Start corruption fight from State House
29.10.2020 Last week former president Peter Mutharika opened up to grant interviews on life after the presidency. From his beachside retirement home, Mutharika tackled a number of interesting issues,...
View ArticleNo excuses on cheap fertilizer programme
We have all been hooked to the idea that IMF is an institution that provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties. In this regard, the organisation is well known for working...
View ArticleChakwera’s image building appointments
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has elevated four judges to serve at the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal bench. The judges include justices Healy Potani, who chaired the panel of the Constitutional...
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Henry Czar
His music, as well as music videos, hover on the fringes of the insane and the ridiculous. With songs such as Ku Mental, Bwa, Mudzativotele, Mayeso, Pundu Dance and Amuna ndi Agalu, Henry Czar treads...
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Girl snatched from claws of marriage
When Miriam’s name missed not only from the list of those selected to study nursing at Kamuzu College of Nursing, but also from all lists of students selected to public universities she lost hope and...
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Kuberana pafoni kukupitirirabe
Ngakhale dziko lino lidakhazikitsa malamulo othana ndi kuberedwa pogwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono monga lamya ndi kompyuta, anthu akuberedwabe. Masiku apitawa amayi awiri ovutikitsitsa ochokera...
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Kugula feteleza wotsika kwayambika
Amalawi ena ayamba kugula feteleza ndi mbewu zotsika mtengo koma madera ena ngakhale maina a opindula pa chilinganizochi sanadziwike. Sabata imene ikuthayi Amalawi amene ali m’kaundula wa unduna wa...
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FAM, NAM suffer significant funding cuts
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and Netball Association of Malawi’s (NAM) funding allocations from government have dropped significantly this year. FAM has been allocated K240 million, down from...
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SA club takes hard line on Khuda
South African outfit Polokwane City has written its wayward Malawian forward Khuda Muyaba informing him that he will not be paid for absconding work. Muyaba has had a stormy relationship with the...
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Aisha Katita: Became doctor to beat the odds
Doctor Aisha Katita, Balaka District Hospital medical officer has experienced the all too familiar challenges most girls face in life to be where she is today. Speaking recently when she was one of...
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Season of awards, recognitions
On October 16 this year President Lazarus Chakwera received a peace award from the London Political Summit. The same went to his predecessor Peter Mutharika the week before. The awards, coming after...
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From Mangochi with love
The difference between the DPP’s vanquished misrule and the current experiment—for its too early days to call it anything else—is like day and night. Back in the day of unabated plunder and neglect...
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Aicc embarks on sustainable agricultural transformation
African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (Aicc) has embarked on a four-year programme to improve livelihoods, food and nutrition security for 180 000 households nationwide. Aicc head of programmes...
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Work with SMEs, minister advises MBS
Minister of Labour Ken Kandodo has urged Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) to work with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to ensure that certification of quality and marketable products is realised....
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Minister decries influx of imported products
Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe says he is saddened that many retail chain stores and supermarkets are stocking imported agriculture products at a time the country has potential to satisfy the...
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Rains ruin SandFest
A heavy downpour forced organisers to halt SandFest performances, ruining what was to be the highlight of this year’s festival on Saturday. Headliners Diamond Platnumz and Master KG were billed to...
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Poet Chiwamba winds up 2020 with ‘Mayi Anga Anali Mphunzitsi’
Renowned poet Robert Chiwamba is set to release his final spoken word for the year on Wednesday titled Mayi Anga Anali Mphunzitsi, a poem which chronicles challenges faced by teachers in Malawi. In an...
View ArticleChange mindset for progress
At the close of the last sitting of Parliament the leader of opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa commented on how Parliament business went. Among other comments he complained as to how come...
View ArticleOf alliances and heartbreaks
Dear BMW About seven years ago I fell in love with a married man. I wasn’t bothered by his marital status, though. We were discreet in the early days of our relationship as we didn’t want to be found...
View ArticleClearing the rubble isn’t cheap
Dear judge Mbadwa, Hearty congratulations to the eminent men and women, friends and acquaintances who have deservedly joined your bench. My lord, Felicitations, too, to the four comrades of character...
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