Chakwera names MCP shadow cabinet: Kabwila shadows Kaliati
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev Dr Lazarous Chakwera has named a 20-member shadow cabinet with few surprises among his chosen lieutenants. Chakwera claimed that the Shadow Cabinet will...
View ArticleMalawi already preparing for post MDGs period
With the deadline for implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) coming next year, the Malawi government is already looking ahead, Presidential Chief Economic Advisor, Collins Magalasi said...
View ArticleDon’t deceive Malawians abroad on ‘Cashgate’, Mr. President
Turning the hands of time… Your Excellency, President Mutharika: 1. I submit the attached report, which my office received from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). 2. The Reserve Bank of Malawi is...
View ArticlePorous borders feared to expose Malawi to Ebola
Malawi’s porous borders have been said to be one of the major risks that might expose the country to the deadly Ebola outbreak currently causing havoc in some African countries especially in the...
View ArticleMaulidi claims backing from PP brass against JB
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) acting Secretary General, Paul Maulidi said the decision the party’s leadership made to pull out of the forthcoming By-elections was made without a blessing of the...
View ArticleTNM Mpamba reduces Lake of Stars coach ride by 20%
With three days to go in the count-down to the much awaited Lake of Stars Festival , official telecoms partner TNM has announced another exciting discount of 20 percent for customers that buy their...
View ArticleMalawi needs federalism, power-sharing – MPs Kamlepo, Mwenefumbo
Vocal lawmakers from the northern region have demanded that the calls for federal system of government and power-sharing should be decided upon through a referendum. Kamlepo Kalua, MP for Rumphi east...
View ArticleEU, Malawi discuss 600m Euro aid package
Malawi President Peter Mutharika and European Union Commissioner for Development, Adris Piebalgs, have discussed the need to finalise a non-budgetary aid package amounting to 600 million Euro over a...
View ArticleCounterJab: North Malawi wants federalism? Be daredevils, go for independence
Selling the idea of changing the way Malawi is governed it is not an easy task. Leading public intellectual Edge Kanyongolo points out that the “federalism debate has quickly descended into emotive...
View ArticleMalawi Big Brother Africa rep is Masuzgo Msiska, Times TV presenter
Times TV presenter Dj Malick aka Mr 265 has been unveiled as Malawi representative in the much anticipated reality TV show Big Brother Hotshots which will start on October 5 in South Africa. He has...
View ArticleGordon Brown to support education in Malawi: Meets Mutharika
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he will use his position of United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education to mobilize resources to support various aspects of education in...
View ArticleMalawi’s Songwe mining project prospects at $293m
Mkango Resources Limited, a mining company which was doing feasibility studies on Malawi’s Songwe Hill rare earth project has announced that prospects for the site stands at almost US$293 million for a...
View ArticleJoyce Banda attends education summit in US: Urges world to keep girls in school
Malawi former president Joyce Banda on Tuesday attended a high level meeting on “A world at School: Global Business Coalition for Education” organized by former Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s...
View ArticleFire guts Universal Industries in Mzuzu
A biscuit and confectionary shop belonging to Universal Industries in Mzuzu was gutted in fire on Wednesday. The fire started at around lunch hour when all the workers in the shop had gone for lunch...
View ArticleKaronga traders protest against MRA conduct
Irate business persons in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga staged a street protest on Wednesday against “the strange conduct” of Malawi Revenue Authority officials of collecting tax for...
View ArticleFond push for federalism: Roll out civic education to Malawi citizens
Think-tank Forum for New Direction (Fond) has said it will roll out civic education on federal system of government aimed at providing specific information how the system works by analysing the...
View ArticleMphwiyo blows K1 million on gambling
Former Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, at the centre of massive looting of billions of kwachas of government money, surprised revelers at DBR Gaming Casino in the affluent suburbs of Lilongwe’s area 10...
View ArticleI’m not crazy, Mutharika refutes Nyasa Times report on extravagance
Malawi President Peter Mutharika was on damage control mode in the United States of America (USA) when he refuted a Nyasa Times story he is staying in a New York hotel that is costing Malawi taxpayers...
View ArticleMCP MP Kawale explains about a shadow cabinet
The Shadow Cabinet is made up of frontbench MPs from an official Opposition party. The Shadow Cabinet is a feature of the Westminster system of government. It comprises a senior group of opposition...
View ArticlePP releases shadow cabinet
Malawi former governing Peoples Party (PP) has formed a shadow Cabinet in Parliament. The PP shadow Cabinet comprises 18 members and four deputies with leader of the party in National Assembly, Uladi...
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