Day: July 2, 2026

A man who facilitated the $750 million (K767 billion) fertilizer deal between the Malawi Government and Barakat Foods Limited of the United Kingdom is being grilled by a joint Parliamentary Committee this evening. Moses Khombe who owns Sheba Oil Gas Limited has told the committee that his role was only to market products of Barakat […]

Police investigations established that Kachere Agriculture Trading managing director Smolet Kachere gave instructions to the firm’s operations manager Lucky Singini to sell the NFRA maize so that they were able to give money for fuel to transporters they sub-contracted. A team of officials from Malawi Police Service, led by Inspector General Merlyne Yolamu, has informed […]

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition – HRDC has given President Lazarus Chakwera 21 days to dissolve his Cabinet and bring on board competent people. Chakwera has also been given 21 days to fix the fuel situation and spell out concrete measures to addressing AIP mess. HRDC has also demanded that Hellen Buluma Acting Chief Executive […]

Mkulu wa kampani ya Kachere Agriculture Trading, Smolet Kachere wati pali mbava zambiri zikuluzikuli zomwe zikukhudzidwa ndi kusowa kwa chimanga ku bungwe la ADMARC zomwe zikuyesetsa kusokoneza contract yawo. Iye wanena izi pomwe komiti ya nyumba ya malamulo yamubweza kaye pa kafukufuku okhudza kusowa kwa chimanga ku ADMARC ati kamba koti nkhani-yi ili ku khothi. […]

Mzuzu, November 8, Mana: Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says it will spend about K20 billion on procurement and installation of physical infrastructure for National Addressing System (NAS) across the country. MACRA Director General, Daud Suleman disclosed this in Mzuzu on Monday when he opened a training workshop on NAS for local authorities from the […]

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition says it will hold demonstrations on 7 December if the government fails to address fuel scarcity and other challenges in Malawi. HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence has said this in Lilongwe during a media briefing titled “Enough is Enough”. Vice chairperson Michael Kaiyatsa says the organisation has given so much time […]

The Joint parliamentary committee inquiring on AIP and maize related issues has sent back Smolet Kachere, the owner of a transportation company involved in the case of missing maize at NFRA, considering that the matter is in court. In an interview, while on his way out, Kachere alleged there are some big thieves who have […]

Social Commentator Victor Chipofya has expressed doubts if the country will benefit from president Lazarus Chakwera’s public speaking award initiative introduced during his SADC chairmanship.Chipofya said that considering that Malawi no longer holds the regional grouping chairmanship, he sees no reason why the initiative should be continued. He has also expressed doubt with the authority’s […]

One of the fast growing businesses in Chikwawa district, Hifa Group of Companies, on Saturday donated various items worthy K500,000 to flood victims in the district as one way of helping them continue maintaining their living standards in the aftermath of the January 24, 2022 devastating disasters. The donation was made at Kaponda area and […]