Mwayi Mkandawire, Author at Malawi 24

Malawi CSOs demand retraction from SABC over terrorism claim

Jan 22, 2019 0

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Malawi are demanding South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to retract the defamatory remarks by an analyst linking Malawians to terrorism. A South African analyst Izak Khomo claimed on SABC that… ...

Malawian professor appointed University of Cape Town’s Dean of Law

Jan 21, 2019 0

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has appointed Professor Danwood Chirwa as its Dean of the Faculty of Law. The South African institution of higher learning announced the appointment last week. Chirwa told UCT news… ...

Use buses not lorries, police tells parties

Jan 17, 2019 0

The Malawi Police Service has told political parties to hire buses when ferrying their members to rallies. National police Spokesperson James Kadadzera has complained that political parties in Malawi do not listen when told to… ...

Winiko Challenge: Bon Kalindo stirs ‘blood stain debate’

Jan 17, 2019 1

Move over the #10YearChallenge. There is a new challenge in town courtesy of UTM Youth Director Bon Kalindo. His alleged battering on Wednesday in Mulanje has stirred a heated debate and the new #WinikoChallenge. His… ...

Winiko accused of feigning attack

Jan 16, 2019 3

UTM Director of Youth Bon Kalindo has been faced with criticisms of feigning an attack on Wednesday to gain instigate public sympathy. Kalindo was reportedly attacked in Mulanje where he had gone days after his… ...

ESCOM employees accused of seeking bribes to connect electricity

Jan 16, 2019 0

Malawians have complained that Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) seek bribes to connect electricity to customers’ houses. One customer said the company’s employee wanted as much as K550,000 to facilitate electricity power connection, a… ...

Three die after two houses collapse

Jan 15, 2019 0

A 53-year-old woman and two girls aged two and six died over the weekend in Mangochi and Balaka districts when walls of houses they were sleeping in collapsed following heavy rains . Patuma Welemu and… ...