Month: March 2017 Posts

It’s Official: TNM withdraws sponsorship

Mar 21, 2017 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) Limited has officially withdrawn its sponsorship of the Super League with immediate effect, Malawi24 can reveal. This follows a complaint from Competition and Fair Trading Commission that the conditions attached in… ...

Zomba City Council employees convicted over K3.5m Aids funds

Mar 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

A court has convicted four Zomba City Council (ZCC) employees over embezzlement of K3.5 million the council received from National Aids Commission (NAC) for implementation of HIV/AIDS programmes. According to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Senior Public… ...

Two Malawian banks merge

Mar 21, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

The economic hurdles that Opportunity Bank of Malawi (OBM) had with its partner MyBucks Group have led the bank to merge with New Finance Bank, authorities have confirmed. According to a statement by OIBM chairperson… ...

UNIMA angered by threats from Chanco students

Mar 21, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) council has reacted angrily to threats of unspecified action by Chancellor College (Chanco) students saying it does not expect to be intimidated by the students following a strike by the… ...

Experts warn against oil exploration in Lake Malawi

Mar 21, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Environmental experts have warned Malawi against oil exploration in Lake Malawi saying it has a lot of negative impacts on natural resources. This was said on Monday evening at a meeting involving well-known environmental experts… ...

MHRC reveals roadmap for ATI implementation

Mar 21, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has shared a broad roadmap that the commission has put in place to ensure that the Access to Information (ATI) law is implemented. President Peter Mutharika assented the ATI… ...

Blackouts to get worse in Malawi – Escom

Mar 21, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

The Electricity Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has asked Malawians to keep on conserving energy as load shedding will continue for months to come. This has been established in an update on the current electricity supply… ...