Month: July 2017 Posts

Malawi’s 53rd Independence celebration cloth stirs debate

Jul 05, 2017 Luke Bisani 203 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawmaker for Salima north east constituency Jessie Kabwila has faulted the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for what she dubs as 'politicizing' the 53 Independence celebrations through the the cloth… ...

Minibus fares bite hard: passengers left crying

Jul 05, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 2 &

Malawians have expressed concern over the rise in minibus charges that has been recently agreed upon by minibus drivers. This comes in the aftermath of road traffic police's failure to soften stiff regulations it introduced… ...

Son writes MSCE on father’s behalf

Jul 05, 2017 Bright Malenga 49 &

A 47-year-old man who works as a clerk at Mchinji District Council is in police custody together with his son after he wilfully hired the son to sit for the Malawi School Certificate of Education… ...

Registration staff not happy with K55,000 increment, demand more

Jul 05, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 66 &

Registration workers in the ongoing national identity cards registration exercise have written government expressing their concerns over increment of their salaries. According to a letter made available to this publication, the workers are not happy… ...

Update: Elephant drowns in Nkhotakota

Jul 05, 2017 Bright Malenga 85 &

An elephant that is believed to have escaped from Nkhotakota Game Reserve has drowned in Lake Malawi, Malawi24 has established. Information that Malawi24 has gathered indicates that the elephant got stuck in deep waters as… ...

7 thieves arrested

Jul 05, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 8 &

Police in Mzuzu have arrested seven Malawians for stealing items belonging to the Millennium Challenge Account – Malawi worth 22 million Kwacha. According to police files, the seven thieves were arrested late last week. A… ...

Musician J Recks targets international market with Nachi

Jul 05, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 5 &

A good number of Malawian musicians are believed to have the local market as target for their products but that is not the case with J Recks who is doing just the opposite. The lad… ...