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Robert Mbetewa

Robert Mbetewa

Articles by Robert Mbetewa

Malawi ready to host Africa Day events
Malawi News

Malawi ready to host Africa Day events

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Malawi is ready to host this year’s Africa Day commemoration, focusing on justice for Africans and people of African descent through reparations on Saturday 1st June 2025. Read More...

YAS places presidential debates for August
Malawi News

YAS places presidential debates for August

The Youth and Society (YAS), through its Youth-Decide Campaign has announced that it will conduct the Presidential Youth Debate on 10 August 2025 at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Read More...

Court orders MPs out of CDF power at council level
Malawi News

Court orders MPs out of CDF power at council level

The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe has ruled that Members of Parliament (MPs) will no longer be involved in managing the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and the Water Resource Fund at council level. Read More...

Minister demands sugar suppliers list from Illovo, Salima
Malawi News

Minister demands sugar suppliers list from Illovo, Salima

Minister of Trade and Industry, Vitumbiko Mumba, has summoned Illovo and Salima Sugar companies to submit a list of all licensed sugar distributors in the country. Mumba announced that, moving forward, every truck transporting sugar will… Read More...

Civil Societies hit concern on election integrity
Malawi News

Civil Societies hit concern on election integrity

The National Advocacy Platform (NAP) and the Civil Society Elections Integrity Forum (CSEIF) have said that calls to reject Smartmatic, demand a return to manual voting, or threaten mass action without providing evidence have the potential… Read More...

Smartmatic deal sparks storm over Malawi’s 2025 elections
Malawi News

Smartmatic deal sparks storm over Malawi’s 2025 elections

On December 5, 2022, Parliament passed the Electoral Commission (Amendment) Bill, which became law following its approval by President Lazarus Chakwera on February 18, 2023. Read More...

Airtel relaunches ChezaFaya packages
Malawi News

Airtel relaunches ChezaFaya packages

Airtel Malawi has relaunched its ChezaFaya Combo Bundles, allowing customers to access voice minutes, data, and SMS in one package. Read More...

Afford denies Mtambo ‘ousting’
Malawi News

Afford denies Mtambo ‘ousting’

The Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) has dismissed claims that its Vice President, Timothy Mtambo, has resigned over being sidelined in Electoral Alliance talks. Read More...

Farmers in Malawi battling climate change, the smart way
Malawi News

Farmers in Malawi battling climate change, the smart way

As clouds move unpredictably across Malawi's skies, farmers like Martha Mphale from Mwimira village in Kasungu look at their fields with careful hope. The rainy seasons, which used to be reliable, are now irregular and uncertain, leaving… Read More...

Malawi’s 8 Trillion Kwacha budget passed
Malawi News

Malawi’s 8 Trillion Kwacha budget passed

Parliament has passed the 2025/2026 national budget, set at K8.7 trillion. Read More...