Bullets get K5.9 m as TNM wraps up Sapota Mapeto
Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) Limited on Friday hit the finale of Super Leagues football clubs’ Sapota Mapeto promotion, which was designed to help clubs generate extra revenue. The promotion, which...
View ArticleFischer succumbs to calls to contest for parliamentary seat
Big Bullets veteran midfield workhorse Fischer ‘Anong’a’ Kondowe who earlier ruled out plans to join politics appears to have succumbed to people’s call to contest for a parliamentary seat during the...
View ArticleNepotism shows ugly head in PP primaries: A case of Omar Paison Kaisi
Esteemed reader, the article you are reading has nothing to do with demonizing the People’s Party (PP) nor de-campaigning it, rather reminding people that there were other parties that went through the...
View ArticleFour people arrested over 73 bags of subsidized fertilizer
Four people are under police custody in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka for being found in possession of 73 bags of subsidized fertilizer suspected to have been stolen. The suspects John Kayoyo 33,...
View ArticleMalawi govt fails to explain passport mishap
Malawi government has started re-issuing passports after a considerable period of failing to do so for allegedly lack of books ,, that are used in the process of printing the passports, Nyasa Times has...
View ArticleMutharika denies ill health: Says fit to rule Malawi, has US ‘white’ card
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Muthalika has denied reports that he had gone to United State to undergo medical checks, saying he has a robust health. Mutharika addressing a news...
View ArticleDoes Chakwera lack the spine to bite?
President Joyce Banda continues to run the country like “mandasi business” as there is no clear direction as to where the country is heading, and yet Malawians seems to be pretty much ok as there is no...
View ArticlePolice arrest Agora manager for swindling cash
Police in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are keeping in custody assistant shop Manager for Agora Shop for allegedly misappropriating cash amounting to K620, 950.00. Confirming the arrest the...
View ArticleSurestream seeking views on Lake Malawi oil exploration
Surestream Petroleum Limited, which was given the licence by the Malawi Government to establish whether there is some oil on Lake Malawi, has lined up a number of public hearings across the country to...
View ArticleMama will win: ‘To hell with Bottlestore politics’
Floored with sachet liquor at one of the shacks-cum-pubs along the Devil Street in Luwinga aka Mzuzu last Friday, Diehard Pakwawo – my new friend in town – confessed that things aren’t fine in the...
View ArticleAlliance One Tobacco targets to plant 2.5 m trees
One of the country’s tobacco firms, Alliance One Tobacco Malawi has embarked on a special reforestation campaign in a response to wanton tree-felling in the country because of tobacco farming and has...
View ArticleMsonda bows to Kamlepo, remains PP
The ruling Peoples Party (PP) deputy Publicity Secretary, Ken Msonda has withdrawn his challenge against Rumphi East primary elections results, pledging support to Kamlepo Kalua who had won ticket to...
View ArticlePolice unveil identities of hardcore criminals who concealed real names
Police in Blantyre have finally established true identities of three hardcore criminals apprehended last week in the city with an AK47 and sophisticated pistol together with 79 live ammunitions. The...
View ArticleExpose corrupt club officials, Malawi refs told
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has advised referees to expose club officials who approach them with monetary offers in order for the match officials to influence game outcomes. The local football...
View ArticlePP bars Mijiga: Phoya’s chance to reclaim Blantyre Rural East primaries
Trouble continues rocking Blantyre Rural East primary elections for the ruling People’s Party (PP) with the latest being the disqualification of one of the frontline aspirants, Steven Mijiga. People’s...
View ArticleWhat’s the matter with Malawian universities?
When a university student performs poorly and is withdrawn, the problem is with the student. But when 132 students perform poorly and are withdrawn, then the problem is no longer with the student...
View ArticleDREAM HIV centre has over 1 3000 clients
Drug Response Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition (DREAM), Blantyre centre has 13043 clients benefiting under its services since it opened its doors in 2006. The facility which is located around...
View ArticleMuseveni wants Malawi in Great Lakes Region
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has proposed that Malawi, alongside Mozambique, must become members of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The ICGLR is an...
View ArticleMalawi lost K8.9bn through cashgate – Finance Minister
Malawi’s Finance Minister Maxwell Mkwezalamba has announced that the auditing that government undertook on the onset of cashgate scandal revealed that the money stolen was K8.9 billion, not the K20...
View ArticleIMF’s release of Malawi funds to encourage donors – Mkwezalamba
Malawi’s finance minister, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, has said IMF’s release of a $20 million (around K9 billion) under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) will encourage other donors who have withheld aid to...
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