The Global Health Corps (GPC) has partnered the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) in a blood donation drive to take place at Game Stores Complex Car Park in Lilongwe tomorrow, Saturday 13 June. This comes at a time Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Blood Donor Day which falls on 14 […]
Chairperson of the Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) Sheikh Idrissa Muhammad is under intense attack by some concerned Muslims in Malawi who are accusing him of diverting associations’ money into his personal account and money laundering. A concerned Muslim Rafick Alison alleges that Sheikh Muhammad was at one time admitted having putting donor money into […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Thursday held briefing reporters on his delegation to Egypt and hailed the deal that combine the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the South African Development Community (SADC), and the East African Community (EAC) into a free-trade zone. “This Summit was one of the most important meetings that […]
Controversial Pentecostal ‘pastorpreneur’ Hastings Salanje has admitted that he is being “rude” on social media by flaunting his home, posh cars and also challenge anyone who could find a pastor that is filthy rich like him. Pastor Salanje, a Malawian but now living in South Africa from where he runs his God Chapel International church […]
Tension has gripped a village of Group Headman Chawuteka in the area of Senior Traditional Authority Wasambo in Karonga after over 28 houses have been set ablaze by neighbouring community over witchcraft claims. According to the Senior Chief Wasambo, the development have occurred during the night of Wednesday as the angry community of Group Village […]
Malawi Police in southern district of Phalombe have expressed worry over increased cases of defilement in this year’s second quarter in the district. According to Phalombe Police Station, 10 defilement cases have been reported at the station in this second quarter (April, May and June 2015) compared to seven cases reported during the same period […]
Chief Justice, Andrew Nyirenda is contemplating on whether to recuse himself from certifying a Constitutional review on the application by two of the suspects in the murder case of Polytechnic student, Robert Chasowa who want to be discharged from the case. Doff Bottoman and Peter Petros through their lawyer Ambokire Salimu applied to the High Court […]
Malawi government has reiterated its commitment to mainstream disability issues in its national development programmes and thus complying with the post-2015 development agenda. Addressing the Eighth session of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD), currently underway in New York, Senior Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika joined African leaders on Wednesday to sign a 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market that would span half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town. The pact – known as The Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) – which must still be fine-tuned and ratified, caps five years of […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Atupele Muluzi, has told parliament that the Malawi Police Service has reduced the number of traffic police checks and deployed some of its personnel to street duties. Muluzi told the House on Tuesday that the traffic police checks are now “strategically located” throughout the country and not at […]
The criminals, among them ex-Malawi Police Officer, who attacked a Petroda minibus and killed a police officer in Lilongwe on Monday, went away with a whooping K46.4 million, sources said. The criminals, who police say are still at large, also snatched two rifles from the police officers. However, one of the rifles, a K2C serial number […]
Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda will be among five leading African women who will be honoured by the African Union (AU) at its 25th Summit, which will be held at Michelangelo Hotel, Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa from June 11 to 13, 2015. The five will receive the ‘Living Legend’ Award. Banda will be honoured […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has been asked to come clear on when government will raise the salary on civil servants with Mangochi Monkey Bay MP and People’s Party (PP) spokesperson on finance in Parliament, Ralph Jooma saying the minister has not been “transparent enough.” Gondwe presented to Parliament for deliberation […]
Malawi opposition have labelled the proposed 2015/16 National Budget presented by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe as an illegal document because it violates the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act and not backed by any current economic and fiscal policy. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesman of finance, Dowa West MP Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi and Mangochi […]
Malawi Magistrate Courts have suspended their operations while the Supreme Court of Appeal and High Courts have slowed down their activities following delay by the government to disburse funding to the Judiciary. According to Judiciary Spokesperson, Mlenga Mvula, the development has put the arm of government in a crisis as it is failing to operate […]
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has once again attracted the wrath of local companies following revelations that the utility service provider has given a contract to Rousant International Limited to supply poles without advertising the tender to allow competitive bidding. The trading company, believed to be a South African, is buying the poles […]
As Malawi moves towards restricting alcohol consumption among its citizens largely due to health risks, a study by the US professor of Psychology at University of Texas found that moderate drinking, about one to two drinks per day, reduces mortality among older and middle-aged adults. This contradicts a 2009 survey by the World Health Organization […]
Malawi Police managed to arrest a gang of suspected robbers who shot dead a police officer who was in a minibus of a Petroda Filling Station in Lilongwe and robbed bags containing cash. Thugs are reported to have ambushed a Petroda minibus at Chilambula Road after it had just left the filling station to bank […]