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Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:01:05 +0000
Reviving sorghum production
Samuel Magwira, a 56-year-old smallholder farmer from Mpilisi Village in Sub Traditional Authority (ST/A) Mpilisi in Balaka District, is excited with the prospect of realising huge profits from his sorghum crop this year. Magwira, who is a member of ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:46:36 +0000
Vaam members on leaders’ neck
Some Visual Arts Association of Malawi (Vaam) members have alleged that their acting leader Gilbert Mpakule and other leaders misused money they received from the government through Artists’ Welfare Fund, which was meant to go towards the funeral a...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:40:41 +0000
Madalitso to miss four gigs
Madalitso Band, which is set to tour France, is expected to miss four of its early concerts on its itinerary. The Lilongwe-based group, the duo of Yobu Maligwa and Yosefe Kalekeni, has failed to get passports on time from South Africa, where their vi...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:28:59 +0000
Senzo’s first 3 shows a success – Madulira
Thomson Madulira of Thom’s Park Investment, who is the brains behind South African veteran reggae musician Senzo Mthethwa’s concerts in the country, has described the first three shows as a success. Senzo, who last came to Malawi in 1999, held hi...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:15:45 +0000
Manage your book collection
Walter Isaacson yarns words into images of the man in Steve Jobs, an authorised biography. Charles Arthur tells the complex tech story of Apple, Google, Microsoft and the battle for the internet in ordinary and everyday language in Digital Wars. And ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:12:17 +0000
Mafco player risks further sanctions
Blue Eagles have lodged a formal complaint with Super League of Malawi (Sulom) to further punish Mafco player Maurice Chiumia for unsporting behaviour. Chiumia is at the centre of controversy for injuring Eagles attacking midfielder Micium Mhone in h...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:09:32 +0000
Cosafa Cup changes format
Council for Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) says the 2021 Cosafa Senior Men’s Cup will take a new format. The competition, which will take place from July 7 to 18 in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, will attract 12 teams this year. ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:07:24 +0000
Nyasa Big Bullets, Mighty Wanderers return to action
TNM Super League defending champions Nyasa Big Bullets and rivals Mighty Wanderers return to action this afternoon. The two giants were on bye over the weekend for contributing more than three players to the Flames, which lost 2-0 to Tanzania in an i...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:50:53 +0000
Food prices remain low
The proportion of households relying on food purchase dropped by 1.3 percentage points from 14.4 percent in the first half of May 2021 to 13.1 percent, figures from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) indicate. This represen...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 07:47:56 +0000
Ministry decries skills mismatch
Deputy Minister of Labour Vera Kamtukule has said there is a mismatch between the skills being offered in universities and community technical colleges and what the industry requires. She made the remarks in Parliament on Tuesday. Kamtukule was respo...



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