National

Tembo says Mutharika speech did not inspire hope

Malawi’s Leader of Opposition, John Tembo, said on Monday that the State of the Nation Address by President Bingu wa Mutharika delivered in parliament on ...

Four children collapse after teargas fired into houses

Up to four children collapsed in the capital city Lilongwe and several other children fell victim after a heavy volley of tear gas was unleashed ...

Mutharika govt in K6.5 bn scam –Tembo

Malawi’s leader of opposition in Parliament John Tembo has accused government for illegally withdrawing K6.5 billion from Fuel Stabilization Fund account. Tembo made the revelations ...

Dissecting Mpinganjira’s new marriage, life

Opposition People’s Party (PP) Treasurer General,  Brown James Mpinganjira also known as BJ,  on Saturday tied a knot with his long-time girlfriend, Harriet Moyo. This ...

Atupele proposes ‘new plan’ for Malawi in parliament

Presidential aspirant and United Democratic Front (UDF) deputy leader in parliament,  Atupele Austin Muluzi, on Monday brought his ‘agenda for change’ campaign in parliament when ...

Malawi Police holds ‘rare’ beer party for journalists

In the guise of welcoming the new Commissioner of Police for the northern region, the Malawi Police Service in Mzuzu organized a reception for journalists ...

Lilongwe vendors in fresh clashes with Malawi Police

Vendors and Police have clashed this Monday morning at Malangalanga in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe over a government campaign to clean up the streets. Heavily armed anti-riot police officers fired teargas, rubber bullets to frighten off ...

Bishops tell Dausi, Chiume off on Bingu’s request

Catholic bishops meeting in Lilongwe last week told off government representatives Nicholas Dausi and Ephraim Chiume, both cabinet ministers and Catholics, to stop bothering the ...

Kaliati asked to mend govt. relations with the media

A strong call has gone out to Malawi’s Information Minister Patricia Kaliati to mend existing strained relations between Mutharika’s administration and journalists which has forced ...

Brown Mpinganjira marries again

Malawi’s firebrand politician Brown James (BJ) Mpinganjira has tied the knot with his sweetheart Harriet Moyo at a Sunnyside, commercial city Blantyre last weekend. This ...

Politics

Mutharika’s DPP losing ground in Blantyre

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party which boasted of massive support from Blantyre City is now losing ground at least from Ndirande Malabada Constituency. Evidence for the ...

• Atupele rocks Lilongwe, ‘heroe’s welcome’
• Joyce Banda bemoans poverty, launches Malata project
• PDM committee defects to People’s Party
• Atupele convoy ambushed, escapes DPP cadets attack
• Tembo hits back at critics
• Ex-MCP MP Zulu, hundreds defect to PP
• Msonda now PP’s deputy spokesperson: Recycling
• DPP gives Kunkuyu 3-day ultimatum to reveal rebel MPs
• PDM justifies existence after Mkandawire’s exit
• People’s Party leaders set free in Zomba

Atupele attracts mammoth crowds in Mchinji

Presidential aspirant Atupele Austin Muluzi took his road show meetings to the central region district of Mchinji on Sunday, where he attracted thousands upon thousands ...

Joyce Banda storms Dedza with People’s Party

Dedza Town Council was brought to a standstill when Vice President Joyce Banda visited on Thursday with orange colours of People’s Party seen everywhere as ...

Columns

The appeal for human rights in Malawi

Malawi was well on its way to being a success story. Under Dr. Hastings Banda’s thirty year dictatorship, people had been robbed of their rights ...

• University students loan scheme dwindles: Consider privitisation
• Malawi President Mutharika ‘strips’ women in public, don’t blame vendors
• Ambuje’s Diary 2012, Part 1: When ‘peace’ is a curse
• The church and politics quandary
• Never forget suffering under Mutharika’s rule
• Weekly Political Update; Chasowa did not die in vain
• Of values, the Commonweal​th and Malawi’s Mutharika
• The illegality of legalising abortion in Malawi
• The paradox of John Chilembwe’s patriotism
• Values are what define the modern Commonwealth

Ambuje’s Diary 2012, Part 2: The unity imperative in Malawi

We gonna chase those crazy Baldheads out of town; I’n'I build a cabin; I’n'I plant the corn; Didn’t my people before me Slave for this ...

Dear Bisa: Never admit your errors…no,no never!

  Dear Bisa,   I am a man of my threats Bisa. Always have been.   When I threaten to do something, anything…. I usually ...

Sports

Malawi champions Silver Strikers FC eyeing CAF league

Malawi’s TNM Super League Champions Silver Strikers  FC says they are planning to join the Confederation of African (CAF)  Champions League if their sponsors, Reserve ...

• Malawi’s Chilemba scores bloody win in Las Veags
• Malawi name provisional squad, goes to camp
• Bullets faces Wanderers in four-team bonanza
• Mwayi returns to Australia this weekend
• Mwakasungula attributes Silver’s league success to ‘God’s favour’
• Civo’s Masanjala congratulates Silver after title win
• Malawi beat Zambia but crashes out of CAF
• Postmortem for 2011/12 TNM Super League: Coaches speak
• Silver crowned Malawi football champions
• She-polopolo refuses to write off Malawi

Violence as Wanderers stage thrilling comeback against Bullets

Mighty Wanderers staged a stunning fight back as Loti Kamanga’s late equaliser rescued a dramatic 2-2 draw against rivals Big Bullets in one of the ...

Thai’s Osotspa FC move still in sight – Kamwendo

Malawi national football team and Mighty Wanderers midfield star Joseph Kamwendo has expressed his belief that he will soon become Osotspa FC football player despite his ...

Entertainment

Govt asks Malawian actors not to copy from Nigerians

Malawi government through officials from the department of Arts has pleaded with local dramatists and actors to resist from copying from what the Nigerians and ...

• Firm plans Valentine feast for lovers in Blantyre
• Malawi’s Lake of Stars festival cancelled, back 2013
• Mzuzu, Lilongwe samples Chisiza’s Semo play
• Big Brother Season 7 calls for paired entry
• Lomwe, Botswana’s Zeus to release ‘Double Wowza’
• Nde’feyo to introduce stand-up comedy series
• Wakhumbata Ensemble Theatre resurrects
• Exclusive interview with comedian Chaponda ahead of Malawi shows
• Chisiza’s Semo play launches in style
• Miss Malawi eyes the world crown

Nollywood actor Van Vicker to visit Malawi

Malawian ladies, have you been dying to come face-to-face with Joseph van Vicker? Start preparing because your dream might just come true as the Ghanaian ...

Malawians, time to apply for Big Brother Africa Season 7 – Multichoice

Malawian aspirants that have been looking forward to apply for Africa’s number one reality TV show, Big Brother Africa (BBA), can do so now, MultiChoice ...

Business

Malawi officials in Mozambique to discuss Nsanje port

Four delegates from Malawi’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development led by Minister Sidik Mia are in Mozambique to discuss with authorities of the most ...

Malawi govt’s economic team flee from forex meet

Two ministers and critical members of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s economic team  fled from attending a national meeting to strategise on how to diversify the ...

MEJN for active budget tracking

The Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) has called for active citizen participation in tracking the budget so that it is implemented in line with the ...

Health

Queens Hospital refuses to treat referred pregnant mothers

Patients from health centre in Blantyre who are rushed to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) at night are returned at the gate by guards because ...

• First Lady donates towards fight against cancer
• Abortion debate goes to university students
• ‘Youths key in HIV/ AIDS response’ – Rumphi NGO
• Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is over – govt
• Donors give Malawi life-line on essential drugs
• New study encourages abortion reform in Malawi
• Chipangula leads YPLA in donating to Salima hospital
• Do not fear anything, Bishop Tengatenga
• Coca-Cola foundation donates drugs worthy $1.5m
• Clergy snubs campaign on abortion law reform

Lack of cancer machine scares women in Mzimba

Two women in Mzimba risk suffering from Cervical Cancer following the District Hospital’s failure to transport them to Mzuzu Central Hospital for treatment because of ...

Malawi Catholic endorse circumcision for Aids prevention

Malawi Catholic Bishops have endorsed government’s move to have male  subjects circumcised as  significant intervention towards the reduction of the spread of HIV/AIDS. Strong medical ...