Guba wins 2 gold, 2 silver medals at British army martial arts open...
Competing in both Taekwondo and Kendu, UK-based Taekwondo Master, Yamikani Guba has won two gold and two silver medals at the British Army Martial Arts Open Championships on Saturday. He has now...
View ArticleCommentator say rights activists’ arrests sign of deepening political crisis
A political commentator has said the arrests of two renowned rights activists on Sunday is a sign of deepening political crisis in the country ignited by the flawed May 21, 2020 elections. Sheriff...
View ArticleChilima given ‘take it or leave it deal’: Chakwera presidential candidate in...
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has been offered a “take it or leave it” deal by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in an attempt to form a an electoral alliance by the end of the week which MCP...
View ArticleMP Mpinganjira leads Ndirande clean-up campaign: Cleans toilets at Kachere...
Member of Parliament for Blantyre City Centre Chipiliro Mpinganjira joined the Ndirande for Strategic Development Organisation for the ‘Keep Ndirande Clean’ initiative where they cleaned some...
View ArticleHRDC lawyers battle for bail: Trapence, Sembereka in high spirits
Arrested iconic rights activists Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka are in very high spirits in two different police stations the law enforcers are holding them in Blantyre for planning a...
View ArticleChakwera vows to lead Malawi protests march to State House: Demands release...
Malawi Congress Party(MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has vowed to defy President Peter Mutharika’s threats to use force to crash protests at State House, saying he will lead his supporters in the...
View ArticleMalawi Law Society defends police over HRDC arrests
Malawi Law Society (MLS) president Burton Chidongondo Mhango has backed the Police action in arresting two leaders of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka,...
View ArticleMalawi downgraded to tier 2 on combating Trafficking in Persons
Ministry of Homeland Security has revealed that Malawi was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 of watch list for failing to meet some of the minimum standards on combating Trafficking in Persons (TIPs)....
View ArticleCouncil interdicts lands clerk after swindling K4 million
Mchinji District Council has interdicted a Lands Clerk for allegedly mismanaging council funds amounting to MK4 million. District Commissioner for Mchinji, Bester Mandere said the officer is suspected...
View ArticleDPP hate speeches get PAC condemnation
Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a quasi-religious body formed in 1992 during the country’s political transition from one-party to multiparty democracy, has condemned the governing Democratic...
View ArticlePhiso urges sports associations to be serious
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Francis Phiso, has urged sports associations in Malawi to be serious and active to provide an environment that can attract sponsors into various sporting...
View ArticleSulom to hold football business symposium
The 16 Super League football clubs in Malawi have been invited to a two-day symposium on football business by the Super League of Malawi (SULOM). The symposium will take place at Mpira Village in...
View ArticleFDH Bank sets aside K6 million for Hope for the Blind scholarships
FDH Bank has set aside almost K6 million to Hope for the Blind to benefit 10 underprivileged students from Chancellor College and various secondary schools in the country. Signing an agreement in...
View ArticleChilima mulls over runningmate offer by MCP, storms Njamba
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima who is also UTM Party leader is considering the offer by Malawu Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazrus Chakwera to partner him as his runningmate in...
View ArticleAmnesty Int’l warns Mutharika with arrests of rights activists: ‘Malawi...
Global human rights defender, Amnesty International (AI), has said the arrest of two activists with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) is a crackdown on dissent ahead of first ever fresh...
View ArticleHigh Court orders against ‘judicial tourism’ over HRDC members: Transfers...
The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered that the case of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders should be tried in Lilongwe where they were arrested and not Blantyre The order came as Blantyre...
View ArticleMtambo says State House demos on: ‘We will not be intimidated’
Human rights activist and chairperson for the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Timothy Mtambo has said the civil society organisations (CSOs) were now more determined than ever to hold...
View ArticleMalawi Law Society credibility questioned for ‘defending abuse of human rights’
A social commentator says the Malawi Law Society (MLS) led by Burton Chidongondo Mhango is displaying its bias and backing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) having sides with President Peter Mutharika...
View ArticleMtambo locked up after handing himself: Malawi police violently disperse...
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo has been locked up in Area 3 police cell after he handed himself to the law enforcers at around noon following two days “on the...
View ArticleMalawi slashes diesel, paraffin pump price but maintains petrol prices
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has reduced prices of diesel and paraffin while maintaining the pump price for petrol. According to MERA, a litre of Petrol pump price remains at K930.00...
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