Malawi shines in aquaculture
At an international meeting held in Kisumu, a coastal town in Kenya, recently, experts said fish levels in Africa are going down, particularly in Lake Malawi—Africa’s third largest lake. Overfishing...
View ArticleWomen football committee summons SA-based pros
National Women Football Committee (NWFC) has said it will summon Loveness Nyakamera and Chrissy Kasiya alongside their agent Prince Jere to explain why they signed a deal with South African club...
View ArticleMalawi snubs FAM draft calendar
Football Association of Malawi’s (FAM) tentative calendar for next season is likely to hit a snag as government has already thrown a spanner in the works. According to FAM competitions officer...
View ArticleUmodzi Park operator contract to be finalised
Minister of Tourism Wildlife and Culture Moses Kunkuyu has disclosed that government is finalising a contract for a preferred bidder to run the the Umodzi Park which comprises the Presidents Hotel, the...
View Article64 teachers graduate at Amalika
The Development Aid from People to People (Dapp) has said training more teachers can help improve education standards in the country. Dapp Amalika Teachers’ Training College (TTC) principal Charlotte...
View ArticleNomads cry foul over fixtures
TNM Super League hot contenders Mighty Wanderers have threatened not to fulfil their remaining games if Sulom does not review this weekend’s fixture in which they are on bye. The Nomads argue that...
View ArticleEffects of high interest rates, terms and conditions on SMEs
For 46- year- old Osman Ali, selling second hand tires is how he has earned his living since he established his business in Blantyre at Wenela bus depot in 2000. Ali who started his business with K30...
View ArticleTigers, coach Leo set to part ways
Azam Tigers coach Leo Mpulula has said he will live by his word and part ways with the club for failing to win any silverware this season. The outspoken Tigers mentor said although there is an option...
View ArticleState says Manondo is a flight risk
The State has objected to the release on bail of Pika Manondo, one of the suspects in the attempted murder of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Manondo has been in custody since...
View ArticlePAC to discuss leadership, Tengatenga replaced
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has announced plans to hold a third All-Inclusive Stakeholders Conference under the theme ‘Malawi at crossroads: Enhancing transformative leadership through holding...
View ArticleThoughts on Mangochi fracas
It was clear , from the start of the Mangochi fracas, that Paul Msangwa, has been selling pork in Mangochi for seven yeas and he moves about delivering it to his customers. The general sentiments from...
View ArticleRalph Ching’amba to lead multinational band
Renowned music producer Ralph Ching’amba, who has names such as The Black Missionaries, Lucius Banda and Anthony Makondetsa on his portfolio, is in South Africa to record an album titled We Need Love...
View ArticleTo contain HIV and Aids in marriage, educate girls
‘Girl, 14, forced into marriage by parents’ reads a front page of Nation on Sunday early this year. The reason, according to the father, is quite baffling. He said “he noticed the girl had grown and he...
View ArticleMada drops debut album
Madalitso Kalikokha, known in the music circles by the first two syllables of his name—Mada has released an album titled Kufuna Kokha, a 15-track album which was produced in Lilongwe by Ernest Ikwanga...
View ArticleMusings from Cashgate Bar
Jah people, Cashgate is catchy. Allan Nyalo, who has renamed his bar after the K120 billion corruption scandal, seems spot on—for it is said that there is always a shiny side behind the rough half of...
View ArticleCalls loom for Pres Joyce Banda to resign
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it cannot stop delegates at its forthcoming third All-Inclusive Stakeholders’ Conference to call for the resignation of President Joyce Banda if the ongoing...
View ArticleBullets Central Region brass back in the fold
Big Bullets Central Region (CR) Executive Committee has reversed its earlier decision to quit. The change of heart follows a meeting with the club’s first vice-chairperson Gregory Madeya and Sulom...
View ArticleGabadinho, Atusaye on target
Flames forwards Gabadinho Mhango and Atusaye Nyondo were on target for their teams in the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) mid-week fixtures. Gabadinho drew first blood for Bloemfontein Celtic...
View ArticleSwimmer Tafatatha gives MOC hope
Netherlands-based swimmer Joyce Tafatatha has excited the Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) with her exploits at last week’s All Africa Junior Swimming Championships in Lusaka, Zambia. The 15-year-old...
View ArticleLutepo to pay K50million bail bond
Businessperson Oswald Lutepo will have to pay K50 million (US$125 000) in cash for him to be released on bail. Lutepo is alleged to be involved in the Capital Hill Cashgate scam. The K50 million bail...
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