Malawi Electoral Commission downplay fears on erratic funding for 2014 polls
Amid fears that the forthcoming 2014 Tripartite Elections will be affected by infamous Capital Hill looting code-named the Cash-gate Scandal, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has assured the...
View ArticleJB appoints new National Integrity Committee members
President Joyce Banda has appointed new members in a body called the National Integrity Committee (NIC) to oversee the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy. Former president Bingu...
View ArticleMESN will conduct parallel vote tabulation for 2014 Malawi polls
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has announced that it will conduct Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT), a process that will verify and validate the 2014 elections results. The PVT will focus on the...
View ArticleChilenje snubs transfer from US to Zimbabwe for parliamentary seat
Malawi’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Esther Mcheka Chilenje has resigned following her redeployment from United State to serve at Malawi diplomatic mission in Zimbabwe....
View ArticleGospel duo POV to release DVD compilation
Blantyre-based gospel duet, The Mighty POV, will be releasing a DVD compilation featuring some of their best known songs. The compilation will have a selection of songs from their four albums, namely...
View ArticleMalawi Lake of Stars festival returns in 2014
The award-winning Lake of Stars (LOS) arts festival will be returning to the shores of Lake Malawi next summer, organizers have announced. The festival, a gathering of Malawian and international...
View ArticleMalawi pays less towards lake border dispute fees: Tanzania not amused
Malawi government has paid US$50,000 towards the Lake Malawi border dispute mediation fees which is 6.6 percent of the US$716,016 required. A Tanzania newspaper reported on Tuesday that Parliament...
View ArticleDPP trashes Chikaonda on Malawi cashgate origins: ‘May have oranges in his...
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has trashed economist Mathews Chikaonda and challenged him to bring forth evidence that plundering of government funds started in 2005. DPP suspects that Chikaonda –...
View ArticleChakwera says Malawi must carry on Mandela legacy to develop
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Reverend Lazarus Chakwera has returned home from South Africa where he had gone to pay his last respects to Nelson Mandela, exhorting the southern African nation...
View ArticleMalawi CSOs demand Mphwiyo be charged with perjury
The Grand Coalition, a team of civil society organizations demanding good governance from the current government has demanded gun-shot survivors, former budget director Paul Mphwiyo be charged with...
View ArticleTigresses fined, suspended player cleared
Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) has finally passed the verdict on Tigresses Netball team following the disruption of a presidential netball cup competition in Lilongwe three months ago. NAM...
View ArticleDPP accuses Malawi President Banda of not telling the truth on cashgate
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused President Joyce Banda of telling lies to Malawians on cashgate to paint a good image for herself including that some donors did not withhold aid and that...
View ArticleMaskal releases new song ‘The way you are‘
Malawi‘s Afro-R&B crooner, Maskal, has returned with a new song called ‘The way you are’, which goes on the airwaves Thursday and to be launched at Manchester concert in UK on Saturday . In the new...
View ArticleAustralian company secures further coal exploration licence in Malawi
An Australian company Intra Energy Corporation Ltd has been granted licence to explore coal in Malawi as part of its expansion drive, according to reports from the Australian company. “Intra Energy...
View ArticleChief, 3 others arrested for murder of ‘witchcraft’ practicing couple
A village headman in the northern region district of Mzimba plus three others have been arrested for the murder of an aged couple which they suspected of practicing witchcraft and being behind the...
View ArticleKasambara obtains court order for Lutepo’s phone records
Former Minister of Justice, Ralph Kasambara has obtained a court order, demanding Airtel Malawi and Telekom Networks Limited (TNM) to furnish him with call log statements for indicted businessman...
View ArticleOn Atupele statement on cashgate and why Malawi opposition must have shadow...
Couple of weeks ago on this forum I discussed opposition party’s unconvincing and in some cases outright lack of formal response to the cashgate scandal. Opposition’s lack of clear stance on the issue...
View ArticleThe doctrine of insurable interest: Insurance Association of Malawi
Insurance is a rapidly expanding sector in the modern day financial world offering a broad spectrum of various innovative products. Generally, it is believed that if you are willing to pay the premium,...
View ArticleMalawi braces for black out during festive season –Escom
Malawi is set to plunge into worse series of load shedding during the Christmas and New Year festive seasons because of what Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says is due to reduced...
View ArticleMRA demands K493m from Malawi newspaper giant BNL Times
Blantyre Printing and Publishing (BP&P) the oldest print media house in Malawi, is at it again with the Malawi Revenue Authority(MRA) as the tax body is demanding K493 million accumulated through...
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