DPP says no Plan B or alliance: It’s Mutharika or burst
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has ruled out the possibility of forming an electoral alliance with any party in the forthcoming elections and said they are not contemplating on a fall back...
View ArticleChikaonda says development council is non-partisan: JB focus on ‘game changers’
Group Chief Executive for Press Corporation Limited, Professor Matthews Chikaonda, who was appointed by President Joyce Banda to be chair of High Level Development Council (HLDC) has described the...
View ArticleMunlo calls Chakwera’s offer vague: Darkness in Malawi Congress Party
Former Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo has disclosed that he declined a position in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee (NEC) because he felt the request from party leader Lazarus...
View ArticleJB upbeat new Malawi power plant to curb blackouts, boosts ‘transformational...
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Friday opened a new hydro-electric plant, which will add 64 megawatts to the 352 megawatts to the national power grid and is expected help to minimize blackouts ....
View ArticleMakala Ngozo, Ching’oma wins MCP primaries
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continued with its parliamentary primary elections during the week which saw vice Public Relations Officer Ezekiel Ching’oma winning with all votes in...
View ArticleIMF approves US$20m for Malawi: Encourages govt to address cashleak
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Washington on Friday completed the third and fourth reviews of Malawi’s economic performance under a program supported by the...
View ArticleMutharika trashes US Green card issue as ‘ nonsense’, mum on illness
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Auther Mutharika has described the notion that he will not stand for presidency because he is a holder of the United States Green Card as “nonsense”...
View ArticleBishop Stima bids farewell to Blantyre Archdiocese
Roman Catholics faithful from Blantyre Archdiocese converged in their large numbers at Limbe Cathedral in Blantyre on Saturday to bid farewell to Bishop Montfort Stima, who is leaving for Mangochi...
View ArticlePhoya pulls out of PP primaries, discloses next move
Minister of Lands and Housing, Henry Duncan Phoya withdrew from the primary elections of the ruling People’s Party (PP) in Blantyre Rural East constituency where he is a sitting MP. Phoya pulled out...
View ArticleFischer succumbs to calls to contest for parliamentary seat
Big Bullets veteran midfield workhorse Fischer ‘Anong’a’ Kondowe who earlier ruled out plans to join politics appears to have succumbed to people’s call to contest for a parliamentary seat during the...
View ArticleMutharika denies ill health: Says fit to rule Malawi, has US ‘white’ card
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Muthalika has denied reports that he had gone to United State to undergo medical checks, saying he has a robust health. Mutharika addressing a news...
View ArticleSurestream seeking views on Lake Malawi oil exploration
Surestream Petroleum Limited, which was given the licence by the Malawi Government to establish whether there is some oil on Lake Malawi, has lined up a number of public hearings across the country to...
View ArticleKaliati attacks JB: ‘The sick goes to TB Joshua’
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Director of Women affairs, Patricia Kaliati on Sunday hurled ugly slurs at President Joyce Banda, describing her as a bad example of women leadership. Kaliati...
View ArticleUS says cashgate has claimed lives in Malawi
United States Ambassador Jeanine Jackson has said the corruption scandal aptly called ‘Cash-gate’ has not only affected the social-economic status of Malawi but also claimed lives of its citizens....
View ArticleMalawi tax body collects K185.6 bn in six months
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has disclosed that it collected over K185.6 billion (about $431m) since July 2013, beating its half year target by about 20 percent. The 2013/14 budget projected a...
View ArticlePP bars Mijiga: Phoya’s chance to reclaim Blantyre Rural East primaries
Trouble continues rocking Blantyre Rural East primary elections for the ruling People’s Party (PP) with the latest being the disqualification of one of the frontline aspirants, Steven Mijiga. People’s...
View ArticleIMF’s release of Malawi funds to encourage donors – Mkwezalamba
Malawi’s finance minister, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, has said IMF’s release of a $20 million (around K9 billion) under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) will encourage other donors who have withheld aid to...
View ArticleCrown Pharmaceuticals CEO Shibu denied work permit over drug scandal
Malawi government refused renewal of Temporary Employment Permit (TEP) to Indian pharmacist Balakrishna Saroji Shibu over “questionable character”, Nyasa Times understands. Shibu was working with Crown...
View ArticleJB’s aide censures Peter, calls DPP ‘poisonous snake’
Special Advisor to President Joyce Banda on Politics and Communication, Elias Wakuda Kamanga has described the DPP a ‘poisonous snake’ following its leader, Peter Mutharika’s remarks preventing...
View ArticleCourt boosts Malawi gay rights case: Throws out AG’s objection
The High Court in Blantyre on Monday dismissed objections by the Attorney General (AG) stopping the court from proceeding with its intention to review constitutionality of the country’s ‘sodomy’ laws,...
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