Malawi’s ‘Aunt Tiwo’ wants gay marriage in South Africa: ‘No regrets’
Thrown into jail for 14 years under Malawi’s anti-gay laws, Tiwonge Chimbalanga has no regrets about the marriage ceremony that became a symbol of Africa’s intolerance toward homosexuality. In the...
View ArticleMalawi leader under pressure to remove Kachali’s EC overseer job
Electoral stakeholders in Malawi are exerting pressure on President Joyce Banda to rescind her decision of appointing vice president Khumbo Kachali as a minister responsible for the independent Malawi...
View ArticleMalawi University student held for concealing birth of a child
Malawi Police in the capital Lilongwe arrested a 17 year old university female student for concealing the birth of a child and dumping the baby into pit latrine. The girl, Linda Kachikata, a student...
View ArticleHazel Mak gave an explosive performance at Malawi Association UK party
Upcoming Malawi female songstress Hazel Mak mesmrised the audience at the Hign Commission’s official Kwacha House when she gave an explosive performance during a fundraising party last Saturday night....
View ArticleAnthony Makondetsa releases Fuko Lokondedwa album
Musician Anthony Makondetsa has released a 10 track album titled Fuko Lokondedwa with a focus on spreading the word of God unlike the previous albums whose main focus was love. “I have decided to put a...
View ArticleMalawi envoy to UK urges disapora to invest back home
Malawi new High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Bernard Sande has called on Malawians in Diaspora to seriously consider investing some of their earnings into the Malawi economy especially in long term...
View ArticleKunkuyu bars aspiring parliamentary candidates from campaigns
One of the People’s Party (PP) aspiring parliamentary candidates for Blantyre City South has accused Minister of Information and Civic Education and MP, Moses Kunkuyu of barring aspirants to hold...
View ArticleMalawi Congress Party gurus snub JB’s offer for cabinet posts
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo and four other senior members of the party turned down the offer by President Joyce Banda to be included in the recent re-organised cabinet, Nyasa Times...
View ArticleMalawi Churches protest plan to legalise abortion: ‘It is murder’
Leaders of Malawi’s biggest Christian church movement, the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), has spoken against moves to legalise abortion for all women. Currently, abortion is outlawed except in cases...
View ArticleEx-Aford president Dindi Gowa Nyasulu dies at 68
Former president of Malawi’s fifth largest political party – the Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Dindi Gowa Nyasulu has died following a short illness. Aford secretary general Khwauli Msiska confirmed...
View ArticleMalawi youths clean-up capital: Voluntary youth service week
Youths on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 conducted a ‘Clean Up’ campaign around the Lilongwe City main Market and along the Malangalanga Road. The Market and street cleaning was part of the Voluntary Youth...
View ArticlePresident Banda, DFID boss discuss Malawi’s economic situation: $800m provided
President Mrs. Joyce Banda on Tuesday held an audience with Britain aid agency, Department for International Development (DFID) top official at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, where among others they...
View ArticleFrank, Dave Banda recalled in Malawi squad to face South Africa
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has released names of Flames players expected to travel to South Africa to play strength-testing match against Bafana Bafana at Moses Mabhida Stadium on...
View ArticleMalawi boy kills 3-year cousin,removes private parts: Mob justice in Salima
A 12-year-old boy is in police custody at Nkhunga Police Station for allegedly murdering his three-year-old cousin by stabbing him and removing his private parts using a knife. The incident occurred on...
View ArticleBlue Eagles bitter with FAM over rusty silverware
The newly crowned Carlsberg Cup champions Blue Eagles Football Club have expressed disappointment with the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) for giving the club a rusty silverware which is believed...
View ArticleMalawi SDA Pastor tells youth: ‘Love is not blind in the face of Aids’
While scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind, Malawian youth in the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church have been told love isn’t blind in the face of...
View ArticlePPM’s Katsonga presses for Malawi fertiliser subsidy solution: Advises into 2013
Opposition Peoples Progressive Movement (PPM) president Mark Katsonga has advised government to take a step further on the fertilizer subsidy programme which is facing continued irregularities from...
View ArticleMalawians must work ‘extra hard’ to revive economy – Goodall
Citizens have been urged to work together, move forward and never look back, if Malawi is to revive the ailing economy, new Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe has said. Speaking...
View ArticleDan Lu at Mibawa Cafe on Saturday as he gears for ‘So what?’ album launch
One of the country’s Afro-Pop musicians, Dan Lu, will on Saturday be performing at Mibawa Cafe in Blantyre as he prepares to drop his latest album ‘So What?’. The album, Dan Lu’s third release, will...
View ArticleMalawi Police probes Rev Maurice Munthali over ‘inciting revolution’
Malawi Police detectives are reportedly investigating a case of incitement to insurrection against the Joyce Banda administration for placing the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the armpits of...
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