Ndirande Stars and Shire Wimbe have booked spots in the 2025 Castel Challenge Cup semi-finals following victories in their respective matches on Sunday. Stars stunned newly promoted TNM Super League side Red Lions 5-3 on postmatch penalties after a 1...

By Pemphero Malimba A year and some months have passed since 25-year-old Laurent Taferanji began producing and selling fire briquettes in his Area 36 residence in Lilongwe. Among others, Taferanji, a Form Two dropout who sought knowledge of briquette...

Renowned writer Muthi Nhlema’s story The Piss Corpse has been named among Afrocritik’s 50 remarkable African Short Stories of 2025. The list is however, limited to English language fiction from Africa according to the newsletter. This is Muthi’...

Lilongwe-based singer and guitarist Lulu on Saturday performed at Stay In Bar ‘n’ Grill in Zomba where he came face to face with Joe Ikon. The ‘Kumalembe’ star left no stone unturned in his performance as he excited the audience throughout hi...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank and the United Nations (UN) have urged authorities to act swiftly to stabilise Malawi’s economy. The call comes as Malawi is experiencing its most severe foreign exchange and balance-of-payments (...

By Brenda Kayo Nine people died in five fatal road accidents reported during this year’s Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. This represents a 55 percent decrease from 13 deaths recorded during the same period last year. National Police spokespe...

By Pemphero Malimba: The Transporters Association of Malawi (Tam) says it has identified over 50 transporters across the country to move 100,000 metric tonnes (MT) of the 200,000 MT of maize that the government has procured from Zambia. This comes ba...

By Pemphero Malimba: The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) says it plans to begin discussions with the Government Negotiating Team (GNT) on salary revision and restructuring in January next year. The talks are expected to take place amid unresolved d...

By Kingsley Jassi: Hospitality industry continues it’s growth path as major hospitality companies posts substantial profit growths in the year. The country’s largest hotel chain, Sunbird Hotels Limited announced it is expected to make a profit of...

Africa is, collectively, fast becoming a giant and a force to be reckoned with on matters of intra-trade and economic growth. It is poised to dominate the list of the world’s fastest growing economies this year. Simply put, intra-trade is working i...