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The failed promise of mining embitters Malawians
Malita had high hopes when she first heard that foreign and domestic companies would start mining in her area of Malawi. The government and the companies promised jobs, better schools and improved...
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Chakwera cheers up Chakuamba
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday visited and cheered up ailing veteran politician Gwanda Chakuamba in Blantyre. Chakuamba, a former MCP president and leader of...
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Nomads, BB up in arms
Just two days before the latest episode of the Blantyre derby, domestic football powerhouses—Be Forward Wanderers and Nyasa Big Bullets—have joined forces in rejecting police and stewards’ services...
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Derby beaming doubtful
Far from better. Those who were expecting to watch live on Beta Television the country’s biggest domestic fixture, the Blantyre Derby between age-old rivals Be Forward Wanderers and Nyasa Big...
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Queens start Fast5 preps today
At long last. The Malawi national netball team is today set to start preparations for the Fast5 World netball Series to be staged at Hisense Arena, Melbourne, Australia from October 29-30. According...
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Football fraternity mourns Ngwira
Thousands of football supporters, officials, players and relatives attended the burial of Azam Tigers team manager Sammy Ngwira on Tuesday at Katimba Cemetery in Kanjedza Township, Blantyre. Ngwira...
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Army teams eye Super League despite restrictions
Some Malawi Defence Force (MDF) clubs are optimistic of playing Super League football upon earning promotion despite the Army planning to reduce the number of its teams in the top flight division....
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Faith Mussa records with UK outfit
Musician Faith Mussa had further benefits for performing at this year’s Lake of Stars (LoS) Festival as it accorded him the opportunity to record with a United Kingdom (UK) outfit, Afriquoi. The outfit...
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LoS recycles waste at festival
Lake of Stars (LoS) Arts Festival has collected waste at the venue, Chintheche Inn in Nkhata Bay, to be recycled into usable products such as manure and artworks. The international event took place at...
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Cashgate convict Senzani released
Former principal secretary in the Ministry of Tourism Tressa Senzani walked to freedom yesterday morning after the Malawi Prisons Service (MPS) curtailed her prison term on the grounds of good...
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We’ll continue supporting safe motherhood—NPL
Nation Publications Limited (NPL) chief executive officer Mbumba Banda says her company will continue promoting safe motherhood in the country through an annual fundraiser that donates modern...
View ArticleSome readers response
Dear Herbert, I write to agree with and commend you on your article in The Nation newspaper [of Friday September 23 2016] on accidents and camera-obsessed societies that spend time taking photographs...
View ArticleLake of Stars a lesson for Sand Fest
Good people, Lake of Stars Festival is gone and the countdown to the Sand Music Festival is underway. What happens in Vegas is supposed to end in Vegas. But Lake of Stars is an offside spot for...
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In borrowed robes
Visualise a gospel musician that so much inspires you in the middle of revellers at a drinking joint. Certainly, your estimation of them in the religious realm should crumble. It is undoubted that...
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‘Mzuzu will become an entertainment hub’
Mzuzu’s entertainment scene is taking a new direction with the opening of Squirrels Park and entertainment promotion agency near Mzuzu Stadium. JOHN CHIRWA (JC) engages Squirrels managing director...
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Malawi prisons: Are inmates at the end of the food chain?
As a food crisis unfolds in the country, prisons lack money to purchase even simple food stuffs such as maize flour and beans, NICOLETTE JACKSON* answers this question in this article: A few months...
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Senzani faces fresh arrest
Cashgate convict Tressa Senzani, released on Thursday after serving time for misusing government funds, faces a fresh arrest on another corruption—related case. A senior ACB source, speaking on...
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Count us out of Land Bill—Mzimba
M’mbelwa V is administrator of our land—Group The Mzimba Heritage Association (Mziha) has rejected the new Land Law, telling government their district is a kingdom and “His Majesty Inkosi ya Makhosi...
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Gona undergoes successful operation
Former Nyasa Big Bullets goalkeeper Vincent Gona has successfully undergone surgery at Beit Cure International Hospital in Blantyre, over a year after suffering a career-threatening back injury. The...
View ArticleBlantyre derby on my mind
The Blantyre derby could not have come at a better weekend when the European leagues are on break owing to World Cup 2018 qualifiers. There will be no excuses to miss this match. Of course, there are...
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