Airtel Malawi pumps K69m for Risings Stars
Airtel Malawi has pumped in K69million cheque towards 4th season of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) activities implemented by the Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA). Speaking during the cheque...
View ArticleMutharika joins ‘Way of the Cross’ procession
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Arthur Peter Mutharika was among thousands of people who joined Roman Catholic faithful in the annual walking pilgrimage of the Way of...
View ArticleChakwera carries the cross on Good Friday
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev. Dr Lazarous Chakwera on Fridayjoined thousands of Roman Catholic faithful in the capital Lilongwe in the annual walking pilgrimage of the Way of...
View ArticleAtupele says PP gov’t must go, urges Malawians to usher in ‘transformational...
United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential Candidate Atupele Muluzi on Thursday said the Joyce Banda administration must not be allowed to continue ruling the country beyond 20th May this year. He made...
View ArticleJoyce Banda attends Good Friday service
President Joyce Banda on Friday was among thousands of people who gathered at St. Peters Anglican Parish in Lilongwe at the end of ‘Way of the Cross’ which Christians from Maula Catholic Cathedral,...
View ArticlePAC meets candidates on Peace Pledges, National Prayers May 10
The Public Affairs Committee (Pac) on Wednesday and Thursday met several presidential candidates including Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer, Professor Peter Mutharika to seek guidance on...
View ArticleSeodi White: Can the law reduce HIV transmission in Malawi?
During a 2005 conference in Swaziland, I presented a paper titled Can The Law Reduce HIV Transmission among Women? The theme of the conference was ‘Has Mainstreaming become an Outlived Paradigm: Is it...
View ArticleTeaching in English from Standard 1: Please reconsider!
The Minister of Education, Dr Lucius Kanyumba, made the announcement last month that Standard 1 learners are to be taught in English from the new school year in all subjects except for Chicheŵa. This...
View ArticleVoice of the Church is still respected in Malawi – Bishop
An Anglican bishop in Malawi has reiterated the important role the Church plays in the country. Bishop of Upper Shire, and Chairperson of the Anglican Council of Malawi, the Rt Revd Brighton Malasa...
View ArticleMalawi U-20 beat South Africa in strength testing match
Malawi Under 20 side beat South Africa 1-0 at Nike Football Training Centre in Pimville, Soweto on Saturday in a strength testing match Malawi was using this match to prepare for their U20 World Youth...
View ArticleMalawian man jailed 10 years for defiling stepdaughter, caught by wife
A 30-year-old man who defiled his seven-year- old step daughter has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Mwanza Magistrate Court . According to Mwanza Police Spokesperson, Victoria Chirwa, on...
View ArticleMbolembole resigns as Wanderers coach
Stuart Mbolembole on Saturday resigned as head coach for Mighty Wanderers after his club lost the opening game of the news season of TNM Super League 0-2 to defending champions Silver Strikers at...
View ArticleFire razes down Mzuzu main market
Assorted merchandises worth millions of Malawi kwacha have been destroyed by fierce fire at Mzuzu Main Market leaving hundreds of traders destitute. The fire, which started around 6.30pm, has...
View ArticleMalawi churches move to consolidate democratic governance, peaceful electoral...
The Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), noting that the political shoulder-pushing has already started, and that there are both political and electoral process challenges, has organised a four day...
View ArticleMEC exonerates Mbendera, official from MCP funding: Malawi Police probes
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has exonerated its chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera and MEC liaison officer Ellen Kulujili from the bank deposit of K100 000 (about $238) into an opposition MCP...
View ArticleNomads appoints Manda stand-in coach, Gerald Phiri to be drafted in
Mighty Wanderers have appointed its former defender Charles Manda as its new caretaker coach following the resignation of Stuart Mbolembole on Saturday. The blues have also dissolved the whole...
View ArticleAtupele pledges to give farmers access to markets: Signs Oxfam pact
United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential Candidate Atupele Muluzi has pledged to commit himself to ensuring that smallholder farmers have access to profitable agriculture markets once voted into...
View ArticlePPM wants clarification on Zodiak debate
Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) has lodged a complaint to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) seeking clarification on why British government is sponsoring campaign of 4 political parties through...
View ArticlePoll victory tilts in Joyce Banda’s favour
President Joyce Banda launched this year’s campaign on March 29, 2014 at the jam packed Civo stadium with the confidence and swagger of a Head of State knowing she is so much better; so much popular...
View ArticleUnmuted voices in Malawi elections: Tenthani’s Muckraking
“Vox populi, vox Dei” Alcuin to Charlemagn That Latin quotation above is extracted from a 798 letter scholar Alcuin of York wrote Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great – the King of the Franks....
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