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BCC to spare some historical buildings in Red Star Campaign

Dec 14, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 13 &

Blantyre City Council (BCC) has stressed the need for old buildings in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre to not be demolished during the red star campaign saying they act as places of cultural and historical… ...

Breaking: Cashgate convict Esnart Ndovi jailed for 3 years

Dec 14, 2015 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 124 &

Court in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, has sentenced cashgate convict Esnart Ndovi to 3 years and 3 months for money laundering K12m from government. Ndovi was charged with money laundering (30 months) and lending a certificate… ...

Red Lions beat Mzuni

Dec 14, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 19 &

Zomba based Red Lions pushed themselves to a 1-0 victory over Mzuni football club in a match that took place on Sunday at Zomba community centre ground. The game started 45 minutes after the usual… ...

Blue Eagles maintain grip on third position

Dec 14, 2015 Orton Nyirenda 7 &

Blue Eagles and Silver Strikers on Sunday afternoon played out a goalless draw in a Super League top three contest at Nankhaka ground in Lilongwe. The match started on a slow pace as both sides… ...

Groups fight over Mulanje and Thyolo independence claims

Dec 14, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 42 &

Members of Malawi's People's Land Organisation (PLO) and Citizen for Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM) based in Mulanje and Thyolo have denied reports that the two districts will become independent if government fails to resolve… ...

Urban artist Fredokiss plans big for street kids

Dec 14, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 49 &

Malawi hip-hop heavyweight Fredokiss has through his Ghetto Shoulder Initiative (GSI) has organised a pre-Christmas tour of the streets of Blantyre to distribute foodstuffs to street kids. The Blantyre based rapper posted the message yesterday… ...

Water outages blamed on careless tree cutting

Dec 14, 2015 Martha Chikoti 3 &

Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has vowed to distribute enough water to residents of Malawi's commercial city if they stop cutting down trees along Mudi dam. The board has said residents must stop farming and… ...