Month: August 2018 Posts

Mutharika honoured with another professorship

Aug 31, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika was on Friday awarded another honorary professorship by one of China's top universities. The University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) honoured Mutharika today at the university’s campus in Chaoyang Qu,… ...

Human rights activist Timothy Mtambo attacked

Aug 31, 2018 Luke Bisani 1 &

...Suspects DPP cadets Unknown thugs have torched offices for human rights activist Timothy Mtambo, leaving the guard with injuries. Mtambo who is the Executive Director for Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) confirmed the… ...

How poverty smashes young dream

Aug 31, 2018 Tobias Kumwenda 2 &

The sun sinks below the skyline and darkness is looming over the commercial city of Malawi. Sarah Welemu would have loved to continue with her school and fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse so… ...

Hunger alert: Malawi’s maize production goes down

Aug 31, 2018 Luke Bisani 1 &

Malawi's Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development has disclosed that maize production has gone down, a development that poses a risk of hunger in the country. Through its final survey, the ministry has disclosed… ...

PP will surprise people in 2019 – JB

Aug 31, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Former President Joyce Banda has said the People’s Party (PP) will surprise people during the general elections next year. Banda made the remarks after being re-elected as PP president at the party’s convention held in… ...

UTM members told not to wear party regalia at Umhlangano

Aug 31, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

United Transformation Movement (UTM) has asked its followers not to put on party regalia at the Umhlangano Maseko Ngoni cultural ceremony. In a press release signed by Publicity Secretary of the Movement Chidanti Malunga, UTM… ...

Nigerian arrested over chamba

Aug 31, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

Police in Blantyre on Thursday arrested a Nigerian national for being found with cannabis sativa (chamba) at Blantyre Post Office. The suspect has been identified as Nze Chidiebere aged 27 who comes from Nigeria but… ...

Tension as thieves storm Mzuzu main townships

Aug 31, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Tension arose at Mchengautuwa in Mzuzu on Thursday morning when a mob wanted to set alight a thief caught stealing in one of the houses in the township. What started as a promising day, turned… ...

Thugs kill woman at her home

Aug 31, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Thugs on Wednesday night killed a 46 year old at her home in Mzimba. Police public relations officer Peter Botha identified the woman as Juliet Kamanga. According to Botha, Kamanga’s 13-year-old daughter heard people trying… ...

Mzuzu FMB U20 league resumes Saturday

Aug 31, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The second round of the Mzuzu First Merchant Bank Under 20 football league will start this Saturday. General Secretary of the league Levie Mhone told Malawi24 that they are expecting teams in the competition to… ...

National Urban Policy key to improving Malawi’s cities

Aug 30, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi plans to put in place a National Urban Policy in order to reduce illegal settlements and improve the country's cities. Various stakeholders say the National Urban Policy is crucial in sorting out incomplete human… ...

JB says PP has learnt its lesson

Aug 30, 2018 Russell Kondowe 6 &

Former President Joyce Banda says her People's Party (PP) has learnt its lesson after ruling Malawi for two years and being an opposition party over the past four years. Speaking at the People's Party convention… ...

All set for Lilongwe jazz festival

Aug 30, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Organisers of the Lilongwe Jazz festival say all is set for the event which will be held from Friday to Saturday at Lilongwe Golf Club. One of the organisers Owen Mbilizi said the two day… ...

Malawi Govt sued: Risks paying K30 billion to Tayub

Aug 30, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 6 &

Transglobe boss Rashid Tayub is demanding from the Malawi Government a compensation to the tune of a whooping K30 billion over what is being understood as false imprisonment and loss of business, media reports show.… ...

DPPs Vincent Ghambi joins UTM

Aug 30, 2018 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 2 &

Barely few days after he had attended the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) rally at Karonga community ground, the former education minister in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government who is also the sitting member… ...