Month: April 2012

Malawi strives for family planning budget line

Published on April 30, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has plans to include a separate budget line in the Ministry of Health for family planning services which would […]

Late Mutharika still fights media

Published on April 30, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Although the late president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika has passed, his past relationship with the media still continues to […]

Atupele camp mulls over candidacy

Published on April 30, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The appointment of Atupele Muluzi as a cabinet minister has forced the United Democratic Front (UDF) camp that supports him […]

Malawi’s Joyce Banda puts women’s rights at centre of new presidency

Published on April 30, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

For 48 turbulent hours she was the victim of a conspiracy that left the future of Malawi hanging in the […]

Could Emerging of HE Pres. Joyce Banda be the dawn Malawians & Africans been waiting for?

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Could the emerging of Her Excellency President Joyce Banda of Malawi be the dawn Malawians in particular and we Africans […]

MEC paralysis affects Mzimba Central bye-election

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Over 37,000 people in Mzimba Central Constituency are being denied parliamentary representation following the failure by government to appoint commissioners […]

DPP having trouble taking own medicine, warns MPs of Section 65

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the party that heavily benefited in contemptuously ignoring Section 65 court rulings is […]

Phoya angers MCP over Gule Wamkulu remarks

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Remarks by Minister of Lands and Housing that MCP does not feel comfortable with new members who did not go […]

DPP’s Chaponda cries foul, queries Banda on Cabinet

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

DPP’s George Chaponda, one of the incompetent ministers in Bingu’s cabinet is bitter for being fired as Minister of Education […]

Nokia no longer biggest handset maker as Samsung ends 14-year reign

Published on April 29, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Samsung is now the biggest-selling mobile manufacturer in the world, with the Korean company overtaking Finnish giant Nokia. It’s the […]

Fair play anti-corruption competition launched

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The third edition of Fair Play anti-corruption music video competition was launched on Tuesday opening up the floor for artists […]

JB to support disabled students, pledges 100 scholarships

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda has pledged to support 100 students with physical disabilities who do not have the financial muscle to […]

National Assembly awaits executive on House leadership

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda is expected to make changes in the political leadership of the National Assembly as well as changes […]

Sugar supply normalises

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Sugar hiccups that rocked the country for the past few months seem to have normalised as consumers are now able […]

Police impound 2,700kgs of chamba

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The police at Bua road block in Kasungu on Wednesday impounded 30 bags of Indian hemp, locally known as chamba, […]

Lilongwe vendors back on the streets

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Street vendors are back with their wares on some streets in Lilongwe just days after President Joyce Banda took over […]

Malawian president to visit South Africa

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The new president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, will visit President Jacob Zuma in South Africa on Friday 27 April which […]

New Cabinet list

Published on April 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Exactly twenty days after swearing in as Malawi’s first female President and Africa’s second, Her Excellency Mrs Joyce Banda has […]