Month: March 2020 Posts

Govt to buy maize from farmers next month

Mar 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa says government will start buying maize from farmers next month. According to Nankhumwa, resources have been allocated for buying maize in April as the ministry wants… ...

DPP candidate wins Liwawadzi ward by-election

Mar 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Pharaoh Kambiri has won the Liwawadzi Ward by-election in Balaka. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah said Kambiri amassed 2,615 votes out of the total 4,578 valid votes that… ...

Blue and Yellow: Mutharika, Atupele to address supporters

Mar 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi will address supporters of the two parties at Njamba in Blantyre on Sunday. The rally will be the… ...

Battle of giants in SR Draughts League

Mar 06, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Unbeaten sides Ndirande Scorpions and Ndirande Eagles will face each other in the K1 million Southern Region Draughts League. Both Eagles and Scorpions have played 6 games, winning all and collecting 12 points. Eagles top… ...

Principal Secretaries get 9-month suspended sentence

Mar 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Principal Secretary for Agriculture Grey Nyandule Phiri aged 57 and Secretary to Treasury Cliff Chiunda aged 59 have been handed a 9-month suspended sentence for contempt of court. High Court Judge Charles Mkandawire has sentenced… ...

HRDC sets March 25 for State House shutdown

Mar 06, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said it will conduct demonstrations on March 25 aimed at shutting down State House over President Peter Mutharika’s failure to assent to electoral reforms bills. The coalition’s chairperson Timothy… ...

MUST bans thin plastics at its campus

Mar 06, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawi University of  Science and Technology (MUST) has banned the use of thin plastics at the institution. This is according to a public notice which was released on Thursday, signed by the institution's Vice Chancellor… ...