Month: October 2018 Posts

Woman, 68, wins K1m in Airtel Malawi promo

Oct 26, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A 68-year-old woman and a 25-year-old train driver have won K1 million each in Airtel Malawi's Bandulo Bandulo promotion. The woman Veronica Kumwima and the train driver Mayamiko Mwandula from Zomba and Liwonde respectively were… ...

Debate over Gandhi statue rages on

Oct 26, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The move to erect a statue for Indian prominent activist Mahatma Gandhi in Blantyre, Malawi is still raising unending debates. The Indian Government wants to erect the statue at Ginnery Corner in the commercial city… ...

Political parties still defiant on election monitors

Oct 26, 2018 Patricia Mtungila - MEC Stringer 0 &

Despite the Malawi Electoral Commission sending several reminders to political parties in the country to submit names of party representatives to monitor the voter registration and proceeding electoral activities, most parties continue to be defiant… ...

Mutharika promises low-cost houses for civil servants

Oct 26, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Peter Mutharika has said his administration will ensure that civil servants in the country should be able to own decent houses. Mutharika made the promise on Thursday when he addressed female civil servants from… ...

MEC registration kit found in Mozambique

Oct 26, 2018 Lyonike Mughogho 2 &

As the hype to the 2019 tripartite elections keeps proliferating, a missing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) voter registration kit has been found in the neighbouring Mozambique. The registration machine went missing when it was being… ...

CSOs lose Salima-Lilongwe Water Project case

Oct 26, 2018 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected an appeal by two civil society organisations (CSOs) to join the Salima-Lilongwe Water Project case. The two CSOs – Centre for Human Right Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth… ...

Mutharika told to fire Chiumia

Oct 25, 2018 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

… six MPs also facing the chop Director of Public Declarations of Assets Christopher Tukula has asked President Peter Mutharika to fire Minister of Civic Education Grace Chiumia. The assets office director wants Chiumia fired… ...