Mid-Year Budget ‘promises and lies’—DPP
Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has described Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu’s Mid-Year Budget Review Statement as reflecting a governing...
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Mlusu positive on growth prospects
Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu remains upbeat about the country registering economic growth of 3.5 percent this year, banking on...
Arrears payment to ease job losses—Ecam
Employers Consultative Association of Malawi (Ecam), a grouping of private sector employers, says government’s commitment to pay arrears owed to...
Cosafa for Covid jab at tourneys
Council for Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) says Covid-19 vaccine will be mandatory at this year’s regional tournaments. There are...
Duchess of Cornwall launches Commonwealth essay competition
The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla, has launched The Queen Commonwealth 2021 essay competition, in her capacity as the vice-patron of...
Grace Ghambi: Passionate for others. An excellent student
Grace Ghambi is no ordinary young woman. She is in a class of her own, pushing things to happen, not...
Inside Chisale’s seized property
The list of property the State has seized from former president Peter Mutharika’s top bodyguard, Norman Chisale, has 86 motor...
TUM insists strike continues
Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) president Willie Malimba has insisted that public school teachers will not return to work tomorrow...
K1.7bn Chisale assets seized
The High Court in Lilongwe yesterday granted government an order to seize assets amounting to K1.7 billion belonging to former...
Public investments under scrutiny
Public investment in infrastructure in Malawi has been negligible in the past two decades, averaging about 4.18 percent over a...
Committee for transparency in budget implementation
The Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament has called for the amendment of Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) of 2005...
Emerging risks threaten budget
Economists say the Covid-19 pandemic and mounting pressure on wages threaten the successful implementation of the K2.2 trillion 2020/21 National...
FAM, Masm seal 10-year players’ medical cover
Football players will now access medical insurance cover after Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and Super League of Malawi (Sulom)...
Bushiri’s daughters blocked from flying out
Police on Friday blocked self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s daughters and other family members from flying out to Kenya to access...
Nyembezi Soko: Author of Building fences Not Walls
The year 2020 saw Agricultural Economics graduate Nyembezi Soko authoring and releasing a book—Building Fences Not Walls —about five years...
Fam moves on ACB resolution
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has directed regional football associations to hold elections by the second week of March following...
Giving girls second chance
In September 2020 Anne Malengenya from M’biza Village, Traditional Authority Chikumbu in Mulanje District, became pregnant. She was in Standard...
Councils bemoan DCs’ ‘nomadic life’
Within three months of being transferred to a new district, a district commissioner (DC) can be moved to yet another...
‘Policy rate impact to be gradual’
The Bankers Association of Malawi (BAM) has said the impact of the Reserve Bank of Malawi’s (RBM) policy rate stance,...
Fam chairs purchase sparks law suit
A legal battle has ensued between sports analyst Mathews Kim Kamau and FAM director of finance Christopher Mdolo in which...
