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Caucuses ahead of parliament resumption
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Malawi opposition political parties are holding caucuses again ahead of the resumption of Budget sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday (June 13), which adjourned following the May 28 death of First Lady Mrs Ethel Mutharika at the New State House which houses the law making institution. United Democratic Front ... More About: Caucuses , Liam , Arli , Parliament , Ahead
Mulli Brothers tops in condolence donations
2007-06-11 00:00:00 President Bingu wa Mutharika received millions of Kwacha in condolences following the bereavement of his wife as local entrepreneurs, Mulli Brot her s were mentioned to have topped the pack. Mulli Brothers embroiled in controversial business undertakings with the state in recent times, gave K1.5 million to President Mutharika as condolences, it ... More About: Tops , Roth
Senegal beat Malawi 3-2
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Malawi national soccer team 'Flames' has lost to Senegal , 3-2, in a strength-testing match played at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre ahead of next week’s crucial Africa Cup of Nations matches, which the two nations are involved. Directors of Mulli Brothers splashed K50, 000 to Malawi scorers after the game. The ... More About: Malawi , Beat , Al B , Alaw
Mugabe joins mourners at funeral of Malawi's First Lady
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Zimbabwe's veteran president Robert Mugabe joined mourners at the funeral of Mala wian First Lady , Ethel Mutharika on Saturday. Zimbabwean-born Mutharika, who was married to Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika for 37 years, died on May 28 after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 63. She was buried ... More About: First Lady , Alaw
Muluzi's condolence handshake nearly blocked
2007-06-11 00:00:00 Former president, Dr Bakili Muluzi, fulfilled his earlier pledge to personally proffer sympathy to his predecessor, bereaved President Bingu wa Muntharika after the burial of the First Lady late Mrs Ethel Mutharika at Ndata Farm in Thyolo District. However, Muluzi's condolence gesture was nearly spoiled by an overzealous bodyguard who ... More About: Hand , Block , Nearly , Lock , Dole
Of G8 and Development in Malawi
2007-06-09 00:00:00 The Group of Eight Nations-G8 a superpower economic block comprised of Britain, France, USA, Germany, Russia, Japan, Italy, Canada and also represented by the EU began in 1975 when the then President of France invited the leaders of Japan, Britain, Germany and Italy to discuss the economic problems of the ... More About: Development , Malawi , Develop , Alaw , Mala
Paladin halts work on Kayelekera after court order
2007-06-09 00:00:00 Paladin Resources Ltd halted work on its Kayelekera mine in Malawi after a human-rights group opposed to the project obtained a court order against the Australian-based uranium producer. The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace obtained an injunction preventing work at the mine until June 19, when a court hearing will ... More About: Work , Order , Pala , Court
Taiwan President to attend Malawi independence feast
2007-06-09 00:00:00 Republic of China (Taiwan ) President and leader of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chen Shui-bian, visits Malawi in July as guest of honour at the independence cerebrations amidst growing pressure that Malawi should severe ties with seaparist island and switch to mainland China. Taiwan Foreign Minister, James Huang, confirmed that President ... More About: Independence , Feast
Malawi First Lady funeral costs over K2 billion
2007-06-09 00:00:00 First Lady 's funeral arrangement is costing MK2 billion tax payers money (over US$10 million) and the figures may soar with the extravagant inclusion of the special commemorative cloth that is being distributed free. Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe, said he could not immediately comment as some funds used were raised ... More About: Malawi , Wi Fi , Bill , First Lady
Mussa’s party registration blocked again
2007-06-08 00:00:00 Despite Lilongwe High Court giving former influential government minister a go -ahead on 15 May 2007 to register his political party, Uladi Mussa has told Nyasa Times, government has raised another matter to block registration of Malavi People’s Party (MPP). “Since the High Court ruling, we have struggled ... More About: Stra , Block , Lock , Registration
Mugabe arrives Friday for burial
2007-06-08 00:00:00 Zimbabwe’s first couple President Robert and Grace Mugabe are expected to land at Chileka Airport at 17:00 hours and will be the last foreign dignitary arriving for the burial of Zimbabwean born Malawi First Lady Mrs Ethel Mutharika who will be laid to rest on June 9 at Ndata Farm ... More About: Friday , Arri , Frida , Rial
Flames to feature three pros against Senegal
2007-06-08 00:00:00 Highly respected Malawi National Soccer Coach Steve Constantine has not chalked his first win as Flames mentor says is leaving no stone unturned in his quest to see his first victory since taking over the mantle a few months ago. Constantine is reportedly viewing Sunday’s international friendly against Senegal at ... More About: Feature , Three , Ames , Lame
Muluzi off to attend First Lady’s burial
2007-06-08 00:00:00 Former President, Dr Bakili Mulu zi, says, he was returning to Malawi a deeply saddened man, to attend the burial of the First Lady Mrs. Ethel Mutharika. Dr Muluzi who is also National Chairman of United Democratic Front (UDF), said before departure from Heathrow, London, that he will console in person ... More About: Rial , First Lady
Corpses decompose as State House grabs cold room
2007-06-08 00:00:00 Dozens of corpses were left decomposed at Salima District Hospital, as government grabbed its mortuary cold room four days before the First Lady was officially pronounced dead. The cold room was to be used for the dead body of the President's wife, sources at the hospital have revealed. "Dr Hetherwick ... More About: House , Cold , State , Room , Stat
Mutharika shuns Chilumpha at Sanjika
2007-06-06 00:00:00 Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Tuesday morning refused to meet vice president Dr Cassim Chilumpha who wanted to condole with him in private over the death of the First Lady, Madame Ethel Mutharika. Following the death of the First Lady, vice president Chilumpha has made efforts in offering ... More About: Shun , Hari , Lump
Bingu visits Ndata Farm again
2007-06-06 00:00:00 Bereaved Malawi President Bing u wa Mutharika has witnessed the burial of Chief Kuntumanje this afternoon in Zomba and visited Ndata Farm to check on progress on construction of a tombstone at the First Lady’s lasting place, local radio station has reported. Zodiac Broadcasting Station report coincidentally visited Ndata Farm this ... More About: Visi , Visit
UK Malawians to celebrate Independence Day in London
2007-06-06 00:00:00 “We must learn to live together as brothers” Martin Luther King Jr. After some years of not celebrating Malawi Independence Day in London , a group of Malawians have decided to revive the event as a way of celebrating the day ... More About: Celebrate , Independence Day , Brat
Kafwafwa, Mwafulirwa invited for assessment
2007-06-06 00:00:00 Malawi National Soccer coach Steve Constantine has invited two foreign based senior players for Sunday’s friendly international match against Senegal at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. The two towering stars, Denmark based defender Clement Kafwafwa and forward Russell Mwafulirwa, who plies his trade at South Africa’s Ajax Cape Town were ... More About: Assessment , Invite
'Pay to watch Senegal train'
2007-06-06 00:00:00 Malawian soccer fans in the capital, Lilongwe got a rude awakening today following rumours that they will have to pay in order to watch training sessions of the Senegal ese national team. The Lions of Teranga arrived in the country last Saturday and were scheduled to have their first training session ... More About: Watch , Train , TRAI
Zimbabwean company takes control of FDH
2007-04-28 00:00:00 KINGDOM Financial Holdings Ltd has wrested control of Malawi firm First Discount House after it beefed up its shareholding to 40,16 percent. Until then, Kingdom held 25,1 percent of FDH before acquiring part of Press Corporation Ltd's 30 percent stake, officials said this week. PCL shares were bought for K90 million and ... More About: Company , Control , Compa
Retrenchment looms at Shire Buslines
2007-04-28 00:00:00 Workers at the financially drained state-owned Shire Buslines Company should brace for more hard times as government plans a massive retrenchment, Nyasa Times can reveal. Sources at the national passenger service company confided in Nyasa Times this week, government has made it clear that all current 1000-plus employees will go ... More About: Line , Lines
Journalist impostor denied bail
2007-04-28 00:00:00 Police in Mzuzu City in Northern Malawi are still keeping in custody a 23-year-old man arrested yesterday for impersonating The Nation Newspaper deputy editor Bright Kumwenda. The artistic young man was nabbed yesterday after some Mzuzu-based journalists cornered him over his identity before surrendering him to the police. Police Northern ... More About: Stor , Journalist
Taiwan offers 21 scholarships to Malawians
2007-04-28 00:00:00 The Taiwan ese Government has picked 21 out of 35 Malawians who went for interviews on Tuesday for scholarships to study various programmes in that country’s universities. Taiwanese Ambassador to Malawi James Chuan said 288 Malawians applied for the scholarships and the 21 lucky ones will study various degree programmes and ... More About: Ships , Offers , Hola , Scholars
Nurses strike - lives in danger
2007-04-28 00:00:00 Patient’s lives are at risk at Nkhoma Mission Hospital in the outskirts of the capital, Lilongwe as hospital workers this morning (Friday) abandoned their tools over their pension. Reports say the workers have downed their tools because of K6 million accumulated over the last five years which management is failing ... More About: Anger , Nurse , Danger , Lives , Strike
Muluzi faces arrest
2007-04-27 00:00:00 Former State President Dr Bakili Mulu zi risk arrest if his United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters ever crash with Bingu wa Mutharika’s Democratic People’s Party (DPP), a source at the Police Headquarters in Area 30, Lilongwe, has told Nyasa Times - adding a warrant of arrest has already been prepared ... More About: Arrest , Faces , Face , Rest
Cook charged for British missionary murder
2007-04-27 00:00:00 A British missionary was fatally poisoned after helping to prevent a London vicar from becoming a bishop in Central Africa. Relatives of Canon Rodney Hunter, 73, believe that his food was contaminated by supporters of the Rev Nicholas Henderson in a battle between the liberal and conservative wings of ... More About: Murder , Miss , Cook , Sion
Ziyaye party to finding solutions for Zimbabwe
2007-04-27 00:00:00 Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye was among Catholic Bishops who resolved at a Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference to engage President Robert Mugabe and his government in solving the economic and political turmoil in the southern African country. According to Fr. Conrad Chibango, Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) Social Communications Secretary, Archbishop Ziyaye, ... More About: Party , Part , Solutions , Solution
Australians hunt more Malawi Uranium
2007-04-27 00:00:00 Malawi seem to have more minerals than what is known - this comes in the wake of Australian companies trailing the heels of the country looking for what looks to be yet another precious mineral in the next few years as the world look into the use of alternative green ... More About: Uranium , Malawi , More , Stra
Malawi shuns family planning methods
2007-04-27 00:00:00 The 2004 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) has revealed that a higher percentage of married couples in the country do not follow family methods in their families. According to the results of the study which Nyasa Times has a copy, 67 percent of the country's married women ... More About: Family , Planning , Methods , Plan
Mpinganjira warns Mutharika's DPP
More articles from this author:2007-04-25 00:00:00 Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) member of the National Executive Committee, Mr Brown Mpinganjira has strongly warned the country's self-elevated ruling party Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against acting towards bringing differences in opposition political parties. Mpinganjira, speaking on Capital Radio's Day Break Malawi programme, blamed the DPP of ... More About: Ping , Hari 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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