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Society
Piracy keeps Chibade out
Thomas ‘CheNkhumba’ Chibade is a sensational hit-maker with an enduring style that he has stayed true to for over…
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National News
Dowa-Nchezi road project’s idleness irks MP
Lack of progress on the Lumbadzi-Dowa-Nchezi Road has irked member of Parliament (MP) for Dowa East Richard Chimwendo-Banda (Malawi…
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National News
MP queries whereabouts of KU stadium’s K1.8bn
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of K1.83 billion meant for the construction of a new stadium in Kasungu. In his contribution…
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Editors Pick
Law Society, committee fault Kaphale on UDF MPs
Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee and the Malawi Law Society (MLS) have faulted Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale for urging Speaker…
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Editors Pick
Nankhumwa under fire over Airtel, TNM inefficiencies
Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa came under fire from backbenchers yesterday over inefficiencies of the country’s biggest…
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Front Page
House passes EIB Loan Authorisation Bill
Parliament on Tuesday passed the European Investment Bank (EIB) Loan Authorisation Bill to allow Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) borrow K11.2…
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Business News
Government loses K26bn in nature preservation
Malawi Government is losing about K26 billion (US$57.8 million) in combating environmental degradation, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Natural…
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Business News
Teveta stops issuing certificates
Technical Entrepreneural and Vocational and Education Training Authority (Teveta) has said it will soon stop assessing and certifying technical and…
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National News
Staff shortage hits water, irrigation depts
Numerous vacancies in critical positions in the middle and lower levels of the departments of Water and Irrigation are said…
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National News
Malawi lawmakers pass K36bn floods loan
Malawi Parliament on Tuesday authorised government to obtain a loan from the World Bank amounting to K36 billion (about $80…
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National News
Put chiefs on salary, pension—MP
Member of Parliament (MP) for Salima Central Felix Jumbe (Malawi Congress Party-MCP), on Wednesday asked government to put chiefs on…
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Business News
Virus destroying cassava in Malawi
Malawi Government is struggling to contain two flesh-eating viruses that have for a long time devastated cassava plantations in the…
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National News
Salima District council wants infrastructure fund increased
Salima District Council has called on government to raise its monthly infrastructure development fund to K50 million, saying the current…
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Society
Do xenophobic attacks mirror mfecane?
Calamity of a huge magnitude struck South Africa in the early 1820s. The cataclysm termed as ‘Mfecane’ (the crushing) by…
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Six Questions: Minister of Labour Henry Mussa
Malawi’s Minister of Labour Henry Mussa talks to us on what government is doing to deal with rising levels on…
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National News
Interview: UDF leadership has been swallowed up–Lucius Banda
Former leader of United Democratic Front (UDF) in Parliament, LUCIUS BANDA, speaks to Weekend Nation on his decision not to…
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Front Page
Exclusive Interview: MPs should not represent their own interests–Kasaila
Leader of the House FRANCIS KASAILA talks to Weekend Nation on next week’s budget sitting and other issues expected to…
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National News
Opposition MP faults budget formulation process
Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe Mapuyu South Joseph Njobvuyalema has described the country’s national budget formulation process as…
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Chichewa
Health centre operates with one lamp
Ming’ongo Health Centre in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalolo in Lilongwe has been operating with a single kerosene lamp which serves…
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National News
CSOs justify UN reports
Civil society organisations (CSO) have described as shameful and retrogressive accusations from Solicitor General Janet Banda that they reported human…
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