Month: February 2016 Posts

Malawi’s over-reliance on donors blamed for current hunger

Feb 10, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 20 &

The maize crisis that Malawi is currently facing has been blamed on the country’s over dependence on donors. Economic experts say policies such as the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) which are aimed at ensuring… ...

MSB bans miniskirts

Feb 10, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 551 &

….also targets Muslim women and bans dreadlocks Malawi Savings Banks (MSB), whose sale caused a lot of controversy last year, has banned all female employees from wearing miniskirts. The ban on miniskirts is one of… ...

Banning maize exports causes food crisis – World Bank

Feb 10, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 34 &

The World Bank says Malawi government’s ban on maize exports caused the country’s current food crisis. The country implemented a ban on exporting maize since government is subsidizing the production of maize through the Farm… ...

Man opens own prison in Mzimba

Feb 10, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 427 &

A well-known businessman at Embangweni Trading Centre in Mzimba is keeping and using police handcuffs to arrest people, Malawi24 has learnt. Residents told Malawi24 that Wevu Tembo who is a well known businessman at Embangweni… ...

Devotion: Stir up the Spirit of faith

Feb 10, 2016 Pastor Daniel Walusa 4 &

2 Cor 4:13 "But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, " I believed; therefore I spoke ," we also believe, therefore we also speak." The… ...

Bullets in dire financial need

Feb 10, 2016 Orton Nyirenda 162 &

Malawi super league giants, Nyasa Big Bullets has appealed to the club’s supporters to help the team financially during its pre-season training. Bullets technical director Billy Tewesa made the appeal at Kamuzu Stadium when he… ...

‘No, he wasn’t beaten for being gay’

Feb 10, 2016 Aubrey Makina 115 &

…fellow gays beat Gonani for prostituting his 9 year old nephew In what was earlier dubbed to be violence against gays, Malawi24 has established that a gay man in Lilongwe was not beaten for his… ...