15 MPs ditch People’s Party fearing Section 65
Up to 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) have so far abandoned ruling People’s Party (PP) and returned to the parties […]
Govt tells university to reduce sponsored students
Malawi Government has advised the University of Malawi (Unima) to reduce State-sponsored students to 900 to enable the institution manage […]
Kaphuka suspends genius of Mulanje pirate radio
A Mulanje-based boy Gabriel Kondesi, who was arrested after setting up a pirate radio in his village in 2009, has […]
Indebank manager brutally murdered by his servant
In a classic case of sadism, a house servant in Soche East in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre, turned on his […]
First Malawi Youth Parliament in commences
Speaker of parliament Mr. Henry Chimunthu Banda says youths need to have an input on issues affecting them. Mr. Chimunthu […]
Last witness testifies in NRC student murder case
The High Court in Malawi’s third largest city, Mzuzu, has finalized hearing a case in which six police officers are […]
Malawi government to probe Surestream on Lake Malawi oil exploration deal
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said it intends to investigate the awarding last year of an oil exploration license to […]
Livelihoods drying up on Lake Chilwa
Fisherfolk and farmers living near Malawi’s second-largest water body, Lake Chilwa, are relocating en masse and scrambling for space around […]
Oil and Water don’t mix in Lake Malawi border dispute
In the search for oil and natural gas, Africa’s third largest lake has become a political battlefield. It’s not so […]
NGO angry with govt over perks hike
Centre for Social Concern (CfSC) says it is disappointed by government’s decision to raise subsistence allowances for Cabinet ministers by […]
Pay hike meeting yields nothing – University Lecturers Union
Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu), in reaction to last week’s communication from government that salaries had been increased by […]
Malawi, Tanzania border talks: Minister urges restraint
Malawi Government has warned against careless statements as its experts and those from its northern neighbour Tanzania engage in a […]
DPP to hold convention in November
The Democratic Progressive Party DPP has announced that it will hold its first national conference in five years this November […]
Normalcy prevails at Tanzania-Malawi border dispute
Normalcy at the Tanzania-Malawi border post of Kasumulu/Songwe confirms that the amity between the two countries remains unshaken by recent […]
Malawi’s cotton ban slows Chipata-Mchinji rail use
The move by the Malawian Government to ban importation of cotton from Zambia has led to less usage of the […]
Mponda, Kanyenda, Russell Left Out of Malawi Squad Against Ghana
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri has left out injury-plagued captain Peter ‘Mjojo’ Mponda in his squad for the crucial 2013 Africa […]
Late Wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania over Lake Malawi
Malawi’s late leader Bingu wa Mutharika wrote Tanzania in 2005 over the need to reaffirm boundaries with Malawi after ‘small […]
Man arrested for selling children at K1million
An 18-year-old man has been arrested in Mzuzu city, northern part of Malawi, for allegedly offering two children aged four […]
PP refutes endorsing JB before convention
Leaders of the ruling People’s Party (PP) have dismissed reports of endorsing President Joyce Banda as the party’s presidential candidate […]
People’s Party to spend K42 million on convention
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) is set to spend K42 million (about $168 000) on its convention which is slated […]
Malawi govt has justified strikes
By increasing Cabinet ministers’ subsistence allowances by 80 percent, the Joyce Banda administration has shown that while it is preaching […]