Scarcity of diabetes medicines in Malawi: A patient’s nightmare
A woman living with diabetes travels all the way from her home district of Dedza to the Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe only to be turned away as the health facility has no medicines for treating...
View ArticleMalawi takes up seat on UN Women Executive Board
Malawi will for the next three years, starting this month, serve on the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women) following its election to...
View ArticleIreland ex-president hails Joyce Banda: ‘Malawi is blessed to have her as...
Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson,has said that Malawi is a blessed country to have Mrs Joyce Banda as its President,saying she is going to steer the nation into prosperity. Robinson, the first...
View ArticleMalawi Congress Party renaissance take off
Malawi’s oldest political party, the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has embarked on a campaign for revival by injecting new blood as it strategizes for next year’s elections. The party is on a...
View ArticleMalawi Catholics petition Bishop Zuza to discipline ‘hot-blooded’ priest
Five substations that make up Mzambazi Catholic Parish at Euthini in Mzimba district have petitioned his Grace Bishop Joseph Zuza of the Mzuzu diocese asking for the immediate removal of Reverend...
View ArticleGoodall clears mist on corruption case: ‘I did the right thing for Malawi’
Economic Planning Minister Goodall Gondwe, appointed recently by President Banda to help fix a sputtering economy, has sought to justify his decision in the 2004/2005 fertilizer subsidy deal where it...
View ArticleMalawi journo Kanjere drops assault charges against coach Mpulula
Nation Publications Limited (NPL) sports journalist, Peter Kanjere on Thursday withdrew criminal charges against Azam Tigers FC coach, Leo Mpulula after the two opted to settle the matter out of court....
View ArticleKapito undeterred on Malawi’s protests: Jan 17 demo on
Despite many calls for dialogue and appeal for Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to call off the January 17 demonstrations, CAMA boss John Kapito says he will go ahead with street protests against...
View ArticleMakwangwala joins Malawi’s ruling PP
Former Secretary General for United Democratic Front (UDF), Kennedy Makwangwala has joined the ruling People’s Party of President Joyce Banda. Makwangwala left UDF weeks after he lost his seat at the...
View ArticleHundreds mourn gospel star Thoko Katimba’s wife
Thousands of Malawians Wednesday converged at Kameza cemetery in Blantyre to pay their last respect to the late Margret Katimba (nee Sauka), wife to gospel star singer Thoko Katimba, who died at Queen...
View ArticleBBC report: Malawians surviving on Bonya as Goodall says people poorer
A report on BBC Focus on Africa television programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Thursday captured Malawians facing economic hardships as the results of devaluation and consequent floation of the...
View ArticleMalawi street children, beggars defy government’s order to move
Hundreds of street children and perpetual beggars in Malawi’s major cities and towns have ignored an ultimatum government issued to them to be off the streets with some challenging that nobody has the...
View ArticleChibuku Products introduces new bottle, Malawi imbibers query bottling
Brewers of Malawi’s popular opaque beer, Chibuku Products Limited (CPL), have taken one innovative step ahead by introducing a new one litre bottle. CPL, a subsidiary of South African’s SABMiller,...
View ArticleMalawi woman convicted for concealing birth
Mangochi Second Grade Magistrate’s Court has convicted a woman and sentenced her to serve one year and half prison term upon finding her guilty of concealing birth. The offence of concealing birth of a...
View ArticleMalawi woman jailed for stealing baby Upile: Five years IHL
There was drama at Blantyre Magistrates Court on Friday morning when a woman who snatched a month-old baby, Upile from the hospital cried for forgiveness from the biological mother, Bridget Taombe...
View ArticleMike Chilewe partners Pro Pee to form record company
Blantyre-based young entrepreneur, Mike Chilewe Jnr, has teamed up with music producer Percy Manyozo, popularly known as Pro Pee to establish a new record company called Transformers MUSIC. Chilewe is...
View Article2013 year of hope, PP enjoyment and more travels- President Banda
President Joyce Banda has labelled 2013 as a year of hope for Malawians that will see the country realizing the fruits of resilience in undergoing tough economic reform and vowed to continue travelling...
View ArticleBullets, Silver in crunch tie: Malawi Super League
Without doubt the most eagerly anticipated game of the weekend for will be at Kamuzu Stadium on Sunday as Silver Striker face Big Bullets. It’s a clash that is unlikely to have huge significance in the...
View ArticleO.G Issa stops buying Malawi musicians: Defao steps in
Push comes to shove? The financial mess of 2012 has not spared the music industry as Malawi’s major music distributor has reportedly stopped buying music from artists. For the past 50 years, the O.G...
View ArticleMalawi young men warned against sex enhancement pill Medogra
The use of some sex enhancement pills such as Medogra by some young men has been criticised by one of the leading pharmacies in the commercial city of Blantyre. According to a Sales Assistant at one...
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