Malawi accuses West for seeking ‘regime change’
Malawi Government spokesman Brown Mpinganjira has accused activists of working with the West to promote instability and an agenda of regime change. Mpinganjira, who is Minister of Information and Civic...
View ArticleMalawi at 50: Prof Chijere blames recycled politicians for ‘cashgate’ culture
Malawi, University of Malawi’s professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa has pointed out that Malawi which is about to celebrate 50 years of independence this July, is till at crossroads with recycled...
View ArticleComplex Tigresses in double win
High flying Complex Tigresses underscored their superiority over small teams in the OG Issa Southern Region Netball League on Tuesday after registering two victories against Gerald Tasaukadala and...
View ArticleMalawians fooled on cashgate- CHRR, CEDEP
Two leading human rights non-governmental institutions in Malawi Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) say Malawians have been taken for a ride...
View ArticleMalawi govt insists ‘foreign elements’ behind anti-JB demo
Malawi government has maintained its stand that activists of working with “foreign elements” to promote instability and an agenda of regime change. On Tuesday Brown Mpinganjira, who is Minister of...
View ArticleLawyer Dzonzi rubbishes cashgate audit report: Calls for court order
One of the country’s human rights activists and law expert, Justin Dzonzi has trashed the recently released forensic audit report on Capitol Hill looting-Cashgate-describing it as government’s ploy to...
View ArticleIt’s not just MBC; Malawi media is biased against ‘smaller’ parties
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) would win any award hands down when it comes to bias in its political coverage. One of the main reasons is that the executive arm of government, which in Malawi is...
View ArticleJetgate: Mkwezalamba fails to clarify ‘serious inaccuracies’
Minister of Finance Dr. Maxwell Nkwezalamba on Tuesday angered delegates to Public Affairs Committee (PAC) all inclusive stakeholders conference taking place at Mount Soche hotel when he failed to...
View ArticleCourt revokes bail for Malawi cops in Mzuzu cell death
The High Court in Mzuzu has revoked bail for three Mzuzu based Cops in the ongoing trial in which they are alleged to have clobbered a suspect to death because their defence lawyers failed to convince...
View ArticleCOMESA summit opens, JB attends in Kinshasa
Malawian President Joyce Banda is in the Democatric Republic Congo capital Kinshasa, for the 17th summit of the COMESA and joins other heads of state and governments to discuss issues affecting the...
View ArticlePP govt better just sort out the mess or Malawians will
Whether foreign interests or unnamed diplomats are behind the protests that some civil society organizations are planning to protest against the PP handling of the Cashgate and the proceeds from the...
View ArticleMalawi raise minimum wage by 74 percent
Government through Ministry of Labour has finally hiked per day statutory minimum wage for workers after a long fight with Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) and Employers Consultative Association...
View ArticleMalawi CSOs threaten civil disobedience: Demo in BT only as Law Society...
Civil society organisations (CSOs), under the Grand Coalition for the Defence of Democracy and Good Governance, have announced that they will stage protests Thursday February 27 in the commercial...
View ArticleTwo Malawian Scholars win Scottish university awards
A pair of outstanding Malawian scholars has won prestigious awards to pursue post-graduate studies in at a top-notch distinctive Scottish university in the United Kingdom. According to Glasgow...
View ArticleMCP asks PP to apologise for ‘Cashgate’ deaths
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked the ruling Peoples Party (PP) to publicly acknowledge that it is killing people through plundering of public resources for self-enrichment causing lack of...
View ArticleDonna’s Eggs Cup now K8m: Extended countrywide
Donnas Women’s Football Cup has been raised from K1 million to K8 million after it was extended to Central and Northern Regions. Donnas Eggs Marketing Manager Sadik Malinga disclosed on Wednesday the...
View ArticlePAC demands MPs to meet over Cashgate
Heated debate ensued during two-day Public Affairs Committee (Pac) all-inclusive stakeholders meeting in Blantyre with delegates calling for Parliament to convene by March 10 to deliberate on infamous...
View ArticleBT man arrested for abducting schoolgirl
Police in Blantyre have apprehended a 27-year-old businessperson, Kasimu Kandulu, for allegedly abducting a secondary school girl. Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Elizabeth Divala, told...
View ArticleMzuzu man acquitted on manslaughter charge in street slapping incident
The Mzuzu High Court has acquitted George Sumaili who was charged in January last year with an offence of manslaughter which is contrary to section 208 of the Penal Code. Sumaili was being accused of...
View ArticleTNM launches Pasavute to ease airtime blues
Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM) has launched trials of its new airtime credit facility dubbed “Pasavute” aiming to ease access to talk-time for distressed prepaid customers, a senior company official has...
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