Religious leaders under the umbrella body the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC) have unveiled plans to organise a conference to ponder on the church’s role in the run up to the May 20 Tripartite Elections. MCC general secretary the Reverend Osborne Joda-Mbewe said this in a press release issued on Friday that the conference seeks [&hellip
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Noel Chalamanda, who is aspiring for the Blantyre City Centre Ward yesterday led a group of his supporters to a cleanup exercise of various streets within the Commercial Business District (CBD). The exercise, which started at the MSB Car Park, saw vendors and supporters his from Blantyre Main Market, Blantyre Flea Market, Nancholi, Namiwawa, among [&hellip
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I read with interest but also disappointment references to the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) manifesto which featured on the front page of The Nation dated Monday 7 April 2014. I was interested in the references to the youth because I remember with nostalgia the Malawi Young Pioneer (MYP) regime established all over the country. We [&hellip
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Sosten Chitumba of Salima has been growing tobacco for over 18 years. It has not been a rosy journey especially with the increased falling of prices. Yet despite this, Chitumba never thought of diversifying. He defied every call from his friends to diversify to soya and cassava. “In 2003, the leaf had been attacked by [&hellip
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Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika has snubbed the first phase of the presidential debates to be held this evening at Bingu International Conference Centre in the capital, Lilongwe. Mutharika’s personal assistant Ben Phiri confirmed to The Nation saying his boss would miss today’s programme due to logistical challenges but will [&hellip
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Eight of the 12 candidates expected to appear on the presidential ballot paper during Malawi’s May 20 Tripartite Elections took part in the first-ever presidential debate held in the capital, Lilongwe today. In attendance during the debate held as a “red carpet” event in the auditorium of the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe [&hellip
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Mbayani residents were recently saved fierce political skirmishes involving supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator for Blantyre Kabula Constituency, Felix Njawala and his contender Rashid Gaffar, thanks to faith leaders. With assistance from the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Trust, faith leaders successfully doused the fire before it spread. I ask leader of [&hellip
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Si zambiri zimazerezetsa mwamuna kuti mpaka aonetse chidwi chogwetsera Chichewa. Kuyera khungu komanso kamsinkhu ka Patricia Misyenje wa m’mudzi mwa Ngwale kwa T/A Kadewele m’boma la Chiradzulo zidali zokwanira kuti Elisha Kazonde, katswiri pojambula nyimbo, afe mutu. Awiriwa akuti adayamba kuponyerana maso m’zaka za m’ma 1994 mpaka 98 ku Namatapa Primary School mumzinda wa Blantyre [&hellip
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Nkhani ya kuvomereza amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kukwatirana yakhala ikukambidwa kwa nthawi yaitali tsopano koma kufikira pano kusagwirizana kukadalipo pankhaniyi. Nkhaniyi yakhala ikukambidwa kwa nthawi yaitali. Amalawi ena akuvomereza za nkhaniyi makamaka oyang’ana za maufulu a anthu. Koma mtsutso waukulu ukuchokera kwa Amalawi ena achipembedzo omwe akuti mchitidwewu ukubweretsanso Sodomu ndi Gomola. Mudzafa Imfa Yowawa, [&hellip
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Zomba Airwing Sisters made history at Blantyre Youth Centre (BYC) yesterday when they became the first unseeded team to sail through to the quarter-finals of the Airtel Money Netball Championships national encounters, which will be concluded today. Airwing together with Woget Stars, Young Gals, Young Sisters, Splash Queens, Prison Sisters, Mimosa Queens and Green Sisters [&hellip
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What would you be doing if you wanted to maximise your potential? Being motivated to stretch yourself and see what’s possible is one way to go. Here are some steps to start you off Demonstrate passionate curiosity: Curiosity helps you learn, look at things in a way that sparks your interests and helps you improve. [&hellip
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Mbwiiye, This week let me take a break from our national reconstruction conversation (pronounced as konvezesheni—in the way Zimbabweans speak) and ask you to give me some feedback on how I performed during last week’s first ever debate for the Capital CEO position. Did I have some substance? Did I express it well—in good English [&hellip
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This week, Zilanie Nyundo of our cover story brings an interesting topic on how many people have such low esteem, yet an alarming amount of greed. She depicts such people as those who trample on others to feel good about themselves. Pastor Constance Masamba too, in her Spiritual Family column explains the need for self [&hellip
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In last week’s message, we looked at resting in God as a secret for experiencing your victory regardless of how tough your situation appears to be. Another aspect which is very important if you are to be victorious in your Christian life is the fight of faith. It has to be mentioned here that fight [&hellip
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A vehicle shortage crisis has hit the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) three weeks before the May 20Tripartite Elections, authorities have confirmed. Nation on Sunday learnt last week that the commission planned to have a minimum of 500 vehicles for the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, but by last week, MEC had secured less than 100. The vehicles were expected to [&hellip
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Big Bullets’ remarkable run in the TNM Super League continued yesterday when they beat Kamuzu Barracks 1-0 at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. Substitute Victor Limbani swang upfield to coolly head home Fischer Kondowe’s well-curled free-kick to send Bullets faithful into delerium in their quest to end a 10-year championship drought. The result will keep Bullets [&hellip
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Pension is one of the most overused terms in our society regardless of whether one is in formal or informal employment. Even some of our illiterate folks know about pension. They knew about pensions from time immemorial. To many, pension refers to a sum of money an employer pays an employee for life after an [&hellip
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The Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to consider the need of persons with disabilities when setting centres to be used in the May 20 Tripartite Elections. In a report of observation of the interim voters’ roll verification of the first phase in Eastern and Southern regions, Mesn said [&hellip
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Malawi Government has plans to protect “small and unsophisticated depositors” through the establishment of a deposit insurance scheme (DIS) to cushion depositors in case of a bank failure. This is one of government’s moves to strengthen the stability of the financial system while expanding the financial safety net. Already, the national task force headed by [&hellip
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have not read any of the manifesto statements of the political parties vying for power through the May 20 2014 Presidential and Local Government elections. However, I have read the summaries in the media and have watched television debates of the pretenders to the republican throne. What has struck me are the similarities rather than [&hellip
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