Bushiri soldiers on with maize distribution in Malawi: Feeds 14000 households...
At least 2500 households, translating to almost 14 000 people, went home all smiles in Madisi, Dowa, on Thursday curtesy of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s on going national relief maize distribution...
View ArticleSimbi touts K28bn game changer: Lake Malawi water project by Khato Holdings
Khato Holdings Limited, a South African-based firm owned by a Malawian Ashani Simbi Phiri has given constructive justification for the cost and timeline of the $500 million project to pipe water...
View ArticleParading of woman naked condemned by Malawi govt, activist: ‘Sexual harassment’
The Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare and human rights activist Habiba Osman have condemned the parading of a naked woman in the business district of Limbe in Blantyre and...
View ArticleMalawi showcase success in women’s economic empowerment at UN CSW61
The Minister for Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Jean Kalirani has said Malawi has done very well in economic empowerment of women especially in the work sector at the continental...
View ArticleMagistrate Court operates without toilet in Ntchisi
Magistrate Court unsers in Ntchisi get stranded when they are to ‘answer the nature’s call’, as the court operates with no toilet around, the development which forces them to use the nearby maize...
View ArticleMalawi ready for foreign investors – Mwanamvekha
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Joseph Mwanamvekha, Friday assured foreign investors to invest in the country as their business will be profitable and secured. Mwanamvekha said this in Lilongwe...
View ArticleThe cost of not remitting pension contributions
The recent reports in the media that industrial strikes are on the rise due to employers failing to remit pension contributions to fund administrators should not be taken lightly. It is reported that...
View ArticleNew party DEPECO courts Daza for presidency
Members of the newly formed political party called Democratic People’s Congress, shortened as ‘DePeCo’ are calling for politician-cum-evangelist Chris Daza to return to Malawi from South Africa to...
View ArticleStudent from Malawi Assemblies of God University killed in road accident
Three people including a student have died while others have been severely injured when a car they were travelling in was involved in a road accident on Sunday morning. The deceased include a student...
View ArticleReserve Bank of Malawi approves merger of two smallest banks: Finance Bank...
Two of Malawi’s smallest banks, New Finance Bank (NFB) and Opportunity Bank, will merge to meet the central bank’s capital requirements, the lenders said on Friday. Banks in the southern African nation...
View ArticleTalking Blues: Bravo CFTC, but it’s not just Masm
Malawi is a haven for unscrupulous syndicates out to swindle the citizenry. And in broad day light, they mercilessly bleed us like leeches. As if making ends meet is not hard enough, with civil...
View ArticleMalawi facing population explosion ‘time bomb’— Teen pregnancy soars
Malawi is said to be sitting on a ticking time bomb as the population is booming, according to figures contained in the latest Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDH) released last week. The...
View ArticleSidik Mia rejects ‘fake news’ linking him away from MCP
Former cabinet minister Muhammad Sidik Mia has rejected what he called “fake news” linking him to United Democratic Front (UDF) when he is yet ti formally join the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Mia...
View ArticleKaronga chiefs revolt against Kyungu over relocation of refugees camp
Over hundreds of traditional leaders in Karonga have attacked Paramount Chief Kyungu for imposing the relocation of a refugee camp from Dzaleka in Dowa to Katili in Traditional Authority (T/A)...
View ArticleMalawi police arrest 17 men for sexual harassment of woman in Limbe: WOLREC...
Malawi Police have confirmed 17 men have been arrested towards the inhumane and humiliating treatment of a woman in Limbe central business (CDB) which took place on Thursday 16th March, 2017. A woman...
View ArticleMalawi needs to shape up, say Chakwera: Extends an olive branch to MCP ‘rebels’
Leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera has called for what he calls mental revolution, saying citizens should stop accepting things that are wrong. Chakwera...
View ArticleMinister probes Kasungu hospital for rejecting free blood donation due to...
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has taken it upon himself to investigate serious allegations that medical personnel at Kasungu District Hospital rejected a blood donation of 100 people because there...
View ArticleEvangelicals to deliberate state of governance in Malawi
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) – an umbrella mother body of 64 Church denominations and 58 Christian organisations – through its specialCommissioncalled the Ethics, Peace, and Justice...
View ArticleCarlsberg beer processing section gutted on fire
Fire has gutted part of Carlberg brewery beer processing section at the Makata Industrial site after gas reportedly spilled. Property worth millions were feared to have been damaged. Fire fighters were...
View ArticleAnti-drug activists say more Malawi youths smoking hemp
Anti-drug activists say more youths are now smoking hemp since the legalisation of industrial hemp last year and have since asked the government to put in place controlling measures. Nelson Zakeyu of...
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