New Labour Party to hold convention October 26
As Malawian political parties are busy strategizing ahead of next year’s tripartite elections, the New Labour Party (NLP) has announced it is set to hold its first ever national convention next month....
View ArticleUDF’s Zitha Kaphwiti Banda killed in car crash
Zitha Kaphwiti Banda, opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) member of its national executive committee and shadow MP for Mchinji East Constituency, on Monday died from a road accident. His sister,...
View ArticleMaulidi blasts ministers, asks for PP campaign money donation
With exactly eight months before Malawi goes for the 2014 tripartite elections the ruling People’s Party has upped its stakes by asking cabinet ministers to support it financially and materially,...
View ArticlePP orders Msonda to apologise on ‘war’ remarks
The ruling People’s Party of President Joyce Banda has asked its deputy spokesperson Ken Msonda to apologise to the nation for insinuating that PP will engage in a tit-for-tat action following the...
View ArticleIntensify cervical cancer awareness in Malawi—Gynaecologist
A gynaecologist at Mzuzu Central Hospital (MCH) has called on government and other stakeholders to intensify civic education on cervical cancer if deaths due to the disease are to be reduced. Dr Peter...
View ArticleMalawi Carlsberg Cup semis this weekend: Moyale vs Lions, KB vs Blantyre United
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that the Carlsberg Cup semi-finals will be played this with Mzuzu city scheduled to host a soldiers affair between Moyale Barracks and Red Lions on...
View ArticleMEC respond to Nyasa Times article on vote rigging and NIKUV involvement
The Malawi Electoral Commission would like to give a response to some issues that have been raised in an article published on your online newspaper with the above caption and authored by Mr Majoti...
View ArticleBullets, Nomads decry sponsorship drought: Eye TNM Sapota Mapeto
Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers have called on country’s corporate world to save the souls of most football clubs who are currently at risk of disbanding due to lack of sponsorship, arguing they have...
View ArticleMalawi Government for alcohol policy adoption
Government has revealed that the National Alcohol Policy will soon be ready for adoption and implementation as most of the work in reviewing and scrutinising the draft has been done. Ministry of Health...
View ArticleDPP moots Plan B, fears Peter won’t stand for Malawi presidency
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is scheming a fallback option on having a “substitute” presidential candidate as they fear its leader Peter Mutharika may fail to run for...
View ArticlePP aspirants to guarantee against standing as independents
All those wishing to stand on the ruling People’s Party ticket either as MPs or Councillors will be required to guarantee that they will not stand as independent candidates if they lose primary...
View ArticlePP’s Msonda hits back at Maulidi: He is encouraging DPP violent acts
Malawi‘s ruling Peoples Party (PP) Deputy Spokesperson, Ken Msonda, has told off his superior, Paul Maulidi, by refusing to offer an apology to the nation as well as the opposition Democratic...
View ArticleMalawi’s Mwai signs for New Zealand Tactix from Australia
Malawi ’s first ever professional netball player Mwai Kumwenda, who plies her trade in Australia with Peninsula Waves is moving to New Zealand after the Tactix have signed her to appear in the...
View ArticleLady Pace in ‘get to know me’ Lilongwe tour
Northern region superstar crooner and one of a few female artists on the contemporary secular music block, Lady Pace, has announced her ‘Get to know me’ tour plans for Lilongwe and other parts of the...
View ArticleAfrica’s deficient democracies, lessons from Malawi
Last week a section of African commentariat and punditry community concentrated on African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2012 report, which claimed that Africa’s old leaders and their reluctance to...
View ArticleMalawi Pastors Fraternal pray for JB
Members of the Pastors Fraternal on Tuesday held prayer session for President Joyce Banda at top-hill Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. Chairperson of the Pastors Fraternal, Jimmy Chimphinda, said his group...
View ArticleMalawi, Nigeria World Cup match to support global campaign against malaria
Malawi’s Flames players, to be featured in a crucial World Cup qualifier against Nigeria’s Super Eagles this Saturday, will join thousands of people campaigning against malaria scourge across the...
View ArticleChakwera barnstorms northern region, next stop BT
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is storming northern region this weekend for a series of political rallies which will take him up to the border district of Karonga, the home of...
View ArticlePP supporters unhappy with Phoya, Mijiga: ‘We want to choose our own candidate’
Some constituents from Blantyre South East and Blantyre Rural East constituencies have asked ruling People’s Party (PP) top brass to come in the open and declare that Henry Duncan Phoya and the party’s...
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