Standard Bank of Malawi boss’s gaffe on ‘rigging 2014 polls’ raises eyebrows
A seemingly innocent joke by Standard Bank of Malawi CEO Charles Mudiwa, a Zimbabwean national has opened a Pandora Box leaving his employers in South Africa no choice but to transfer him to Zambia....
View ArticleDead persons bloat Malawi’s voters’ roll – MEC
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the forthcoming fresh voter registration will offer an opportunity for the Commission to have a clean and updated voters roll saying the current one is...
View ArticleMota –Engil takes charge of Lake Malawi port
The Government of Malawi has handed over the operations and management of major shipping ports on Lake Malawi to the newly incorporated Malawi Ports Company, a subsidiary of Mota-Engil. Speaking on...
View ArticleMalawi writer Sambalikagwa Mvona vows to contest for MP in Phoya’s constituency
Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) president Sambalikagwa Mvona has expressed interest to contest as parliamentarian for Blantyre Rural East, a constituency which belongs to the current Minister of Lands...
View ArticleJB hailed for trimming Malawi cabinet from 36 to 32: Mutharika had 41-member...
President Joyce Banda has been hailed for living to her billing of a “listening leader” for trimming her cabinet after she named on Monday a 32-member Cabinet down from 36 portfolios , a further...
View ArticlePresidential quandary on the road to 2014 Malawi polls and recent cabinet...
Imagine you are Her Excellency President Joyce Banda; and that you are President Joyce Banda around this time when Malawi is heading towards a make or break tripartite election. What would be on your...
View ArticleMalawi leader lay foundation stone for 7,500 houses: Chinese company to build
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday officially launched a multi-billion Kwacha housing project in the Capital, Lilongwe, with an observation that adequate and decent housing is a catalyst for development...
View ArticleSecurity lapse hits Malawi Posts Corp. premises again: Eight offices ransacked
Barely a week after thieves broke into and stole a professional still camera and computer monitor and other office equipment from the offices of the local NGO Centre for Economic and Social...
View ArticleMalawi activist demands probe on Bingu ‘allies’: They aided wrongful...
A Mzuzu-based rights activist has called on President Joyce Banda government to thoroughly investigate close allies to late President late Bingu wa Mutharika reported to have amassed K61 billion while...
View ArticleThe shameful self-enrichment legacy of African political leaders: Z Allan Ntata
Centuries ago, corrupt African leaders and Western traders made an unwitting yet deliberate business pact. A few Africans made fortunes; Western interests found cheap labour, and 12 million people lost...
View ArticleMalawi court acquits police officer on 10-year jail term
The High Court in Mzuzu has acquitted a Mzuzu based police officer who was serving a 10 year jail term for robbing a Congolese national MK100,000 cash and assaulting her in the process at Lusangazi...
View ArticleStandard Bank of Malawi opens Mlambe suite for private and executive bankers
Standard Bank Malawi has opened Mlambe banking suite meant for private and executive bankers to provide them with a lifestyle and financial requirements befitting their taste. Speaking during the...
View ArticleMalawi wonderkid Gabadinho doubtful for Cosafa Cup
Malawi national football team could miss the service of wonderkid Gabadinho Mhango who has opted to concentrate on his trials at South Africa’s Amazulu FC. The move follows his local club Bullets FC...
View ArticleDPP won’t miss ‘spent-force’ MP Namakhwa, says Winiko
Malawi former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has spoken on the resignation of one of its Parliamentarian, Kingsley Namakhwa who has since joined the ruling People’s Party (PP), arguing he is...
View ArticleGwengwe ‘third-in-command’ in Malawi cabinet: Phoya openly thanks JB for...
Youthful Minister of Industry and Trade, Sosten Gwengwe, appears as third in command chain in the Joyce Banda’s cabinet hierarchy. According to a cabinet list released by Office of President and...
View ArticleJB swears-in new Malawi ministers: ‘Be committed to people, not me’
President Joyce Banda on Wednesday witnessed the swearing in as Cabinet Ministers in her Government of Brown James Mpinganjira and Dr. James Munthali, urging on them to be committed to the people “whom...
View ArticleK30 billion debt money in Malawi goes to the waste
Malawians have since 2004 been forced to service a total of K30 billion (US$94.4 million) in foreign debts for funds acquired to implement non-existent and stalled projects which have not gone down to...
View ArticleMalawi Airlines Limited unveiled: Ethiopia Airways buys substantial stake
Following the disbandment of the country’s airline, Air Malawi, government has unveiled a new airline Malawi Airline Limited to be run in partnership with strategic investors Ethiopian Airlines. Public...
View ArticleYONECO to build a K16m community centre in Machinga: Friends from Canada to...
Youth Net and Counselling (Yoneco) has embarked on a K16 million (about $40 000) community resource centre construction at Mapira Trading Centre, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mposa in Machinga with...
View ArticlePope appoints Ziyaye archbishop of Lilongwe, transferred from Blantyre
Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has appointed His Grace Tarcisius Gervasio Ziyaye as archbishop of Lilongwe Dioence in Malawi’s capital. According to the Apostolic Nunciature (Vatican...
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