Preparing for post-2015 global agenda amid opportunities
How time flies. Suddenly, we are roughly one year from 2015—the year for the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that the world—under the leadership of the United Nations (UN)—formulated...
View ArticlePoliticians to blame for Filp mess
Warning signals were there for all to see. The Farm Input Loan Programme (Filp), which was initiated by the People’s Party administration last year, would be a problem child, but the powers that be...
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Young business brain in Balaka
In the heart of Balaka today lives 22-year-old Aubrey Amos who is on a path to success. Unlike many young people who after failing to proceed with education think their life has come to an end, Amos...
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Malawi leads in tobacco, tea exports
Malawi led in exports for tobacco and one of the world’s most loved beverages, tea, among the 19-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), available figures indicate. Figures...
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Cashgate: Lutepo admits lying in his testimony
Businessperson and Cashgate suspect Oswald Lutepo on Friday told the Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court that he lied in his testimony on the 9th April against another suspect Victor Sithole. Sithole is being...
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Chilima preaches against handouts
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has called upon Malawians to cultivate a spirit of self-reliance if the country is to move out of poverty. Speaking at St Pius X Catholic Parish 50 years of...
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Kachindamoto warns chiefs on child marriages
Senior Chief Kachindamoto of Dedza says she will demote chiefs who entertain marriages by couples below the age of 18 as a means to achieving safe motherhood. She gave the warning on Wednesday at...
View ArticleSt James CCAP golf raises over K2m
St James CCAP Church Golf Tournament raised more than the expected target of K2 million at Blantyre Sports Club (BSC) on Friday. According to church’s fund-raising committee chairperson Frank Jomo,...
View ArticleK1 million up for grabs in Standard Bank Cup media competition
Standard Bank is dangling K1 million that will be rewarded to outstanding journalists in the coverage of this year’s Standard Bank Knockout tournament. The bank’s head of marketing Chimwemwe Matonga...
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Adzukulu okwiya akumba manda panyumba ya mfumu
Adzukulu a m’mudzi mwa Gulupu Layton Yesaya kwa T/A Chanthunya ku Balaka masiku apitawa adakumba manda pakhomo pa mfumu ya m’mudzimo ati chifukwa chokwiya mfumuyo itakana kutsekula khomo la kumanda....
View ArticleEagles in TNM league race today
Blue Eagles, who are in the danger of an empty-handed season, host rookies Karonga United at Nankhaka Ground, Lilongwe today. In this TNM Super League second round meeting, the cops have an eye on the...
View ArticleThe church Jesus died for
One of the most important places where every Christian is supposed to be found constantly is the church. It is at church where lives get changed through the word of God which is the revelation of his...
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Super League grosses K217m in 4 seasons, clubs bank K84m
TNM Super League clubs realised a meagre K217 486 365 in gate collections between 2010 and 2013 seasons, thereby justifying the teams’ calls for a review of the sharing percentages. From the gross...
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Malawians dissect development malaise
Malawi’s lack of transformational leadership, low levels of transparency and accountability as well as politicisation of the development agenda are among major reasons the country remains buried in...
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Peter Mutharika’s double standards exposed
So much for a new Capital Hill culture! After declaring that only officials whose work is relevant to a presidential function would be accompanying the Head of State, the Peter Mutharika administration...
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Big Interview: Lilly Musaya
Born to Ephraim and Faith Musaya in Blantyre 26 years ago, little did her parents know she would rise up the social ladder so quickly to head an international organisation. She grew up aspiring to...
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By-elections slated for October 7
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said by-elections for two constituencies and five wards, where elections were postponed during the May 20 Tripartite Elections, will take place on October 7....
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Auction tobacco prices depressed—TCC analysis
A latest market analysis by the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) has exposed huge price disparities between auction and contract tobacco, with the latter fetching higher prices than the former. The...
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Urban cost of living on the rise, up 2.7 percent
Cost of living in Malawi’s four cities—Lilongwe, Zomba, Blantyre and Mzuzu—rose by about 2.7 percent in July compared to the previous month due to increases in food and non-food essentials, a report...
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ATM downtime frustrating payment systems—RBM
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has said it will continue monitoring commercial banks on automated teller machines (ATM) downtime, a problem that is frustrating payment systems. In the July 2014 National...
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