Malawi’s road to 2014 general elections: My vision
Malawi’s 2014 ‘tripartite’ general election mood is building up, with parties preparing for their conventions here and there, flexing political muscles here and there and face-lifting their parties...
View ArticleMan held for kidnapping boy, 9 to initiation camp
Police in Thyolo have arrested 18 -year- old Enock Uledi for allegedly kidnapping a 9- year- old boy of Njaiti Village in Traditional Authority Nanseta in Thyolo. Confirming the incident) Thyolo Police...
View ArticleChiefs aiding land ‘laundering’ crime in Lilongwe
People looking to buy residential development plots in the city of Lilongwe face a growing wave of land ‘laundering’ crime as senior chiefs have joined criminal groups selling land and plots to more...
View ArticleKalondolondo unearths ‘corruption’ on projects of teachers houses
Local Development Fund (LDF) projects on teachers houses in Chikhwawa are shrouded in controversy with about 71 percent incomplete due to irregularities that point some district council officials and...
View ArticleJB bails out Mzuzu house fire victims
President Joyce Banda on Friday, August 23, 2012 presided over a ground breaking ceremony for a house to be constructed for a lady, Leah Banda, whose house was gutted by fire and in the process lost...
View ArticlePresidential Cup final shifted to Lilongwe, fears for Kamuzu Stadium safety
In a turn twist of events, the much talked 2012-2013 Presidential Cup finals between Big Bullets and Moyale Barracks, which was slated on Sunday, August, 26, 2012 at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre has been...
View ArticleMalawi Auditor General Kampanje forced to retire
President Joyce Banda has accepted an earlier retirement application by Malawi’s Auditor General Reckford Kampanje whose supreme audit institution the National Audit Office (NAO) has been smeared with...
View ArticlePP gives UK wing voting rights at convention: Battle for posts intensify
The governing Peoples Party (PP) has given its United Kingdom (UK) wing voting rights at its national convention on Monday in Blantyre, Nyasa Times understands. The PP UK wing chairperson Hannigton...
View ArticleMzuzu Asian community claim K100m from Council for defamation
The Mzuzu Muslim Minority Association and Lwana Investments are claiming MK100 million from the Mzuzu City Council as damages for defamation. The association is also seeking an unconditional apology...
View ArticleMalawi watchdogs give ruling People’s Party tips for convention
Malawi’s two prominent human rights groups have advised the governing People’s Party (PP) to hold its first ever national convention on August 27 in a democratic manner and avoid making the event a...
View ArticleMalawi festival Mwezi Wawala ends on high note
Arts , theatre pundits and critics within Blantyre and beyond had superb summer time start following a successful launch of much anticipated Mwezi Wawala International Arts and Theatre festival over...
View ArticleJapanese Toyota company donates K36m worth of drugs to Malawi
Japanese Toyota Tsusho Corporation on Monday donated a consignment of antibiotic drugs worth MK36 million to the Malawi government which was received by President Mrs. Joyce Banda at Sanjika Palace in...
View Article47 Malawi Catholics start pilgrimage to Holy Land
A contingent of 47 Malawi Catholic representatives from almost all dioceses in the country on Monday left for a five-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Jerusalem. The group includes six priests and...
View ArticleMalawi TNM Super League race intensifies
As the first round of the elite TNM Super League is drawing to a close, the race for the top positions on the log table is getting hotter. After the weekend games, champions Silver Strikers remain...
View ArticleMalawi insecurity: Armed criminals shoot dead Machinga chief
Two unknown criminals Monday morning shot dead a traditional leader in Machinga District for unspecified reasons. The development comes barely two months after thugs also murdered two guards by...
View ArticleMalawi sex worker’s private parts removed in gruesome murder
People around one of Malawi’s popular business spots, Lunzu Trading Centre in Blantyre, woke up to shocking news Sunday morning when a commercial sex worker was found dead with her private parts cut...
View ArticleMalawi President, opposition leaders discuss Tanzania dispute
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday met leaders of various political parties at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre in second round of consultative meeting on the border wrangle with Tanzania, Nyasa Times...
View ArticlePP, UDF relationship hit skids, divorce looming
Legislators for United Democratic Front (UDF) who are one of the partners to unity government of Peoples Party (PP) have hinted that they will out of the government. PP and UDF automatically became...
View ArticleMpinganjira denies PP rebellion: ‘I’m not finished’
Firebrand politician Brown Mpinganjira has vehemently denied “propaganda” reports that he was behind Movement for People’s Party, a rebel group for prominent politicians who lost elections at...
View ArticleMalawi Poly lecturers vows not to end strike
Lectures at the Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, Monday met their Chancellor President Joyce Banda at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre to brief her about their demand...
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