Malawi boosting mining sector capacity -Minister
Malawi government says it has embarked on a drive to increase the capacity of the booming mining sector in the country. Mines Minister John Bande said they target to have 55 local technical mining...
View ArticleKeeping Girls in School: Malawi NGO tackles absenteeism with sanitary pads
Absenteeism rate among adolescent girls in Malawi primary schools due to poor menstrual hygiene is expected to drastically reduce following a launch of a project known as Keeping Girls in School which...
View ArticleMalawi Govt urged to check its expenditures to sustain Kwacha’s strength
Malawi Government needs to critically check its uncontrolled expenditures if the appreciation of the kwacha against its major currencies, mainly the United States Dollar, is to be sustained so that it...
View ArticleIllovo Malawi revenue increases by 73%, profit up to K20 billion
Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited, the only sugar manufacturing company that is listed on Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE), has posted its financial results for the year 2012/13. The group’s revenue jumped by...
View ArticleMalawi TNM Super League:Chatsalira’s late strike ensure Silver pip determined...
Ndaziona Chatsalira’s 90th minute strike earned TNM Super League defending champions Silver Strikers maximum points against Moyale Barracks FC in a closely fought encounter that ended 2-1 at Mzuzu...
View ArticleNo ‘freebies’: Malawi reintroduces paying services in public hospitals
Malawi government is reintroducing paying for the provision of health service in the country in order to improve on its delivery, Principal Secretary for Ministry of Health Charles Mwansambo has...
View ArticleIs the Malawi economic recovery nigh? Be your own judge
The last few weeks have seen the Malawi kwacha gain some value against the dollar and other major currencies. It is interesting news. Similarly, inflation is reported to have gone down, even though, it...
View ArticleMalawi ‘varsity students divided over class boycott
Some Chancellor College’s (Chanco) students, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), say they see no progress in their continued class sit-in and have since called on the college’s...
View ArticleAleke’s son, Thoko announces presidential candidacy for Malawi 2014 polls
Thoko Banda, the son of one of the great conviction politicians the late Aleke Banda, who has been in diplomatic service for a long time, has announced his candidature for the 2014 Presidential...
View ArticleMalawi’s second artificial turf project takes off
Malawi will have a second artificial turf after work at Chiwembe Technical and Development Centre project in Blantyre took off Monday. Football Association of Malawi (FMA) general secretary Suzgo...
View ArticleMalawi to rely on legumes for foreign exchange earnings after tobacco sales-...
Malawi’s Economic Planning and Development Minister Ralph Jooma has allayed fears that the Kwacha which is reportedly appreciating against the United States dollar will again start depreciating soon...
View ArticleMalawi commemorates Kamuzu Day: CHRR, CEDEP calls for heroes policy
As Malawi commemorates Kamuzu Day on May 14y, two leading civil society groups in the area of good governance and human rights have urged the government to expedite the process of putting in place a...
View ArticleMalawi online media urged to censure readers’ comments- Electoral Commission
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has appealed to interactive media and online publications to censure readers’ comments and ensure that there’s sanity in the road to 2014 tripartite elections. MEC...
View ArticleThoko Banda, eyes Malawi presidency, rips JB on separation of powers
Thoko Banda, son to former cabinet minister, the late Aleke Banda, who announcement on Monday that he will contest for the presidency in next year’s tripartite elections as an independent candidate,...
View ArticleIn memory of Kamuzu: The visionary, the orator, Malawi first president
May 14 was the official birthday of Kamuzu Banda, Malawi first president, who died in 1997. Some say he was born in 1898, others say 1902, others still say 1906. I gaze at her well-pronounced figure...
View ArticleMalawi investors unmoved by dropping yield rates on money market
Despite a drop in yield rates for treasury bills (TB) from 40 percent to around 33 percent investors are still flocking to the money market as witnessed on TB auction of May 07, 2013 which was...
View ArticleMalawi fake visa scam: Ghananian and Cameroonian held in Lilongwe
Malawi Immigration Department has arrested two foreigners suspected to have been processing fake visas. The two, Daniel Bat of Ghana and Israel Jere Mitsumbe of Cameroon, who are said to be members of...
View Article‘Winiko’ faults Malawi High Court for vacating injunction without intra-party...
Renowned comedian, Bon Kalindo, who is leading a group referring to themselves as ‘Concerned Citizens’, has faulted the High Court for discharging an injunction that restrained Spring Stone Limited...
View ArticleMalawi court grants bail to suspected child trafficker in Muslim students’ saga
A First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s northern region border district of Karonga has granted bail to a suspected child trafficker Abdul Mallick Audrey on conditions that he must give the court...
View ArticleTimau: On a ride towards the Economic Recovery Motorway – the journey this far
We, The Timau Crew, are a properly groomed people. To put it in the vernaculars: “Ndife wana woleledwa bwino” (Chichewa) or Tilikulangika makola (Tumbuka). Being a people well brought up, we want begin...
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