Month: February 2017 Posts

CoM ushers in new students union leaders

Feb 27, 2017 Luke Bisani 0 &

Being students that are in a democratic era, students from College of Medicine (CoM) a constituent University of Malawi (UNIMA) have ushered in new leaders that are to represent them for a year. The elections… ...

Chakwera on the wrong side – political scientist

Feb 27, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 51 &

A political scientist in the country has trashed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera's suggestion that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) should probe all cabinet ministers. After the ACB found cash amounting to K124 million… ...

Malawi’s population boom: Analyst says situation poses a great threat

Feb 27, 2017 Joseph Dumbula 45 &

Malawi’s rising population is a serious cause for worry for the country’s socio-development, economy and environment, an analyst has said. According to statistics from the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey) (MDHS) conducted by the… ...

Malawi Muslims hail Quran Yao version

Feb 27, 2017 Bright Malenga 200 &

Muslims in the country have hailed the translation of the holy Quran into Yao language. According to Muslims Malawi24 interviewed, the coming of the Yao version of the Quran will help many Muslim in the… ...

‘No Peter, I am not coming back,’ says Ben Phiri

Feb 27, 2017 Luke Bisani 35 &

Former special personal assistant to President Peter Mutharika Ben Phiri has reportedly refused to go back to his old position at Kamuzu Palace. This has been replied amid social media speculation that Phiri is to… ...

ESCOM to boost power supply by 70MW

Feb 27, 2017 Bright Malenga 50 &

As a way of reducing blackouts that are rocking the country, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is to add 70 Megawatts of power to the national power grid through the use of solar… ...

Man jailed 13 years for raping cousin

Feb 27, 2017 Bright Malenga 27 &

A 27 year-old man Gift Clemence will spend the next 13 years in jail after being convicted for raping his 11 year-old cousin in Mchinji. State prosecutor Humphreys Makhaliha told the Mchinji magistrate court that… ...