About 124 Malawians have been deported from Zimbabwe over the weekend due to lack of proper documentation, Malawi Immigration officials have confirmed. This follows their detention in Zimbabwe jails where they were reportedly being harshly treated. Some spoke of spending three days without food in detention they were being kept. Malawi Immigration spokesperson at Mwanza border […]
Zimbabwe, who are assured of qualification as they lead Group L with 11 points — three ahead of Swaziland — will be the only side to represent the 13 countries from the Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) at the 2017 Gabon Africa Cup of Nations. The Warriors are in group L together with […]
A young man of God, Apostle Israel Tannah known as Major 1 Jnr, a spiritual son ministering under the grace of Prophet shepherded Bushiri , Major1, prophesied on Sunday 3 July 2016 made a startling “prophecy” that Zimbabwe will be rocked with riots bringing the capital Harare to a stand still. Major 1 Junior , […]
Malawi national soccer team Flames need a win against Zimbabwe in an African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying match to be played on Sunday in Harare at the national Sports Stadium in Harare. The Flames are set to revive their pride after losing their previous qualifier against Guinea in March. They remain rooted at the […]
Malawi staff at the Zimbabwe foreign mission in Lilongwe are complaining of serious abuses by the embassy diplomats including non- payment of their monthly salary on time. In an anonymous letter, the workers have since asked the Malawi government to conduct an investigation into the matter. They say they struggle to get their monthly salary […]
For four months Ripisai Manonge and her four orphan grandchildren and great grandchild have survived on half a dollar a day. Now she can’t go on, she says. On November 25 last year, the 80-year-old sold the last of her cattle for $350. That amount has kept 11-year-old Lewis Mukonya in class and provided food […]
As long as the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) continues to rely on donors for its operations and financing for its ambitious programmes then it compromises its ownership and control, outgoing Council of Ministers Chairperson Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has warned. “SADC has come a long way and we are extremely proud of its achievements during its […]
Zimbabwe national team players have agreed to fulfil their fixture against Malawi a in Africa Cup of Nations Group L and will travel by road. The Warriors refused to travel to Malawi on Thursday after failing to get assurances that they will be paid their allowances and appearance fees. But Zimbabwe FA President Cuthbert Dube […]
The growing number of passengers between Harare and Lilongwe is forcing Malawi Airlines to consider increasing flights to Zimbabwe from three to five times a week. Malawian Airlines commercial director Eskinder Alemu said this in Zimbabwe at a function to celebrate the first anniversary of the Harare-Lilongwe. He said the increased frequency would cater for […]
Media reports in Zimbabwe indicate that heads have started rolling over President Robert Mugabe’s embarrassing fall at Harare International Airport last Wednesday. Zimbabwe’s online publication The Standard said up to 27 members of the presidential security and advance team who seemed immobilized as Mugabe tripped and tumbled after addressing hundreds of Zanu PF supporters who had been bussed […]
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 90, fell down steps from a podium after speaking to supporters upon his return from Ethiopia, say witnesses. Mugabe appeared to miss a step and toppled when he left the raised lectern at the airport Wednesday afternoon, according to several witnesses, who insisted on anonymity because of security concerns. His aides […]
Following the death of President Michael Sata last month, the ruling Patriotic Front has reportedly been engulfed in a succession wrangle, a development that appears to lend some credence to a prophecy made early this year by controversial Nigerian clergyman Prophet TB Joshua. On February 9 this year, the Nigerian cleric spoke in a church […]
Malawi’s minister of foreign affairs George Chaponda says President Peter Mutharika had already planned to bar Thoko Banda from representing Lilongwe in Harare where he was expected to be an ambassador for the Southern African country, even if he did not pull out by himself. Chaponda told the state-owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) television during Monday evening news cast […]
A Malawian diplomat who once reportedly described Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as an “idiot” told BBC’s Focus on Africa programme Monday that he has turned down the job of ambassador to Harare because he was opposed to dictatorship. President Peter Mutharika named Banda as ambassador last month as he was initially earmarked to be Malawi’s envoy […]
Malawi’s ambassador designate to Zimbabwe has asked ministry of foreign affairs to consider relocating him to another diplomatic mission apart from Harare after reports have gone viral that he once described President Robert Mugabe as an idiot and a horrible man in 2006 while he was an asylum seeker in Germany. In a letter sent […]
Malawi risk to face a diplomatic scandal with Zimbabwe after it has been revealed that the newly appointed Ambassador to that country Thoko Banda in one of his interviews around 2006 had called Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe an idiot. The revelation has already sent the Zimbabwean Government working on a way to bar Banda from […]
Thoko Banda, son to former cabinet minister Aleke Banda, is not going to Belgium as earlier announced due to his unsatisficatory qualifications and performance during the interviews by the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Malawi Parliament. Banda, the newly-appointed Malawi’s envoy to Zimbabwe who initially appeared on the lists of diplomatic appointments made in August […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Saturday morning left the country for Zimbabwe to attend the Sadc Summit where he is expected to hand over the chairmanship to Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe. The 34th Ordinary Meeting of Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit is slated for Sunday, August 17, 2014 and would […]