By Taonga Sabola President Lazarus Chakwera yesterday wore a brave face and admitted that the economy is bleeding from four wounds which are slowly suffocating the economy. He said the local economy was bleeding from the wounds of structural limitati...

By Mandy Pondani About 47 political parties in the country are operating illegally, following the successful registration of 13 political parties out of the 60 that exist. Office of Registrar of Political Parties officials say the 13 have met over 50...

By Chimwemwe Mangazi The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said Malawi still requires direct budget support to contain the fiscal pressure the country has been facing recently. In 2013, Malawi’s traditional development partiners suspended direc...

By Watipaso Mzungu Until July 10, 2021 when she breathed her last at the age of 83, Tamanyauli Chisambi had been supporting her five grandchildren with a monthly allowance of K8,000 from the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP). Chisambi, who came f...

By Mabvuto Kambuwe The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) is set for a windfall of $17.5 million (about K14.5 billion) every four years if the biennial World Cup proposal is approved. Fifa held a virtual meeting with leaders of football association...

By Taonga Sabola The World Bank has said it is worried with Malawi’s growing budget deficit, which is worsening the already dire public debt stock currently hovering at K5.5 trillion or 59 percent of the GDP. World Bank Country Manager, Hugh Riddel...

By Khumbo Kaliwo Politician-cum-comedian Bon Kalindo has been charged with publication of false news likely to cause fear and alarm to the public. He appeared before the Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe yesterday. According to State Prose...

By Taonga Sabola The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama) has said Malawi’s economy needs to grow at the rate of eight percent per annum if the country is to double its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita by 2030, as stipulated in the Malawi...

By Isaac Salima Atupele Jafalie still carries a smile on her baby face that conceals the pain within her. It is only when you interact with her that you come to appreciate the bumpy road that she has and continues to traverse. At 18, she is already a...

By Williams Gondwa Five foreign-based Malawi National Football Team players have joined the senior team’s camp ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations finals slated for Yaoundé, Cameroon next month. South Africa based trio of striker Khuda Muyaba, midf...