Joy for Yohane as Airtel Malawi hands over K8m Kia Rio vehicle
Mshanga (pink shirt) flanked by wife recieving car keys from Airtel Marketing Director Tanmoiy Saha Malawi’s giant mobile phone operator Airtel on Tuesday handed over a brand new Kia Rio saloon worth...
View ArticleLipenga says investors ignorant about Malawi’s business incentives
Malawi Government has admitted that the country is lagging behind to sensitize potential investors on business incentives the country has. Minister of Finance, Ken Lipenga said this in an interview...
View ArticleFinance Minister chickens out on pre-budget meet in Mzuzu
Participants to the second 2013/14 pre-budget meeting held in Mzuzu but meant for northern region participants were disappointed with absence of Finance Minister Ken Lipenga whom they wanted to clarify...
View ArticleMalawi’s Urban Music Party returns after two-year break
Nde’feyo Entertainment has announced the return of Urban Music Party (UMP) promising spectacle and glamour after a two-year break with the 2013 main festival set to take place on Sunday, July 7 at...
View ArticleMalawi Govt critic Kapito claims death threatened
Fierce critic of President Joyce Banda and a consumer rights advocate John Kapito says he is receiving death threats over his remarks that the President created an artificial maize scarcity to justify...
View ArticleEU courts Malawi Govt, private sector in G8 cooperation talks
The European Union (EU), Government and the private sector met on Tuesday in Lilongwe to deliberate on the formulation of Malawi’s G8 Cooperation Framework to support the country’s imminent membership...
View ArticleUN warns Malawi staff on sit-in strike
Some of the UN staff on a sit-in The United Nations (UN) is threatening to dismiss staff boycotting work to force their management in New York to peg their salaries to the dollar at present rates or...
View ArticleMalawi State House responds to Madonna’s outbursts: Full text
Claims and misgivings have been expressed by Pop Star, Madonna and her agents, against the Malawi Government and its leadership for not giving her the attention and courtesy that she thinks she merits...
View ArticleMalawi to have a maize surplus this year- Agriculture Minister
Ministry of Agriculture officials have projected that the country will have a surplus of 940,000 metric tonnes of maize from this year’s harvest. This was disclosed Wednesday at a joint news...
View ArticleMalawi treason case: No plea for Mutharika and others after preliminary...
In court: Suspects Peter Mutharika, Bright Msaka and Jean Kalilani Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) interim president Peter Mutharika, former Cabinet ministers Goodall Gondwe, Jean Kalirani and...
View ArticleRe-introduce primary school fees – Evangelical Association of Malawi
Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) in a presentation at a 2013/14 pre-budget consultation meeting in Mzuzu on Wednesday, asked the government to re-introduce school fees in primary schools as one...
View ArticlePiksy – Uncle Short One
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View ArticleAtupele eligible to run for Malawi presidency, turns 35 in August –Patel
The United Democratic Front (UDF) national organising secretary, Lillian Patel, has dismissed claims by ruling People’s Party that Atupele Muluzi, the UDF president, is ineligible to rule because he is...
View ArticleMalawi Pres. Banda takes legal action against fierce critic Kapito
President Joyce Banda has written a letter of demands to Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) Executive Director John Kapito, demanding a retraction of his remarks that the country’s current maize...
View ArticleMutharika chickens out of Zodiak live debate with Chimunthu
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Peter Mutharika has seemingly chickened out of a live debate on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) with his challenger at the party convention Henry Chimunthu Banda,...
View ArticleMalawi climbs two steps in latest Fifa ranking: Coach targets double digits
Flames caretaker coach Edington Ng’onamo described the latest Fifa World Ranking released on Thursday as an achievement to the nation but he has stressed that their target is 96 above. In the ranking,...
View ArticleMadonna hits back over Malawi row: ‘I will not be distracted’
Madonna has hit back at Malawi President Joyce Banda, accusing her office of “spreading lies” through a strong worded statement her office issued on Wednesday. The pop diva was reportedly angered after...
View ArticleMalawi Govt plays down calls to reduce tax on second hand vehicle importation
Newly appointed deputy minister of finance Dr Cornelius Mwalwanda has played down calls to reduce taxes on the importation of second hand vehicles saying the practice drains government’s scare forex...
View ArticleTwo Malawian journalists qualify for African media awards on promoting gender...
Two Malawian journalists, Wezi Nyirongo, a sub-editor at the privately owned Capital FM and Mwai Mtumodzi a sub-editor at Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) FM have qualified to compete in the 2013...
View ArticleSpinning economic growth for political advantage: Allan Ntata
In 1995, in a speech at the United Nations World Women’s conference held in Beijing, China, renowned author and eminent speaker on African affairs, Wangari Maathai observes, “Africa has suffered from...
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