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Government has money to pay for us – Malawi University students say

Aug 15, 2016 40

Despite authorities citing economic woes as justification for the controversial fees hike, students from University of Malawi (UNIMA) have claimed that government has enough money to pay for every student in public universities. President for… ...

Malawi Muslim women allowed to wear hijabs in license photos

Aug 13, 2016 305

The Malawi government through the directorate of Road Traffic has ruled that Muslims women can have their driving license photos without taking away the hijabs. Reports reveal that Muslim women have been failing to get… ...

Stray elephant kills Dowa villager

Aug 13, 2016 17

An elephant which escaped from Nkhotakota Game Reserve has killed a villager in Dowa district. According to reports, the elephant is believed to have got out of Nkhotakota Game Reserve and entered a village in… ...

Malawi Police nab ‘Chamba’ farmer

Aug 13, 2016 28

He might have thought that the industrial hemp that has met positive reception in the corridors of power refers to the common hemp and that misunderstanding has landed a Blantyre man in trouble. Police in… ...

MERA corruption saga: court throws out ACB’s application

Aug 13, 2016 5

The Lilongwe Magistrate court has dismissed an application from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to stop Terrastone Construction Limited from building headquarters for Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) over corruption reports. Earlier this year, ACB filed… ...

Police arrest teenage thief

Aug 12, 2016 12

Police in Blantyre have arrested a 19 year-old man for breaking into houses and stealing items in areas within the commercial city. The suspect, Kelvin Thomas was arrested after people in the city reported several… ...

Mutharika angers Malawian human rights body over July 20 compensation

Aug 11, 2016 52

The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) has called out government for failure to give K30 million to relations of the victims of the July 20 2011 demonstrations. Government has been failing to comply with a… ...