Thyolo violence is a gender issue—Kalinde
Minister of Water Development and Irrigation Anita Kalinde who is also an executive member of the ruling People’s Party has described as “and insult to women in Malawi” the political violence which...
View ArticleMalawi’s missing K92bn audit and DPP cover up tactics
While Malawians were finding themselves and quietly pursuing after their passions between 2009 and 2012, Professor Bingu-wa-Mutharika and the DPP gurus were busy and clandestinely getting hooked on the...
View ArticleMalawi U-20 to start preps for African Youth championship
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced names of about 39 players to start camping on Monday March 24th, 2014 ahead of 2015 Under 20 African Youth Championship qualifying campaign. The...
View ArticleOf Chakwera remarks and realities of Malawi tobacco industry
It is not surprising as we approach the May 20 Tripartite Elections to hear politicians promise a lot of things to the feeble, gullible and often uninformed citizens on the political podiums. Someone...
View ArticleJB insists Mutharika to blame for Thyolo violence
President Joyce Banda has maintained that the political violence at Goliati in Thyolo, which resulted in the deaths of a police officer and a civilian last week was at the instigation of and carefully...
View ArticleMESN urge Malawians to check their names in voters’ roll
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has called on all registered voters to participate in the voters’ roll inspection exercise scheduled from Monday 24 March to April 5 to ensure that their details...
View ArticleAtupele launches UDF manifesto in style: Upbeat to be Malawi leader
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has launched his campaign for May 20 elections and also unveiled the electoral pact in a form of a manifesto to fight huge income...
View ArticleChikaonda says Malawi needs to hit ‘reset button’ on economic strategies
Press Corporation Limited (PCL) chief executive officer, one of Malawi’s leading business entities has said Malawi is facing a challenge of growth and a sustained crisis of demography. Chikaonda, who...
View ArticleBishop Msusa urges Malawi presidential hopefuls to promote unity
Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of Blantyre Archdiocese has called upon all the presidential candidates in the country to promote unity among all the Malawians by practicing clean politics within the...
View ArticleDines Chitsulo elected Wanderers top fan
Mighty Wanderers Football Club on Sunday elected a new supporters committee at their Lali-Lubani Road club house in Chichiri in a peaceful election that saw youthful Dines Chitsulo occupying the hot...
View ArticleTeachers Union of Malawi expresses dismay over remarks on promotion
The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) on Saturday condemned remarks Civil Society Organization (CSOs) and some representatives of political parties made that promotions offered to teachers recently are...
View ArticleTwo hospital attendants held for possessing human body parts
Police in Nkhotakota are keeping in custody two hospital attendants from Nkhotakota District Hospital for allegedly being found in possession of human parts. The suspects are identified as Ellen Phiri,...
View ArticleMEC delays inspection of voters roll in 7 districts: Malawi 2014 elections
As inspection of voters roll begins today, logistical challenges have forced the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to delay the opening of centres in seven districts. The affected districts include...
View ArticleUDF ‘guard’ Atupele billboard: Authorities wants it pulled down
United Democratic Front (UDF) members were “paying vigil and guarding” a campaign billboard for its presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi in the commercial city of Blantyre after reports that Blantyre...
View ArticleMalawi opens tobacco market: JB impressed with prices
President Joyce Banda has expressed optimism that 2014 will be the year when farmers will earn decent incomes from their labour, saying she is impressed with the maximum prices of tobacco at the...
View ArticleMalawi gets medical supplies from UAE
Rak Gas international a United Arab Emirates based company on Monday donated medicine and medical supplies to Malawi. The handover ceremony of the donation which took place at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe...
View ArticleMCP to ‘rethink’ fiscal year: Chakwera signs Oxfam pledge card
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarous Chakwera has said his party will be entitled “to rethink” the country’s fiscal year, once voted into power in May 20 elections to ensure ministry of...
View ArticleMalawi suspends voters’ roll verification exercise
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has indefinitely suspended the voters’ roll verification exercise which started on Monday citing challenges beyond their control. MEC Chief Elections Officer,...
View ArticleCourt clears lecture to contest: Kabwila, Chisi, Ngwale ‘smile’
In a landmark ruling, the High Court in Blantyre has ruled that a lecture at University of Malawi is not a public servant and that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) erred in barring them from...
View ArticleOPC denies Ndilowe’s resignation claims
The spokesman for Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has denied as fabrication reports that Chief Secretary Hawa Olga Ndilowe has resigned from her position. On Tuesday Maravi Post which recently...
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