Malawi elections boss to lead African Union observers in Swaziland
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera will lead Africa Union Observers team to Swaziland Parliamentary Elections. A statement from Mec states that Justice Mbendera will...
View ArticleMalawi 2014 Elections: ‘One citizen, one vote’ or ‘Loser takes all’?
Preamble: Recently the media in Zimbabwe was awash with reports on the role that NIKUV International Projects Ltd played in President Robert Mugabe’s overwhelming victory. The various papers, citing...
View ArticleMalawi to hire new coach by December – FAM
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) will hire a new coach by December this year after severing ties with Belgium Tom Saintfiet and his assistants, Eddington Ng’onamo and Patrick Mabedi. Fam president...
View ArticleHealth Minister commends Project Malawi Consortium for HIV/ Aids fight
Minister of Health Catherine Gotani-Hara has hailed Project Malawi Consortium for complimenting government’s efforts in mitigating the impact of HIV and Aids among the people in the country. Speaking...
View ArticleMalani was leading 107 to 96 before KO
Challenger Malani Kayuni was leading by 107 points to 96 against lightweight belt holder Crispin Moliati when he failed to beat the count in round 12 of a 12-round title bout held at Kamuzu Institute...
View ArticleMalawi NGO faults government on plastic ban silence
One of Malawi’s environmental non-governmental organizations, Conserve Our World Organization (COWO), has expressed concern over government’s continued silence on the ban it effected a few months ago...
View ArticleLight talk on Monday: Signs of the times! Zikomo gets seriously sick, refuses...
I wasn’t able to write last week’s entry. My good friend Zikomo Matope was seriously ill. It was bad. The cheerful and charismatic Zikomo I know was reduced to a nonentity. He spoke little. He purged....
View ArticleFinancing of election campaigns: Ahead of Malawi’s 2014 polls
Malawi will in May next year hold its challenging first ever Tripartite Elections. While official campaign period has not yet been opened, almost all the 48 political parties have already started...
View ArticleMkango Lodge to host Blantyre social weekend: ‘Celebrity bash’
Young Malawian and Gifted (YMG) has organized a Blantyre Social weekend to be hosted September 21 at Mkango Lodge in Chirimba. Dubbed “The Celebrity Bash”, the show is expected to bring together a...
View ArticleMzuni lecturer talks tough on discipline, academic standards
Mzuzu University’s (Mzuni) associate professor Golden Msilimba has admitted that the behavior of students in the country’s institutions of higher learning is deplorable, arguing that it is chiefly...
View ArticleMalawi police hoping for ‘mafia’ arrest in Mphwiyo shooting after securing leads
Malawi Police are pursuing important leads which could lead to the arrests of the ‘mafia’ connected to the shooting of Malawi’s budget director Paul Mphwiyo last Friday. Mphwiyo – shot and severely...
View ArticleReporters Khunga, Maganga dump Times for Nation, MANEB
Malawi News Femail Supplement Editor Suzgo Khunga and Daily Times newspaper reporter Simeon Maganga have resigned from Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) also called Times Group, which used to be...
View ArticleJB summons Malawi security chiefs to discuss Mphwiyo’s shooting
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday morning summoned chiefs of the country’s security agencies to discuss the Friday shooting of budget director in the Ministry of Finance Paul Mphwiyo at his Area...
View ArticleGaba fails JCE exams, Chimango living in fear
One of the country’s promising striker Malawi national football team forward Gabadinho Mhango has failed his 2012-2013 Junior Certificate Examinations.. According to Malawi National Examinations Board...
View ArticleMalawi leader JB pressed to make public her assets
Malawi President Joyce Banda has been asked to declare her assets by the most respected umbrella organisation for the major faith communities represented in the country , Public Affairs Committee...
View ArticleMalawi poultry production increases despite climate change
Statistics have shown that poultry production in the seven districts under the Blantyre Agriculture Development Division (ADD) has increased since 2010, despite the advent of climate change whose...
View ArticleCrocodile kills mother and baby in Mangochi
Two people, a mother and her two year-old baby were Tuesday morning found dead in the southern district of Mangochi after attacked by a crocodile at a river near Bakili Muluzi Bridge. Mangochi police...
View ArticlePerson recounts Mphwiyo’s arrival at hospital: Ntaba plays crucial role
This is what an eye witness (name withheld) posted on his wall explaining what he saw after the shooting of Paul Mphwiyo: I was in the Area 43 MASM clinic with three family members when Paul Mphwiyo...
View ArticleMalawi hails IFAW for initiative to protect wildlife at Liwonde National Park
A new initiative aimed at decreasing poaching pressure in Liwonde National Park has been launched with government expressing optimism that the project will also reduce human and wildlife conflict in...
View ArticleCAMA organises demo against Malawi Broadcasting Corp.
Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA), the country’s main consumers’ body, has announced that it will hold a solidarity march against state broadcaster the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for...
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