This politician actually did the thing they all promised after losing an election. Gift Nankhuni, who got beaten in the 2019 parliamentary race, just hung around his area and spent his own cash fixing stuff. He rebuilt roads, put up school blocks, and even got a police unit set up, all while having zero official power. That grind set up a wild comeback years later.
When district lines got redrawn, he ran in the new Lilongwe City Centre Constituency against the DPP's secretary general, Peter Mukhito. Everyone figured the ruling party guy would cruise, but Nankhuni, flying the MCP ticket, somehow won. He basically said the win was a receipt for actual work, not party loyalty, and people there agreed, citing the schools and safer streets...
A big policy group in Malawi is telling the current administration to kill its major farm subsidy program for good. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives, through its director Sylvester Namiwa, said the long-running Farm Input Subsidy Programme is a proven failure. They want the government to stop wasting money on it and instead build actual fertilizer plants locally.
Namiwa called the logic of spending billions on fertilizer only to spend more billions on relief food for the same people months later completely backwards. He pointed to a recent fertilizer donation from Morocco as a sign of a missed opportunity for local production. The group's fix involves letting commercial farmers grow crops for the state...
Cops in Lilongwe are trying to figure out how a two-time convicted felon kept walking the streets. The guy, Peter Mwenyeveza, also called Peter Mwale, just got arrested again for a string of violent motorcycle robberies. Police spokesperson Hastings Chigala confirmed the arrest, noting the suspect was previously handed a four-year term for stealing cattle and a six-year sentence for nicking motorcycles. Neither one seemed to stick.
The recent crime spree involved serious attacks where victims got hurt or killed. A police hunt led them back to Mwenyeveza. Authorities are now digging into why his prior convictions did not result in actual prison time, allowing this cycle to continue. He remains in custody while they investigate the...
Shop owners in Limbe's business district are bleeding vendors dry with insane rent, according to the people running stalls there. Their representative, James Willie, says a minimum monthly charge of two hundred thousand kwacha is crushing small businesses. He argues this forces lesser earners to the edges of the market, hurting their trade and safety.
He did shout out one developer, Pacific Limited, for actually building something affordable. Their Pacific Tower building in central Limbe offers cheaper spots. Some guy from the company, Grant Chimenya, stated that half of the nine hundred rooms in their six-story place are for small timers. They even have a daily market space costing next to nothing. He wants the city council to give...
Locals and chiefs in TA Kilupula, Karonga District, are calling out the Coal and Mining Group, run by a guy named Mwalafyale, for straight-up lying to them. An inspection by the Area Development Committee found the mine has gotten bigger, but the company has not built the schools or helped farmers like they swore they would. The ADC chair, Kingdom Malanga, said it is a raw deal for communities seeing zero benefit while their farms and lives get messed up by the operations.
A management rep, SGVH Katumbi, copped to problems like coal dust pollution and admitted community pushback is coming if nothing changes. Bryan Mwangonde, a senior figure with the mining group, validated the complaints, saying they are working on it and still plan to...
After sitting around for over ten years, that stalled Mombera University plan in Mzimba District might actually be happening. Malawi's Second Vice President, Enock Chihana, just gave contractors a hard deadline to cough up a modern design by late January, with building set to start right after. He told investors and local leaders this is a big national project, claiming it will boost education and the economy in the north. The goal is to open for students by 2027.
Education Minister Bright Msaka called it a national dream, finally getting real. They are funding the whole thing through a setup where private sector money teams up with the government. The school is supposed to focus on job-ready training for stuff like animal science and...
A fire wrecked a bunch of homes in Aussenkehr, leaving 44 households without a place to live. The local council chairman, Geritt Witbooi, confirmed they handed out food parcels and temporary tents to the displaced people. The blaze started in one shack before high winds pushed it to others, wiping them out.
Most of the people getting this emergency aid work on the table grape farms there. Witbooi pointed out that this shows the desperate need for better, more permanent housing for those workers. This is not even a new problem for the area.
Strong winds there basically turn any small fire into a total disaster. The same thing happened last year, when flames destroyed over seventy homes made of reeds. It is basically a recurring...
People in Malawi are seriously pissed about their Vice President Jane Ansah's holiday plans. Ansah, who got into office this past October with President Peter Mutharika, is apparently taking a private post-Christmas trip to the UK. The rage is over a leaked letter that lists fifteen government staffers tagged to join her, like accountants and security, with the whole thing supposedly costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. A human rights group, the Human Rights Defenders Coalition, is leading the charge, calling it a massive double standard.
The government's response has been shaky. The VP's press secretary, Richard Mveriwa, put out a statement calling the leaked docs fake, claiming they did not come from any official source. He said...
The Miss Cosmo Namibia org is pretty stoked about Cassia Sharpley's showing at the international pageant. Sharpley snagged the Impactful Beauty title, a pageant award that nods to leadership and having some actual substance. The group put out a statement raving about how she handled repping Namibia on a global stage, calling her journey meaningful for the whole country.
They gave a bunch of credit to everyone who backed her run. The organization also shouted out the international pageant hosts for putting together an inclusive event. They made a big deal about Sharpley's performance going beyond a typical beauty contest, highlighting her authenticity and how she pushed through challenges.
The local pageant people used the moment to...
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