Malawi turns to community sentences as prisons struggle with chronic...
New law aims to reserve incarceration for serious offenders while allowing some convicted of minor crimes to serve sentences within their communities Malawi is preparing to test a new approach to...
View ArticleAnsah’s cryptic comments set tongues wagging across Malawi
A video clip of Vice-President Jane Ansah urging Malawians to remain vigilant has resurfaced on social media, prompting widespread discussion as President Peter Mutharika remains in South Africa on a...
View Article‘Akumaganiza mwa ndowe!’ Kabwila’s stink bomb hits Mbilizi and ‘inept’ govt
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Dr Jessie Kabwila has mounted a broad critique of the government, arguing that failures in agriculture, healthcare and governance point to deeper weaknesses...
View Article‘Private is private’: Malawi govt refuses to explain President Mutharika’s...
Chief Secretary Justin Saidi dismisses critics as pushing ‘propaganda’, while an academic and a rights chief say the public is entitled to know more The government will not disclose details of...
View Article‘Public money is being stolen’: Speaker sounds alarm over fertiliser funds
Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman has launched a scathing attack on corruption, warning that the theft of public funds intended for poor Malawians is undermining development and deepening hardship...
View ArticleBushiri splashes MK8m on Prophet Hara’s book
Senior Prophet Dr Justice Hara, famously known as “The Game Changer,” has publicly thanked Major Prophet Dr Shepherd Bushiri and Dr Pastor Khumbo Joram after the two church leaders dug deep into their...
View ArticleNational Bank of Malawi, Press Trust invest K1.4bn in Ntcheu health centre
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc and Press Trust have invested K1.4 billion in the construction of Namale Health Centre in Ntcheu, in a partnership aimed at improving access to healthcare for more...
View ArticleCars get dollars, medicines don’t? MPs question forex for pharmaceutical firms
A Malawian syringe manufacturer says it can produce 90 million syringes a year, roughly ten times what the government uses, and has asked MPs to help local manufacturers compete. Furkan Gan, managing...
View Article‘Lilongwe is the capital, but the situation does not befit it’— Council chief...
The head of Lilongwe City Council says the capital’s roads and public facilities fall short of what is expected of a capital city, and that a new partnership with a military engineering firm must reach...
View ArticleLow turnout in Malawi tobacco registration exercise
Malawi’s tobacco industry is facing a major setback after barely one in five growers registered under the crucial Know Your Grower (KYG) programme, despite a deadline extension and a nationwide...
View ArticleK10m award for book on Malawi’s indigenous knowledge
The Malawi Union of Academic and Non-fiction Authors (MUANA) has been awarded K10 million by the COSOMA Copyright Fund for a national project to record and preserve Malawi’s indigenous knowledge....
View ArticleKabambe questions who runs Malawi during president’s absence
UTM president Dalitso Kabambe has ignited debate over presidential accountability and the continuity of government, questioning who assumes responsibility for the affairs of the state when the Head of...
View ArticleCourt pauses arrest warrants against Mtambo, Trapence and Sembereka
The decision by the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court to temporarily lift arrest warrants against three prominent civil society activists has revived legal questions about a case the State...
View ArticleMinister Phiri launches major K7bn transport link for Lilongwe
Motorists facing daily traffic headaches in Lilongwe have been promised significant relief after government launched a K7 billion road and bridge project aimed at easing congestion in some of the...
View ArticleGold rush or gold bust? Malawi’s smuggling crackdown faces credibility test
Malawi’s latest bid to turn gold into a lifeline for its struggling economy is facing uncomfortable questions about the evidence on which it has been built. A state-backed scheme designed to intercept...
View ArticleMCP’s Chakwera gamble exposes a party torn between renewal and nostalgia
The Malawi Congress Party has settled on an answer to one of the questions that has hung over the opposition since its election defeat: it wants Lazarus Chakwera to lead it back into battle in 2030,...
View ArticleMutharika is not returning to Malawi on Friday
Confusion engulfed social media on Thursday after a viral statement claimed that President Peter Mutharika would return to Malawi on Friday, only for senior government officials to dismiss the notice...
View ArticleAnsah gives K15m food boost to cancer patients
Vice-President Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah has donated food items worth K15 million to about 250 cancer patients and their guardians at Kamuzu Central Hospital as part of a Mother’s Day outreach programme...
View ArticleMalawi VP Ansah offers support to cancer patients on hospital visit
Malawi’s Vice-President, Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah, used a Mother’s Day visit to Kamuzu Central Hospital’s National Cancer Centre to deliver a message of hope to patients undergoing treatment, drawing on...
View ArticleMalawi urged to speed up new refugee law that would let refugees work and trade
An advocacy group for refugees in Malawi has called on the government to bring a new Refugee Bill to Parliament without delay. INUA Advocacy, which promotes the rights and dignity of refugees, urged...
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