I know there is that pressure when the whole world is laughing at you. I have received calls and Facebook messages from as far afield as the United States and Japan, from acquaintances I last spoke to ten years ago. “Hi, how are you?” they say. When you answer, the next question is: “Tell us about this hyena… Read More »
Christian life has it’s challenges, but at the end of the day it is Christ in and through us. In everything we do, we resemble Him, as we go by our daily lives in His character. In everything we do, we do with Him in us. Looking at things in general, one has to think about whatever they… Read More »
If there is any library stocking the 2014 manifesto of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), please put the manifesto in the section of fiction. You can’t believe it when you take time to read it: it’s lie after lie after lie. It’s like you’re reading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, only written in a less skilled manner. My… Read More »
On top form Peter Wadabwa scored a brace for Mighty Be Forward Wanderers in the TNM Super League match on Saturday in their 2-1 victory against Kamuzu Barracks but Lemani Nthara’s penalty ensured a tense finish. Mike Kaziputa with the ball…Photo Jeromy Kadewere Peter Wadabwa posseses the ball…Photo Jeromy Kadewere A furious KB player…Photo Jeromy Kadewere Wadabwa: In… Read More »
Recently Malawi president Peter Mutharika invited ridicule when he urged starving Malawians to eat mice to stave off hunger. He has been President for over two years now in a country which, with a Gross National Income of $250 per year per capita, makes it the poorest in the world. Perhaps the indifferent start to his presidency is… Read More »
President Peter Mutharika has fired General Maulana from the Malawi Defence Force and replaced him with Lieutenant Geneal SupuniPresident as the new military chief, Nyasa Times learnt on Saturday. Chief secretary to government, George Nkondiwa confirmed the major shake up at the military. Former army spokesman Clement Namangale has been elevated to the spirit of deputy army commander.
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Dr. Jean Kalirani, says government is concerned with increased number of teenage girls indulging in sexual activities hence exposing themselves to early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. Kalirani: Concerned with increased ‘sweet 16’ sexual actitvities Speaking Friday during a World Population Day commemoration event in Senior Chief Kachindamoto’s… Read More »
Chiefs in the country now fully embrace the recently passed Land Bill after government’s thorough interpretation of the sections which were perceived sticky. Atupele Muluzi: To conduct awareness The chiefs told journalists in Lilongwe on Friday that they were misled by other sectors of the society who despised the Bill as aiming at burdening poor Malawians with tax… Read More »
National Audit Office (NAO) has asked for more funding to complete the national headcount in the civil service to cover State House, Malawi Defence Force, National Intelligence Bureau and Chiefs who were skipped during the exrcise in April this year, it has been reported. Gondwe: Removing ghost workers Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe told the International Monetary Fund (IMF)… Read More »
JB addresses 2016 Women’s Power Lunch in Lagos, Nigeria Malawi’s former Head of State Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda on Thursday, July 28, 2016, presented a Keynote Address at the 2016 ‘Women’s Power Lunch’ in Lagos, Nigeria. The theme of Her Excellency Dr. Banda’s address was “Women in Solidarity: A New Paradigm for Inclusion”. She told the gathering… Read More »