45 go unopposed in PP primaries, analysts speak out
The ruling Peoples Party (PP) just ended primary elections has seen more than 45 aspirants going through unopposed. PP has for over a month been conducting primary elections across the country to...
View ArticleAAM set to take athletics back to Malawi schools
Concerned with the dwindling standards of athletics in the country, the Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) wants to take the sport back to schools. President of AAM, Godfrey Phiri, said the...
View ArticleSupport Malawi coaches designate: Mponda urges FAM, govt
Former Malawi national football team skipper, Peter ‘Mjojo’ Mponda, has called on government, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and other stakeholders to fully support the Flames’ coach...
View ArticleMBC loses another journalist: Maganizo Mazeze resigns
Barely few days after parting ways with one of its senior journalists Chisomo Mwamadi, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has again lost the services of another seasoned newsman Maganizo Mazeze....
View ArticleChikaonda says development council is non-partisan: JB focus on ‘game changers’
Group Chief Executive for Press Corporation Limited, Professor Matthews Chikaonda, who was appointed by President Joyce Banda to be chair of High Level Development Council (HLDC) has described the...
View ArticleMunlo calls Chakwera’s offer vague: Darkness in Malawi Congress Party
Former Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo has disclosed that he declined a position in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) because he felt the request from party leader Lazarus...
View ArticleFAM signs MoU with Top Sports on Zambezi Challenge Cup
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and Top Sports the organizers of the yet to be introduced Zambezi International Soccer Challenge have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) after reaching an...
View ArticleMinister blasts construction companies on labour recruitment modalities
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Uladi Mussa has faulted construction companies on labour recruitment modalities that have led to continued theft of materials meant for various projects...
View ArticleKapichira phase ll to minimize power outages in Malawi- ESCOM
The Electricity Supply Corporation Of Malawi (ESCOM) on Friday said that Kaphichira Phase II Hydroelectric Power project which will add 64 megawatts to the national power grid will help to minimize...
View ArticleJB upbeat new Malawi power plant to curb blackouts, boosts ‘transformational...
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday opened a new hydro-electric plant, which will add 64 megawatts to the 352 megawatts to the national power grid and is expected help to minimize blackouts ....
View ArticlePhoya, Mijiga face-off in rerun Sunday
Ruling People’s Party (PP) has ordered a rerun of a controversial primary elections in the Blantyre Rural East Constituency which pits sitting MP Minister of lands, Henry Phoya and Steve Mijiga who...
View Article16 out of 54 registered parties in Malawi collect nomination paper
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said that only 16 out of 54 registered political parties had collected nomination papers for that country’s May 20 Tripartite Elections. MEC is distributing...
View ArticleMponda ready for top level football but awaits doctors’ advice
Former Malawi national football team captain Peter Mponda says he has recovered from his career-threatening injury and was ready to return to high level football. The Flames defense major has been out...
View ArticleAirborne Rangers gun for Super League
Chipiku Central Region Football League pacesetters Airborne Rangers of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Parachute Battalion are set to earn promotion into the TNM Super League as they take on 13th placed...
View ArticleMakala Ngozo, Ching’oma wins MCP primaries
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continued with its parliamentary primary elections during the week which saw vice Public Relations Officer Ezekiel Ching’oma winning with all votes in...
View ArticleStormy rains destroy 900 houses in Thyolo
An estimated 900 households in Thyolo have been made destitute following last week’s persistent stormy rains that destroyed their houses and other property. Thyolo district disaster desk officer,...
View ArticleFischer Kondowe denies rumours about entry into politics
Big Bullets Captain Fischer Anong’a Kondowe has denied speculations on social media that he wants to contest as independent Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South Constituency. A Facebook page...
View ArticleIMF approves US$20m for Malawi: Encourages govt to address cashleak
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington on Friday completed the third and fourth reviews of Malawi’s economic performance under a program supported by the...
View ArticleMutharika trashes US Green card issue as ‘ nonsense’, mum on illness
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Auther Mutharika has described the notion that he will not stand for presidency because he is a holder of the United States Green Card as “nonsense”...
View ArticleTigresses maintain top slot in OG Issa after beating Diamonds
After defeating MTL Queens last week, Tigresses went on rampage on Saturday when they pruned another giant Diamond to maintain their top position in the OG Issa Southern Region Netball League in a one...
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