Nankhumwa bemoans ‘exploitive’ Malawi tea prices, vows to resuscitate banana...
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said he is personally committed to ensuring that Malawian smallholder tea farmers earn better prices than what they are...
View ArticleMisa Malawi condemns journalists attack during HRDC demo
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter has condemned the physical and indecent assault of two journalists, Golden Matonga of Nation Publications Limited and Gladys Nthenda of...
View ArticleUSAid project to help 15 000 Malawi students to access higher education
About 15, 000 secondary school graduates in six selected districts countrywide have been targeted to benefit from a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded four-year project...
View ArticleZitherepano Club to celebrate 22nd anniversary in Mangochi
Mangochi’s Zitherepano Entertainment Club is where fun seekers and imbibers will flock to this coming Friday, September 20 2019 to celebrate the club’s 22nd anniversary with The Black Missionaries and...
View ArticleZomba protesters in anti-Ansah demo tear petition
Zomba protesters in the anti-Jane Ansah demonstration orgnised by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) Wednesday tore apart the petition designed to be presented to authorities at Zomba District...
View ArticleHRDC give MPs grounds for Ansah removal at Malawi electoral body:...
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders have petitioned Parliament requesting legislators to table a motion that will be aimed at removing Jane Ansah as chairperson of Malawi Electoral...
View Article70-year-old man arrested for operating medical clinic illegally
Mwanza Police Station on Monday arrested Sankhani Waya, 70, for operating a medical clinic without licence at Kamwendo Village in the area of Senior Chief Nthache in the district. Mwanza Police Station...
View ArticleMan commits suicide over love affair: Suspected girl-friend of cheating
A 25-year-old man of Dowa committed suicide – whose post-mortem indicate he died of poisoning – after suspecting that his girlfriend was going out with other men. Spokesperson for Dowa police, Sub...
View ArticleChakwera outlines irregularities ‘not fraud’ in Malawi presidential election...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, who is asking the Constitutional Court to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, on Thurday morning outlined...
View ArticleKaphale whinges Chakwera ‘overly protected’ unlike Chilima: Court forces AG...
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, told the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner in the historic...
View ArticleMinistry implements revised National Housing Policy
Government through Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development will soon start implementing its revised National Housing Policy for a period of five years from 2019 to 2024. The policy seeks to...
View ArticleMalawi joins UN convention for protecting migratory species
Malawi has taken a significant step forward in its conservation efforts by joining the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). Part of the United Nations Environment...
View ArticleChakwera not audible, phony American accent affects recording – Court
The Constitution Court hearing historic elections petition case in Lilongwe told opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the witness stand to be audible when...
View ArticleCisaNet challenges Malawi MPs to transform agricultural sector
Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) has urged Members of Parliament (MP) to be vigilant in lobbying for the development of the agriculture sector in Malawi. The organization made the call in...
View ArticlePresident Mutharika arrives in New York ahead of UNGA: ‘Malawi to share MDGS...
President Peter Mutharika and his lean entrouge has arrived in New York, United States of America for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Mutharika, who left for New York...
View ArticleCouncil suspends hospital official over illegal purchases, ambulance use
Mangochi district council has suspended its procurement officer for flouting procurement procedures after he was caught by communities in the district illegally using an ambulance for cabbage he had...
View ArticleAssets declarations body to cut activities due to low funding
Director of Public Officers Declarations Christopher Tukula says his office put on hold a K23 million asset verification exercise due to low funding. Tukula told a joint cluster committee of parliament...
View ArticleMalawi police arrest Mozambican couple for marketing albino child
A couple from Mozambique is in police custody in Malawi for allegedly trying to find a market for their four-year child with albinism. Ntcheu police spokesperson Hastings Chigaru said Juwao Biziwick...
View ArticlePeople power: Government transfers DC Navicha after protests
Government has transferred the District Commissioner for Mchinji Rosemary Navicha after strong protests and boycott of payment of market fees by traders. People in Mchinji accuse Navicha of nepotism,...
View ArticleMozambique says issue of Malawi Nsanje Inland Port a closed affair
An influential newspaper in Mozambique has described as a closed affair the issue of Nsanje Inland Port. The Portuguese language Noticias newspaper says Maputo is not in talks with Lilongwe and has...
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