Month: February 2017 Posts

Lucius gives loans to women in Balaka

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 134 &

In an effort to empower women in his Balaka North constituency, Member of Parliament Lucius Banda has offered loans to the women. Writing on his Facebook account, Banda said the women were excited upon receiving… ...

MCP finds fault with Budget Review statement

Feb 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 8 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has described the mid-term budget review statement presented on Friday by Minister of Finance and Economic planning Goodall Gondwe as a review that lacked Malawi's economic big picture. On Friday… ...

Govt, mobile firm in COMESA court over licence cancellation

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

Zambian judge Lombe Chibesakunda and her bench have started hearing a case involving the government of Malawi and a telecommunication company, Malawi Mobile Limited (MML), at the COMESA Court of Justice (CCJ) in Khartoum, Sudan.… ...

Father cries for Madonna’s adopted Malawi children

Feb 21, 2017 Luke Bisani 110 &

The biological father of Madonna’s two Malawian children has claimed that he was "misinformed" on the conditions of the adoption. Adam Mwale, a father to twins Ester and Stella who are currently in United States… ...

Malawian man hangs himself for being found HIV positive

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 122 &

A 49 year-old man identified as Sadiki Sumani has hanged himself to a tree after being tested HIV positive in Mangochi district. According to Mangochi police spokesperson Rodrick Maida, Sumani had been sick for a… ...

ATI law brings Malawi’s mining communities hope – HRW

Feb 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 2 &

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the signing of Access to Information (ATI) Bill into law by President Peter Mutharika can bring hope to mining communities in the country who were failing to… ...

Newton Kambala, the first Malawian to make a cellphone call

Feb 21, 2017 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 87 &

Malawians make numerous calls everyday but entrepreneur Newton Kambala was the first to make a mobile phone call. Kambala who hails from the Malawi's central region district of Mchinji district and was born in 1962… ...