The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has pledged to support the farmer-to-farmer programme for its role in complementing government’s efforts in empowering farmers to increase productivity. The ministry’s director of agriculture extension services Jerome Ching’onda-Nkhoma said this at the launch of the Farmer to Farmer programme, under which American volunteers provide technical…

  Football Association  of Malawi (FAM) says it has set no target for the Flames at the Cosafa Cup tournament which rolls into life this afternoon in Durban, South Africa. This is a departure from previous editions when FAM set reaching the last four as the minimum target. FAM president Walter Nyamilandu yesterday said: “Without…

  For the second time since Thursday, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) yesterday failed to give an update with figures on the presidential race, only hinting that the contest was ‘too close to call’. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said she would not give an update on the votes that the presidential candidates have amassed because…

    There was pandemonium at MEC headquarters in Blantyre yesterday after some an unidentified roughnecks manhandled former Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi in full view of State security. The Democratic Progress Party (DPP) spokesperson was rescued by some Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and Malawi Police Service (MPS) officers after few punches landed on…

UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati has hinted that the party may call on the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for a full recount of the votes albeit increasing election anomalies. In an interview on the sidelines of pandemonium on Friday at MEC head office over a truck suspected to have been carrying pre-marked votes from Chikwawa,…