Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi has said the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi this Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium will decide who will grab the Group K’s last qualifying berth. With two games remaining for each side, Malawi and Tunisia are level on ten points. Botswana have already qualified as group winners but with […]
Malawi’s leading newspaper publishing company, Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), is today [Tuesday] expected to fire 44 employees according to sources there. Sources say the company is firing the employees because of tax imposed on newspapers and shortage of foreign currency. “Our fingers are crossed. We are just waiting for the fate. We are told that we […]
Employees at the state owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation have this week started receiving letters of either redeployment or end of their work at the institution. New letters of appointment indicating a harmonised salary for employees of both radio and TV were handed out and indicate that the new structure has demoted most employees. The Post […]
Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody a 25 year old man for giving a false name to the police. Mzuzu Police Station Spokesperson Edward Longwe confirmed the development saying the man, Enock Mhango of Ndomba village, Traditional Authority Katumbi in Rumphi district was charged for giving false information to a person employed in the […]
The People’s Party (PP) says it will embark on substantive dialogue and negotiations from 2013 with other political parties on the possibilities of working together as a common front in the 2014 general elections. Party President Joyce Banda said this in her response to a letter dated 17th June, 2011 to the People’s Development Movement […]
The newly-registered People’s Party (PP) says its young members shall not be used to terrorize political opponents but shall be encouraged to take up developmental responsibilities for the good of Malawi. Speaking at a news conference at state vice president Joyce Banda’s official Mudi Residence in Blantyre on Sunday, PP national youth director, Lawrence Mpofu […]
Malawian couple – The Duo – which received unanimous thumbs down by the four judges on UK’s popular television singing talent show, plan return to the show next year. Liverpool based security guard Goodson Saiwala, 36, and wife Charity, 33, failed to book their slot for bootcamp when the judges rejected them during the auditions […]
Russian-based striker Esau Kanyenda has been installed as Malawi’s captain ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia and Flames coach Kinnah Phiri can relax Tunisia with the arrival of 11 foreign based players on Monday afternoon. Europe based strikers Kanyenda and Russel Mwafulirwa joined the squad with hope that Malawi will […]
Barely two weeks after being sacked as coach by Azam Tigers, Macdonald ‘Anginde’ Mtetemera has found another job at defending champions Escom United, Nyasa Times understands. Escom general secretary Richard Samba told Nyasa Times that Mtetemera will deputise head coach Charles Manda and will work alongside assistant coach Aubrey Nankhuni. He has been hired to inject […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika government has appealed to African Union (AU) to hears his government’s side of the story regarding July 20 protests that resulted in 19 deaths and blamed the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for her economic problems. In a statement released by Malawi Embassy in Ethiopia, the Malawi government […]
Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, in the backlash of his ridiculous homicidal war cry, and Professor Peter Arthur Mutharika, following his leaked gossiping, can rest assured that they are not the only nutty professors looking utterly stupid and clueless in Malawi. In the on-going mêlée for Academic Freedom, the Chairperson of the Council of the University of […]
The Mzuzu Magistrate Court has sentenced two men to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for high jacking and stealing a vehicle. The vehicle, a Toyota Corolla salon registration number NB 2436 belongs to Samuel Car hire. The duo, Christopher Phiri, 47 of Chibwana Nsamala, Traditional Authority Kalembo in Balaka district and Aaron Nyirenda 27, […]
Uranium miner Paladin Energy on Monday advised that its drying and packaging plant at its Kayelekera uranium Mine, in Malawi, was temporarily off-line to allow for planned maintenance Paladin’s CEO John Borshoff said that plans were in place to divert Kayelekera concentrates through the Langer Heinrich operations, in Namibia, for final drying and packing en […]
Tragic – 21-year old Elvis Kamfutso died on Sunday after drowning in a swimming pool at Shire Highlands Hotel in Blantyre during the Black Rhyno Entertainment urban music show. Both Police and the organizers have confirmed of the incident, which happened on Sunday afternoon during the show dubbed ‘Summer Love’. “I can’t say what really […]
Airtel Malawi IT director Dr Matthews Mtumbuka has been elected president of the Malawi Institution of Engineers (MIE) during their annual general meeting held in Mangochi. Mtumbuka was ushered into office on Friday replacing Dr Ignacio Ngoma who has been heading the engineers’ body for the past two years. The 33-year-old Mtumbuka said his priorities […]
Clerk of Malawi Parliament. Ms Matilda Katopola escaped death last Sunday in Blantyre, when her official vehicle was involved in an accident. Katopola was driving her official vehicle a grey Toyota Prado MG 196 AD. She was rushed to Mwaiwathu Private Hospital where she is currently being monitored by doctors and nurses at Intensive Care […]
Trouble is brewing among Muslims in Malawi following revelations that some leaders of their association in the country are cunningly enticing members to support the candidacy of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s young brother, Peter, for the 2014 presidential polls. The development comes after some senior members of the Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) reportedly connived […]
Blantyre music enthusiasts on Saturday night proved their loyalty when they turned up in hundreds to witness ‘Nthawi’ music video album launch by Maskal. The scene was set at Robins Park and the impressive turn out and devotion the fans showed throughout the night performances despite several hitches was only needed approval to declare the […]