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Liwimbi dumps PP

Former minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Daniel Liwimbi has dumped the ruling people’s party (PP) and declared himself independent. […]

243 Air Malawi employees sent on leave, pending retrenchment

Up to 243 employees of Air Malawi Limited are living in suspense as the company has begun sending them on […]

ASSAILANTS STONE GUARD TO DEATH

Unknown assailants on Christmas night killed a security guard at Mercia Industries Limited at Ginnery Corner in Blantyre by hitting […]

WILD MUSHROOM POISONS 18 IN THYOLO

Eighteen people were admitted to Thyolo district Hospital after eating wild mushrooms which they collected from Mianga Estate Forest…

New Banknotes disability unfriendly

The current banknotes that were introduced early this year have been described as not friendly to people with vision impairment. […]

Chief No 2 down: Govt suspends Chief Kilupula

Newly-installed Traditional Authority Kilupula of Karonga has been stopped from executing duties of his office as one way of easing […]

JB trims convoy

President Joyce Banda has trimmed the size of her convoy in keeping with austerity measures her government announced early this month, […]

MALAWI’S INEVITABLE CYCLE OF DISCONTENT: Reflections from 2012

In this article, I argue that there is an inevitable cycle of discontent in Malawi that is as hard-wired into […]

Poly student sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in jail for theft

A 22-year old student of the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic has been sentenced to two years and six months in […]

UNICEF resumes funding water project in Kasungu

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has resumed funding for its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project in Kasungu after […]

Zim gives Malawians Christmas cheer

Zimbabwe released 5,6 million litres of fuel to Malawi as part of a loan repayment deal, a development which could […]

Joyce Banda pardons 279 prisoners

Malawi President Joyce Banda has pardoned 279 prisoners as part of celebrations marking Christmas and the New Year. The pardoned […]

Christmas & year-end reflection: Corruption is rampant in Malawi, sayeth a man …

Reverend Levi Nyondo, the General Secretary of the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbytery (CCAP) is one […]

Privatisation Commission snubs Comair on Air Malawi

The Privatisation Commission (PC) has snubbed calls by Comair Limited, a British Airways franchisee, to participate in the restructured Air […]

The church puts its nose in the Malawi, Tanzania border dispute

It might be the Christmas spirit or indeed just trying to help, but the church in Malawi and Tanzania has […]

Reforms restoring Malawi’s financial sector credence

Economic reforms being implemented in the country are contributing positively to the financial sector where confidence has been brought back […]

Dancer Atoti Too Short severely assaulted at a show in Ndirande, hospitalized

Renowned dancer Sam Mphande, known in the entertainment cycles as ‘Atoti Too Short’, was on Saturday assaulted by two security […]

Govt suspends TA Chimombo due to corrupt practices and snatching subject’s wives

The Office of the President and Cabinet through the Ministry of Local Government has suspended Traditional Authority Chimombo of Nsanje […]