Appeal for missing Malawi 5-year-old boy
The Police and family are appealing for help to find a missing 5-year-old boy Yankho Wandale in Blantyre. The boy disappeared from his home in Zingwagwa, township on December 1, 2014. He was last seen...
View ArticleMalawi running on autopilot, Malawians – a people who care less: Nyakuchenya...
Without initiative, says Bo Bennet, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions. This has never been more spot-on for Malawi except that ‘workers occupying leadership positions’ actually ‘work’...
View ArticleMzuni sends 945 students on suspension, lawyer says illegal
About six hundred government sponsored students at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) have been sent on an indefinite suspension following mayhem they caused over “insufficient meal allowances,” Nyasa Times has...
View ArticleJoyce Banda and Lutepo CCTV footage, Malawi govt surrenders to ACB
Minister of Information and government spokesman Kondwani Nankhumwa has told a news conference in the capital Lilongwe that government had assembled 33 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Footage showing...
View ArticleDPP to change party VP again, as PAC confirms all diplomats including Mussa...
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will again change its leadership rank of vice president for the second time this year after the newly appointed vice president for the central region, Ted...
View ArticleJB, Lutepo CCTV footage claims ‘fictitious’: Cameras not functional since...
Claims by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government that it has in possession of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage showing former president Joyce Banda meeting chief cashgate suspect,...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi staff start strike action to push for pay rise
Students at the University of Malawi (Unima) are likely to face academic disruption as the support staff at Unima, which comprises Chancellor College, the Polytechnic and College of Medicine on...
View ArticleMalawi VP Chilima commends smallholder farmers at NASFAM indaba
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has commended smallholder farmers in the country for their role they play in agriculture and economic activities. Chilima made the commendation when he opened the...
View ArticleACB denies knowledge of CCTV footage: JB aide says its ‘DPP game plan’
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has denied knowing anything about the purported Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage which Minister of Information, Kondwani Nankhumwa said government has...
View ArticleMalawi’s one-man artistic force du jour – Elson Kambalu
Elson Kambalu doesn’t like to be shoehorned as an artist. Even in his early days, he refused to paint the usual “traditional” watercolors of African horizons and indigenous animal kingdom that attract...
View ArticleMutharika upbeat to heal Malawi economy, launches investments handbook
President Peter Mutharika used his address during the launch of Malawi’s first-ever Bankable Projects Compendium – Malawi Investments Projects Handbook – to express confidence that his government...
View ArticleIrish govt hail Malawi on gender activism
The Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Áine Hearns has commended efforts by local NGOs in the fight for gender equality. Speaking during a gender violence based photographic exhibition at Woodlands (formerly...
View ArticleLaw experts caution on JB, Lutepo CCTV footage
Constitutional law expert Justine Dzonzi of Justice Link has noted that government in politically influencing the ongoing corruption cashgate scandal investigations and prosecution, saying the...
View ArticleMutharika gets 80% pay rise: Malawi ministers, MPs salary increased
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has received an 80 per cent salary increase and will now earn K2.7 million per month from K1.5 million The president’s salary has been unchanged since 2009 when...
View ArticleChihana accuses DPP of stifling federalism debate
Son to the Malawi’s fallen pro-democracy hero Chakufwa Tom Chihana, Enock, who is also leader of the now tiny opposition Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) is accusing the ruling Democratic Progressive...
View ArticlePP replaces SG Maulidi with Matola: Mpinganjira says rebuilding
The former governing Peoples Party (PP) has started reorganizing itself in readiness for 2019 with its acting secretary General Paul Maulidi replaced and deputy spokesman Ken Msonda finally confirmed...
View ArticleBullets crowned Malawi champions, win final TNM Super League match
Crowd pullers Big Bullets are the champions of Malawi once more after clinching the TNM Super League title and officially crowned on the season’s final day when they defeated relegated Blantyre United...
View ArticleMutharika presides over Kapoloma coronation
President Professor Peter Mutharika was joined by former president Bakili Muluzi, vice president Saulos Chilima and senior government officials at the installation of Mavuto Ahmed Gowelo as...
View ArticleUpdated: 9 Malawi Police officers killed in presidential convoy accident...
Nine police officers escorting Malawi President Peter Mutharika’s convoy have died in a horrific road accident in the southern district of Balaka, police have confirmed. The 9 died in Balaka district,...
View ArticleMalawi President, VP suspend salary hike: MP’s get 367% pay rise
Malawian President Peter Mutharika and vice president Saulos Chilima have said they will not be taking the percent salary increase “until economic situation improves”, Finance Minister and government...
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