Candidate screening ahead of 2019 polls crucial—MEC
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah, has urged political parties to screen and vet aspiring candidates ahead of nomination papers presentation in readiness for the May...
View ArticleThe relevance of upkeep allowance on student loans: Why it does not make sense
Previously, the government of Malawi, through the Higher Education Students Loans Board (HESLB) increased funding to needy students in public and private colleges through student loans. Funding rose by...
View ArticleNankhumwa ‘pardons’ youths who scorned him over academic certificate: Denies...
Innuendoes are awash on social media in Malawi, suggesting that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for southern region ‘stole’ the primary school certificate he holds....
View ArticleMsaka in Eastern Region blazing whistle stop, urges people to register to...
The eastern district of Balaka on Tuesday erupted with political ecstasy when the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) descended on the district in a blazing whistle stop, urging the people to...
View ArticleMan blames devil after sexual assault of teen girl, jailed 13 years
The Rumphi First Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced 32-year-old Edwin Mutegha to 13 years imprisonment (IHL) for defiling a 14-year old girl with speech impairment. But Mutegha stunned the court when...
View ArticleLands ministry warns against sale of newly allocated plots
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has warned estates agents and individuals against advertising, selling or touting newly allocated plots in areas designated by the ministry. In a...
View ArticleMCP to launch national service programme: Aimed at reducing youth...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is leaving no stone unturned on it’s ambition to transform the lives of Malawians should they win next year’s general elections as it has drafted a strategic plan for the...
View ArticleMutharika says politics delaying Malawi development: Promises agriculture...
President Peter Mutharika has said politics in Malawi is derailing development, comparing the nation to China, which he said has developed tremendously owing it to unity and stakeholders in...
View ArticleMchacha heap praises on Veep: ‘We in DPP love Chilima but he is surrounded by...
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor (South) Charles Mchacha has toned down an attack on Vice-president Saulos Chilima and instead showered praise to the leader of United...
View ArticleDonors protest Salima-Lilongwe water project: World Bank withholds K60bn to...
Malawi government has said World Bank has not released the K60 billion budget support from the World Bank, which was expected in August, has not be released, as the donors had raised some issues...
View ArticleZovala fashion and beauty online platform launched in Malawi
Zovala has launched Malawi ‘s first fashion and beauty online platform dubbed www.zovala.xyz which houses both local and international brands and sellers. Speaking to Nyasa Times, Zovala Chief...
View ArticleWanderers star Chester named brand ambassador for Lilongwe Beverages
Lilongwe Beverages Limited Company has named Be Forward Wanderers FC midfield star Yamikani Chester, as its ambassador in a new campaign dubbed ‘SPA high quality purified drinking water’. According to...
View ArticleMalawi womens football team in poor start at Cosafa: Loses 2-0 to Botswana
Malawi senior womens football team started their COSAFA Womens Football Championship campaign in a low start after going down 2-0 to Botswana at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South...
View ArticleRVG safe for now as FA Malawi back under fire Belgian coach
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Mac Millan Walter Nyamilandu has thrown his weight behind coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) despite calls for the Belgian’s head following the Flames’ poor...
View ArticleSilver crashes out of Carlsberg Cup as Changalume set to upset BB
Head coach for Southern Region Premier League side Changalume Barracks Prichard Mwansa has vowed to gun down elite league current leaders Nyasa Big Bullets as the two sides clash on Thursday in the...
View ArticleMinistry responds to Joyce Banda on Malawi health crisis claims
Malawi government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) has responded to former president Joyce Banda’s recent claims that there is a crisis in most of government hospitals in the country. Banda claimed...
View ArticleVeteran MP Divelias Zaipa lose to Nkusa Nkhoma: Chakwera battles it out in...
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is battling out in his first ever party primary polls in Lilongwe north west. A number of aspirants have sprung up in the...
View ArticleInternational community applaud Mangochi on census
The international community in the country and the National Statistical Office (NSO) have applauded Mangochi District Council for smooth progress of the Population and Housing Census (HPC) currently...
View ArticleMulanje Limbuli MP Chida denies UTM link: ‘DPP colleagues behind the...
Member of Parliament for Mulanje Limbuli constituency, Daudi Chida has reacted to allegations that he has defected to the newly formed United Transformation Movement (UTM). Chida, who was elected on an...
View ArticleMalawi Parliament tells ACB to protect corruption whistle-blowers
Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee pinned down the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to explain how a dossier on K2.8 billion police food rations investigations was leaked to the...
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