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Malawian drug dealer arrested in SA

Feb 02, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 70 &

South African custom officials (SARS) have arrested a Malawian taxi driver for possessing drugs. According to reports, the 27-year-old Malawian was arrested on Sunday, at the Golela border post in KwaZulu-Natal. He was found with… ...

Artists drum up support for Piksy

Feb 02, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 27 &

Piksy’s Kora award nomination has received a major boost as Malawi's urban artists have joined hands in urging people to vote for him. The artist whose real name is Evans Zangazanga was nominated in the… ...

UDF row: Party gets restraining order against Omar

Feb 02, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 23 &

At a time when dust is refusing to settle within the Malawi's opposition party, United Democratic Front (UDF) over who should discharge core duties, the party’s national executive committee (NEC) has obtained an injunction against… ...

Joyce Banda is ‘brainless’ – PP supporters

Feb 02, 2016 Thula Chisamba 109 &

Some supporters of Malawi's former ruling People’s Party (PP) became very angry on Sunday and called their once beloved leader madam Joyce Banda “brainless” for her decision to appoint Uladi Mussa as acting president of… ...

Guards cause mayhem at KCN

Feb 02, 2016 Richard Jimu 2 &

Security officers working for S.K Security Guards stormed Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) Lilongwe campus on Monday demanding that the college to pay a debt it owes the guards’ security firm. Malawi24 understands that the… ...

Breaking: PP fires Mzomera Ngwira

Feb 02, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 42 &

Malawi's ex ruling Peoples Party (PP) has fired the Provincial Chairperson in the Northern Region, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira, Malawi24 has learnt. According to reports this publication as of of this morning, Ngiwra has been axed over… ...

Bakili’s corruption case withdrawn

Feb 02, 2016 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 157 &

In the never ceasing corruption case involving Malawi’s former President Bakili Muluzi and Lyness Whiskey involving the misappropriation of about K1.7 billion funds from international donors, the application Muluzi made has been withdrawn. Muluzi applied… ...