National News

Malawi Parliament repeals Civil Procedures Amendment bill

Malawi Parliament on Thursday repealed the Civil Procedures Amendment bill back to its original version. On July 8, 2011 the […]

High Court adjourns 3rd party cheque encashment case

The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned indefinitely a case in which Malawi Law Society MLS is challenging suspension of […]

Canada applauds JB on repealing bill targeting gays, lesbians

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has been very outspoken in condemning countries, particularly those in Africa, who have sought to limit […]

Ligoya now Malawi’s High Commissioner to India

Barely few weeks after he was fired as central bank chief, Dr Perks M Ligoya can now start mastering diplomacy […]

Lack of space worsens in Malawi prisons, worries authorities

Authorities have bemoaned over-crowding in prisons which they say is responsible for many communicable diseases. Prisons’ Commissioner for Operations Kennedy […]

Court frees G4S guards who insulted Bingu wa Mutharika

A court in Lilongwe has freed five guards working for Group Four Securicor Company (G4) from state claims that they […]

MP wants Facebook,Twitter and other social media unblocked at parliament

A lawmaker in Malawi has appealed to government to enable the legislators start accessing Facebook at his workplace (parliament premises) […]

Govt hires Malawi News Editor Steve Nhlane as Presidential Press Secretary

President Joyce Banda has hired Malawi News Editor Steve Nhlane as Presidential Press Secretary. Nhlane will also combine the role […]

Mixed reactions over Malawi’s plan to repeal anti-gay law

Repealing a colonial-era ban on homosexuality may please foreign donors, intent on protecting democratic rights of minorities. But it causes […]

Chief Justice Munlo denies being part of coup plot

Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, through his lawyers Patrice Nkhono and Samuel Tembenu, has dared critics to formally lodge and substantiate […]

Airtel Malawi hands over first pick-up in Yabooka promotion

50 year old Clement Mukhumbwa, retired secondary school teacher at Chitipa Boma on Friday became the first recipient of the […]

Joyce Banda to reinstate good political and economic governance

President Joyce Banda on Friday addressed Parliament for the first time since assuming office spelling out her dream for a […]

Lesbians engage in BT, immune to arrest as Mw Penal Code only prohibits gays

Malawi police are likely to arrest two lesbians who engaged in Blantyre recently, a second development in three years after […]

Government gets 105 more MPs for free

The sitting plan in Parliament on the opening of the budget sitting on Friday has indicated that the Joyce Banda […]

Malawians should support President Banda for the nation’s goodness

President Joyce Banda’s state-of-the-nation address delivered yesterday has shed some light on what her administration hopes to achieve economically, socially […]

MRA blew K54 million on car park, Mulli and Masangwi involved

The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) are failing to explain how […]

Malawi’s foreign policy under microscope

Former president Bingu wa Mutharika’s legacy is likely to make a huge impact in matters of foreign policy as the […]

JB vows to repeal Malawi’s laws against homosexual acts

President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi’s laws against homosexual acts, going against a trend in Africa […]