Editors Pick
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Minister grills FAM
The Minister of Youth and Sports Uchizi Mkandawire yesterday took to task the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) executive committee…
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Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, dare leaders
Muslims in the country yesterday celebrated Eid ul-Fitr with a call for leaders to reflect on the impact they make…
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Parastatals urged to grow revenue base
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola Banda has urged parastatals to explore and implement activities that have the…
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TUM, Council tussle over registration
Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has urged the newly-formed Teachers Council of Malawi (TCM) to stop threatening teachers with disbarment…
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Budget will achieve objectives—Minister
Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Simplex Chithyola-Banda has stood by his K5.9 trillion 2024/25 National Budget, saying he is…
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Malawi staggers on water, sanitation
Access to safe water and sanitation services continues to be a major challenge driving people into desperation, especially in rural,…
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Family loses three in 2 days to typhoid
Nothing can describe the pain of seeing one’s wife and daughter buried in one grave. But 53-year-old Isaki Sathula from…
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EU, Malawi discuss political, economic situation
The European Union (EU) and Malawi Government representatives met yesterday in Lilongwe and discussed several issues of mutual benefit, including…
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4 firms keen to set up fertiliser plant
Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) says four international investors have expressed interest to set up a fertiliser…
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Pink eye disease cases rise, hit schools, prisons
Pink eye disease continues to spread across the country and has now affected 3 570 students while cumulative cases as…
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UNDP report shows growing inequality
Poor countries’ lag in development is worsening global inequality and stirring up political polarisation, a new Human Development Index (HDI)…
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Budgets off MW2063 track
The Malawi 2063 (MW2063) development plan that aims to turn the country into an upper middle income economy might be…
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More Malawians depressed—World Bank
A World Bank report has found that more Malawians are depressed due to worsening poverty and financial woes on the…
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Mwanyali, Mbemba win Mzuzu City Half Marathon
Athlete Chikondi Mwanyali of Civil Service Athletics Club in Lilongwe yesterday retained the Mzuzu City 21-kilometre Half Marathon in men’s…
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Renowned preacher Sauti-Phiri retires after 29-year AE service
Pastor Abel Lazaro Sauti-Phiri, a renowned preacher and trainer of evangelists and disciplers in many churches in Malawi, has retired…
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Double efforts for women empowerment—First Lady
First Lady Monica Chakwera has called on donors and development partners to double their efforts in financing gender equality interventions…
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Minister urges innovative energy solutions
Minister of Mining Monica Chang’anamuno says there is need for long-lasting innovative solutions that transcends traditional boundaries by aiming not…
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Beating hunger, dry spell with GMO crops
Most farmers in Malawi continue to face effects of climate change such as dry spell and sometimes prolonged rainfall which…
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MLS, CSOs fume over Judiciary Bills
Malawi Law Society (MLS) and some civil society organisations (CSOs) have told the Executive to stop using the Judiciary as…
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Hope as cancer treatment centre opens
President Lazarus Chakwera yesterday opened a multi-billion kwacha International Blantyre Cancer Centre (IBCC) developed by Thomson and Barbara Mpinganjira Foundation…
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