MCP supporters political chants in Blantyre streets

Malawi's leading alcoholic beverage producer has unveiled its biggest-ever promotion, slashing prices on popular beers and dangling the keys to a brand new pickup truck in front of thrilled customers, as the festive season approaches. Castel Malawi Limited officially launc hed the eye-catching 'Tikwere Ndi Wotsika Promotion' at its head office in Makata, Blantyre, with [...]

Malawi's fuel crisis has sent bus fares through the roof — leaving skint commuters hitching lifts on the back of pickup trucks just to get to work. Fares have DOUBLED on some routes almost overnight, with passengers from Area 25 to Lilongwe's Old Town now stung for K6,000, up from K4,000. It's even worse heading [...]

There is a kind of honesty that only arrives once denial has become impossible, and Malawi's health system produced two versions of it in the space of a single news cycle this week. At Kamuzu Central Hospital, it took the form of a number: nearly 5,000 people now waiting for surgery, a queue grown so [...]

Standard Bank Malawi has thrown a lifeline to league leaders Blue Eagles FC, unveiling a blockbuster K250 million sponsorship deal in a glittering ceremony at the Malawi Police Service Headquarters in Lilongwe. The timing could hardly have been sweeter for the Eagles, who were handed the eye-watering cheque just as they sit proudly at the [...]