December 2016

Malawi to hold conference on funding business ideas

Dec 06, 2016 Bright Malenga 3 &

Invest Malawi Initiative will on 10 December hold an investment conference at Sheafer hall in Lilongwe that will bring together foreign and local business experts with the aim of assisting Malawians on ways to get… ...

AfDB gives Malawi K12bn to fight hunger

Dec 06, 2016 Luke Bisani 87 &

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given Malawi K12 billion Kwacha to help avert the hunger situation in the country. The donation comes at a time when nearly half of the population is food insecure… ...

No talks: judiciary workers vow to continue strike over pay hike

Dec 06, 2016 Luke Bisani 9 &

Support staff at the Judiciary have vowed to continue holding a strike in demand of a 27 percent pay hike. The workers were seen leaving their offices on Friday demanding a 27 percent increment on… ...

Three children drown in Likhubula River

Dec 06, 2016 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Three children from the same family have died after drowning in Likhubula River at Chileka in Blantyre. The children have been identified as Angela Chimwaza, 15, and her siblings who are twins, Prince and Prisca… ...

Crash claims two lives in Dowa

Dec 06, 2016 Bright Malenga 0 &

A pedestrian and a motorcyclist have died after a car crashed with a motorcycle at Zangala village along Lilongwe-Salima road in Dowa on Sunday. Police have identified the pedestrian as Timothy Moses, 8, while the… ...

Opposition parties blast Mutharika for refusing to meet them

Dec 06, 2016 Patience Mandala 31 &

Opposition political parties have condemned President Peter Mutharika for ignoring their request to meet him over the problems Malawi is facing. Speaking to the media, president of Umodzi Party John Chisi said Mutharika is yet… ...

Mutharika faulted over Lake Malawi wrangle: urged to meet with Magufuli

Dec 06, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 302 &

One of the country’s political commentators has advised President Peter Mutharika to hold talks with Tanzanian President John Magufuli in order to resolve the two countries’ dispute over Lake Malawi. The commentator Humphreys Mvula made… ...