February 2016

Breaking: Bangwe market on fire

Feb 29, 2016 Aubrey Makina 104 &

Reports reaching Malawi24 indicate that fire is consuming Bangwe market. According to the reports, the fire has started at around 8 pm tonight. As we came to press, it was reported that firefighters were rushing to… ...

Govt, World Vision strategise Malaria Grant

Feb 29, 2016 George Mhango 9 &

Health authorities in Malawi, officials from World Vision and Global Fund have begun a five day Malaria start up workshop in Lilongwe to come up with a conclusive implementation strategy to enhance community empowerment. Global… ...

Devotion: Your tongue is the tree of life

Feb 29, 2016 Pastor Daniel Walusa 11 &

Pro 15:4 KJV* “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” In the garden of Eden there was a tree of life which if a man… ...

Three struck by lightning while building a fence

Feb 29, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 53 &

Three men have been killed by lightning as they were working on the foundations of a brick fence on a plot belonging to one of the residents of Lilongwe’s low density Area 43. The incident… ...

Kaliati takes Admarc workers head on

Feb 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 198 &

Member of Parliament for Mulanje West Patricia Kaliati has warned Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) officials to stop selling maize to vendors who later sell it at exorbitant prices to poor Malawians. Kaliati issued… ...

MRA Seals Mike Appeal and Gatto over K1.2 billion unpaid taxes sealed

MRA seals Mike Appeal and Gatto offices over K1.2 billion unpaid taxes

Feb 29, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 19 &

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has today sealed the offices of Mike Appeal and Gatto offices in Blantyre and Lilongwe over K1.2 billion in unpaid tax. “We have sealed the offices of Mike Appel and… ...

Mission impossible: Seven arrested after failed robbery at MEC

Feb 29, 2016 Richard Jimu 24 &

Malawi Police officers in Mzuzu city are keeping in custody seven people after they were caught stealing seven generators from a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse. The seven include a former guard for MEC, two… ...

Malawian parents drilled

Feb 29, 2016 Martha Chikoti 65 &

Economic Association of Malawi (Ecama) President Henry Kachaje has urged parents to be responsible for their children’s well-being by giving them breakfast before they go to school. Kachaje said some parents run away from their… ...

Thugs abduct albino boy in Machinga

Feb 29, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 66 &

A boy with albinism has been abducted after thugs invaded his parents’ house on Friday night, injuring the child’s mother who was the only other person in the house. The incident happened at Mpakati Village,… ...

Catholic Church stops receiving offerings until economy picks up

Feb 29, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 174 &

The Roman Catholic Church has shown sympathy to Malawians who are suffering due to the economic problems affecting the country. The Karonga Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church has told members to stop giving offerings,… ...

Mutharika’s plan to construct stadium gets mixed reactions

Feb 29, 2016 Orton Nyirenda 201 &

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika’s plan to construct a new stadium in Blantyre has been received with mixed reactions by the Malawi football fraternity. The president on Friday during the official opening of the upgraded Masauko… ...

Lazarous Chakwera, Kamlepo Kalua Chihana

‘Mutharika is irresponsible’ Chakwera, Chihana go angry!

Feb 29, 2016 Joseph Dumbula 298 &

A joint rally in Lilongwe by opposition parties, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Peoples Party and the Alliance for Democracy (Aford) has openly dressed down Malawi President, Peter Mutharika as an 'irresponsible leader' who they… ...

Massive protests await Mutharika

Feb 29, 2016 Joseph Dumbula 531 &

He may not have had any problems as he claimed over the weekend, but Malawi President Peter Mutharika must be bracing himself for massive demonstrations against him if he does not resign together with the entire… ...

Chilima in trouble!

Feb 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 291 &

One of the opposition parties in the country People’s Party (PP) has asked vice president Saulos Chilima to apologize for calling experts in the country 'idiots'. Chilima made the remarks at Malawi Law Society annual… ...

LWB slams planning of LL city

Feb 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 40 &

Lilongwe Water board (LWB) says uncoordinated planning of the city by Lilongwe City Council has been one of the problems facing the board. Executive director for LWB, Alfonso Chikuni made the remarks and said unorganised… ...