December 2015

Malawi Govt fails to fund health centres in Nkhatabay

Dec 11, 2015 Thula Chisamba 23 &

Authorities have closed Kande health centre in Nkhatabay over what is believed to be lack of funding. A source who works at the facility as a nurse told Malawi24 on Wednesday that the facility is… ...

Peter Mutharika angers Malawians

Dec 11, 2015 Luke Bisani 395 &

Malawi government's plans to privatize all public hospitals as one way of ensuring effective service delivery have angered citizens in the country. Earlier, Malawi24 reported that President Peter Mutharika plans to privatize public hospitals to… ...

FAM unveils new commercial director

Dec 11, 2015 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 3 &

Former Malawi Broadcasting (MBC) Corporation marketing manager, Limbani Matola, has been unveiled as the new commercial director for Football Association of Malawi (Fam), filling the gap left by Dan Tambala who was relieved of his… ...

Gwamba’s Munthu video finally on Channel O

Dec 10, 2015 Lyonike Mughogho 85 &

Malawi's hip-hop heavyweight Gwamba has successfully managed to have his “Munthu” music video on a continent-wide platform as South Africa's broadcaster, Channel O, will be beaming it. The artist made the announcement on social media, much… ...

Students donate 1296 packets of blood to MBTS

Dec 10, 2015 Thula Chisamba 44 &

Secondary school students across the northern region last week donated about 1,296 packets of blood during the national blood donation week, nearly meeting a Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) target. Confirming the development to the… ...

PAC says no to federalism in Malawi

Dec 10, 2015 Luke Bisani 40 &

A report by Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has swept aside calls to adopt a federal system of government in Malawi and says that the country is not ready for a change in political system. In… ...

Strong Winds damage houses in Zomba

Dec 10, 2015 Blessings Kalimbuka 83 &

Six people are injured and several others are homeless after heavy winds blew off roofs and damaged houses in some parts of Malawi's old capital Zomba district. Some areas in Traditional Authorities Mwambo, Malemia and… ...