JB says ‘one cow per family’ to benefit 1m families in Malawi
President Joyce Banda says she wants at least one million families to benefit from the One Dairy Cow per Family’ project, which seeks to bail Malawians out of abject poverty. Speaking at Traditional...
View ArticleSkyway University suspends 10 students for protesting over poor hygiene
Skyway University students in the commercial city of Malawi, Blantyre has suspended about 10 students believed to leaders of a protest over bad diet, poor hygiene and sanitation. The students...
View ArticleMalawi, Mozambique agree to re-demarcate border mineral maps
As Malawi is struggling to resolve the lake border row with Tanzania, Mozambique has asked Malawi to address the issue of border demarcation immediately because Mozambique will launch a comprehensive...
View ArticleMponela United wants Malawi Super League kick off delayed
Newly promoted side Mponela United wants Super League of Malawi (Sulom) to delay kick off of the new TNM Super League season to allow coaches freely attend the CAF C License refresher course scheduled...
View ArticleMalawi Pres. Joyce Banda on BBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF_H3s204NI&sns=fb Related PostsMalawi Pres Banda challenges African professional women to do more in mentoring young leadersMalawi President Banda pledges support...
View ArticleMalawian economist Mkwezalamba leaves AU: Announces Pan-African Stock Exchange
Maxwell Mkwezalamba (PhD) , Malawi’s renowned economist has stepped down as African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Affairs. Mkwezalamba, who has served the continental body for close to eight...
View ArticleMalawi fuel road levy goes up: Fuel pump prices maintained
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has maintained the March 12 2013 fuel pump prices but revised the fuel road fund levy upwards by an average of 246 percent. The roads fund levy on petrol...
View ArticleMalawi loses billions for negligence in Paladin deal- report
Malawi has been unable to collect 15 percent Non-residence Tax in the royalty payments of the Kayelekera Uranium Mining deal due to negligence as the country lost geological information for the mine...
View ArticleZambian firm bids for Malawi’s lake oil
A Zambian mining company, Kainsha Energy, registered in Lusaka in February 2012, has put in an application for an Exclusive Prospecting Licence for a block in Lake Malawi despite the fact that Malawi...
View ArticleShould Malawians celebrate yet another year of mediocrity?: ‘Cut the chaff’
In Weekend Nation newspaper, popular columnist Ephraim Munthali of the ‘Cut the chaff‘ has called for the rejection of celebrations of one year in office of President Joyce Banda. Here if the full...
View ArticleMalawi woman, man commit suicide by hanging
A man and woman have committed suicide by hanging in separate incidents following a protracted illness and marital problems respectively in Machinga district. The two have been identified as...
View ArticleAtupele upbeat to win Malawi 2014 elections ‘on ideas’
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate in the next year’s elections, Atupele Muluzi, has expressed confidence to win the polls based on ideas. A popular politician among the youth,...
View ArticleJB urges Malawi soldiers to remain disciplined: Commissions 11th Battalion
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Saturday, April 6, 2013, urged all members of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) “to remain disciplined and professional as they have always done”. President Banda, who is...
View ArticleMalawi Govt intensifies use of long acting permanent family planning methods
Government through the Ministry of Health has intensified the use of long acting permanent methods of family planning as one way of reducing the high fertility rate in the country. Director of...
View ArticleMalawi makes U-turn on lake boundary dispute with Tanzania
Late President Bingu wa Mutharika prided himself as being Mr Unpredictable and we can perhaps proclaim President Joyce Banda as ‘Mrs Undecided’. Barely four days after the Malawi leader hinted that...
View ArticleMalawi Pres. Joyce Banda’s BBC Focus on Africa interview: Transcript
Joyce Banda (JB), who made history becoming Malawi’s first female president and only the second woman to lead a country in Africa, marks her first anniversary as Head of State on April 7. She had an...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship programme makes steady progress in Malawi
The Businesses Consult Africa’s (BCA) Entrepreneurship Revolution Programme (ERP) has started at a slow pace with the recruitment of close to 1 500 businesses and entrepreneurs six months down the line...
View ArticlePictorial of JB commissioning of Chilumba Battalion of Malawi Defence Force
Pictures depicting the event which Malawi President Joyce Banda had on Saturday at Civo Stadium in the capital, Lilongwe at the commissioning of Chilumba Battalion which has been upgraded from a...
View ArticleLet Malawians judge me, says Pres. Banda one year in power
Malawi on Sunday April 7 marks one year since President Joyce Banda took office after the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika on April 5, 2012. Since coming to power, Banda has won praise from...
View ArticleMemoirs of late Dumbo Lemani’s Personal Assistant: The making of Bingu’s...
“My first formal interaction with the late Bingu wa Mutharika was at the late Dumbo Lemani’s residence in Area 12, Lilongwe. I was serving then as Dumbo Lemani’s Personal Assistant. Bingu wa Mutharika...
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