Month: January 2017 Posts

Parliamentary committee starts ‘Maizegate’ inquiry today

Jan 17, 2017 Chilenje Chilenje 29 &

The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture will from this afternoon start a parallel inquiry into how Admarc bought the now suspicious 100000 metric tonnes of maize from Zambia. The chairman of the Agriculture Committee of Parliament… ...

Msonda’s anti – gay case heads back to court Thursday

Jan 17, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 27 &

The High Court is expected to determine whether politician Ken Msonda’s anti-gay remarks case should be heard as a constitutional case or not in line with the laws of Malawi this Thursday. Earlier last year… ...

Blame game over DPP, MCP violence

Jan 17, 2017 Luke Bisani 33 &

The attacks between opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) have graduated to violent level with the two parties pointing fingers at one another over the John Chilembwe Day fracas.… ...

Chiefs faulted for rise in early marriages

Jan 17, 2017 Patience Mandala 7 &

Traditional chiefs in Ntchisi and Mchinji have been blamed for high levels of early marriages and school dropouts in the districts. This comes days after a 13 year-old girl got married to a 15 year-old… ...

FAM seeks fans’ opinions on Malawi football

Jan 17, 2017 Martha Chikoti 81 &

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has called on football fans to express their views regarding the state of football in the country. FAM's president Walter Nyamilandu made the call in Lilongwe. Nyamilandu assured football… ...

Woman hangs herself over marital problems

Jan 17, 2017 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 53 &

A woman in Machinga district has committed suicide by hanging herself from the roof of her house after her husband told her to leave their home. Machinga police identified the deceased as 20 year-old Yvonne… ...

Kamwendo not happy in Japan

Jan 17, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 138 &

He travelled to Japan with Peter Wadabwa for trials but Joseph Kamwendo is very bitter with how the whole process was arranged. The midfielder told one of the local daily papers that ever since they… ...