February 2016

Malawi economic crisis bites Standard Bank

Feb 05, 2016 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 63 &

Standard Bank has said it's business in Malawi is tumbling to oblivion as a result of the economic recession that has hit the country. The Bank made the statement when it announced today that it will no longer sponsor… ...

New business registration systems to boost SMEs

Feb 05, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 7 &

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will now have easy access to loans since government has enabled them to borrow money from financial institutions using movable assets. Government yesterday launched a modern online collateral registry system,… ...

War within: PP pressure group wants Uladi out

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 78 &

A pressure group called People's Party Young Democrats has called for the head of the party’s acting president, Uladi Mussa. The group mostly comprises young people, and it is believed that members of the group… ...

Journalists donate to Mzuzu prison

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Malawi Journalists under Nyika media club have donated about 500Kgs of maize flour to inmates at Mzuzu Prison as one way of easing problems of food shortage currently rocking the facility. In his comment following… ...

Man in custody for trying to sell brother in Thyolo

Feb 05, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 108 &

Police in Thyolo district are keeping in custody a 21 year-old man who offered his 13 year-old brother for sale. Thyolo police public relations officer, Edith Kachotsa, identified the man as Samson Phiri and said… ...

Immigration crackdown leads to eight arrests

Feb 05, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 54 &

Malawi’s immigration department has netted eight foreigners who entered the country using fake traveling documents. Immigration department deputy spokesperson, Willington Chiponde said the eight foreigners who were also staying in the country illegally were arrested… ...

Chawanangwa snubs Bullets, Nomads

Feb 05, 2016 Chikondi Magalasi 72 &

Former Malawi under-20 national football team wonder kid, Chawanangwa Kaonga, has refuted rumours linking him to two Blantyre giants, Mighty Be Forward Wanderers and Nyasa Big Bullets. Kaonga who plays his football in Mozambique for… ...

Newborn baby dies in road accident

Feb 05, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 131 &

A one day-old Malawian boy has died while his mother and the driver sustained serious injuries after a minibus they were traveling in overturned in Nkhotakota district. Nkhotakota Police Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Williams Kaponda… ...

Malawians justify low support for Piksy

Feb 05, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 228 &

Despite calls by local artists and media personalities for Malawians to replicate the support given to netballer Mwawi Kumwenda, and vote for Piksy, it seems there is still low support for the musician. Mwawi Kumwenda… ...

Malawians asked to make the UK pay

Feb 05, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 25 &

ActionAid, one of the international organisations operating in Malawi, has launched a petition for Malawians to demand social justice and fairness by calling on the UK Government to scrap off a treaty signed in 1955… ...

UK using white supremacist rules set during colonialism to exploit Malawi

Feb 05, 2016 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 36 &

An agreement signed in 1955 between the UK and its own colonial administrator on behalf of Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and Nyasaland (Malawi) is currently being used by most British companies to dodge… ...

Flames climb on FIFA rankings

Feb 04, 2016 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 151 &

The Malawi national football team have climbed up by two places to 104 in the World and 28 in Africa in the latest official FIFA rankings for February 2016. The Enerst Mtawali's charges have slowly moved… ...

Mzomera Ngwira joins PP breakaway party

Feb 04, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 192 &

Expelled People's Party Provincial Chairman for the North, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira has joined a PP breakaway party, we can confirm. In a statement released today, the newly formed Union Party (UP) has named Mzomera as… ...

Wapona Kita caught pants down! Fails to bribe brave police officers

Feb 04, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 497 &

Malawi’s renowned lawyer Wapona Kita found himself in hot soup with the law while in Balaka but was let scot-free by brave Malawi Police officers who refused to be bribed by the dishonoured lawyer. Kita… ...

Mutharika orders arrest of Admarc officials

Feb 04, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 322 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has vowed to take legal action against Admarc officials who have been illegally selling maize to vendors, leading to shortage of the staple food at the depots. In a state of… ...