Malawi immune as seven housemates face eviction
Malawi’s Hotshots in the Big Brother house continue to enjoy immunity after their team won music extravaganza last week. So on Monday, shortly after Big Brother awarded Tayo his Star Gift, this week’s...
View ArticleMarrakech consensus calls for greater partnership to accelerate Africa’s...
Over 900 stakeholders from across the African continent, including the Presidents of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, as well as the Prime Ministers of Morocco and Cape Verde convened in Morocco for the UN’s...
View ArticleA dent on Malawi’s development efforts
Fifty years after independence, Malawi’s unemployment figures continue to threaten gains made in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expire next year. On a dusty street corner...
View ArticleIf I were Patricia Kaliati
Minister of Gender and Children, Disability and Social Welfare, I would go beyond lip service and act on the sickening revelations of the existence of a children’s ‘brothel’ in Blantyre’s populous...
View ArticleInterview: Prosecute more people for deterrence
The sentencing of former Ministry of Tourism principal secretary Tressa Senzani to three years imprisonment for stealing K63 million continues to create debate. I caught up with Professor Danwood...
View ArticleFlames game bonus hiked by 233 percent
FAM has said the proposed new allowances for the Flames have now been effected leading to their game bonus being hiked more than three times. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) chief executive...
View ArticleMary Waya shakes up Queens, Mpinganjira, Kachilika dropped
Malawi Queens coach Mary Waya has dropped two key and experienced players Beatrice Mpinganijira and Joana Kachilika in her 15-player squad that starts camp training tomorrow ahead of Fast5 Netball...
View ArticleNomads say Munde in charge
Mighty Wanderers have cleared the confusion as to who is in charge of the club between Yasin Osman and Kannock Munde. The Nomads’ general secretary Mike Butao yesterday said Munde is now in charge of...
View ArticleMoyale GS blames complacency for slip-up
Deposed leaders Moyale Barracks could be struggling in the TNM Super League second-round due to complacency, general secretary Major Grey Maluwa has noted. “The season has reached a crucial stage with...
View ArticleChiku’s Botswana deal stalls
Chikumbutso Kanyenda— Big Bullets’ longest serving defender of this decade—returned home on Monday from Botswana where his potential transfer to Gaborone United stalled. The experienced left back...
View ArticleGovt takes peace, unity campaign to the North
Government has taken its campaign of using football to promote unity and peace to the Northern Region. On Monday, government-sponsored Super League side Civo United took on Nkhata Bay Select in a...
View ArticleGhanaian player on trials at Silver
Ghanaian starlet Samuel Siaw is attending trials with 2013/ 2014 Standard Bank Trophy kings Silver Strikers, the Bankers’ general secretary Mike Tembo confirmed on Tuesday. “He will undergo the trials...
View ArticleBucci signs to Nde’feyo
Nde’feyo Entertainment has signed Afro-pop and R&B artist Bucci. The deal will see the artist work with producer Pro-Pee to produce his debut album. The deal includes promotion, recording,...
View Article‘ICT a pillar for economic development’
Malawi Government says it recognises the importance of information and communications technology (ICT) as a key pillar for economic development. Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani...
View ArticleCondom, diaper dumping worry First Lady
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has said the manner in which Malawians dispose of used condoms and diapers, among other waste, is a concern that should be addressed urgently. Mutharika expressed the...
View ArticleShow up for arrests, govt urges Cashgate suspects
Government has asked people that know they were involved in the plunder of public resources, christened Cashgate, to show up at the police or Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to save on time and taxpayers’...
View ArticleWoman accused of killing husband
You have heard about men being jailed for hacking women—a well-chronicled tale shockingly personified by Dowa man Herbert Mankhwala who chopped the hands of his wife Marieta Samuel nearly 10 years ago....
View ArticleStalemate on Mphwiyo’s bail
Cashgate suspect and former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo will stay in police custody a little longer after Lilongwe senior resident magistrate Paul Chiotcha yesterday said the...
View ArticleHIV-free generation initiative recruits JB
Former president Joyce Banda has been roped into an influential group of former heads of State and other eminent African personalities to help champion the creation of an HIV-free generation. The...
View ArticleMRA says VAT is tax for the future
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has rolled out the second phase of Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs), a programme which the country’s tax collecting agency believes will improve value added tax (VAT)...
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