Month: September 2019 Posts

Police, Immigration and MRA start joint operations in Ntcheu

Sep 18, 2019 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Officers from Ntcheu Police, Biriwiri Immigration Station and Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) have started conducting joint operations to enhance security along the border with Mozambique. The three institutions seek to improve revenue collection and enhance… ...

Malawi protesters return to the streets  

Sep 18, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) is today holding demonstrations as the group continues to demand the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah. Protesters have stormed the streets in Blantyre, Mzuzu and… ...

Govt will not recruit any more graduate interns

Sep 18, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

The Malawi government through the Ministry of Labour, Skills and Innovation has stressed that it will not recruit any more graduate interns in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. In a press release signed by secretary for… ...

LL South by-election in November

Sep 18, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will hold a by-election in Lilongwe South Constituency on 5th November, 2019. MEC Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Sam Alfandika announced the date in a statement on Tuesday.… ...

Mutharika donates stethoscopes to medical students

Sep 18, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Arthur Peter Mutharika has donated 100 stethoscopes to third year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students at the College of Medicine, Lilongwe Campus as one way of ensuring that medical students have… ...

Nankhumwa scraps tobacco quota penalty

Sep 18, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Kondwani Nankhumwa on Tuesday announced the immediate suspension of the 75 percent penalty on tobacco sold outside individual quotas. The minister made the announcement while addressing tobacco farmers at the Tobacco Commission… ...

Man jailed for assaulting police officer during Malawi demos

Sep 17, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A court in Dowa has sentenced a man aged 37 for hitting a police officer with a stone during protests organized by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC). The man has been identified as Wedson… ...