticleScores of people feared dead after train derail in Malawi
Unknown number of people are feared dead with scores of others injured after a train they were travelling in derailed in Thyolo district Monday afternoon. Police have confirmed the accident but said...
View ArticleDeputy Speaker Mphande shames Malawi Parliament again
Malawi deputy Speaker of Parliament Juliana Mphande was at it again on Monday when she blatantly portrayed her incompetence to guide and drive proceedings in the House leading to chaos that forced some...
View ArticleMalawi coach names local based players for Cosafa Cup
Malawi national football team has named a squad for Cosafa Cup scheduled for Zambia from July 6-20. Coach Eddingtone Ng’onamo has included veterans Fisher Kondowe and Davie Banda, together with an...
View ArticleSinetre talks Malawian resources in new album
]Veteran Balaka music legend Charles Sinetre has veered off the familiar track, taking an unfamiliar route in his new album in which he advises the Malawi nation to utilize the resources at her...
View ArticleNational Bank of Malawi warns of continued high interest and inflation rates
The country’s largest bank by assets, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) has warned that the combined effect of the tight monetary policy and weak fiscal performance is likely to maintain the high interest...
View ArticleMalawi has new World Bank Country Manager: Laura Kullenberg
The World Bank has appointed an American national, Laura Kullenberg, as the new Country Manager for its Malawi office. Kullenberg’s appointment is with effective from 1st July 2013, according to the...
View ArticleMalawi police arrest man for ‘drinking spree’ murder
Police in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu have arrested a 30-year-old Chancy Shaba for allegedly fighting to death Vuka Nyirenda 34, during a drinking spree in Jombo area. In a press release made...
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