Bingu wa Mutharika’s death: Penemulungu will not speak about their meeting

Agnes Penemulungu, a DPP parliamentarian believed to be the last person in the company of the late president Bingu wa […]

Chasowa Inquiry: Chasowa was killed hours before meeting Hajat

Information emerging from an investigation by the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) suggests that Polytechnic student activist Robert Chasowa was […]

Shanil Muluzi joins People’s Party in style

Malawi’s former first lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi has joined the UDF bandwagon who are flocking to the ruling party and […]

Malawi Polytechnic gets new campus

The Malawi Polytechnic , a constituent college of the University of Malawi officially received a new campus in Chichiri, Blantyre, […]

Farm Input Subsidy gets K40 billion

Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy program, touted for improving food security for the past six years, has been allocated a whopping […]

Homosexuality debate is unduly emotional

It is easy to see the point in the assertion by the Malawi Minority Rights Awareness that most public comments […]

Malawi applauded on snubbing al Bashir and the AU Summit

Malawi’s decision to withdraw from hosting the African Union (AU) Summit slated for July has resonated well with analysts who […]

Kenya Interior Minister George Saitoti, Assistant and 4 others killed in helicopter crash

Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has been killed in a helicopter crash that happened early Sunday. Mr Saitoti and […]

T.B. Joshua : The man who sees tomorrow?

He has a smile for everyone, yet many regard him as one of the most controversial prophets that ever walked […]

Big Brother: Uganda’s Jannette Kisses Wati from Malawi

History is repeating itself here. During Big Brother Africa 2, the Malawian housemate then Code Sangala almost forgot about his […]

Was Ken Lipenga eligible to present the 2012/2013 National Budget on Friday?

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Thursday ganged up in questioning the eligibility of Finance […]

Re-writing Africa’s story through Music Tourism

Aids, war and famine – Africa is a continent in despair. That’s the the prevailing western view, according to Chimamanda […]

Malawi makes wise political decision, creates business tsunami

Malawi might have made a politically correct decision not to host next month’s African Union (AU) summit but for businessmen […]

Exit ‘zero deficit’ enter national ‘recovery’ budget

Finance Minister Ken Lipenga on Friday tabled a K406 billion (about $1.6 billion) 2012/13 national budget which, although it provides […]

Malawi draws with Nigeria 1-1 in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers

Malawi today drew with Nigeria 1-1 in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre in a […]

Art Fights Poverty?

By Tom Porter There is an emerging narrative about Africa, a ‘hopeful’ continent of economic opportunity. This is a story […]

Public Universities’ students not ready for fee hike

Students from the tow public universities in Malawi have bemoaned the idea to institute a committee to look into the […]

DPP admits goofing on flag change

The former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has admitted that the flag change was done in speed. This has come […]

Late Mutharika abandoned girl after promising to fund her education

It does not rain but pours for the Karonga girl the late president Bingu wa Mutharika reportedly abandoned after promising […]

Dzenza Secondary girls hostel gutted by fire

There was panic at Dzenza secondary school in Lilongwe on Wednesday when fire gutted girls’ hostel, destroying property for over […]

Malawi gives civil servants 21 percent pay rise

Malawi’s civil servants will receive an average 21-percent pay increase, the finance minister said Friday in presenting the country’s $1-billion […]