National

Clerk of Parliament Katopola sent on forced leave

Beleaguered Clerk of Parliament Matilda Katopola was on Monday sent on an indefinite leave in which she will not be allowed to have anything to ...

Malawi Chief Justice dismisses ‘coup’ plot charges

Malawi’s Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo has categorically denied any involvement in an alleged plot to thwart President Mrs. Joyce Banda’s ascendancy to the throne following ...

NGO lobbies Parliament for child welfare laws

The Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre (CRDOC) has appealed to Malawi’s Parliament to priorities Bills that affect the welfare of children and young people ...

Thousand mourners attend funeral of Cavalry Church’s Kanjero

The funeral of  a Choir member  of Cavalry Family Church Chikondi Kanjelo took place on Monday at HHI Cemetery  in Blantyre with thousands people in ...

Malawi lesbian couple won’t be prosecuted – Justice Minister

Malawi’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara has said two women  who became the first lesbian couple to hold a traditional engagement will ...

Zambian ex-sex worker to reform Malawi hookers

A former Zambian sex worker, Precious Kawinga has partnered with a local theatre company, Solomonic Peacocks Theatre in a project aimed at reforming commercial sex ...

President Banda’s sister, Felistas Chanthuya dies

Thousands of Malawians including senior government and People’s Party officials have been thronging to Mudi House , the official state residence of President Mrs. Joyce ...

Malawi lesbian couple fake, lawyer says no case

Two Malawian women  who became the first lesbian couple to hold a traditional engagement are said to have used ‘fake’ identities and that they are ...

Married immigration officer busted having sex in toilet

A married  Immigration officer identified as Evance Lichapa on Wednesday had an embarrassment moment of his life after being found having sex with a female ...

Muluzi in Lesotho to lead Commonwealth observers for polls

Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi on Saturday arrived in Maseru, Lesotho, leading a team of Commonwealth observers for the country’s parliamentary elections. On arrival at ...

Politics

Four UDF MPs defect to People’s Party

Four  Members of Parliament (MPs) for  United Democratic Front (UDF)  have joined the ruling People’s Party (PP). The UDF MPs who have reportedly joined PP ...

• President Banda makes a moving ‘I have a dream’ address
• Malawi flag change back to Parliament —President Banda
• DPP ‘tsunami’ in Parliament, PP in majority
• Banda set to deliver her first State of the Nation Address
• DPP youth governor threatened ACB officers
• DPP changes House bosses, Peter Mutharika leader
• DPP ‘coup plotters’ exonerate Chief Justice
• Kamlepo defends Lipenga against ‘political vandetta’
• Mai Chiponda ordered off the high table
• PP ‘Orange Intellectuals’ assess Joyce Banda presidency

DPP back in power 2014 –MP Ngwira

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the north Rev Dr  Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has said his party will bounce back in 2014 with Peter Mutharika ...

Opposition, donors hail President Banda’s address

Malawi’s Leader of Opposition John Tembo and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika including the donor community on Friday hailed President Joyce Banda’s address ...

Columns

Political immorality and strategic myopia in Malawi

“Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.” According to W Somerset Maugham, “You can’t learn too soon that ...

• Of taxes, borrowings and potholes: No sacred cows
• Five fallacies against decriminalization of homosexuality in Malawi
• Not bad Madam President: Critique of State of the Nation Address
• Malawi President Banda’s State of the Nation Address in full
• FOND statement on national budget for 2013/13
• Malawi NGO’s letter to Paladin on industrial action at Kayelekera
• Positive mindset: African’s way to prosperity
• Editorial: Redefining priorities amongst priorities for Malawi
• Malawian takes climate change to White House
• Is foreign competition a blessing to Malawians?

Malawi: Accountability; the traction for progress

Tidzakumana pamtengo wakachere; pothera nkhani - Lucius Banda  By all accounts, Mrs. Joyce Banda has hit the ground running as President of the Republic of Malawi ...

Was the Bingu Africa saw the Bingu Malawians knew?

Several comments made about the departed president by a number of Africans from various countries, and a few non-Africans, seem to paint a picture of ...

Sports

President Banda honours Malawi Queens

President Joyce Banda on Sunday hosted a luncheon with the Malawi national netball team (Queens) who recently defended the Africa Netball Championship in Tanzania. During ...

• Malawians social media buzz with Chelsea Champions League win
• Vuwa concedes being ‘stupid’ on stadium relocation
• Gwengwe urges students to take up sports to develop talent
• DD Sunshine to join CAF competition
• Malawi coach calls 16 foreign-based players, Kanyenda dropped
• Soccer – a growing death trap?
• Peter Mutharika shunned at Cup presentation
• Malawi to defend African netball championships as hosts
• Bullets, Nomads to share sponsorship
• Manchester City wins English Premiership title

Ngalande, Sangale jet in ahead of Malawi crucial qualifiers

Malawi national team’s foreign –based players have started jetting in the country to join Flames training camp ahead of next month’s 2014 World Cup and ...

JB donates K0.5m to Mtimaukanena for winning WBF title

President Joyce Banda on Sunday gave Malawi’s only female boxing pugilist Agness Mtimaukanena half a million Kwacha after making the nation proud when she recently ...

Entertainment

Uche’s backing artists in road accident, one dead

Nigerian gospel artist of the ‘God is good’ fame, Uche-chukwu Agu, cancelled his   concert on Sunday at Robins Park in Blantyre following a fatal road ...

• Ngumuya launches 13th album ‘202’
• Chichiri wins ATEM schools drama competition amidst bribery claims
• Gospel female singers Chinga, Manon’ga in verbal war
• Nanzikambe Theatre opens Arts Café
• Nafe leads in mate-memory game in Big Brother
• Multichoice, ATEM disagree over Van Vicker’s cheque donation
• All you need to know of Wati and Nafe: Malawi BB StarGame reps
• MBC starts playing Lucius Banda songs, ban lifted
• Eagles’ fans celebrate victory with Black Missionaries
• Nafe, Wati Kulemeka Malawi reps in Big Brother StarGame

Multichoice Malawi splashes money to ATEM drama competiton

Multichoice Malawi has hailed students from secondary schools which participated in this year’s Association of Teaching English in Malawi (ATEM) and has urged them to ...

‘My God is Good-o’ Nigerian star Uche dates Malawi

It could not get any better than this for the country’s music fanatics as the gospel and secular realms set to experience scintillating feast of ...

Business

Malawi’s President Banda announces austerity drive

Malawi President Joyce Banda, in an effort to resuscitate the country’s rotten economy and overcome people’s poverty, has sketched out a number of  austerity measures ...

MRA says Reserve Bank has case to answer on scam

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), which has denied borrowing from commercial banks to spruce up revenues, has said the country’s central bank-Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM)-also ...

Malawi K1,000 bank notes to bear Kamuzu’s image: Updated

Malawi will have its founding president Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s face on its new 1,000 Kwacha (about $4) banknotes . According to the Reserve ...

Health

Zambian ex-sex worker to reform Malawi hookers

A former Zambian sex worker, Precious Kawinga has partnered with a local theatre company, Solomonic Peacocks Theatre in a project aimed at reforming commercial sex ...

• Girl-child education key to safe motherhood -JB
• Strike looms at Kamuzu Central Hospital over allowances
• Muslim women urged to be vigilant on HIV/AIDS
• Number of children too high – Malawi Veep
• Ngoma expects salary as Safemotherhood ambassador
• Malawi surveys HIV saliva self-test
• JB fires Callista on Safemotherhood post, Ngoma in
• US commends Malawi on family planning services
• Malawi study reveals longer breastfeeding cuts HIV transmission to babies
• JB launches Presidential Initiative on safemotherhood

Liverpool-Wellcome Trust engage Malawi media in health reporting

The Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust on Friday engaged journalists at Malaria Alert Centre in Blantyre for a workshop under the theme, ‘Health Research Now Radio Project Media Training’. Science Communications ...

Malawi media body to advocate PHE, climate change issues

Populations of vulnerable women in Malawi and the Lower Shire belt in the southern region stand to benefit from efforts of a media organisation through ...