Year: 2012

Five great Premier League matches in 2012

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

As Christmas drifts alarmingly closer to the world of Premier League football, many evaluations of the past year will begin. […]

Billy Mayaya, a masquerade

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi has two types of civil society leaders. There are those that stand on principle because they are rights defenders […]

Top 10 Gadget Christmas Wish list

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Each year, technology becomes more advanced, user friendly and aids us in our everyday lives. Although it is hard to […]

Joyce Banda’s son terrorising state establishments

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

President Joyce Banda’s son, Geoff Kachale, using the influence of his mother is busy terrorising heads of ministries and parastatals […]

Over 20 sex workers set for vocational training

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

29 rehabilitated sex workers aged between 18 and 30 are now set to undergo various vocational trades under the auspices […]

World Food Programme, Mw govt and Airtel join hands to address food shortages in Malawi

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has joined forces with the Government of Malawi and mobile telecommunications company Airtel […]

Malawi mulling study into maximizing the use of thermal coal for electricity generation

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Malawi government is preparing to engage a consultancy to study how the Southern African country can maximize the use […]

Brass Band Aid launch Malawi Trombone School

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Brass Band Aid, the charity that saw hundreds of brass bands club together earlier this year to raise over £250,000 […]

Paladin reports lower output from Namibia and Malawi mines

Published on December 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Uranium-miner Paladin Energy on Tuesday reported lower quarterly production as output at its mines in Namibia and Malawi dipped. Paladin […]

Electricity, crime top business obstacles list

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A business climate survey conducted by the Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has shown that electricity […]

Mec wants electoral law amended again

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) would like the Electoral Commission Amendment Act passed in 2010 amended to increase the number of […]

Gender Equality Bill to be tabled at the National Assembly in February

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Ministry of Gender says the Gender Equality Bill will be tabled in parliament during the next meeting of parliament […]

Water Aid donates water testing equipment to Poly

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Water for People on Friday donated water testing equipment worth K6 million to the Department of Physics and Biochemical Sciences […]

Banks record 22% growth in assets

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s commercial banks registered a total balance sheet growth of over 22 percent in the year 2011 despite the economic […]

Mayan apocalypse: End of the world, or a new beginning?

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

One in 10 of us is said to be anxious that 21 December marks the end of the world. The […]

Malawi govt sends civil servants on two-week holiday

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi government has declared that civil servants in the country go on a two week public holiday from Monday December […]

Two Chanco students arrested and given bail

Published on December 21, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Two Chancellor College students, arrested Thurday for allegedly inciting their colleagues to demonstrate, have been released on bail without conditions. […]

Police arrest five, impound 45 bags of Indian hemp

Published on December 20, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Police in Nathenje, Lilongwe, on Monday intercepted a truck carrying 45 bags of Indian hemp each weighing about 90 kilogrammes. […]