Justified rebels or spent force?
In February, a political grouping calling itself Liberation Movement wrote President Lazarus Chakwera to sack some top officials at State...
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‘Don’t arrest DCs just to tick boxes’
The Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) is wary of the scatter-gun arrests catalysed by startling audit findings on the K6.2...
‘CDF littered with abuse’
Chitipa South legislator Welani Chilenga’s motion to put Constituency Development Fund (CDF) firmly under parliamentarians’ grip has reignited accountability questions...
A divided opposition, cracks on democracy
For any democracy to thrive, it requires a strong opposition to offer alternatives. The rise of the Tonse Alliance has...
‘Every call affects 18m’
Former president Peter Mutharika fished Dr Bright Molande from the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College to become his executive assistant...
‘We’re overwhelmed’
The death of minister of Transport Sidik Mia and Local Government’s Lingson Belekanyama last week Monday put a human face...
‘MBC was set up to fail’
Like other regimes before them, the Tonse Alliance administration promised to deliver an improved Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). But it...
‘Speed up the judicial system’
Despite the country’s labour laws clearly stipulating the dos and don’ts in workplaces, cases of perceived abuses of workers by...
Closing digital gender gap
The digital gender gap is still rife in Africa and women are 50 percent less likely to use the Internet...
‘This is a new era’
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on Malawi’s tourism sector and greatly reduced remittances from Malawians working abroad this year....
Chakwera’s pit trap
During his first 100 days in office, President Lazarus Chakwera has repeatedly restated his resolve to replace a culture of...
Start of DPP end?
Monday marked 100 days since Peter Mutharika lost the State presidency to Lazarus Chakwera. However, the ex-president’s political future has...
Cama raps budget
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito faulted the 2020/21 Budget being debated in Parliament, saying it has...
Clergy co-authored Abortion Bill
Some religious leaders have risen against plans by the Health Committee of Parliament to table the Termination of Abortion Bill...
‘Save women’
Parliamentary Committee on Health chairperson Mathews Ngwale has announced plans to table the Termination of Pregnancy Bill in the current...
Mutharika’s base at war
Ex-president Peter Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party is a house on fire following calls for his retirement from politics. Recently, the...
Creating 1m jobs
In its election campaign, Tonse Alliance promised Malawians one million jobs within a year. Almost two months after its victory...
Win no end to Msundwe case
When widespread irregularities ruined ex-president Peter Mutharika’s narrow re-election last year, Malawians marched against electoral injustice. Ironically, the He4She champion...
‘If police take sides, I’m unfit’
New Inspector General of Police George Kainja inherits an ‘absent workforce’ accused of being partisan, leaving its work to soldiers,...
Kamlepo opens up
In this interview with our Reporter JOHN CHIRWA, outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament Kamlepo Kalua opened up about his...
