No need for ministers to throng JB’s rallies
The gesture by presidential press officer Brian Banda, who thanked Cabinet ministers for attending President Joyce Banda’s rally at Namitambo in Chiradzulu yesterday, raises a funny expectation that...
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Commentators condemn press officer’s remarks
Commentators have questioned the motive of the praise that President Joyce Banda’s press officer, Brian Banda, gave to ministers who attended the President’s One Cow One Family function in Chiradzulu...
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Power blackout still a barrier to investment—MCCCI
The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has said intermittent power supply continued to be the biggest hurdle to investment, despite the a number of tariff adjustments...
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Malawi seeks fair returns from mining investment
A senior government official in the Ministry of Finance says government is currently implementing a number of measures to ensure Malawi’s effective negotiations of mining agreements. “Capacity building...
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Police not under cashgate pressure—IG
Inspector General of Malawi Police Service (MPS) Lot Dzonzi says the police are not under pressure from anybody to spare the big fish in the ongoing investigations into the mass looting of funds at...
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PPM asks Police to seize PP vehicles
The opposition PPM has asked authorities to take a bold step and seize vehicles that some of the suspects in the cashgate scandal donated to the governing People’s Party (PP). But Ken Msonda, PP deputy...
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We won’t play — Wanderers
Mighty Wanderers have agreed not to honour the replay match against Silver Strikers as ordered by Sulom Disciplinary Committee on Wednesday. The decision was made yesterday during a meeting involving...
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Sponsor demands report on Balaka violence
TNM, sponsor of the Super League of Malawi (Sulom), has written the league administrators, asking for a comprehensive report on the violence that occurred at Balaka Stadium last Saturday during the...
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Sulom verdict challenged
Some soccer pundits say there could have been a better way of punishing Silver Strikers and Mighty Wanderers for the violence that happened at Balaka Stadium last Saturday. Felix Ngamanya Sapao and...
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Malawi should subsidise crop insurance
A Lilongwe-based renowned insurance practitioner, Macdonald Liwonde Chibwe, has urged government to subsidise crop insurance to protect more farmers from disasters. Speaking in an interview on Friday,...
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RBM to monitor banks on basel II
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) will monitor some banks that had challenges on meeting capital requirements under Basel II, an international standard for banking regulators that guard against...
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Ng’ambi ties the knot
After steering his South African side Platinum Stars to two trophies this season, Flames midfield star Robert ‘Baggio’ Ng’ambi on Sunday wedded his sweetheart Jane Mitochi at Bethsida Pool Church in...
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Nomads, Silver plead with FAM
Mighty Wanderers and Silver Strikers have made a desperate appeal to the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to reconsider their decision of referring the Balaka violence case to Super League of...
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Four international tourneys await Lumeta in two months
Lawn tennis whiz-kid Chisomo Lumeta will not have a break after taking part in the ongoing Southern Africa Junior Circuit Championships in Botswana as four more tourneys await him in the next two...
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Sportsmen body wants to meet FAM over Sulom verdict
Sportsmen’s Association has asked for an audience with FAM on the outcome of the case between Mighty Wanderers and Silver Strikers following the violence that erupted during their Super League game in...
View ArticleCurse of the Malawi presidency
The statement from State House last week was quick to point out that President Joyce Banda would fly South African Airways out of Lilongwe, but was silent on what she would fly from South Africa to...
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Councillor’s unresolved questions
We do not need councillors for the sake of filling a gap in the local governance system. We need councillors to be active players in bettering the lives of people. But did 2013 managed to clear a way...
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The Best of Lucius Banda due February
Lucius Banda has announced that he will release The Best of Lucius Banda next month. The self-proclaimed soldier, told The Nation yesterday that he will not be releasing a new album anytime soon as he...
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Chakuchanya Harawa tips Malawian musicians
BBC-based Malawi broadcaster Chakuchanya Harawa says Malawian musicians need to create music that is aesthetically different if they are to make a mark on the international market. Chaku, a former MBC...
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JB death threats ploy for sympathy—Hajat
Malawi President Joyce Banda’s repeated remarks about an assassination plot against her is a tactic to divert people’s attention from the glaring melting down of the economy, governance issues and...
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