January 2016

Water shortage hits Ndirande township

Jan 03, 2016 Martha Chikoti 17 &

Ndirande residents have expressed concern over the water shortage that has hit the township as it has now gone 3 days without running water; a situation which they say is currently pushing some residents to… ...

Road accident leaves 3 seriously injured in Dedza

Jan 03, 2016 Orton Nyirenda 104 &

Three people got seriously injured while 57 others sustained minor injuries when a bus they were traveling in overturned in Dedza, Malawi Police. Dedza Police deputy publicist constable Cassim Manda confirmed about the accident and… ...

Media body vows to push for ATI bill

Jan 03, 2016 Martha Chikoti 3 &

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter has vowed to push for the tabling of the Access to Information (ATI) bill which government deliberately failed to table in Parliament. MISA chairperson Thom Khanje… ...

Mutharika mourns veteran unionist Francis Antonio

Jan 03, 2016 Luke Bisani 9 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has expressed sadness at the death of a veteran unionist and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) leader Francis Antonio who died on December 31 in the capital Lilongwe. Late Antonio was once… ...

Joyce Banda warned against threatening Mutharika

Jan 02, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 209 &

Chancellor College Associate professor and head of political and administrative studies, Happy Kayuni, has warned former Malawi President Joyce Banda that she should only threaten to take President Peter Mutharika to court if she thinks… ...

Uladi Mussa’s appointment stirs conflicts in PP

Jan 02, 2016 Thula Chisamba 85 &

The decision by Malawi ex-president Joyce Banda to appoint Uladi Mussa as acting president of the former ruling People’s Party (PP) has not pleased followers of the party from the northern region who have since… ...

Bizarre! Malawian Prophet turns into a snake

Jan 02, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 1,123 &

There is a scare in Area 25 in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, after a prophet identified as Foster Mbale has turned into a snake after he was talking to some members of his church today morning. Malawi24… ...