Month: November 2015 Posts

Malawi Kwacha depreciation puzzles Mutharika

Nov 13, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 115 &

…Kwacha depreciation rate hits 25% record Malawi President Peter Mutharika has echoed remarks made by Leader of Opposition Lazarus Chakwera who said the President does not know how to save the country's economy from further meltdown.… ...

ESCOM promises more blackouts

Nov 13, 2015 Aubrey Makina 177 &

…only 6 hours of electricity in a day The current electricity situation is expected to go from bad to worse in January once the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (ESCOM) decides to implement its plans… ...

Chakwera against subsidy

Nov 13, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 167 &

...says privatisation is the solution ...refers to subsidies as a sickness Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President, Lazarus Chakwera, has asked government to stop supporting poor Malawians through subsidy programmes which he has declared as a… ...

Act in two weeks or we will meet in the streets – students warn Mutharika

Nov 12, 2015 Mike J. Kangwele 324 &

Malawi University students that stormed Parliament today have threatened that they will take to the streets after two weeks if government does not adhere to their demands. In a dramatic presentation of their complaints to… ...

‘FISP not bearing fruits’ -Experts

Nov 12, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 15 &

The Economists Association of Malawi (ECAMA) has reiterated that the farm inputs subsidy program (FISP) is not helping Malawi given the country’s economic base. ECAMA President, Henry Kachaje, said that FISP is failing to produce… ...

Malawi government in hot soup!

Nov 12, 2015 Thula Chisamba 22 &

Timber buyers in Chikangawa forest have sued government for detaining their trucks which carried timber they bought before the closure of the forest. One of the buyers who confirmed this, said they were surprised to… ...

DPP Councillor rapes, impregnates a 16 year old girl in Mulanje

Nov 12, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 278 &

...already released on bail Malawi Police in Mulanje district have arrested a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Councillor, Biston Chikadewa for Nambiranje ward in Mulanje west constituency for raping and impregnating a 16 year old girl,… ...