Malawi Kwacha still registering gains, as tobacco earns $233.8m: Inflation slows
The Malawi kwacha has opened this week on a high note as it is exchanging with the US dollar at around K320 on the market. The commercial banks and foreign exchange bureaus are buying the dollar at...
View ArticleEditorial: Bingu’s K61bn wealth should make Malawians worried
In a country where the majority of the population still lives below the poverty line of about less than about K400 per day, the revelation that former president, the late Bingu wa Mutharika, died while...
View ArticleOver K100m raised at PP orange ball party: Pictorial
Friends of the governing People’s Party (PP) on Friday, June 21, 2013, organized an ‘Orange Blossom Ball’, a get together and fundraising event, which has fetched over K100 million, so far. Chairperson...
View ArticleMalawi Muslim leaders bolt with money at Quran event
Some Muslims who were entrusted with a responsibility to distribute money meant for all people who attended the prize presentation ceremony to the winners in the National Quran Recitation competition...
View ArticleKwathu Drama Group moves to advocate for gay rights in Malawi
One of the Malawi’s renowned vernacular theatre groups, Kwathu drama group says it is joining the band wagon campaigners advocating for equal rights by taking part in promoting rights of the minority...
View ArticleMzimba DADO killed in road accident
Mzimba district agricultural development officer (DADO) Leonard Tchongwe 55 on Tuesday died after the vehicle he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident. Mzimba police spokesperson sergeant...
View ArticleMalawi Institute of Tourism lecturers down tools, demand 120 % pay hike
Lecturers at Malawi Institute of Tourism (MIT) in Blantyre have gone on strike demanding a 120 percent pay rise following the increase in cost of living. However, management has instead counter-offered...
View ArticleBrazil, India present letters of credence to Malawi leader
Ambassador Designate of the Republic of Brazil Gustavo Martins Noguiera and Vanlalhuma High Commissioner of the Republic of India on Tuesday presented their letters of credence to Malawi President Dr...
View ArticleIn defence of Bingu’s billions against Malawi newspaper report
I have followed the discussion regarding claims that our immediate past Head of State, late Bingu wa Mutharika, amassed wealth in the region of K61 billion. Taking the large chunk of the discussion is...
View ArticleMalawi female MPs irked with comments on provocative dress: MCP’s Dzoole...
Women parliamentarians protested against remarks by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Msodzi South, Dzoole Mwale who lamented that most women in the country are putting on attire which...
View ArticleExport Trading employee jailed 8 years over K4.9 million theft
The First Grade Magistrate Court in Ntchisi district has sentenced Steven Kalipinde to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) at Ntchisi prison for stealing K4.9 million of Export Trading Company...
View ArticleMalawi chiefs gang-up against Customary Land Bill
Traditional chiefs across the country on Tuesday ganged up to petition Parliament, asking it to withdraw Customary Land Bill until through consultations have been done on the issue. The MPs passed Land...
View ArticleInvestigate Bingu’s billions, urges Malawi activist: Accounts frozen as...
Human rights activist Justin Dzonzi of Justice Link, in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, has called on the authorities to investigate on how former President late Bingu wa Mutharika managed to...
View ArticleCallista left out in Bingu’s Will: Peter Mutharika given millions
As battle for the wealth of former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika continues, it has been revealed that the former first lady Callista Mutharika’s name is nowhere to be seen in the last Will late...
View ArticleMalawi striker Mwafulirwa on trial at University of Pretoria
Thrown out Flames gangly forward Russell Mwafulirwa is on trials at South Africa’s University of Pretoria (UP) where he is hoping to impress Steve Barker and relaunch his career. According to Kick-Off...
View ArticleMEC committed to build capacity of stakeholders ahead of Malawi 2014 polls
As preparations for the 2014 Tripartite Elections intensify, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it is committed to building the capacity of its stakeholders to ensure that they play their...
View ArticleMEC drills Malawi police officers ahead of voter registration
As the country prepares for kick off registration of the first ever Tripartite Elections, Malawi Electoral Commission organized a one-day training for police officers on registration. The training was...
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority impounds K40m worth copper wires: Destination Tanzania
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has impounded a 15-tonne truck-load registration number BP 4230 which carried copper wire and copper scraps worth about K40 million at Kaporo in the northern...
View ArticleMalawian granny ‘rapist’ demands DNA test: ‘Sperms are not mine’
A 19-year-old boy in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga, who is answering charges of raping 84 year-old grandmother, is pushing for DNA tests to ascertain whether the sperms found on the...
View ArticleMalawi court convicts 2 South Africans for aiding illegal entry of Pakistanis
A court in Malawi has sentenced two South African nationals to six months imprisonments with hard labor for aiding six Pakistanis to enter the country illegally and have not been given anoption for a...
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