At least 42 people have died after a bus carrying Zimbabwean and Malawian nationals plunged off the N1 highway near Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) in South Africa’s Limpopo Province on Sunday afternoon. The long-distance bus, which was travelling from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to Harare
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded defeat in this month’s election stepping aside ahead of the official results in what was billed as one of the most closely fought polls in the nation’s history. In a televised address on Wednesday, Chakwera (70) said he was respecting
Malawians are waiting to learn who will lead them next after polls closed in most parts of the country on Tuesday with counting now under way. Voters turned out in their thousands to elect a president, MPs and local councillors braving long queues in a bid
As millions of Malawians queue to cast their ballots in one of the country’s most consequential elections in decades, the Electoral Support Network for Southern Africa (ESN-SA) and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) joined other regional and international observers to witness the historic vote. The
By Mr. Willah J. Mudolo As Zambia navigates one of the most delicate and painful chapters in its modern history, I am compelled to speak not merely as a citizen, but as a patriot who loves this land and who believes deeply in the moral and
Malawi’s national football team was dealt a major blow ahead of their crucial 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against South Africa as head coach Kalisto Pasuwa was sidelined due to a sudden illness. According to Patrick Kapanga, the team’s delegation leader, Pasuwa was admitted to
Visiting Malawi Minister of Agriculture Lobin Clarke Lowe has applauded Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector saying his country has a lot to learn. Speaking after touring several demonstration plots of varieties of crops that being bred by SeedCo owned Rattray Arnold Research station in Mashonaland Central, Minister Lowe
Local civic society organisations under the auspices of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have called on Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC) members to commit themselves to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In a statement to mark the International Human Rights Day, CiZC said
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has hailed the judiciary system and the people of Malawi after the historic Constitutional Court ruling to overturn the 2019 Presidential election results. Chamisa who was addressing journalists following a recent countrywide tour said the MDC was excited that the continent had
The United Nations Development Programme in Zimbabwe (UNDP Zimbabwe) has channeled US$500 000 towards restoring livelihoods affected by Cyclone Idai which hit the eastern parts of Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique over a week ago. In a statement issued yesterday, UNDP Zimbabwe Interim Resident Representative (ad interim), Georges van
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