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Archive for: September, 2010

CODE At Big Brother Could Get A Second Chance

sangala BB5

A life sight of life  line and ray of hope has been give to Malawi’s only contender in big brother Africa as this week will allow Two of the evictees at the Barn to be voted back to the Big Brother House by viewers meaning Malawi’s representative  CODE could still be in the race for [...]

Malawi Common wealth Team Ready To Cause Upsets; Hope For Medal Rest On Netball

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By Francis Sitima The disappointment of returning without a medal from Melbourne four years ago has only steeled the determination of Malawi athletes to give their best at the Oct 3-14 Common wealth Games  in India  and Malawi’s  main hope rests on netball. The 38-member Malawi contingent, which is relishing its stay in the Games [...]

Malawi Housing To Build 4000 low Cost Houses

houses Pic By Malawi Housing Coporation

The Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), a statutory body mandated and responsible for management of houses and housing estates in the country, has disclosed plans to construct over 4000 low cost houses, 16 flats for rent, as well as 17 hostels for university students countrywide by the year 2012. MHC General Manager Golden Matiya told journalists [...]

Lilongwe Street Beggars miss jail

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MIKE LANGA-LULANGA Senior Resident Magistrate Chifundo Kachali has given 54 street beggars from Lilongwe City a suspended sentence after they were arrested for gathering arms and loitering in the  capital city. The beggars whom most of them were women were arrested last week on a police sweep campaign that aimed at arresting all men and [...]

Mulanje Chiefs Salutes the Independence of Malawi’s Judiciary System

woodworth speaking to reporters

By Justice Mponda Chiefs in Mulanje say the dropping of trespassing charges heaped on a child activist Mary Woodworth by a magistrate court speaks volumes of how independent the Malawi judiciary is. The chiefs said this when they paid homage to Woodworth on Wednesday at her Kumwamba residence. The chiefs, comprising of group village headmen Nkhonya, Gulumba, [...]

Mutabaluka Jets In Today For Blantyre Arts Festival

Mutabaruka

By Justice Mponda Cerebrated dup poet Mutabaruka is expected to jet into the country today, this is according to one of the founders of Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF) Mac Arthur Matukuta. Jamaican Mutabaruka whose real name is Allan Hope, will perform at the French cultural Centre in Blantyre on Friday at the festival opening night alongside Malawi’s [...]

‘Bingu Strategising For UN Secretary General Crown’

Bingu with UN sec gen

By Austin Kakande President Bingu wa Mutharika is repositioning himself for United Nation (UN) top position after stepping down as Malawi’s president in 2014 this is according to a well known political analyst who refused to be named at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi. Speaking exclusively to Malawi Voice, the analyst said Mutharika seems [...]

More Trouble For Chathunya; Wanted By Court For MK12 Million Fraud

Misozi Chathunya

Fugitive businessman Misozi Chanthunya  is in more trouble as Blantyre Magistrate’s Court has summoned him  to explain the whereabouts of MK12 million which was cashed by his company as payment of a debt on behalf of a Blantyre-based oil manufacturing company. Chanthunya is currently on the run after it was allegedly reported that he was [...]

‘DPP, Youth Wing Urged To Cease Fire: They Both Need Each Other’

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By Justice Mponda Renowned political scientist at the University of Malawi Mustapha Hussein has urged the Democratic progressive Party (DPP) and its youth with Progressive Democratic Youth Movement (Prodeyom) to consider engaging each other on the round table. All has not been well between the two sides since some DPP zealots endorsed President Bingu wa Mutharika’s younger brother Peter, as the party’spresidential candidate for [...]

Pachikweza Radio Operator In Mulanje Excels In PSLC Whilst Another Invents Nsima Cooker

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By Austin Kakande A 21 year old Gabriel Kondesi, who made headlines last year after police arrested him for illegally operating a radio station, has passed the just released Primary School Leaving Certificate with flying colours. Kondesi, who dropped out of school while in Standard 7, opened the station called Pachikweza Radio, using a Nokia mobile phone, some [...]

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