Malawi lagging behind on electronic payments –World Bank
The World Bank has released a report indicating that Malawi is far way behind on electronic payments and debit cards holders in the region at 0.8 percent and 9.4 percent respectively. According to the...
View ArticleKandodo denies desire to quit PP for MCP
Defence Minister Ken Kandodo has denied that he is looking to quit People’s Party for the Malawi Congress Party (MC), after reports suggested he had already been in contact with MCP president Dr...
View ArticleNkhata Bay DC faces jail for contempt of court
Nkhata Bay District Commissioner Fred Movete and four others face imprisonment for an unspecified length for wilfully disobeying a Mzuzu High Court order to immediately reinstate Chief Makhambira in...
View ArticleSex with a goat: Malawi Police arrest man, 48
Police in central district of Ntchisi have arrested a 48-year-old man from Tandwe village, Traditional Authority Malenga on allegation that he had a carnal knowledge of an animal contrary to Section...
View ArticleChakwera touts himself as ‘visionary, decent leader’ that Malawi needs
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)President Dr. Lazarous Chakwera has advised the electorate to choose leaders who have vision and the people’s aspirations at heart. Chakwera on a southern region tour made...
View ArticleJB in shoes hand-outs
President Joyce Banda on Thursday rolled out new hands-out scheme when she donated about 500 pairs of orange shoes in Blantyre at a political meeting. During the rally, President Banda also handed...
View ArticleCurse of the Malawi presidency
The statement from State House last week was quick to point out that President Joyce Banda would fly South African Airways out of Lilongwe, but was silent on what she would fly from South Africa to...
View ArticleChakwera’s visit to Bingu’s Mpumulo foiled
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s planned visit to Mpumulo wa Bata mausoleum at Ndata Farm in Thyolo has been frustrated by family of former president the late Bingu wa...
View ArticlePlot to burn Kamuzu Central Hospital: Simoleti Kachere arrested
Malawi Police has said they arrested owner of SK Security Guard services, Simoleti Kachere, before he could petrol bom Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) for failing to settle bills amounting to K4 million...
View ArticleMalawi cashgate trial starts Jan 29
Trial of the suspects in the infamous cashgate scandal is scheduled to start on January 29, 2014 when two female suspects appear before the Lilongwe High Court. Ministry of Justice and Constitutional...
View ArticleAtupele picks running mate, to launch manifesto – UDF
Malawi’s United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential hopeful Atupele Muluzi has picked his vice-presidential running-mate. UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga confirmed that Atupele has identified a...
View ArticleKatopola tells court JB fired her: Seeking K900m pay-out
Former Clerk of Parliament (CoP) Matilda Katopola has submitted to Industrial Relations Court (IRC) that President Joyce Banda directed her dismissal from her position. Parliamentary Service Commission...
View ArticleMCTU to organise workers over abusive Chinese bosses
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) has reacted to Chinese brutality to Malawian workers at the construction site of a National Stadium in the capital city Lilongwe by stating that it will organise...
View ArticlePP declares Nangozo winner over Chikwemba: Msonda, Kamlepo awaits verdict
The ruling People’s Party (PP) has upheld Zomba Central constituency primary elections results, declaring Patricia Kainga Nangozo as official winner despite earlier disputes by her opponent and party’s...
View ArticleForum on ‘cashgate’ pay from Malawi State House
The Forum for National Development (FND), which heavily counters other organisations deemed to be government’s critics, is allegedly being sponsored by the State House, a top government official has...
View ArticleMHRC report confirms hunger at Maula Prison, no deaths
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) Brief Investigations Report on allegations of prisoners dying of hunger at Maula Prison in Lilongwe has found that despite inmates spending three days without...
View ArticleMBC TV fails to beam JB rally live: Matumula ‘unseats’ Atupele
The Malawi Government has nothing more to agree with what Senior Chief Nyambi of Machinga lamented Saturday over lack of communication in his area as authorities noticed for themselves the urgent need...
View ArticleChakwera says MCP to take Malawians to another level: Chides cashgate
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday addressed a mass rally at the country’s considered political barometer, Ndirande squatter township in Blantyre city where he among...
View ArticleNGO decries discrimination against HIV-positive people in Malawi
Executive director of Global Hope Mobilisation (GHM) Caleb Thole has expressed concern over discrimination against people living with HIV and Aids. Thole was speaking recently at Chididi Primary School...
View ArticleTigresses beat MTL Queens in OG Issa League
Tigresses emerged serious challengers of Diamonds in the OG Issa Southern Region Netball League as they defeated MTL Queens 42-25 in an entertaining match at Blantyre Youth Centre on Sunday morning....
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