Glitches as Blantyre Arts Festival stutters
The Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF), despite having allocated sound check activity on the schedule, disappointed fun-seekers with their technical sound glitches that kept on delaying performances on...
View ArticleSteve Bedi blows Lilongwe away
Steve Bedi lived up to his reputation as one of the finest saxophonists Ghana has ever produced when he pulled off a dazzling performance at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on...
View ArticleMinister warns chiefs on vandalism, railway blockages
Government has warned district commissioners (DC)and chiefs who resort to blocking projects when they have certain concerns about Vale Logistics Limited. Minister of Transport and Public Works, Francis...
View ArticleAPM calls for honest federation debate
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has called for “honest and lawful debate” on whether the country should adopt a federal system of government. Commenting for the first time on the matter at a press...
View ArticleMwawi’s container in, but with hurdles
A container carrying Mwawi Kumwenda’s donated sports equipment from New Zealand has finally arrived, but it cannot be opened for her use in netball clinics countrywide as it awaits Malawi Revenue...
View ArticleGovt, Norway hail Neal formation
Malawi and Norway say the formation of the Network for Enhanced Livelihood (Neal), a grouping of orgnisations in the agriculture sector that seeks to harness quality service delivery in livelihoods...
View ArticleMalawi mining, quarrying revenue to fall by 68 percent
Revenue from mining and quarrying, one of the country’s important sectors is expected to drop by about 68 percent to K16.5 billion this year from about K52 billion in 2013.The drop in revenue could...
View ArticleChawinga fails to undergo trials
Tabitha Chawinga— who is the only Malawian women football export to Europe—yesterday failed to undergo trials with the Scandinavian country’s second-tier side Olle Karnvednsik IF from on Monday. She...
View ArticleJB gets order to block access to call logs, citing privacy concerns
Malawi’s former president Joyce Banda has obtained a court order stopping Cashgate suspect and businessperson Oswald Lutepo from accessing her call records. Both lawyers for Banda, Mauya Msuku and for...
View ArticleCashgate: Senzani jailed for 3 years
Malawi’s former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Toursim Treza Namathanga Senzani has been sentenced to 3 years in jail for offences of money laundering. She is the first convict in the looting...
View ArticleCashgate: Outrage on social media over Senzani’s 3-year jail term
Malawians on the social media have expressed anger over the sentencing of former Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Treza Namathanga Senzani to three years in jail. Judge Ivy Kamanga today...
View ArticleVoter apathy in by-elections
Low turnout of voters characterized the by-elections that were conducted today [Tuesday] in Thyolo East and Blantyre North constituencies as well as in five other wards. Most polling centers opened...
View ArticleLutefu: Gone bananas with hand-made mats
Some Malawians in urban areas—even if they have just fled rural areas in search of pastures anew—may dismiss hand-made mats as artifacts of backwardness. Nonetheless, the rural folk in Karonga consider...
View ArticleFlames setback: Three players injured in training
The Flames have suffered a setback ahead of tomorrow’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group B showdown against Algeria as three key players have been ruled out while another one is a doubtful starter....
View ArticleNomads lodge complaint against KA United
As desperation takes its toll on Mighty Wanderers FC’s survival quest, the Nomads have lodged a complaint to Sulom against Karonga United for allegedly featuring an ineligible player. The Nomads allege...
View ArticleBook crisis hits Sec. Schools
Confusion has hit the education sector following government’s eleventh-hour decision to defer implementation of a new secondary school curriculum, The Nation can reveal. Implementation of the new...
View ArticleBig clash in SRFL on today
Bob Mpinganjira and Peter Mponda are considered among the best players to have graced the local soccer fields having starred for traditional age-old rivals Mighty Wanderers and Big Bullets...
View ArticleMutharika, opposition leaders hold talks
President Peter Mutharika yesterday held a working luncheon with opposition political party leaders who participated in the May 20 Tripartite Elections to discuss various issues affecting the country....
View Article2014 Mother’s Fun Run on tomorrow
All is set for this year’s Mother’s Day Fun Run scheduled for Mangochi Boma tomorrow. The Fun Run, a Nation Publications Limited’s (NPL) corporate social responsibility initiative, raises funds for the...
View ArticleNtcheu residents issue ultimatum over water woes
Ntcheu residents have given a 10-day ultimatum to the Central Region Water Board (CRWB) to address the erratic water supply that has hit the district for the past year. In a petition addressed to CRWB...
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