Malawians in South Africa mobilise support for flood victims
Scores of Malawians based in South Africa and other nationalities turned up at the Malawi Consulate on Saturday the 17 January 2015 for an urgent meeting in response to calls by the Malawi government...
View ArticleCyclone Sedza to bring more deadly floods: Gift of the Givers sound an appeal...
A cyclone Sedza is expected to bring more widespread flood to Malawi which has been hit by floods killing over 200 people and left an estimated 100 000 people homeless in the southern African country....
View ArticleMalawi army place K4bn food order without tender
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has been embroiled in a fresh procurement scandal suspected to be a cashgate scheme by placing an order of K4 billion with a company based in Blantyre, Oil & Protein...
View ArticleMutharika, Malawi Muslims Assoc hold talks
President Peter Mutharika has described the cordial relationship that exists between the Muslim community and Government as an important step towards the country’s development. Mutharika made the...
View ArticleMalawi courageous Bishop Zuza laid to rest
Thousands of Roman Catholic Church faithful led by the Apostolic Nuncio to Zambia and Malawi, Archbishop Julio Murat and other denominations gathered at St Peters Cathedral in Mzuzu diocese on Monday...
View ArticleMalawi to sell controlling stakes in Indebank, MSB
Malawi is selling portions of two commercial banks to re-capitalise in a move meant to turn around the struggling banks, the government’s divestiture agency said on Monday. The Public Private...
View ArticleMadonna took to Instagram an appeal for Malawi donations to flood victims
US pop superstar Madonna has used her Instagram account to appeal for donations to help survivors of deadly floods which have swept through Malawi over the past week. More than 170 people have been...
View ArticleBritain releases K2.6bn to assist Malawi flood victims : AU pledge support
Britain is providing support to those affected by the floods in Malawi by releasing £3.8 million (about K2,6 billion) through Department for International Development (DfID). The rains have swept...
View ArticleFlood survivors cry out for aid in Malawi
Frantic scenes greeted a military helicopter as it landed to deliver aid in a village after severe floods left 176 people dead and 200,000 homeless across Malawi. Flood survivors, sheltered in a local...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima eulogises Bishop Zuza in fluent Tumbuka
“Tadinga, malundi ghateuka” -Chilima Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima stunned mourners and Catholic Church faithful when he made his eulogy to the late Catholic Bishop of Mzuzu Diocese Joseph...
View ArticleMalawi Telecoms Ltd appoints Gombachika as new boss
Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) has recently appointed Dr. Harry Gombachika as its new Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O). A statement released by the company says, Gombachika’s appointment came...
View ArticleB’ella movie to screen in Malawi secondary schools
Members of the Dikamawako Arts intend to screen the movie B’ella in all secondary schools across the country under the ‘B’ella in schools’ project. Director of the movie and founder of Dikamawako Arts...
View ArticleFederation zealots insist, ‘lets split Malawi or change system’
The Forum for the Advancement of a federal system of government in Malawi has warned that they will be forced to hold vigils if the executive will not respond favourably to their petition on the issues...
View ArticleMalawi artists united in support for flood victims with ‘Pamodzi’ track
Talent can be in used in so many different ways. Just like players at the ongoing African Cup of Nation are rallying towards Ebola catastrophe, Malawi Artists have united to call for support and give...
View ArticleDeath penalty: Will Malawi join the modern world in abolishing it?
Recent press reporting suggested that a Malawian had been executed in Indonesia. The case in question now seems to have involved a person of a different nationality who had somehow obtained a Malawian...
View ArticleMalawi court finds Namata, Kasamba guilty over cashgate
The High Court in the capital Lilongwe has found Luke Kasamba and Maxwell Namata guilty on the charge of theft and money laundering in a syndicate stripping finances from government through illegal...
View ArticleWorld Bank demand K32m refund from Malawi
Malawi government should reimburse K32.9 million meant for the Local Development Fund (LDF) supported public works programme (PWP) from Dowa district council if the global lender if to release any...
View ArticleCHRR, Cedep query Malawi govt on water and electricity woes
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) are expressing great shock with what they say continued silence and failure by the Malawi government...
View ArticleJustice Minister trashes Chakwera’s state of emergency call: APM visits...
Malawi Justice Minister Samuel Tembenu has clarified why President Peter Mutharika declared a state of national disaster and not “ state of emergency” due to deadly floods, saying the law empowers the...
View ArticleUN scales up floods disaster support to Malawi
The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have scaled up their support towards the government-led response to the disaster in Malawi, where heavy rains have led to massive floods, especially in...
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