Vale construction, Avis shady deal irks local car rental companies
There is growing discontentment among several local car rental companies over the way a giant Brazilian mining company awarded a lucrative deal to Avis car hire limited without any tender, Nyasa Times...
View ArticleUniversal Industries workers strike over pay hike
Over 800 workers for Universal Industries Limited in Blantyre have started staging a strike demanding salary increment in line with the country’s currency devaluation. The workers who started downing...
View ArticleDave Banda’s return a big boost, says Red Lions coach
Coach for Zomba based military side Red Lions Collins Nkuna, says the return of Malawi national football team (Flames) midfield workhorse Dave Banda is a morale boost to his side which is yet to taste...
View ArticleMalawi says no war with Tanzania, JB briefs opposition leaders
Despite warmongering of Tanzania over a border dispute involving Lake Malawi now poised to become a new oil and gas frontier, Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda says her country will not “go to war” but...
View ArticleMalawi secondary school in international theatre festival
Window of opportunity has popped up for one of secondary schools in the country to participate in International School Theatre-Festival “Fair Culture – The world of tomorrow” in German next year. The...
View ArticleMalawi President disown Facebook accounts
Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda has disowned Facebook accounts bearing her names and images and asked the public to ignore and treat them as mischievous. In a statement posted on official Malawi News...
View ArticleStay off booze to prevent diseases, young people told
Young people in Malawi must refrain from alcoholism and drug abuse as one way of preventing incidents of non-communicable diseases, JournAIDS Malawi Executive Director, Christopher Bauti has said....
View ArticleMalawi Law Society calls for independence of Attorney General over Section 65
Malawi Law Society (MLS) president John Gift Mwankhwawa has challenged the office of Attorney General to be impartial and independent to ensure that Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda,...
View ArticleMalawi beat Zambia in opening match of Netball Diamond Challenge
Malawi national netball team, the Queen, has done what needed to be doneClaiming a fairly neat victory over Zambia in the opening match of the Netball Diamond Challenge played in South Africa. The...
View ArticleSamute rises to deputy chief secretary of Malawi Govt
President Joyce Banda has appointed experienced civil servant Willie Samute to the position of Deputy Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC). Samute was serving as Ministry of...
View ArticleSuspected thief killed as mob justice cases increase in Malawi
Barely a week after a suspected robber was killed in a mob justice in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Kalonga in Salima, another man suspected of wanting to steal livestock was also killed by a...
View ArticleMiss Malawi accused of ‘shoulder tackle’ at world beauty contest
Malawi’s representative at the Miss World pageant Susan Mtegha has grabbed the headlines for a “shoulder tackle” against New Zealand contestant. International media outlets were awash with the story...
View ArticleMiss Malawi shoves contestant at Miss World pageant
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View ArticleMalawians warned not to get duped in on-line car purchase
Malawians have been cautioned in making on-line car purchases, saying about 40 people have been victims of “fraud” since 2009. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign and...
View ArticleManyenje stars as Epac condem Silver to defeat
Epac FC, alias Njenjete on Monday undermined Silver Strikers’ chances of finishing the TNM Super League first round on top, when they clashed the bankers 3-1 in an entertaining match played before a...
View ArticleAYISE trains youths in business management skills
The Active Youth Initiative for Social Enhancement (AYISE), a local non-governmental organization, recently implemented a training programme for 46 youths drawn from Mulanje district in line with the...
View ArticleMponda, Kanyenda , Russell left out of Malawi squad
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri has omitted injury-plagued captain Peter ‘Mjojo’ Mponda in his squad for the gruelling 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ghana’s Black Stars. The coach has also...
View ArticleMzuzu Youths repair bridges
Youths in Mzuzu led by the Youth Consultative Forum have repaired three wooden bridges that link several townships of Mzilawaingwe, Chiputula, Chasefu and Zolozolo with the central business district as...
View ArticleKaronga business people for Competition Bill
The Karonga Business Association (KABA) has asked government to enact the Competition Act as a matter of urgency to curb issues of monopoly thereby levelling the business environment. For instance, the...
View ArticleBlack Moses gives clue on Chasowa murder
As the country patiently waits for an outcome of the commission of enquiry president Mrs. Joyce Banda instituted to investigate events that led to the killing of the death of fourth-year Polytechnic...
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