Malawi Human Rights Commission backs peaceful demo: ‘It’s constitutional’
The state-funded Malawi Human Right Commission (MHRC) has told government and the country’s police service not to make any attempts to stop the January 17 demonstrations and said instead state agents...
View ArticleChibambo launches Petra’s ‘3rd liberation’ movement for Malawi
Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) on Monday the 3rd Liberation Movement for Malawi in Blantyre with promises of delivering real change to the country’s treacherous political...
View ArticleAtupele outlines UDF’s roadmap to Malawi 2014 elections
Atupele Muluzi, presidential candidate of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) for next year’s elections kicked off 2013 with a whistle stop political meetings of some parts of Blantyre rural,...
View ArticlePaladin, Malawi govt given 14 day ultimatum to renegotiate uranium deal
Malawi’s opposition People’s Transformation Party (Petra) has added its voice to the concerns raised by African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) that the government of Malawi had...
View ArticleMalawi leader offers scholarships to 3 girls to study in US, pays gratitude...
President Joyce Banda has recognized the contribution to the democratization and development efforts in the country that the private media, especially Zodiak Broadcasting Corporation (ZBS) is making....
View ArticleMultichoice Malawi launches English Premier League promo
In a bid to provide extra excitement to Malawians who follow the English Premier League(EPL), MultiChoice Malawi has launched an English Premier League (EPL) short message service (SMS) promotion...
View ArticleMalawi begins search for new football coach
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) are looking for a new national team head coach following the exit of Kinnah Phiri, who has been fired after a string of uninspiring results. FAM announced the...
View ArticleMalawi demos presser a charade: ‘Money exchanged hands’
The news conference which organizers of the January 17 nationwide consumers’ demonstrations held on Monday at Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) offices was staged to blindfold people from...
View ArticleMalawi’s John Chilebwe 1915 abortive insurgency: Futile labour amongst the...
The story of the historic abortive insurgency of January 1915, starts with a thrilling initial incidence in 1900 when a youthful western trained minister and college graduate at 29, arrives back home...
View ArticleMassive fraud at MBC: Financial Controller resigns in protest
Massive corruption involving top management at the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has forced its Financial Controller, Andy Kamwala, to relinquish his position in protest, Nyasa Times can...
View ArticleMalawi private body parts case: Judgement under review at High Court
The High Court in Lilongwe has started reviewing a court ruling by Magistrate Esther Phiri on a case where Samson Banda and Rosemary Nkhoma who were answering charges of causing grievance harm and...
View ArticleDave Banda frozen-out at Red Lions for binge drinking
Red Lions coach Collins Nkuna has confirmed that their enterprising midfielder Dave Banda has been frozen out of his squad due to indiscipline charges. Banda has not been featuring in the Zomba-based...
View ArticleTo cut or not to cut: Why has male circumcision become a dilemma?
Just as you begin to think that the dispute about including male circumcision as part of HIV/Aids prevention has ended, a sceptic “rocks the boat” and the debate appears to start all over again and;...
View ArticleUS gospel rapper Da’ T.R.U.T.H. to perform in Malawi
Da’ T.R.U.T.H., one of United States celebrated Christian rappers, will next month perform in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre. The gospel lyricist, born Emanuel Lee Lambert Jr., is on an African...
View ArticleActivist Kabwila vows to lead Malawi’s Jan 17 demos
Academic and rights activist Dr Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula says she is set to travel from the old capital Zomba to Blantyre to take part in Thursday’s consumers’ demonstrations to protest a harsh...
View ArticleKinnah remains Malawi soccer legend, says FAM boss
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has said fired Malawi national football coach, Kinnah Phiri remains the country’s football legend. FAM terminated Kinnah’s services...
View ArticleMinister shuns Chikangawa meeting over fuel, allowances
Malawi Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jennifer Chilunga has turned downed an invitation from Youths to officially open a week they have dedicated to remind government of the disastrous...
View ArticleWhy Malawi academic Jessie Kabwila will demonstrate on Jan 17
I see organizations, fellow activists saying they will not demonstrate on the 17th of January, 2013. I WILL, come thunder come sunshine, I WILL exercise my constitutional right and most of all, I want...
View ArticleKibaki says Kamuzu insipired him: Malawi, Kenya relationship strong and...
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Wednesday described the relationship between Malawi and Kenya as very strong historical dating back to the late Dr. Kamuzu Banda era. Kibaki made the remarks at Civic...
View ArticleMalawi govt sorry for countrywide blackout: Strike new electricity deal with...
The government has officially apologised to the citizens for the countrywide power blackout on Tuesday night. Malawi’s Energy minister Ibrahim Matola said the power blackout was caused by “technical...
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