Assaulted MCP ward councillor Kadammanja recounts ordeal
Richard Kadammanja, a Salima Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ward councillor who was beaten by the party’s youth on allegations that he is sympathizer to ousted Salima Central parliamentarian, Felix Jumbe,...
View ArticleMHRC outlines roadmap for Access to Information ACT implementation
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has outlined a roadmap on how it plans to implement the Access to Information (ATI) Act that President Peter Mutharika assented to last month. The Act, it is...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi survey shows President least trusted: Clergy lead the...
A survey conducted by the Department if Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College have shown that Malawians trust the clergy and traditional leaders more...
View ArticleMalawi Police submits final report on Chasowa murder to Judiciary
The Malawi Police Service (MPS) says it has finally completed investigations surrounding the mysterious death of University of Malawi’s The Polytechnic engineering student Robert Chasowa who was found...
View Article2 MCP legislators fight for a constituency as 2019 political battlelines are...
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) faces division in Kasungu following a decision by Kasungu Central MP Amon Nkhata to dump his constituency in the 2019 parliamentary polls and contest in...
View ArticleTNM ends romance with Super League of Malawi: Sponsorship officially withdrawn
Malawi premier mobile and data servicer provider TNM has formally announced that it has withdrawn its sponsorship to the flagship Super League sponsorship following Competition and Fair Trade...
View ArticleACB probes Karonga District Council over K57mil abuse: DC Moyo implicated
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been investigating Karonga District Council officials who were alleged to have misappropriated K57 million of 2015 to 2016 Local Development Fund (LDF). Chairperson...
View ArticleBishop Mtumbuka weighs in on relocation of refugees in Karonga: ‘Help...
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Karonga Diocese in the Catholic Church has added his voice in the controversial relocation of a refugee camp from Dzaleka in Dowa to Katili in Traditional Authority...
View ArticleLawyer Goba argues Wandale’s conviction had ‘grave errors’: Court set April...
The High Court in Blantyre on Tuesday heard the appeal case for People’s Land Organisation (PLO) leader Vincent Wandela who is challenging his 18 months suspended sentence on land grab in Thyolo tea...
View ArticleThe tale of ‘recycled politicians’ in Malawi’: You are better off where you...
Africa’s first generation leaders emerging from independence struggle positioned themselves as the only ones capable of leading and as presidents for life. We had our own horrible experience of...
View ArticleIndian businessman who jumped Malawi bail sneaks back: Geared to drag govt to...
An Indian businessman Chandrashekar More who was arrested after Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) ordered his arrest for not filing a tax return and then jumped bail has sneaked back in the country. He...
View ArticleMACRA wants to ban ‘Hot Current’ truth telling show on Times TV: Malawi...
Broadcasting regulators, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) plans to ban media giant Times Group from showing on Times TV a television talk show ‘Hot Current’ on Times TV which is...
View ArticleIMF declares Malawi on track: Finance Minister says economic rebound gets real
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Wednesday declared Malawi as being on track as far as reclaiming the economy is concerned. Chief of Mission for IMF, Oral Williams disclosed this in Lilongwe...
View ArticleMutharika says drilling oil in Lake Malawi to go ahead: ‘Lake is wholly...
President Peter Mutharika has said that Malawi will go ahead with the plan to drill poil and gas in the Lake Malawi, saying there is nothing to worry on aquaculture as well as human life....
View ArticleMota Engil boss attempts rape on Malawian female worker: Victim narrates story
A boss for Portuguese industrial conglomerate Mota-Engil attempts to sexually attack a Malawian female worker was foiled after she shouted for help on the Thyolo-Makwasa road which the company is...
View ArticleMalawi moves up on human development Index, life expectancy now 63.9 – UN
Malawi has made “slight” improvement in its Human Development Index ranking over the previous year and ranks 170 among the 188 countries surveyed for human development, a new UN report has said. The...
View ArticleMalawi junior police officers accuse seniors of favouritism in UN peace...
Junior police officers are accusing their seniors of favouring their relatives and friends in United Nations peace keeping mission assignments. This came last week as the police were interviewing...
View ArticleMalawi AIDS Commission to equip sex workers to overcome their challenges
National AIDS Commission (NAC) said capacity building to commercial sex workers could help them understand their human rights and be able to demand services which they have been denied for so long. NAC...
View ArticleCourt fines Phalombe Village Headman 1 Kwacha for demanding sex using relief...
Phalombe First Grade Magistrates Court has fined K1 (One Kwacha) a village headman in the district for demanding sexual favours from women in exchange of relief food. A 35-year-old village headman...
View ArticleJudiciary staff give Malawi govt 21 days ultimatum: ‘Increase housing...
Judiciary support staff have given the government up to 21 days to increase housing allowance or else face a strike that will palaryse the dispensing of justice. Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula...
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