Chikaonda tips govt on priorities
Press Corporation Limited (PCL) group chief executive officer Matthews Chikaonda has asked business journalists and the business community to focus on how realistic the new government should be...
View ArticlePrincess Chitsulo in thanksgiving concerts
Gospel music songstress Princess Chitsulo has organised shows to thank Malawians for supporting her medical trip to South Africa and God for his healing mercies. Proceeds from the two shows, in...
View ArticleMuluzi calls for peace in South Sudan
Former president Bakili Muluzi has joined other former African presidents in calling for an end to fighting in South Sudan. The war in the country erupted in December last year and has displaced over...
View ArticleMejn comments on subsidised iron sheets, cement
Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) says the idea by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government to subsidise iron sheets and cement is possible and implementable. Mejn executive director...
View ArticleTikaone Malawi in tourism promotion
A tourism outfit, Tikaone Malawi, is promoting Malawi tourism with documentaries on local and international television channels. Tikaone Malawi executive director Evans Bwanaope said the firm has...
View ArticleMutharika faulted on appointments
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) manifesto promised Malawians a number of positives, including revamping the ailing economy, total security for businesses and people and freedom for...
View ArticleBlacks bid LL farewell as they head to UK
Black Missionaries Band lead vocalist Anjiru Fumulani on Sunday took advantage of the band’s live performance at Wakawaka Hotel in Lilongwe to repeatedly bid farewell to Lilongwe fans before they head...
View ArticlePiksy silently engaged
Musician Piksy, real name Evans Zangazanga, and his girlfriend Vitumbiko Pagaja secretly got engaged on Sunday night, few hours from the Afro rapper/singer’s 28th birthday. The two got affianced at a...
View ArticleReformed TBAs key to maternal health
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAS) have moved from banned killers to a lifeline for women and children far from quality health services in Karonga. JAMES CHAVULA writes. Government bans do not say...
View ArticleMSE turnover sluggish, down 90%
Turnover on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) last week was sluggish, dropping by about 90 percent to close at measly K28 million from K278 million the week before on the back of weak trading volumes. In...
View ArticleWriter Aubrey Kalitera dead, burial today in ZA
A sombre mood will today engulf Blantyre as scores of writers escort veteran author Aubrey Kalitera to his final resting place. The writer succumbed to high blood pressure induced stroke and diabetes...
View ArticleGovernment to unveil Maltis preferred bidder
Malawi government is finalising plans to award a contract of upgrading the Malawi Traffic Information System (Maltis) to a successful bidder, two years after the process started. Road Transport and...
View ArticleTobacco earnings jump, now at $138m
Revenue from Malawi’s main forex earner tobacco jumped to $138.3 million (about K56 billion) in 11 weeks of sales which is 38 percent of last season’s total revenue of $361.84 million ( about K148...
View ArticleSANGALA JOINS AZAM TIGERS
Former Flames captain James Sangala will relaunch his career at Azam Tigers having agreed terms of a contract. Sangala said he started training with Kau-Kau on Monday ahead of his signing a contract...
View ArticleSupport Battalion set pace in Chipiku League
Lilongwe and Districts Foootball League’s last season runners-up Support Battalion on Sunday launched their Super League promotion campaign by collecting maximum points at the newly constructed Nambuma...
View ArticleRIGHTS VIOLATIONS INCREASE—MHRC
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has registered a 47 percent increase in complaints of human rights violations, the majority of which were in relation to the right to fair labour practices. In...
View ArticleFam mum on Blatter resignation calls, as World Cup kicks-off tonight
FAM says it is yet to come up with its position on Fifa president Joseph Sepp-Blatter who has been urged to quit next year by some global member football associations. Blatter is being asked to stand...
View ArticleLocal soccer analysts tip Ghana, Ivory Coast
As the world’s biggest football fiesta rolls into life in Brazil today, some renowned local soccer figures have tipped Ghana’s Black Stars to defy the odds and reach the final stages. Apart from the...
View ArticleQueens promise Airtel top four
Malawi Queens have promised their official corporate sponsors Airtel Money that they will break into the world top-four position during the Commonwealth Games in Scotland this July. The Queens’...
View ArticleNomads react to ‘juju’ allegations
Mighty Wanderers FC have distanced themselves from revelations about a K26 000 balance settlement with a witch doctor. This follows news that some section of the team’s set up felt the witch doctor...
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