Villagers attack Mangochi Police station in a push to release suspects
Mangochi police station was under siege Tuesday evening when angry villagers stormed the station demanding the release of fellow villagers arrested for slashing maize fields of their rivals in the...
View ArticleMugabe commends JB for welfare of disabled in Malawi
President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe yesterday commended President Joyce Banda on her efforts to support the disabled in the country. Speaking in Lilongwe during the first ever African Leaders Forum on...
View ArticleMalawi CSOs slam govt on cash gate trial, forensic audit report
The Civil Society community in Malawi has described as disastrous government’s continued rhetoric and empty choruses on fighting corruption arguing there is a clear shielding and preferential treatment...
View ArticlePetra’s Chibambo withdraws: Davis Katsonga warns against rigging, joins...
People’s Transformation Party President Kamuzu Chibambo has withdrawn from contesting in the presidential polls as he could not present his nomination papers Wednesday after electoral officials said he...
View ArticleAtupele files papers: ‘May 20 polls game-changer for Malawi’
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Austin Muluzi and his running mate Dr Godfrey Chapola on Wednesday presented their nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)...
View ArticleZingale faulted on constituency funds in Chikhwawa west
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) aspiring parliamentarian for Chikhwawa West constituency, Kennedy Maluwa and his United Democratic Front (UDF) counterpart Moses Dossi have blamed the incumbent...
View ArticleTwo arrested over medicine theft in public hospital
Police in Nkhotakota have arrested two health officials and a businessman in connection with the looting of government drugs from Nkhotakota District Health Office. Nkhotakota Police Spokes Person...
View ArticlePPM against Lake Malawi oil search
Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga Phiri has said that Lake Malawi oil search will not benefit Malawians. Katsonga, who will contest for presidency in May 20 elections, said...
View ArticleA close up with Atupele Muluzi: Malawi youthful presidential candidate
In “Anthills of the Savannah”, Chinua Achebe, lays bare the ordeals of a Typical African state. Set up in an imaginary state called Kangan, three childhood English-educated friends unexpectedly find...
View ArticleNorth pushes for ‘legalising’ abortion law in Malawi
Senior Traditional leaders and Clergy from northern Malawi have asked the Malawi government to develop new and modern laws on abortion that take into account women’s rights and the concerns of the...
View ArticleMalawian Mota-Engil workers down tools over imported workers
Work came to a halt from 6 am on Wednesday morning in Mwanza when Malawian workers for the Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil which is currently camped in Malawi’s southern district started a...
View ArticleKhumbo ‘furious’ with JB’s running mate choice: Gwengwe
Vice President Khumbo Hastings Kachale is disillusioned with President Joyce Banda for not considering him as running mate so that he can be maintained as the country’s second in command following...
View ArticleAtupele says ‘I am proud to serve Malawi’
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Austin Muluzi has said he is ready to serve as the country’s Head of State after May 20 elections, promising a new settlement for new...
View ArticleBalaka’s high HIV infections rate worrisome
The Balaka District Aids Coordinating Committee has expressed concern over the district’s higher HIV prevalence rate. The committee chairperson Harold Kachepatsonga said unlike the national rate which...
View ArticleMalawi ex-first lady Shanil contesting for MP as independent
Former First Lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi (born Patricia Fukila) will contest as Member of Parliament for Balaka West in the May 20 Tripartite Elections as an independent candidate . Shanil, who has...
View ArticleZomba chief wants extension workers cross-transferred
Extension workers that have overstayed in Sub-Traditional Authority (ST/A) Ntholowa’s area in the eastern region district of Zomba risk being posted somewhere after the chief claims they have ran out...
View ArticleMalawi court jails two women for attempting to sell human being
A magistrate court in Malawi’s lakeshore district of Nkhotakota has sentenced two women to four years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to sell a fellow human being. The court has also freed...
View ArticleMalawi to have 75 days fuel reserve cover – JB
President Joyce Banda has announced that following the completion of the construction of fuel reservoirs in the three major cities, the country will be having fuel surplus that will be lasting for 75...
View ArticleKapito condemns JB maize handouts at political rallies
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has bemoaned President Joyce Banda’s continued maize handouts at political rallies, describing the tendency as shameful and abuse of consumer rights. Cama’s...
View ArticlePassengers express pride as Malawian Airlines inaugurates J’burg flight
Ecstasy was the catchword on Monday as Malawian Airlines finally inaugurated its commercial flight to South Africa using the newly acquired Boeing 737-800 jet, barely a month after commencing its...
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