TV’s and decoders donated to Malawi hospital and prison
One of the country’s electronics chain stores, Globe Star International, has donated and installed Television screens at Kamuzu Central Hospital’s KCH waiting rooms and Maula Prison. According to Globe...
View ArticleWhat’s with Prophet TB Joshua? – Muckracking column
“The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots” -Henry Louis Mencken I am writing this piece knowing pretty well the irony of religion. If there have...
View ArticlePP declares Jooma defeated Makande, Matola winner: Chikwemba gets reprieve
The ruling Peoples Party (PP) impromptu crisis meeting on Sunday controversially forced some winners in primary elections in Eastern region to forfeit their triumph in order to save party’s image. The...
View ArticleJB challenges Kasambara: Ready to testify in court
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said she is ready to comply with a call for her to stand as a witness in court in relation to the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Former Justice...
View ArticleBanda’s ‘well-wishers’ threaten activists Ntata, Chiza with lawsuit
Controversy prone Ichikowitz family, on record to be the publicity-shy “well-wishers” footing the bill for President Joyce Banda’s image sprucing costs, owners of the firm that recently supplied patrol...
View ArticleZomba Central, Nsondole PP primaries’ results withheld
Ruling People’s Party (PP) has withheld primary elections results for Zomba Central Constituency following complaints from Joseph Chikwemba who described the elections as not free and fair. Chikwemba,...
View ArticleTo love and to cherish: Malawi star Ng’ambi marry Jane
Malawi midfield star Robert ‘Baggio’ Ng’ambi on Sunday wedded his sweetheart Jane Mitochi at Bethsida Pool Church in Blantyre. Ng’ambi who plies his trade at South African side Platinum Stars was...
View ArticleChakwera wants to move Malawi away from aid dependency
Malawi Congress Paryy (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera said if elected into power on May 20, he will lead a government that will embark on a huge development programme in a bid to reduce the...
View ArticleMalawi says Tony Blair’s ‘winding up on mutual agreement’ as JB advisor
Malawi’s State House has clarified that fomer British prime minister Tony Blair has quit as an adviser to President Joyce Banda through services of Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) after a mutual...
View ArticleLucius Banda triumphs in UDF primaries
The country’s celebrated and award winning musician, Lucius Banda has won in the UDF primaries to contest and reclaim Balaka North Parliamentary seat during the May 20 tripartite elections. UDF...
View ArticleMalawi run to God or face more crises
“The past is our history, the present is our life we live and the future is our destiny” It is now a week in the most anticipated year 2014. The rising and the sating of the sun is the same, blowing...
View ArticleCashgate shakes Malawi and donor confidence
Three gunshot wounds helped launch the discovery of a massive corruption scandal in Malawi that has shocked this small landlocked country in southern Africa. While the news of corruption has led to...
View ArticleSt Pius X Catholic Parish Paper Sunday raises K2.2m
There was joyousness, ululation and thumbs-up among faithful of St Pius X Catholic Parish (Blantyre Archdiocese) when it was announced that the thanksgiving PaperSunday for the last quarter of 2013 had...
View ArticlePP snubs calls to unveil manifesto ahead of official campaign period
Officials of the Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) says the party will not unveil its manifesto until the onset of the official campaign period despite calls from voters to all political parties...
View ArticleUDF rebuffs ‘smear campaign’ against Atupele
The United Democratic Front (UDF) says there is a helpless attemptto dent the image of the party’s presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi by some desperate politicians ahead of the forthcoming...
View ArticleKasambara links Lutepo to Escom ‘arson’: K650m cashgate
Former Minister of Justice, Ralph Kasambara has implicated businessman, Oswald Lutepo in the mysterious fire that gutted Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) headquarters in Blantyre on...
View ArticleBande denies MCP link: Stays loyal to JB and PP
Minister of Mining, John Bande has said he has no intention whatsoever to resign from the ruling People’s Party (PP) to join the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as had been speculated. Bande had earlier on...
View ArticleBlair pledges ‘more support’ to JB ahead of Malawi elections
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has better chances of winning in this year’s presidential elections “although it has been very tough recently”. “As the...
View ArticleMalawi President’s death threat a national security crisis – Commentator
A renowned local political analyst, Dr Henry Chingaipe, feels claims by the Malawi President Joyce Banda that she is receiving death threats from anonymous people is another catastrophe dogging the...
View ArticleMalawi digital broadcasting switched off
Malawi Government has turned off the newly integrated Digital Broadcasting Network following failure by television broadcasters to subscribe for operational signals. Digital Broadcasting Network...
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