Nkhata-bay chiefs blast PP officials over relief maize distribution exercise
Traditional leaders in Malawi’s northern district of Nkhata-bay lost their cool on Friday and described President Joyce Banda’s relief food distribution exercise as a ruling party’s ploy to enrich...
View ArticleUDF to quiz Malawi govt on overspending in fertilizer subsidy programme
Former ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) says when Parliament resumes sitting this month in the capital Lilonwe, it will take to task government to explain why it overspent in the implementation...
View ArticleEvangelical Church of Malawi calls for Section 65 implementation
The Evangelical Church of Malawi (ECM) has vowed to push for Speaker of Parliament, Henry Chimunthu Banda to implement anti-defection law Section 65 during forthcoming meeting of Parliament. ECM has...
View ArticleKorean university awards Malawi President with doctorate degree: Dr Joyce Banda
The University of Jeonju on Friday awarded Malawi’s Head of State, Joyce Banda with a Doctorate Degree of Economics, Honoris Causa, in recognition of her efforts to improve the Malawi economy and her...
View ArticleMalawi coach demoted to regional director: Kinnah keep cards close to his chest
Kinnah Phiri, fired as Malawi national football team coach, has kept his cards close to the chest if he will take up his new role as northern region football director. Government announced on Friday...
View ArticleMalawi football farewell to Dave Mpesi
Malawi football fraternity on Friday paid tribute to coach Dave Mpesi at a requiem mass held at the Catholic Institute Parish in Blantyre before his body was taken to his home village at T/A Kapeni in...
View ArticleMalawi minister Ganda demands compensation from newspaper, threatens to sue...
Malawi deputy minister of trade, Sam Ganda is demanding apology, retraction and compensation from a sensational tabloid, Weekend Times for reporting that he was assaulted by a woman in Nsanje....
View ArticleJB asks Korea’s cooperation agency to open office in Malawi
President Dr Joyce Banda has requested for the opening of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to assist government and other organisations easily access funding from the agency. Speaking to...
View ArticleCourt issues injunction against Malawi minister Bande: Land dispute
The High Court in Blantyre has issued an interim restraining order stopping Minister of Mining, John Bande and others from trespassing and encroaching on Angoni Lonjezo Community Based Organization...
View ArticleMalawi Police intercept 100 fertilizer bags enroute to Zambia
Police in Mchinji on Saturday intercepted 100 bags of UREA and 23:21:0 fertilizer meant to be smuggled to the neighbouring Zambia. According to Mchinji police station public relations officer, Moses...
View ArticleThe political quiet before Malawi electoral storm: AMBUJE’S DIARY 2013 PART III
A relative quiet prevails before the storm on the competitive political scene in Malawi. Unobserved, however, the likely players are jostling for position and jockeying for advantage as the calendar...
View ArticleMalawian teenage woman gives birth to conjoined twins
An 18-year-old woman last Friday gave birth to conjoined twins, barely two months after another, a 28-year-old from Thyolo, also delivered Siamese twins. The young woman, whose particulars doctors are...
View ArticlePresident Banda to preside over Malawi Anti-Corruption Day in Mangochi
President Dr. Joyce Banda, who arrives in Malawi on Monday, February 4, 2013 after attending the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government Summit in Ethiopia and the Global Development Summit in...
View ArticleMalawi sex worker found dead at pub: Soldier at Moyale held as murder suspect
Police in Mzuzu in the early hours of Saturday found the dead body of a 22 year sex worker at the popular Paris Bottle Store at old Town section of the city. Mzuzu Police Station Spokesperson Sergeant...
View ArticleNomads move into 4th place: Malawi TNM Super League
Victor Mpinganjira delivered a clinical brace and Gerald Phiri Junior scored one in a 3-0 winfor Mighty Wanderers against relegated Escom United to enable the Blues to climb back into top four of...
View ArticleSilver maintains grip on title as Blantyre Utd coach gives up: Malawi TNM...
Blantyre United head coach Elia Kananji on Sunday confessed his team’s dream of clinching the top flight 2012-13 TNM Super League title is virtually over, calling it mission impossible after a...
View ArticleMalawi veteran politician Tembo says MCP convention will decide on leadership
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president John Tembo says members of the party will decide on the leadership contest during the party national convention this year and that he will not dictate the terms....
View ArticleZomba murder case: Malawi Police make three arrests
Malawi Police Service have arrested three suspects in the murder of a 40-year-old businessman at Chisi Island in Zomba. Eastern Region Police spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude told Nyasa Times that the...
View ArticleMalawi waiting rooms of death: What needs to be done
The chronology of our medical infrastructure’s decay has always been there, but like the proverbial man staring at a flying arrow, we have let our eyes be pierced by the grim and sober reality in the...
View ArticleMalawi Chief Justice given ultimatum to nullify Justices of Appeal appointments
Tension is brewing within the Malawi Judiciary following a 14-day ultimatum judges and magistrates have given the Chief Justice, Lovemore Munlo, to force him to either nullify recent appointments of...
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