Four Malawian stars complete Mozambican moves
Four Malawian players—goalkeepers Simplex Nthala and Dave Mphaya; midfielder Chimango Kayira and striker Jimmy Zakazaka—have completed moves to top Mozambican Mocambola League teams. According to...
View ArticleNomads, Silver risk forfeiting appeal
Mighty Wanderers and Silver Strikers risk forfeiting their appeals should they fail to pay the K225 000 (about $562) appeal fee each by close of business today. The Nomads and the Bankers are...
View ArticleFlames, Queens risk funding hitches
The Flames and the Queens might need alternative ways of accessing government funding for their 2014 foreign trips after their respective associations reportedly failed to submit their foreign exchange...
View ArticleSA based Malawian artists to open studio
Malawian musicians under South African Based Malawian Artists (Sabma) are working on establishing a recording studio, aimed at promoting Malawi music in the rainbow nation. Sabma was established last...
View ArticleK40 million for Big Brother Mzansi winner
One million Rands, (about K42 million) is up for grabs for South Africa’s reality show Big Brother Mzanzi. From February 2, 12 South Africans participate in a Big Brother show specifically for the...
View ArticleMalawi to experience longer lean period
Malawi will experience a longer lean period due to late planting, especially in the Southern Region, a situation that will worsen the food situation and lead to higher prices. The Famine Early Warning...
View ArticleTobacco 2014 output peaks at 200 million kgs
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) preliminary assessment has put the leaf’s output this year at 200 million kilogrammes (kg), way above 168.6 million kg produced last year. TCC chief executive...
View ArticleDavid making inroads in Zambia
Gospel hip hop musician David Kalilani is taking his music ministry further afield after impressing and collaborating with top Zambian artists during a recent tour of the country. The musician, who...
View ArticleLucius Banda’s Gold in online sales
Music sales worldwide have taken a paradigm shift from selling CD to more sales online. The development has made it easy for musicians to sell singles rather than albums. However the development has...
View ArticleMystery surrounding John Chilembwe’s death
This analysis by GIFT WASAMBO KAYIRA, a lecturer in Chancellor College’s History Department, is based on recent findings by David Stuart-Mogg. The year 2015 will be an interesting one in the history of...
View ArticleThe chickens will come to roost, always!
He who brings kola brings life, Chinua Achebe. He who pinches your ear is family (wakutsina khutu ndi m’nasi), Chichewa proverb He who stiffens his neck will have it broke, from the Holy Bible and its...
View ArticleNational Bank bids farewell to Chibesakunda, Likubwe
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) on Monday bid farewell to two senior employees of the bank at a farewell get-together held at the head office in Blantyre. The two are Joe Likubwe who was the business...
View ArticleLiquidity improves to K20 billion—RBM
Liquidity levels increased during the week ending January 10 to an average of K20 billion from K7.2 billion per day while the interbank lending rate marginally decreased, signalling that banks did not...
View ArticleMCTU condemns abusive Chinese nationals
The Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) has condemned reported cases of abuse of Malawian workers by Chinese managers of Anghui Foreign Economic Construction Company at the national stadium...
View ArticleGroup lobbies for economic empowerment policy
The Economic Empowerment Action Group (Eeag) has asked Cabinet to approve the national economic empowerment policy, which was framed after countrywide consultations. If approved, the policy will result...
View ArticleMCCCI blames govt on high interest rates
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) on Tuesday blamed the current wave of high interest rates in commercial banks on last week’s government borrowing from the domestic...
View ArticleIlala to operate in the North only
Malawi Shipping Company (MSC) says the MV Ilala will ply its trade in the Northern Region only effective this week. This development comes after noticing that they were not making profits in the...
View ArticleFour drown in Mzimba
Four children have been confirmed dead after being washed away by running water in Mzimba. The incident comes 23 days after three others, Andrew Banda, 11, Luka Longwe, 14, and Phillip Longwe, 16 also...
View ArticleKamlepo questions Msonda’s primaries dispute
Former Malawi Democratic Party (MDP) president Kamlepo Kalua has questioned People’s Party (PP) deputy publicity secretary Ken Msonda’s decision to dispute party primaries results in Rumphi East...
View ArticleJoneha, LCC commend CBOs
The Network of Journalists Living with HIV and Aids and the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) have commended the work that community-based organisations (CBOs) are doing in the fight against HIV and Aids in...
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