No jail sentence likely for Malawi ‘Cashgate’ convict
Top tourism ministry official Treza Namathanga Senzani who is the first convict in the so-called “Cashgate” scandal that led to the suspension of foreign aid and helped push a government from power is...
View ArticleMakhwawa, Banda win Airtel Malawi golf at Mibawa
Lawyer John Gift Mwakhwawa and Carol Banda on Friday emerged the winners of Airtel Malawi’s Golf tournament that took place at Mibawa country club in Bvumbwe. Mwakhwawa scooped the Men’s Division with...
View ArticleMuluzi presents Green Media Awards to Malawi environmental journalists
Association for Environmental Journalists in Malawi (AEJ) has recognised 10 best Print and Electronic journalists for their outstanding performance in reporting issues of environment in its newly...
View ArticleMutharika blows K400m travel bill for US visit: 68 member delegation
The DPP Government is dead broke, yet President Peter Mutharika has endorsed a 68-man (and women) delegation to accompany him to New York where he will be attending the 69th Session of the United...
View ArticleUK says Malawi must end culture of impunity: ‘Malawi’s financial system a...
Britain has described Malawi’s Public Financial Management (PMF) System as a “leaking bucket” that requires serious attention before several donors particularly Britain resumes providing its support....
View ArticleMRA registers 4.38% drop in tax revenue
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) collected K34.6 billion in August, registering 4.38 percent drop in tax revenue. In July, the Authority collected K40.9 billion, according to its report. MRA had...
View ArticleBullets tame Nomads: Malawi TNM Super League
Big Bullets on Saturday made a statement of intent in their title charge with a determined and deserved 1-0 victory against their bitter rivals Mighty Wanderers at the fully packed Kamuzu Stadium....
View ArticleMalawi govt’s anti- federalism drive ‘suspicious’ – CHRR, CEDEP
Two of Malawi’s leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have faulted Malawi’s government’s approach of using chiefs...
View ArticleMalawi govt pays Mulli K1 billion compensation
Malawi tax payers will finance the payment of K1, 020,000,000 to Mulli Brothers Limited as out of court settlement with government as damages for breach of contract and compensation for loss of...
View ArticleWither austerity? Muckracker on Malawi Pres. Mutharika’s business as usual
“If a problem is fixable, then there is no need to worry; If it’s not fixable, then there is no help in worrying” -Dalai Lama I find President Peter Mutharika quite an interesting character. He seems...
View ArticleMalawi Veep says social-economic conflicts a threat to peace
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said conflicts were a threat to peace as were political conflicts and should be treated with equal prominence. Chilima was speaking on Saturday in Lilongwe during...
View ArticleFederalism is not a dirty word – University of Malawi law professor
There are a number of rude words that begin with the letter “F”, but federalism is not one of them. Yet, judging by the horrified reactions that have greeted recent calls for converting Malawi into a...
View ArticleSilver at it again, blow lead to draw with Civo: Malawi TNM Super League
Barely a week after squandering a 2-1 lead against Big Bullets in added time, Silver Strikers FC were at it against on Sunday, September 21, 2014 when they let their bitter city rivals Civo United...
View ArticleDPP includes Lutepo as accused in Mphwiyo shooting case
The State has added businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in the systematic plunder of government money, dubbed ‘cashgate’, as one of the accused persons in an attempted murder case of former...
View ArticleKasambara complains to court: Mphwiyo case to run for three days in November
The Lilongwe High Court has adjourned the case in which lawyer Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo, Dauka Manondo and others are answering charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to murder former budget...
View ArticleFake K314m project: Malawi education officials face community anger
Communities in Malawi’s northern district of Nkhata Bay are up in arms against the country’s Ministry of Education following a K314 million (US$762 136) school project which was earmarked for the...
View ArticleSinger Armstrong engages designer Lisa: Bushiri prophecy being fulfilled
South Africa based Malawians on Sunday afternoon rambled to Silver Star Casino in Johannesburg where renowned and spiritually changed Afro Pop star Onesimus Kalua, formerly Armstrong presented a...
View ArticleUnilever Malawi launches Blueband challenge: Targets school children
Unilever Malawi will soon embark on a competition dubbed Blue Band National Growth Challenge Campaign across the country in order to raise awareness on the importance of a balanced and nutritious diet....
View ArticleGenet Malawi champions women’s economic empowerment
With funds from UNFPA, one of the country’snon-governmentalorganizations, Girls Empowerment Network (Genet) Malawi has rolled outa women’s economic empowerment project under Gender Equality and Women...
View Article‘We’re better united’: Kyungu hosts chiefs from south, centre on cultural...
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga has asked fellow traditional leaders not to bow down to wishes of some Malawi who want to divide the country saying God has given...
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