CHRR brands Mutharika a ‘hypocrite of the highest order’
Malawi’s human rights group Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has described President Prof Peter Mutharika as a hypocrite of “highest order” if the first six months of his tenure are...
View ArticleTimes editors donate Mutharika’s handouts to orphanage
Four editors of Times Media Group which owns several newspaper titles in Malawi and a television station have donated to Chritian Organisation of Oprhans in Malawi the cash they received from Malawi...
View ArticleMRA, ACB to recover externalised funds: In joint operation
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have warned unscrupulous businesses against abusing the Industrial Rebate, Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and Duty Free Schemes...
View ArticleMalawi courts strike to continue: Salary hike proposal rejected
A strike by junior judicial workers which has paralysed the court system in Malawi will continue as Judges and Magistrate are set to join as the Judiciary has rejected a proposed salary increment from...
View ArticleMalawi researchers in vaginal ring study for HIV prevention
Malawi researchers are currently studying if women might be able to protect themselves from HIV infection and pregnancy by inserting a vaginal ring. The researchers are into an MTN 020 (ASPIRE), a...
View ArticleFaizal Mapeto quizzed on tax evasion, MRA zero in on Karim of Lido
Public tax collector, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has interrogated Faizal Mapeto who is Chairman and CEO of Mapeto David WhiteHead and the Ginnery Factory in Salima on suspicion of tax evasion,...
View ArticleMadonna in Malawi with her adopted kids: Mutharika restores her VVIP status
US pop star Madonna -who has adopted two Malawian-born children – returned to Malawi on Wednesday and had her VIP status restored by President Peter Mutharika after his predecessor stripped the same...
View ArticleLutepo on bail, appears in K92bn ‘audit query’
Businessman and cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo’s has been granted bail on tax evasion charges after he was taken ill at Kamuzu Central Hospital but his cashgate tainted companies appear also in the...
View ArticleNAC-gate: CSOs demand First Lady to refund money to Malawi Aids commission
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have demanded an immediate refund of money amounting to about K15 million (about $30 000).First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust and tribal...
View ArticleMadonna to build children’s unit in Malawi Queens Hospital
US pop diva Madonna on Thursday launched a 50-bed pediatrics ward at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in the commercial capital Blantyre. Raising Malawi director, Sarah Ezzy, said the new facility is...
View ArticleUnion feels Mutharika took advantage of poorly paid Malawi journos
The Journalist Union of Malawi (JUMA) has insinuated that Malawi President Peter Mutharika may have taken advantage of poor salaries many Malawian journalists receive in the various media houses to...
View ArticleMadonna sings with Malawi rapper Tay Grin at party
The world-famous diva Madonna posed for a photograph with Malawian hip hop star Tay Grin at a party to celebrate the singer’s first visit to Malawi for 18 months and the photograph hit the headlines...
View Article3 cops arrested over soldier’s shooting: Malawi govt ‘deplores’ killing
Three Malawi Police Service officers are currently in custody for allegedly shooting to death one of Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier, Lance Corporal Prince Lameck by patrol officer on Saturday...
View ArticleK92bn DPP cashgate audit starts – Malawi Auditor General
Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa has told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament that his office alongside audit firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PwC) has commenced the K92 billion...
View ArticleLivingstonia Synod takes a swipe at ‘lazy’ judges
The CCAP Synod of Livingstonia through its Church and Society organization has condemned the conduct of some judges for not performing to the expectations of many Malawians, saying the judges are...
View ArticleNamondwe accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in UK
Ashworth Namondwe is on trial at Nottingham Crown Court He thanked his victim and promised to do it again next time Son to Malawi’s envoy to China, Charles Namondwe, a direct cousin to President Peter...
View ArticleMadonna appointed Malawi goodwill ambassador: Adopted kids meet President...
Malawian President Prof. Peter Mutharika has appointed US pop diva Madonna as Malawi Goodwill Ambassador for child welfare, Nyasa Times learnt on Friday. It was confirmed by government chief...
View ArticleLutepo ‘is paralysed, wheelchair-bound’
Businessman and chiefcashgate suspect OswaldLutepo has his legs paralysed and in a wheelchair. Lutepo had been at Kamuzu Central Hospital where he has been receiving treatment after his arrest on fresh...
View ArticleWhere is Joyce Banda? Missing ex-president of Malawi sparks more rumours
It is now over two months since Malawi’s former President, Joyce Banda, left the country for her international engagements. However, there has recently been no publicity on her activities or her...
View ArticleCounterJab: Mutharika struggling to keep Malawi economy afloat? Karma’s a bitch!
Just six months after sweeping into office in disputed elections, things are not looking up for President Peter Mutharika who took up where his brother Bingu left off as leader of the Democratic...
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