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Yamikani Fodya named Bullets player of the season

Jan 03, 2016 Chikondi Magalasi 141 &

Defender Yamikani Fodya has been named Big Bullets player of the season at Malawi champions awards ceremony where he also scooped the club’s best defender award. Fodya had been one of the Super League champions’ outstanding… ...

PP spokesperson urges Malawians to kill gays

Jan 03, 2016 Aubrey Makina 274 &

Just hours after a homosexual man came out daring government to either give them their rights or kill them, spokesperson for opposition People's Party (PP) has urged the people of Malawi to lynch gays. In… ...

Chikhwawa district hospital in a bad state

Jan 03, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 25 &

As Malawi’s health sector continues to crumble, reports say that Chikhwawa district hospital is in a bad state as most buildings at the facility are old and tiny hence unable to meet the growing population… ...

Water shortage hits Ndirande township

Jan 03, 2016 Martha Chikoti 17 &

Ndirande residents have expressed concern over the water shortage that has hit the township as it has now gone 3 days without running water; a situation which they say is currently pushing some residents to… ...

Media body vows to push for ATI bill

Jan 03, 2016 Martha Chikoti 3 &

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter has vowed to push for the tabling of the Access to Information (ATI) bill which government deliberately failed to table in Parliament. MISA chairperson Thom Khanje… ...

Mutharika mourns veteran unionist Francis Antonio

Jan 03, 2016 Luke Bisani 9 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika has expressed sadness at the death of a veteran unionist and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) leader Francis Antonio who died on December 31 in the capital Lilongwe. Late Antonio was once… ...

Joyce Banda warned against threatening Mutharika

Jan 02, 2016 Happy Arnold Soko 209 &

Chancellor College Associate professor and head of political and administrative studies, Happy Kayuni, has warned former Malawi President Joyce Banda that she should only threaten to take President Peter Mutharika to court if she thinks… ...