Chakwera blames Malawi poverty on ‘god-like’ leaders
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has observed that the root cause for the country’s distressing poverty is the trend by leaders who look upon themselves as gods. Chakwera made the remarks...
View ArticleChihana faces contempt of court charges
Alliance for Democracy (Aford) ‘standby’ president Enoch Katola Chihana risks imprisonment, fine or may have his assets seized for ignoring a Mzuzu High Court order restraining him or his charges from...
View ArticleJB hits back at Kaliati: ‘Why revel in illness of someone else?’
Malawian President Joyce Banda has reacted to remarks by the Director of women in Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Patricia Kaliati in which she claimed Banda was responsible in spreading rumours of...
View ArticleMalawi donors stick to their guns: ‘We won’t tow IMF line’
Members of the Common Approach to Budgetary Support (CABS) a grouping of Malawi’s donors who withheld aid last year due to looting of billions of public funds from government coffers in what is known...
View ArticleJB says $67m set aside for Thyolo-Thekerani road
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday revealed that US$ 67 million has been set aside for the Thyolo-Thekerani-Muona-Bangula road to ensure that it is completed after five years of mere talk....
View Article‘Fraud alarm’ at judiciary, Judge Tembo implicated
The maxim “he who comes into equity must come with clean hands” may aptly be applied on the Malawi Judiciary whose judges are reportedly on ‘strike’ on account of unpaid allowances. A letter authored...
View ArticleMalawi experts call for safe abortion law: Costs of unsafe abortion at K232m
Government of Malawi is spending K232 million in providing care for post-abortion with 70, 000 women having abortion every year. Abortion is legally restricted in Malawi with the Penal Code penalizing...
View ArticleMalawi adjourns treason trial of Mutharika and others: Judge orders ‘re-work...
High Court Judge Esmie Chombo has adjourned a treason trial against the brother of former president Bingu Wa Mutharika and other high-ranking ex-government officials who are members of Mutharika...
View ArticleNyirenda, Chihana jostle for JB’s approval as PP denies alliance with Aford
People’s Party (PP) Secretary General Paul Maulidi has denied that the party is in an alliance with Aford [the Alliance for Democracy] whose chairperson Enock Katola Chihana is in the Cabinet of...
View ArticleAgorosso’s debut album Famba out: Africa Movie Academy Award winner
The 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award winner for best soundtrack in filmmaker Shemu Joyah’s The Last Fishing Boat, Agorosso, has released his first album Famba – ‘let’s walk’ – expected to hit the market...
View ArticleMalawi fuel reserves to increase buffer stocks – Energy Minister
Malawi’s Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola says issues of fuel shortage in Malawi will remain a thing of the past after the completion of strategic fuel reserves currently being constructed by an...
View ArticleStop politicizing water supply, Malawian MPs told
As Malawi is heading towards the May 20 tripartite elections official campaign, incumbent and aspiring MPs have been asked to cease politicizing water supply. The call has come from Kate Harawa,...
View ArticleNyasa Times interview with BWB spokesperson on prepaid water supply
The Blantyre Water Board (BWB) last year introduced the prepaid water system to its customers. Currently, the Board is still running the project’s “three-month” pilot phase, which started in April...
View ArticleCEAR to buy more rail coaches to meet Malawi demand
The Central East African Railways (CEAR), Malawi’s railway transport provider, will buy more passenger coaches to meet high demand. The company told Nyasa Times a week after it introduced six new...
View ArticleAtupele barnstorms north: Touts wealth creation and no quota system
The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) says once voted into power on May 20 it will focus on wealth creation for Malawians who still survive on handouts 50 years after independence. The party’s...
View ArticleParamount brokered Malawi deal for DRC troops as Sadc denies paying for JB...
A controversial African arms group , Paramount which has already signed deals with the Malawian government for agriculture, fuel and military contracts through a network of investment firms brokered a...
View ArticleChiwaya wins UDF primary in Mangochi: Calls his victory an inspiration
While many season politicians have tumbled in their primary election across all political parties, Dr Clement Terence Chiwaya, member of parliament for Mangochi Central Constituency silenced critics...
View ArticlePPM convention: Katsonga goes unopposed as some delegates condemn him for...
Acting President of the opposition People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) Mark Katsonga Phiri has gone unopposed at the party’s day-long national indaba held at COMESA Hall in Blantyre Thursday. Prior to...
View ArticleProphet backtracks, now says JB to remain Malawi President
A Malawi Prophet, who in 2013 claimed that a man from other regions in Malawi apart from the Southern Region will triumph during this year’s tripartite elections based on the prophecy he received that...
View ArticleJB accepts Mia’s resignation, Msonda says PP’s big blow
The resignation of Transport and Public Infrastructure Minister Sidik Mia from Cabinet and from the ruling People’s Party (PP) as vice president for the Southern Region, has been accepted by President...
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