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CAMA demands answers over sugar scarcity in Malawi

May 03, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 103 &

Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has asked Illovo Sugar Malawi Limited to explain to Malawians why sugar has become scarce in the country. Through a press statement signed by its executive director John Kapito, the… ...

Kamlepo is missing, family expresses worry

May 03, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 352 &

Controversial member of Parliament for Rumphi East, Kamlepo Kalua has gone missing. According to media reports, Kalua went missing soon after MRA and the Police raided his house where they impounded two cars on the… ...

Follow party constitution, MCP advised

May 02, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 31 &

A political scientist in the country has advised the Malawi Congress Party's (MCP) National Executive Committee (NEC) to follow the party's constitution. This is coming at a time when a faction led by MCP general… ...

Mutharika to abolish tenancy labour

May 02, 2017 Bright Malenga 26 &

President Peter Mutharika has said that his government is putting in place measures that will lead to abolishment of tenancy labour in Malawi. Mutharika revealed this during commemoration of World Labour Day at Kamuzu upper… ...

We don’t know why DPP is targeting us – Uladi Mussa

May 02, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 64 &

Acting president for the People’s Party (PP), Uladi Mussa, has asked the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to explain why it is targeting his party. Mussa is demanding the explanation from DPP following recent incidents… ...

MCP supporters to leave party

May 02, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 61 &

One of the country's political experts Mustafa Hussein has warned the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) that it is at risk of losing many members due to internal wrangles. Hussein was reacting to the current… ...

Chanco students hopeful

May 02, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 4 &

Chancellor College students have expressed optimism that their petition to University of Malawi (UNIMA) Chancellor, President Peter Mutharika, will be addressed. The students have uttered this with only five days gone since they delivered the… ...

Malawi youth urged to push for change

May 01, 2017 Bright Malenga 15 &

Youth in the country have been told to start taking leadership positions and use them to push for socioeconomic change. The call was made by the Generational Leadership Initiative (GLI) during a summit that was… ...

CSOs are stealing from Malawians

May 01, 2017 Luke Bisani 38 &

The Malawi government has hit at the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) arguing that they have a bad record of accountability and are stealing from ordinary Malawians. Government through Presidential advisor on Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) Mabvuto… ...

Kamlepo Kalua blocks MRA

May 01, 2017 Luke Bisani 83 &

Outspoken Rumphi East Parliamentarian Kamlepo Kalua has obtained a court injunction restraining the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) from confiscating his two vehicles. MRA suspects that Kamlepo brought the two vehicles into the country without paying… ...

War within: Chakwera under pressure to organise convention

Apr 30, 2017 Luke Bisani 69 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera is facing fresh calls to organise a convention as wrangles continue in the party. Members of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) have urged the MCP president… ...

Chakwera will never rule Malawi

Apr 30, 2017 Bright Malenga 290 &

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) will never rule the country under its current leader Lazarus Chakwera. This was said by DPP Secretary General Glezelder Jeffrey… ...

APM hails Commonwealth-Malawi relationship

Apr 29, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

President Arthur Peter Mutharika has hailed the Commonwealth saying it is a key player in the country’s development. Speaking when he met Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland at Kamuzu Palace, Mutharika said since Malawi’s independence… ...

Mutharika’s government tend to ignore issues – analyst

Apr 29, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 17 &

A political analyst has said that it is the responsibility of government to resolve the Chancellor College impasse rather than ignore the issue as it usually does. At the moment the Chancellor College is yet… ...

Students demand Mutharika’s intervention on Chanco closure

Apr 28, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 13 &

Students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of University of Malawi (UNIMA), have asked for President Peter Mutharika's intervention on the continued closure of the institution. Chanco was closed late last year after academic… ...