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Honeymoon over as FAM enforces No connect No football

May 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that the Mandatory Mpira Connect Registration comes into full force with immediate effect as part of associations digital transformation drive. According to FAM Competitions and Communications Director… ...

Ritaa, Leslie fight over a man

May 25, 2021 Lyonike Mughogho 1 &

Malawi`s musicians Ritaa and Leslie are in a fight over a man. The two angelic voices have twinned on Waine, a team work that is giving gadgets the burden of handling their vocal strengths. Waine… ...

Man gets 6 years in jail for stabbing wife over sex

May 25, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A man aged 27 has been sentenced to six years in prison for stabbing his wife after she refused to have sex with him because she had just given birth. The convict has been identified… ...

Chilima report tells Chakwera to merge ministries, fire deputy ministers

May 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The report compiled by a taskforce led by Vice President Saulos Chilima says President Lazarus Chakwera should merge some ministries, fire deputy ministers and ensure that Members of Parliament do not double as ministers. Chilima's… ...

AG Silungwe demands fresh investigation into K12.3 billion Batatawala deals

May 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe has told the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate the suspicious awarding of contracts worth K12 billion to businessperson Karim Batatawala. Silungwe has said this in a letter to the ACB in… ...

‘Magolowazi’ fueling early marriages in Nkhatabay, Mzimba: two weeks of sex feast before wedding

May 25, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some weeks before any tradition wedding in Nkhatabay and Mzimba are reserved for 'Magolowazi'(pre-wedding celebrations), characterized by dances and, obviously, some ungodly doings under the umbrella of darkness. The celebrations are, according to some custodians… ...

Thin plastics ban: Court throws out plastic manufacturer’s application

May 24, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The High Court has rebuffed a plastic manufacturer, paving the way for Malawi Government to enforce the ban on thin plastics. Thin plastics in Malawi were banned in 2019 by the courts but after the… ...