‘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...
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‘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...
Sunrise or sunset?
Our reporter JOHN CHIRWA engages Professor Danwood Chirwa, a law professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa...
Dealing with land-related feuds
Southern African countries continue to be riddled with land-related feuds starting at community level rising to the national levels. The...
Are councils corrupt?
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has embarked on a campaign to clean councils of theft and corruption....
‘Parliament needs autonomy’
The National Assembly is seeking autonomy for effective delivery of its duties. Among other things, the House is demanding financial...
‘We do not monitor your calls’
There were mixed reactions when the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) rebuked and arrested a boy in Mulanje who had...
Is UDF on death bed?
UDF has won 50 percent of the six presidential elections held since 1994. But in the last three elections, the...
