Month: March 2016 Posts

Chikhwawa DC says council workers are thieves

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 13 &

District Commissioner for Chikhwawa has accused workers at the district’s council of stealing money from the assembly. The DC, Bester Mandere, was reacting to reports that council workers in the district have not been given… ...

Malawi to use drones to reduce child deaths

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 59 &

Government has partnered United Nations children’s fund (Unicef) to test the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) in HIV testing of infants. Infants who have HIV positive mothers need to be tested early… ...

Over 3 hundred trained nurses remain jobless

Mar 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 24 &

National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (NONM) has expressed dissatisfaction with the way government is handling the issue of deploying 339 nurses who were told to stop working last year. For a long time there… ...

Rate of deforestation shocks authorities in Machinga, Zomba

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 8 &

Shocking levels of deforestation in Zomba and Machinga have alarmed authorities who have since embarked on a massive reforestation drive. Machinga District Forest Officer, Paul Muhosha said residents in the two districts cut 1 million… ...

MP concerned about maize scarcity in Zomba

Mar 16, 2016 Martha Chikoti 14 &

Zomba Changalume Member of Parliament (MP) John Chikalimba has asked government to provide bags of maize in the district’s Admarc depots in order to reduce maize shortage in the area. Chikalimba made the remarks in… ...

Malawi makes available another camp for refugees

Mar 16, 2016 Luke Bisani 13 &

The Malawi government has reopened a former refugee camp in order to give the rising number of refugees a better home. Government announced last Friday the decision to reopen Luwani refugee camp which will be… ...

Malawi Hunger: ADMARC officials cashing on situation

Mar 16, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 43 &

As hunger continues in Malawi following depletion of maize in the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) warehouses and the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) it has emerged that officials in the markets are taking advantage… ...