Mzimba market up in flames
Mzimba market is engulfed in fire from Saturday night. Witnesses say no cause has been identified, although others say it is an electrical fault. There was no fire bridgate but after three hours fire...
View ArticleJoana Ntaja, Mayor of Zomba, dies at age of 31
Death has been announced of councilor Joana Ntaja, who was also mayor of Zomba – Malawi’s oldest city, Nyasa Times has learnt. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) publicist Francis Kasaila, a party to...
View ArticlePoison chalice? Tenthani’s muckraking on Malawi State House ‘redeployment’...
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government” -Edward Abbey Within the short time he has been in office, President Peter Mutharika has exuded frightening levels of...
View ArticleMalawi Police arrest commander of ’11 Bongos’ gang
Malawi Police in the capital Lilongwe say they have arrested a senior commander of the criminal gang called ‘11 Bongos’. The notorious youth criminal group has carried out banditry and anti-social...
View ArticleBeware of Malawi prophets of doom, Canaan warns
Mzuzu preacher Bentry Canaan Chawinga has asked Malawians to be wary of attention – seeking prophets and their patronising prophecies of doom. Canaan, who Saturday held national emergency prayers for...
View ArticleMinister promotes ‘Best Buy Malawi’ campaign, taste for imports hurting economy
Government wants citizens to embrace the ‘Best Buy Malawi’ campaign after a growing appetite for imported foreign products among Malawian consumers is raising concerns about the trend’s possible impact...
View ArticlePolice raids lead to arrest of 6 ‘vicious’ gang members in Lilongwe
Police in Kanengo are keeping in custody 6 suspected criminals who were arrested in a sweeping exercise conducted in Area 50 following a series of armed robberies in surrounding areas. Lilongwe Police...
View ArticleMutharika given new aide de camp: Mukhito plays down State House shake-up
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has been assigned a new Aide-de-Camp (ADC). He is Lieutenant Colonel Gilfred Chafikana. Chafikana has been assigned to State House after Lieutenant Colonel Fostino...
View ArticleCancer cases on the rise in Malawi, wary medical expert
Malawi’s oncologists Richard Nyasosera has expressed concern that the number of cancer cases in the country continues to increase for both men and women. According to the Nyasosera currently at Kamuzu...
View ArticleTotal madness in Bullets, Msungama admits: Malawi champions split into two camps
Malawi champions Big Bullets chairperson Kondi Msungama has said the club is in total madness over divisions within the team’s leadership which has now split the executive committee into two camps....
View ArticleWanderers donate to Bullets: ‘A friend indeed’
Mighty Be Forward Wanderers on Monday buried the bitter rivalry with Big Bullets when they donated K200,000 to Malawi champions to help them for their travel bill to Sudan for CAF champions league...
View ArticleMinister says Malawi needs US $16m to avert flood-induced food crisis
Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Minister Allan Chiyembekeza has said government needs at least e US $16m to distribute seed and other farm inputs in the flood affected areas several thousands of...
View ArticleUniversal Trading donate Treadle Pumps to flood victim farmers
Universal Trading a local Agri-business company in partnership with a Kenya based KingStart Company on Monday donated 25 Money Maker Treadle pumps and Hand Pumps worth K2 million to Ministry of...
View ArticleEthco commissions K2.5m bridge, teachers house in Nkhotakota
Ethanol Company (EthCo) Limited, a subsidiary of conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL) has handed over a bridge and a teachers house as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). On...
View ArticleMalawi tiny parties unite in relief effort to flood-victims
About five opposition parties in Malawi who contested the May 14 elections over the weekend came together in an effort to assist families in Blantyre townships that have been ravaged by the floods. The...
View ArticleMalawi Savings Bank sale to go ahead despite MP’s disapproval: FHD Bank...
The sale of the state-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) will still go ahead despite disapproval from parliament. Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) has confirmed. The government’s divestiture...
View Article7 men harvesting albino human bones arrested in Mangochi – Malawi News Agency...
Police in Mangochi have arrested 28 year old Francis Kadammanja and Gift Kalua, 37, for allegedly possessing a pepper ball gun without authorization while Masuku police arrested seven men found with...
View ArticleFirst Lady wary on low number of children taking ARVs
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has bemoaned the low number of children c infected with HIV/Aids who are receiving anti-retroviral treatment, arguing that more needs to be done to increase the...
View ArticleMutharika to visit his jail cell at Maula, Lumbadzi
President Peter Mutharika will on Wednesday visit Maula Prison and Lumbadzi Police holding cell where he was detained on treason charges. State House press officer Chikondi Juma said President...
View ArticleWomen leaders are ‘risk takers’ -Joyce Banda speaks at UN
Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda says women leaders are “risk takers; they are honest; and that they care about the people they serve”. “Women appoint fellow women and focus on big projects as...
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