Malawi Kwacha floatation faulted – Economic expert
A professor in economics, Chinyamata Chipeta has spoken against the floatation of the Kwacha, saying the policy is wrong as the local unit continues to weaken further against the US dollar with the...
View ArticleBullets close to title, beats Karonga: Malawi TNM Super League
Big Bullets on Saturday edged closer to winning the 2014 TNM Super League title when they beat Karonga United 3-1 at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. The Peoples team took their time before showing why they...
View ArticleMutharika assures investors of support asToyota Malawi clocks 50yrs
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has said his government is committed to supporting all foreign investors in the country as their investments go a long way in contributing to the economic development...
View ArticleCounterJab: Jogging Tembo’s memory as wrinkle appears in Mutharika’s...
Former leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) John Tembo and Monsignor Boniface Tamani joined the federalism debate this past week and spoke more or less from the same script. Monsignor Tamani was...
View ArticleLutepo’s wife, daughter risk arrest: DPP asks cashgate chief suspect to seal...
Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mary Kachale has asked a chief suspect in Malawi’s “Cashgate” corruption scandal, Oswald Lutepo through his lawyer Oswald Mtupila on a deal to record statement as a...
View ArticleDon’t send me to Zimbabwe, asks Thoko Banda: Malawi new diplomat rejects...
Malawi’s ambassador designate to Zimbabwe has asked ministry of foreign affairs to consider relocating him to another diplomatic mission apart from Harare after reports have gone viral that he once...
View ArticleNomads limp again, KB dampen Eagles title hopes: Malawi TNM Super League
Lilongwe is becoming a difficult hunting ground from Mighty ‘Nyerere’ Wanderers, who have just managed a single point out of the maximum si in two TNM Super League assignments against Epac FC and...
View ArticleSata’s body returns to Zambia as political rivals jockey for position
Hundreds of people lined Lusaka’s Great East road on Saturday as the body of Zambian president Michael Sata, who died in London this week, arrived in the country to be burial next week. There were...
View ArticleLaw professor queries Attorney General over cashgate
Malawian professor of law, Danwood Chirwa, has faulted Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale over alleged undue interference with the work of the investigative and prosecutorial agencies in relation to...
View ArticleMalawi passport 320 % price hike criticised
Malawi government has been criticised for the 320 percent increase in passport fees which Consumer Association of Malawi (Cama) has described it as “bribe hike.” Immigration Department announced in a...
View ArticleFalling Kwacha, inflation to rise: Reserve Bank of Malawi raise bank rate
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has raised its policy rate back up to 25.0 percent as inflation is expected to accelerate to 25.4 percent in December due to rising food price and the depreciating kwacha...
View ArticleThoko Banda hits at Mugabe again: Tells BBC can’t be Malawi diplomat to...
A Malawian diplomat who once reportedly described Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as an “idiot” told BBC’s Focus on Africa programme Monday that he has turned down the job of ambassador to Harare...
View ArticleMRA impounds Mphwiyo’s car
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) stormed the residence of former Malawi budget director Paul Mphwiyo who was shot outside his home at the time he was a whistle blower to the corruption “cashgate”...
View ArticleMutharika to strip Banda of his diplomatic post – Chaponda
Malawi’s minister of foreign affairs George Chaponda says President Peter Mutharika had already planned to bar Thoko Banda from representing Lilongwe in Zimbabwe where he was expected to be an...
View ArticleNew EU ambassador to Malawi presents his credentials
The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Malawi and Head of Delegation, Marchel Gerrmann on Monday presented his letters of credentials to President Peter Mutharika, at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe in an...
View ArticleMA Motors win Poppy Day golf: Malawi VP Chilima took part
A team sponsored by MA Motors on Saturday emerged victorious during the day long Poppy Day golf tournament held at Lilongwe Golf Club’s (LGC) 18-hole golf course. The competition, which attracted 16...
View ArticleFuel prices to rise as Malawi Kwacha falls
Prices of commodities in local markets are going up and cash-strapped Malawi should brace for more torrid times as fuel prices are expected to follow suit. The price rise is expected to be discussed at...
View ArticleCHRR advises Mutharika to ‘tread carefully’ with Banda
One of Malawi’s leading human rights non-governmental organization Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has advised President Prof. Peter Mutharika to tread carefully on Thoko Banda saga...
View ArticleCourt defers Mulli’s stay order: Fights MSB over K3.2 bln loan
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday deferred to a later date the application by Mulli Brothers Limited (MBL) to extend the stay order the conglomerate obtained against the High Court’s (Commercial...
View ArticleMalawi govt proposing marriage age at 18
Malawi’s Minister of Gender, Children, Social Welfare and Disabilities Patricia Kaliati has revealed that government has proposed 18 as the minimum marriage age for girls in the current review which is...
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