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Big Brother Africa 8 registration in Malawi starts January
Africa’s number one reality TV show, Big Brother Africa (BBA) returns next year with a call to registration beginning next month, according to MultiChoice Malawi. The announcement was made Tuesday by...
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A twist in Malawi talent show E-Wallet: Next show on Dec 24
With last but one show to go to the end of the E-Wallet Talent Show, organisers of the competition have brought a twist to Malawi’s own version of the Pop Music Idols. In the next show, scheduled to...
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Makwangwala set to join PP: ‘Will not retire from political life’
Former Secretary General for United Democratic Front (UDF), Kennedy Makwangwala says he will not retire from political life but only resigned from the party,which he is bitter with to the bone. In an...
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Malawi workers union supports January mass strike
Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU), the mother body of trade unions in the country, has said that the January consumer strike being organised by the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) will be...
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Airtel Malawi, WFP cash transfer partnership register success in addressing...
World Food Programme (WFP) has joined forces with the Government of Malawi and mobile telecommunications company Airtel to launch an innovative cash transfer programme to help more than 100,000 people...
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Malawi crime file: 5 held for Indian hemp, one jailed for child abduction
Police in Lilongwe arrested five people and made a recovery of 45 bags of Indian hemp, locally known as ‘Chamba’, each weighing close to 90 kilograms. The arrests were made by Nathenje Police Post...
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Blantyre hosts nude art exhibition on Thursday
There will be an art exhibition at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre on Thursday night and the event is expected to feature exclusive nude paint abstracts, mostly the female form, done by artists Bruno Matumbi...
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Malawi drop 10 places on FIFA ranking: Analysts not surprised
Soccer analysts in this country have described the recent Malawi national football team slip up on the latest FIFA’s official world ranking which was released on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 as not...
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FMB gives Mchinji Pediatric ward patients Christmas gifts
First Merchant Bank (FMB) Mchinji branch on Wednesday treated patients at Mchinji District Hospital pediatric ward to an early Christmas with assorted items worth K200, 000. According to Mchinji FMB...
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Businessman held for being found with 42 bags of subsidized fertilizer
Police in Malawi’s southern district of Balaka have arrested a businessman based at Balaka town for allegedly being found in possession of 42 bags of subsidized fertilizer which are suspected to have...
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Malawi civil servants given two-week holiday
Malawi’s 170, 000 civil servants have been given a long holiday starting from December 24 to January 4. They will only report for duties on January 7. A statement from the Office of the |President and...
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Weddings and true weddings alike…
I do not care much what the dictionary describes a wedding as, but I do give a hoot at the marvel of a wedding event. That beautiful couple, well shaven groom and fantastically dressed bridegroom all...
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Malawi leader pledges to stick with reforms as IMF disburses US$20m
President Mrs Joyce Banda says is pleased with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) first review of the Malawi economic performance which has led to the release of a US$20million disbursement to...
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Malawi Electoral Commission foresees sucessful tripartite elections
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it is determined and geared to ensure that the 2014 tripartite elections should be a yard stick to other countries. MEC Chairperson, Justice Maxon Mbendera,...
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Malawi’s Speaker Chimunthu Banda to join DPP leadership contest
Malawi National Assembly Speaker, Henry Chimunthu Banda, is said to be ready to throw his hat into the ring for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leadership contest. Allies of the Speaker told Nyasa...
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Tembo declares plan to retire, Chimango likely successor: Malawi Congress Party
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo has declared that he is ready to retire from front-line politics and pave way for a new leader to guide the party to 2014 three-tier polls, Nyasa Times...
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Confusion over South-African based Aemo E’Face performance at E-Wallet
Malawi’s music export to South Africa, R&B singer Amos Mazinyane, aka Aemo E’face, will not be performing at the finale of the E-Wallet talent show as recently reported in the local media. A month...
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Kapito blames Malawi leader on ‘inflated maize prices, artificial hunger’
Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) Executive Director, John Kapito has blamed President, Joyce Banda for influencing the increase of maize prices on the market through her continuous sentiments on...
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‘I’m not a Satanist’: Malawi’s bishop Simama quizzed on human body parts
Malawi’s arguably richest Pentecostal Pastor and business man, Bishop Abraham Simama has spoken about rumors that have been making rounds linking him to Satanism and devil worshipping. The bishop told...
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Malawi’s economic woes taking toll on financial institutions
The country’s financial institutions are plying their trade under extreme economic conditions that have adverse effects on their service delivery, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has observed. RBM Deputy...
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