Jailed 16 years for sexual assault on girl, 11
The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has jailed a 30-year-old man to 16 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a 11 old girl at Chibavi Township in August, 2013. The Court heard that...
View ArticleJB commits to children, youth empowerment
Malawi President Joyce Banda who is seeking her own mandate on May 20 on governing People’s Party (PP) banner has committed to empower the youth and children. Banda signed a letter of commitment which...
View ArticleMalawi Institute Management graduates 56 in Master of Science programs
Malawi Institute Management (MIM) Friday graduated 56 students for Master of Science in Strategic Management 13th Cohort and Master of Business Administration 5th Cohort programs. Speaking during the...
View ArticleMEC quashes Forum on postponing Malawi polls
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cautioned all interested parties in the electoral process to refrain from commending on electoral issues they don’t know or understand. In an interview, MEC...
View ArticleKapito supports Malawi electricity tariff hike
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has supported the move by Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) to allow Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) hike its tariffs by 37.28 percent....
View ArticleMzuni’s registrar Gunda under fire over Simama League scandal
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) students wants the removal of their Assistant Registrar (Academic and Student Affairs) Alfred Gunda from his office, arguing he does not put the welfare of the students at...
View ArticleUIP president Sighn promises ‘better Malawi’
United Independent Party (UIP) president Abusa Helen Sigh says her party wants bring genuine change to the country and that Malawians should trust her. She said this in Mzimba on Sunday after...
View ArticlePP governor Msosa attacked in Mangochi over dancing Muslim women issue
The ruling People’s Party (PP) provincial chair for the Eastern Region Samson Msosa has sustained a deep cut in the head after angry mob hacked him with an iron steel following a physical confrontation...
View ArticleDPP promises civil service reforms, revive economy
The former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)is making electoral promise of civil service reforms and that it will establish the Public and Service Remuneration Board (PSRB) that will oversee...
View ArticleManganya vows to soldier on despite attack
Comedian and actor Michael Usi, popularly known as Manganya, has vowed to soldier on in commenting on issues affecting the nation despite an attack on him during his public lecture in Lilongwe on...
View ArticleCourt grants bail to PP’s Chapitapansi: Denies assaulting Ben Phiri
Blantyre Magistrate court on Tuesday granted bail governing People’s Party (PP) youth director for south Lemani Chapitapansi after he was arrested on allegations that he led a group of assailants who...
View ArticleDPP pens MEC: Wants PP’s Ralph Mhone disqualified for inciting violence
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) district committee for Nkhata Bay has penned the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) asking it to disqualify the ruling People’s Party (PP) candidate for...
View ArticleMpinganjira qualms over Atupele’s claims on World Bank, IMF on Malawi aid
Malawi government spokesman Brown Mpinganjira has taken the statement by United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi that World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
View ArticleCashgate witness murdered, Malawi Police confirms
Malawi Police have confirmed that one of the key witnesses in theft of billions from State coffers has been murdered in Lilongwe and identified the deceased as Daina Kadyanji, an accounts officer in...
View ArticleMalawi’s Chikoti, Kenani among Africa’s 39 best promising writers
Malawians writers Shadreck Chikoti and Geneva-based Stanley Onjezani Kenani were Tuesday named some of Africa’s most promising writers under the age of 40 in a list published by Africa39 project in...
View ArticleAtupele takes UDF manifesto to rural areas
UDF presidential candidate for May 20 elections Atupele Muluzi has engaged an extra gear for his campaign as he takes his manifesto to the rural areas. On Monday the UDF leader accompanied by his...
View ArticleStandard Bank Malawi strikes S$25m loan deal with UK financier
CDC Group plc (“CDC”), the UK’s development finance institution, has concluded a US$25 million loan to Standard Bank Malawi—a subsidiary of South Africa’s and Africa’s largest banking unit by assets,...
View ArticleJB confident of winning Malawi elections: To continue fertilizer subsidy...
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday expressed confidence that her ruling People’s Party (PP) will win next month’s elections. She was speaking at a rally in central region’s Mchinji District after...
View ArticleRwandan Genocide: Not the first nor last in Africa
Exactly 20 years ago today, things had fallen apart in Rwanda, for the next 100 days after 7 April, 300 people, mostly Tutsi’s, died per hour. The final tally: about a million dead, rape ruled so did...
View ArticleCourts convicts one for aiding illegal immigrants, forfeits vehicles
The First Grade Magistrate Court in Mzuzu has ordered Andrea Nyirenda 31, to pay a fine of MK250,000 or in default serve a custodial sentence of nine months with hard labour after convicting him for...
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