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3 exit; DPPs Kandodo denies primary rigged
(Malawi National/Politics)
... opposition Malawi Congress Party’s Alfred Chika.--maravipost ...
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1 more dies in ritual suicide, sect denies meddling
(Malawi National/Society)
BLANTYRE--One of the two survivors in Tuesday's macabre religious mass suicide bid by a family in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, has succumbed to his wounds, police confirmed Friday. "Yes, ...
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‘Matola’, cop beating duo to appear in court
(Malawi National/Politics)
... much power that one would never raise a finger at an officer. Malawians, wondering whether they had done something wrong, would go as far as avoiding a police officer when they saw one coming ...
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3 dead, 2 injured in Malawi religious suicide
(Malawi National/Society)
... in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, police have confirmed. "These five grown up children belong to one family but they suspected their father of practicing witchcraft," police spokesman Dave ...
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Taxman charges more for puffing in Malawi
(Business and Finance/Investments)
BLANTYRE-- Puffing may be chic but from Wednesday puffers in the southern African country of Malawi will have to dig deeper in their pockets to maintain that trendy life-style as the tax authority ...
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BREAKING: 3 dead, 2 hurt in religious suicide
(Malawi National/District)
... The incident happened in the heavily populated township of Ndirande in Blantyre, Malawi's main commercial centre. Full story.--maravipost ...
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Muckracking on Sunday w/Raphael Tenthani
(SCOPE/Raphael Tenthani)
... too early. A stranger visiting Malawi today would be forgiven if he thought Malawians were going to the polls in October. Look, instead of telling authorities about the worsening food situation in their ...
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Malawi cleric charged with sedition out on bail
(Malawi National/Politics)
... Rev. Levi Nyondo, a senior cleric who was arrested Friday night following remarks he made at the funeral ceremony of Malawi's former Health Minister Prof. Moses Chirambo. The outspoken General ...
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Landmines kill 2 Mozambican boys in Malawi
(Malawi National/District)
EXCLUSIVE: BLANTYRE--An unexploded ordinance, believed to be relics from the 16-year Mozambican civil war, at the weekend killed two Mozambican boys in Malawi's mountainous district of Ntcheu ...
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Reverend strikes DPP: People not toilet paper!
(Malawi National/Politics)
LILONGWE—The church can’t afford and will not stand on the side lines and watch injustice being carried out against people, a cleric declared Sunday in the capital Lilongwe, two days after Malawian authorities ...
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Muckracking on Sunday w/Raphael Tenthani
(SCOPE/Raphael Tenthani)
... in front of dignitaries arriving in Malawi for a SADC summit. Lawrence Sharra, now retired from the police service, had to "arrest" Brian and detain him in order to save him from further battery. ...
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No bail, Nyondo would ‘tamper with evidence’
(Malawi National/Politics)
BLANTYRE—A Malawi court has denied bail to Rev, Levi Nyondo charged with sedition, fearing he would “tamper with evidence”, a court official told Maravipost.com Saturday. The cleric, ...
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MW charges blunt cleric Rev. Nyondo with sedition
(Malawi National/Society)
... who was at the police station where Rev. Nyondo was being held, said events in Malawi indicated that democracy was at risk in that the southern African country. Chirambo, Malawi's first ophthalmologist ...
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DPP's Kaliati defends sucker-punched Kalinde
(Malawi National/Politics)
BLANTYRE--Malawi's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Director of Women Patricia Kaliati has condemned the assault and harassment of the party's Member of Parliament (MP) Anita Kalinde by the party's ...
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Violent youths rear their ugly head again
(Malawi National/Politics)
CONTEXT: Why political violence? Our correspondent explores BLANTYRE—Malawians Thursday saw the dark side of intolerance when youths from the ruling party attacked one of ...
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Malawian accused of endangering minor in US CT
(Malawi National/District)
... which leaves the prosecution team very little to work with. Malawians have wondered what role if any their embassy could play in such a case. Diplomatic sources say as a rule, they don’t get involved ...
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Court fines man for wearing army fatigues
(Malawi National/District)
MZUZU--Wear fatigues in Malawi at your own peril! Ask Pirilani Mdala from Nkhotakota who was slapped with a K3,000 fine for wearing the uniform of the Malawi Defence Forces without authority. ...
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Police arrest cop in K40m MEC heist
(Business and Finance/Investments)
BLANTYRE--A cop from Bangwe police station has been arrested for alleged involvement in the K40 million heist at the Malawi Electoral Commission. Theresa Nankhuni, fiscal police boss told the ...
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Big Brother's Sangala finds meaning in old flag
(Malawi National/Society)
BLANTYRE—Malawi’s Information Minister Symon Vuwa Kaunda says it’s time to fly the new flag. "The old flag has lost its meaning now," declared the newly-appointed minister as he made the case for the ...
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Mugabe, like Gadaffi, rolls in own limo everywhere
(Life and Style/Health)
... the Pope and American presidents---taking their security into use on hands and riding their own cars. But when Mugabe was in town last week for a private chat with his Malawian counterpart, ...