Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI) and former President of Malawi, Joyce Banda was awarded the 2015 ‘Women of Distinction Global Leadership Award in Politics’ by Celebrating Women International (CWI), at a ceremony that took place on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Atlantis Theatre, Paradise Island, The Bahamas. CWI is a group […]
A 19-year-old man, Gift Tembo is currently under police custody for defiling a 13-year-old girl in Mzimba district on Tuesday. Tembo who hails from Wanthewa village,T/A Nyanja in Kasungu district, committed the offence on the night of 29 September,2015 at Jenda, Mzimba. ”The victim left her home Chatoloma for Jenda for medical treatment from her grandfather […]
United States embassy in Lilongwe granted 115 visas for Malawi delegation to United Nation in New York, confirming that the country had a bloated entrouge but President Peter Mutharika only approved 18-member delegation to accompany him, which has raised eye brows on who is calling the shots. US ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, could not […]
Malawians are now used to fire gutting markets. It has become the order of the day and the latest market to go up in Flames is Kasungu in the central region tobacco growing district. Property worth millions of Kwacha at Kasungu market has been destroyed as fire reduced the shops to mere smouldering rubble. The […]
Two men involved in a string of terrifying robberies in Blantyre and have been jailed for 10 years with hard labour by the Blantyre Magistrate Court on Friday. The men – 40-year-old Richard Almando and 30-year-old Harold Mpoya -were brought to justice after police launched an investigations when the two on 18 November 2011, armed […]
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi has named Blantyre City Council (BCC) as the most improved government institution in terms of information dissemination. Just last year the institution which in the past was locked with stories of financial mismanagement and striking staff members was given a lock that represented the secretive government department. […]
Police in Blantyre have this week arrested a young but terrorizing man at Wenera bus depot before pouncing his four other men who were buying things the 25 year old man was stealing from buses at Wenera, which is the main countrywide bus depot in the commercial capital. Blantyre Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Andrew Mayayo has said […]
Millions of kwacha in building materials for school blocks at M’buka Primary School, south of Lilongwe City, have been wasted for over staying without being used since they were bought over a year ago. Over four hundred bags of cement, several tins of paint meant for construction of two school blocks at the school funded […]
Barely two week after Police in Malawi’s central region of Nkhotakota destroyed a farm of three hectares that had Cannabis Sativa, law enforcers have in the same region but neighboring Kasungu district destroyed two and half tonnes of the illegal drug popularly known as Chamba. While the Nkhotakota operation was done by the Police and Game Rangers, the […]
A 42-year-old man in Chileka, Blantyre has committed a suicide by hanging himself after testing HIV positive, police have confirmed. Isaac Masangano who hailed from Kampala village, T/A Kapeni in Blantyre hung himself in his bedroom on Wednesday when he discovered he was HIV/Aids positive. National police deputy Public Relations Officer, Nicholas Gondwa while commenting on the […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Malawi’s US$150 million extended credit is off-track following the Peter Mutharika government’s failure to meet agreed targets with the fund and that second tranche of funding of about US$20 million under the programme will not disbursed. This will compound Malawi’s fiscal difficulties and increase pressure on the […]
A 37 year old step father and 31 year old accomplice have been arrested in Mzimba for conspiring to sell a four-year-old albino boy at a price tag of K20 million, police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo has disclosed that Christopher Kumwenda,37 and Lusungu Sere,25 tried to convince 25-yearold Maria Mtengo who is […]
In a bid to promote fairness and harmony in management of public resources, Chikwawa District Commissioner has warned all leaders in the district to trade carefully in all government programs and other initiatives by various organizations. Bester Mandere, Chikwawa District Commissioner made the remarks during a full council meeting which was held at Chikwawa Secondary […]
In a bid to surmount delays in providing humanitarian assistance, the Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) on Tuesday launched the International Disaster Response Law (IDRL) report in Malawi. The IDRL report seeks to reduce human vulnerability by promoting legal preparedness for disasters; it also provides an assessment of strengths and gaps in disaster response in […]
President Peter Mutharika has said in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly that his government will strive to achieve an AIDS-free generation in Malawi by ending the epidemic by 2030. Mutharika said Malawi will focus on expanding access to HIV treatment and prevention programs in order to reduce new HIV infections, saying AIDS is a […]
Flamboyant leader and founder of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church prophet Shepherd Bushiri has expressed dismay over some Malawians continuous hate towards his church, saying he is ready to offer employment to Malawi Police officers who will be made jobless for providing security at his public crusade in Mzuzu. This comes amid reports that […]
Prophet Trevor Kautsire of the Miracles Ministry has made a startling revelation that he went to South Africa with his friend to meet a witchdoctor and was told of rituals that he had to perform if he were to become a renowned Prophet. Kautsire’s friend in South Africa is Prophet DJ Comfort but he did […]
Fear has hit Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka where about 23 leprosy cases have been reported. Health officials in Balaka have confirmed that 20 people are under quarantine at Utale 2 Catholic Parish in the district. Balaka District Health Officer Bertha Chikuse and District Leprosy Coordinator, George Anafi confirmed of this strange development. Leprosy was […]