‘Government must fund all political parties’
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) has asked the Malawi Government to consider funding all political parties in the country for democracy to thrive. As things stand, political parties that get 10…
Enhance irrigation, Fao urges Malawi
Malawi should leverage on available land and water resources to optimise the agriculture sector’s contribution to the economy, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) has said. The call was made…
Malawi ‘loses’ K200 billion
Malawi has lost over K200 billion in replacing damaged banknotes since 2019, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has disclosed. RBM Currency Operations Supervisor James Thindwa disclosed this in Lilongwe…
Leprosy resurgence worries committee
By Wezzie Gausi: The Parliamentary Committee on Health and HIV has said it is worried with the resurfacing of leprosy in the country. In 2021, the country reported 347 leprosy…
Forex reserves remain volatile
Malawi’s gross official reserves continue to dwindle, with figures from the Reserve Bank of Malawi showing that, by April this year, the reserves dropped to 0.8 months’ worth of imports.…
Ukraine war must end, Cyril Ramaphosa tells Vladimir Putin
The war in Ukraine must end, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin. Ramaphosa’s remarks came as he met Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday as…
Humble beginnings matter
You do not become a super star overnight. You do not become an iconic corporate leader overnight. You do not become a celebrated and most-sought-after entrepreneur overnight. It takes patience,…
K500 billion produce in east bridge deal
By Deogratias Mmana: The fertiliser deal which the government has signed with a Romanian firm, East Bridge Estate SRL, could see the country shipping out produce worth nearly K500 billion.…
Communities in limbo over Kuhes’ $1 billion project
People in over five villages in Senior Chief Kuntaja’s area in Chileka, Blantyre rural are living in suspense since Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Kuhes) approached them last year to…
Anything goes
Malawi’s lack of football philosophy has led to all its national teams playing different styles of football. From Malawi Under-17, 20, 23 to the senior team, there is a disparity…
