Child dies at hospital as staff strike
Operations at the Dowa district hospital have been paralysed as health workers went into strike which has claimed the life of a six-year-old child. The health workers are striking over LOCUM...
View ArticleMalawi losing over $15b through dubious mining operation per year-Report
Malawi is losing over $15 billion worth of revenue every year through uncharted sales and dubious mining operations in the country. According to a report by Malawi Miners Task Force, more precious...
View ArticleHigh Court bars new CSTU team from Office
The High in Mzuzu has ordered the newly elected executive of the Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) to stop from executing any duties, activities or deals on behalf of CSTU until the Court’s...
View ArticleMutharika highlights DPP manifesto
Malawi’s former ruling party the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has unveiled a tweaked version of its 2005 electoral manifesto as the 2014 blueprint.. DPP Presidential hopeful Peter Mutharika made...
View ArticleMP Ackimu Mwanza dumps PP: To stand on independent ticket
People’s Party (PP) Member of Parliament for Mzimba Solola, Ackimu Mwanza, has quit the ruling party for what he alleges as lack of democracy. The parliamentarian has since announced that he would...
View ArticleEU pleased with Malawi financial management progress
The vice-President of Malawi, Khumbo Kachali has said the European Union (EU) is pleased with the progress being made by the government in its effort to manage the challenges brought about by the...
View ArticleKaronga man faces mob over ‘private parts’ business
Police in Malawi’s border district of Karonga Monday evening fired teargas at an angry mob that wanted to ‘finish off’ John Phiri– a renowned business magnate in the district allegedly into private...
View ArticleChakwera vows to end PP’s mafia rule: Cashgate source of Malawi woes
President Joyce Banda and her People’s Party (PP) led government are running Malawi in a “mafia way of governing” according to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera. Chakwera made the...
View ArticleBeware of prophets, stop handouts – Evengelical Churches of Malawi
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), an umbrella body for evangelical churches, has taken a critical view at prophets who are on the rise in the country. EAM general secretary Reverend Francis...
View ArticleCashgate prosecutions are a mockery to Malawi criminal justice system
Although in the past week Malawian media has been replete with headlines that the US$100 million Cashgate scandal trials have started, the truth behind the headlines is that the so-called cashgate...
View ArticleWorld Vision Malawi staff stage strike over pay feud
About 500 employees of the Christian international non-governmental organisation World Vision Malawi (WVM) from across the country on Tuesday staged a walkout in an ongoing row over pay. The strike...
View ArticleKaronga girl, 16, shot in police-locals tussle over ‘private parts’ deals
Police in Karonga Monday night shot a 16 year-old Form One girl during riots that ensued following people’s dissatisfaction with the manner in which the state is handling businessman John Phiri’s...
View ArticleZambezi Challenge Cup shifted to Blantyre
The two-day inaugural Zambezi Challenge Soccer Cup, which will involve three of the countries giants Big Bullets, Mighty Wanderers, Silver Strikers and Zimbabwean Caps United from 15th-16th February,...
View ArticleBagus says Chikhwawa remains PP stronghold despite Mia quitting
Ruling People’s Party (PP) National Organizing Secretary Salim Bagus has said the party remains strong in Chikhwawa Mkombezi despite the departure of Mohammad Sidik Mia who was also Vice President for...
View ArticleShip sinks on Lake Malawi under bizarre circumstance
Mystery surrounds the sinking on Lake Malawi of a multi million new vessel belonging to Maldeco Fisheries in Mangochi Monday night. The vessel, named Kingfisher, sank while docked at Maldeco’s water...
View ArticleForum wants Mutharika arrested for ‘fooling courts’ on illness
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President, Peter Mutharika, who is cracking under the weight of an eligibility contest to his presidential aspirations, must be arrested for contempt of court,...
View ArticleNo, Your Excellency, hand-outs are no substitute for justice denied
“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” – Chinua Achebe “Hundreds of police officers have been enlisted...
View ArticleJudge Chombo forced to recuse herself in Mphwiyo shooting case: Updated
High Court Judge Esmie Chombo in the capital Lilongwe on Wednesday was forced to recuse herself in a case former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara and Pika Manondo are accused of attempting to murder...
View ArticleNepotism, PP compared to ‘Animal Farm’: NEC member Kaisi quits
Director of international relations Omar Paison Kaisi has President Joyce Banda’s People’s Party (PP)of displaying nepotistic tendencies forcing him to resign from his position and withdraw his...
View ArticleCop releases gospel music album
The blood of Jesus craws into Malawi Police with a new gospel album from the national headquarters. Titled Ncemerezgo, Kondwani Ng’oma’s album preaches about the salvation while at the same time...
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