Month: December 2015 Posts

Mutharika wants to work with CSOs and the opposition

Dec 21, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 72 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has urged Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and opposition parties to work together with government in order to develop this country. Mutharika said this in Zomba-Chisi constituency where he held a campaign… ...

DPP fails to pay IT expert hired to rig 2014 Elections

Dec 21, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 108 &

Malawi's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is failing to pay an Information Technology (IT) expert, Christopher Aublic Ligomeka, millions of Kwacha for hacking a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) system used for counting votes during the 2014… ...

Mob justice worries youths

Dec 21, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 9 &

Youth advocates in Malawi have expressed worry over the increase of incidences of mob justice in the country. This follows recent reports that angry people in Phalombe district set ablaze a woman who was alleged to… ...

Malawians can now send money from SA through Airtel money

Dec 21, 2015 Baxter Mkumba 88 &

Airtel Malawi has partnered with South Africa’s Afrocoin to help Malawians living in the country to send money home through mobile transactions. Afrocoin Mobile Money is an online money transfer company which helps people from… ...

Dedza Young Soccer relegation worries SULOM

Dec 20, 2015 Chikondi Magalasi 33 &

Super League of Malawi (Sulom) vice president, Daud Suleman, has expressed sadness at seeing Dedza Young Soccer relegated from the Super League but says he sees them playing in the league again soon. Dedza became… ...

Malnutrition still a huge problem in Malawi

Dec 20, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 9 &

Save the Children says the number of malnourished children in the country is alarming and this is negatively affecting the education sector. Senior manager responsible for communications at Save the Children, Elvis Sukali, said this… ...

Police officers who arrested two gays risk losing their jobs

Dec 20, 2015 Richard Jimu 310 &

Malawi Police officers in Lilongwe who last week arrested two gays may have placed themselves in trouble of losing their jobs if government gives in to pressure to do so by the donor community. Reports… ...