Most of us are already caught up in the euphoria of the upcoming elections. You could tell the hype a fortnight ago when presidents wannabes presented their nomination papers. The green card issue was part of the climax. Along came all the cards about running-mates and all sought of analysts, all exercising their right to [&hellip
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Malawi is one of the countries in the region that got a national television pretty late. As a result, the concept of making music videos is still young. Malawian music videos have been beamed on international television channels such as Channel O and MTV Base but their life span barely exceeds two months. Exactly four [&hellip
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Many know him as a novelist while others as a journalist. However, there is another side of art of this man that a lot of people do not know. He is also a poet, playwright and director. His name is Willie Zingani. During an interview that started with a tour of his farm in [&hellip
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Good people, it’s stunning how Desmond Dundwa Phiri keeps dragging the country back to the past with his relentless writings. Even in the silver times of his hair, the economist-turned-historian keeps writing his way to the top where many fear to tread—earning an honorary degree from the University of Malawi in the process. And this [&hellip
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Malawians made a midweek impact in the Absa South Africa Premiership as coach Kinnah Phiri eased relegation troubles whereas Gabadinho Mhango ended his four-game goal drought. Kinnah steered his second from the bottom Free State Stars to 24 points from 26 games after beating the University of Pretoria, who featured Atusaye Nyondo, 1-0 at the [&hellip
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Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Arthur Peter Mutharika on Friday joined thousands of Roman Catholic faithful in the annual walking pilgrimage of the Way of the Cross. The day is part of Easter celebrations when Christians worldwide celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mutharika took part in the joint procession conducted by St [&hellip
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The country’s only bourse, the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) was bullish last week with National Bank and Press Corporation Limited (PCL) registering share price gains. According to the MSE, National Bank share price rose by K0.90 from K227 to K227.90 while PCL share price gained K0.45 from K310.15 to K310.60. Due to the price gains, [&hellip
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Fincoop Savings and Credit Cooperative says it is set on a path to full recovery after years of being hit by bad debts, among other business-related shocks. The institution, which provides financial services to low and medium income earning people, has since introduced new innovations such as use of mobile money products which it [&hellip
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Chief rural development officer in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Francis Sakala has said Government has shifted infrastructure development to integrated rural development to effectively improve the majority of people’s lives in remote areas. Speaking in Mangochi after opening a five-day workshop for Trainer of Trainers on wine and fish processing, Sakala [&hellip
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Musician Code Sangala, commonly known as C.O and is popular for his appearance as a Malawi representative in Big Bother Africa, is scheduled to perform at Blue Elephant on Friday. In his first ever solo performance, the artist will perform a live performance backed by Mizu Band as a promotional drive to his first solo [&hellip
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Lake shore town of Mangochi never slept on Easter holiday as Carlsberg set the town ablaze with a party at Zithere Pano. There was never a dull moment right from the time the party started as Malawian music heavy weights shared the stage. Performing on Friday night was the acoustic duo of Edgar ndi Davis, [&hellip
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Silver Strikers coach Stein Chirwa has said they have learnt a bitter lesson from being docked nine points in the TNM Super League and that they will want to avoid a repeat of that by involving their players in anti-violence campaign. Chirwa said this after beating Mighty Wanderers 2-0 courtesy of Rodrick Gonani’s brace at [&hellip
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Sports reporters in the country need to take sports as serious business if they are to attract support from the corporate world, Sports Writers Association of Malawi (Swam) trustees chairperson Gracian Tukula has said. Tukula made the statement on Saturday when he closed a two-day training workshop Swam conducted at Sports Council in Blantyre with [&hellip
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Malawi Under-20 national soccer team coach Ernest Mtawali has said his charges could have done better against South Africa whom they beat 1-0 in a practice match at Nike Centre in Johannesburg on Saturday. He played down suggestions that the win over the Cosafa Under-20 champions is confirmation that the Junior Flames are ready for [&hellip
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The Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has announced that about 74 new players had been registered at the time of closing the transfer window at the weekend. Sulom general secretary Williams Banda said most of the transfers involved players from the lower leagues. “Of course, some of them are still pending on the basis that [&hellip
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The pressure was just unbearable for coach Stuart Mbolembole that he had to quit as Mighty Wanderers coach in only the first game of the season after the 0-2 loss to TNM Super League defending champions Silver Strikers at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday. Dressed in a blue tracksuit and appearing calm and composed, Mbolembole dropped [&hellip
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Accusations and counter accusations have emerged in Dedza Central Constituency between three primary school head teachers and former legislator Sosten Gwengwe, who is also People’s Party (PP) running mate in 20 May polls over transfers. The teachers blame Gwengwe for using his powers to influence their transfers because their schools received donations from Malawi Congress [&hellip
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It was billed as a ceremony to launch the party’s electoral manifesto, but yesterday’s meeting by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) at Njamba Park in Blantyre turned out to be a competition by the party’s stalwarts in who can attack the current government most, effectively running counter to the widely publicised view that the party [&hellip
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With 27 days to go before the May 20 Tripartite Elections, the NGO Gender Coordinating Network (NGO-GCN) says female aspirants are being subjected to foul language to frustrate them so that they withdraw from the polls. Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) board chairperson Steve Duwa and Unandi Banda from National Elections Systems Trust (Nest) and [&hellip
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Community-based human rights defenders say some traditional leaders in the country perpetrate worst forms of violence against women and girls besides trampling on the people’s basic freedoms and rights. The human rights defenders said this in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkanda in Mulanje where Creative Centre for Community Mobilisation (Creccom) is enhancing ‘Women’s and Girls’ Voices [&hellip
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