How government and Mota Engil failed Malawians on a 35-year Lake Malawi ports management agreement By Deogratias Mmana On March 14, 2012, government entered a concession deal with Mota Engil for the Portuguese firm to manage the country’s ports on ...

While saying the marginal change is a welcome move, consumer watchdog Cama urges caution on the part of public The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) Friday announced a downward adjustment in petrol prices from K1999 to K1946 while maintaining...

The use of non-prohited Performance Enhancing Substance (PES) is high among elite football players as players from two Blantyre based Super League teams have been implicated, a study has revealed. The study titled ‘Prevalence of Performance Enhanci...

Climate change exacerbates sexual and gender-based violence in numerous ways, pushing people further into poverty, enflaming conflict over depleting natural resources, forcing migration, and compounding pre-existing gender discrimination By Tsitsi Ma...

By Foster Benjamin: Classic, contemporary short stories do not come any better than the 56 tales in Voices that Sing Behind the Veil: Anthology of Short Stories from Africa and the Diaspora. The 684-page volume is edited by Ivor Agyeman-Duah, a Ghana...

A struggling economy epitomized by rising prices of essential goods, not to mention poverty, food inadequacies-these are hallmarks of Malawi’s recent fortunes that, if not immediately addressed, would see the situation spiraling out of control. It ...

The recent amendment of the Corrupt Practices Act apparently to give the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) powers to prosecute without seeking consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is not an absolute solution as long as state of warfare b...

Parliament Friday approved the appointment of Merlyne Yolamu as new Inspector General of Police. Her confirmation makes her the first woman to head Malawi Police Service after the government’s failed attempt with late Mary Nangwale in 2005 during l...

Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Madalitso Chimwaza has granted bail to Principal Secretary for Lands, Reyneck Matemba, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Friday for alleged abuse of office. He has been charged with one count of c...

President Lazarus Chakwera has introduced Presidential Annual Charity Golf Tournament aimed at raising funds to support needy students. This was disclosed during the unveiling of the organising committee of the tournament at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe...