Let the people speak now
It is three days to go before Malawians across the country line up at polling centres to decide who will...
Mutharika dissolves Cabinet
President Peter Mutharika yesterday dissolved his Cabinet in a move some commentators have described as a little too late,...
Govt admits flaws in internship programme
The Ministry of Labour has admitted that the K4.8 billion Youth Internship Programme was started without a mechanism and the...
Careless talk has consequences
The next three weeks will be interesting in the drama that has been the run up to May 21 tripartite...
Magufuli Dates APM
Tanzania President John Magufuli will pay a two-day visit to Malawi from Wednesday this week where, among other things, he...
No natural death in police custody
By the end of the past week, Malawians will have probably forgotten that a citizen suspected of a crime was...
Stumbling at the finishing line
The next 40 days are very crucial as political parties jump the last hurdle on the race to State House...
UDF unpacks 2019 manifesto
United Democratic Front (UDF) yesterday cemented its intention to participate in the May 21 Tripartite Elections with the launch of...
Allowances to nowhere
There are no documents proving anyone travelled anywhere and needed fuel or per diems. But between 2014 and 2018, government...
What is the endgame for UDF?
The relationship between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) stopped making sense the moment the UDF...
Time to control DPP, MCP ‘little’ monsters
The deplorable events at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) launch of the 2019 campaign period should not be ignored and...
Parliament’s hits, misses
The 2014-2019 cohort of Parliament was moderate on legislation, but strong on oversight, The Nation analysis and interviews with the...
K400bn water project seeks new financier
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe says the K400 billion Lilongwe-Salima Water Supply Project contractor is negotiating...
APM’s misinformed intelligence
In the midst of the devastating floods that have hit some parts of the country and the ongoing debate on...
House approves revised national budget
Parliament yesterday authorised government to use a revised budget for the second half of the financial year with cuts made...
Government over-expenditure worries IMF
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over Malawi’s failure to tame public expenditure, a development that has resulted in...
House approves K36bn ECD loan
Parliament has authorised government to access a $50 million (about K36 billion) grant from the World Bank for early childhood...
‘Police, intelligence have failed’
A joint committee of Parliament probing the attacks and killings of people with albinism (PWAs) has faulted the Malawi Police...
Goodall rewards extravagant MDAs
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has rewarded with extra allocations ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) that...
Opposition queries budget
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Party (PP) plan to take the government to task over its failure to...
