Some worrying traits of financial illiteracy
For three years now, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and its partners have been hosting the National Financial Literacy Week (NFLW) to raise awareness on the available wide range of financial...
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Sulumba makes it
His deal at the then South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) outfit Jomo Cosmos might have fallen through, so did the Danish trials. But the gods of football seem to have finally smiled on Nyasa...
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Lesson from Zambia: 50-plus one electoral system passes test
Can the system work in Malawi? Neighbouring Zambia’s successful adoption and implementation of 50-plus-one electoral system has generated excitement among some political parties and analysts in...
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Chombe dangles carrot for Masamba, Kayuni
Chombe Foods Limited has challenged high-profile Malawi Defence Force (MDF) boxers Wilson Masamba and Osgood Kayuni to earn a convincing win in their bout at Robin’s Park in Blantyre on September 24...
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Mbulu ban might affect Baroka deal
Mafco FC marksman Richard Mbulu risks missing a dream move to South Africa Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Baroka FC following his ban for the rest of the season. The newly-promoted PSL outfit’s...
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Team codes axed from AU games
The Ministry of Sports and Culture has excluded football, netball and basketball national teams from a delegation that will compete at the Africa Union Sports Council (Ausc) Region 5 Games in Angola...
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Impakt Events to sponsor CR Beach Soccer League
Impakt Events, organisers of Sand Festival, have taken over sponsorship of the Central Region Beach Soccer League (CRBSL) after pumping in K500 000. Earlier in the year, Impakt Events chief executive...
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Islander predicts Nomads, Mzuni game
Only one person out of over 50 000 predicated correctly last Sunday’s TNM Super League match result between Be Forward Wanderers and Mzuzu University (Mzuni). Amista Shaban from Likoma Island...
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Emily Stillman Foundation in aid of Mothers Day Fun Run
The Emily Stillman Foundation of the United States of America (USA) on Tuesday donated two bicycle ambulances towards Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Mothers Day Fun Run scheduled for October 8 2016...
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Justice Mbendera dies
The chairperson for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) who was also judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, Justice Maxon Mbendera, has died. According to Judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula,...
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Chanco Succ leaders summoned for disciplinary
Eight students who are members of the Student Union of the Chancellor College (SUCC), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), have been summoned for disciplinary hearing by the...
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Don Moen arrives in Malawi
American gospel singer, Don Moen is in the country ahead of his performance at the Love Malawi Festival over the weekend. Moen is scheduled to perform on both Saturday and Sunday at the evangelist...
View ArticleLocal production is probably the answer
I am writing this article with a heavy heart, having received news to the effect that a friend of mine was robbed at his Manja home in Blantyre during the night. Thugs broke into his car and stole...
View ArticleHe cannot ‘run a marathon’
Biggie, I am 25 and my husband is 15 years my senior. I suspect he is going through a midlife crisis, but all I want from him is to at least show that he cares about me by having marathon sessions with...
View ArticleLove has boundaries
Life throws its lesson to us every day. These lessons are drawn from our interactions with family, friends, relatives, co-workers and even strangers. Its learning institutions are not necessarily...
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Should you get your man to propose?
Everyone wants to settle down with a partner and start a family, but is it alright for the woman to fish for a marriage proposal from her man? One response on a social media discussion was against...
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Scaling up efforts to educate needy students
Patricia Khomani, an accountant and tax consultant, believes that finances should never be a reason why a child does not go to school. She, however, also understands that in the Malawian setting, it...
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Sawako Nevin: Empowering girls to stay in school
Girls are perceived as inferior, marriage material (brides), weak, unwise and unequal to boys and men in most rural areas of the country as observed by Girls Empowerment Network (Genet) Malawi. Genet...
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Akana ‘nyau’ yogwiririra
Senior Chief Lukwa, mmodzi mwa mafumu akuluakulu a Achewa m’dziko muno, yemwenso amayankha pankhani za mafumu, wati munthu yemwe khothi m’boma la Dedza lidamupeza wolakwa pamlandu wogwiririra si...
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‘Luso la mpira ndilo lidandidolola’
Sabata zitatu zapitazo Sindi Simtowe adamanga ukwati ndi Ardron Msowoya, mnyamata yemwe akugwira ntchito ku Inde Bank. Kwa iwo amene amadikirira pa Sindi, pepani, mtima wa njoleyi wasankha wokha. Kodi...
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