Minister of Mining Albert Mbawala says an Australian mining firm is expected to start exploration works at Kangankunde Hill in Balaka where there is an estimated 100 million metric tonnes of monazite mineral. Mbawala indicated… ...
Articles By Macdonald Kaleso
Chiefs at Chitimbe in Traditional Authority Phalula in Balaka have expressed worry that children in the area are dropping out of school to take part in small scale mining in the area where miners says… ...
Communities around Mwima and Namanolo health centres in Balaka say they have been struggling to access condoms and other short term contraceptives as the two facilities have run out of the commodities and other essential… ...
Opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate, Dickson Jackson Wasili, has emerged the victor in the ward councillor by-elections which were held yesterday in Shire Ward, Balaka Central East Constituency. Unofficial results provided by the Malawi… ...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president who is also Deputy Minister of Defence, Harry Mkandawire, has urged people in Balaka to vote for leaders who are development oriented. Mkandawire made the remarks at Mkaweya Ground,… ...
Balaka District Council chairperson councilor Pharaoh Kambiri has commended Balaka police station for recovering stolen items amounting to 7 million kwacha and arresting 8 people in connection with the theft. Some of the stolen items… ...
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) and Malawi Police Service are upbeat that intensifying trainings for motorcycle and bicycle taxi operators will help to reduce road accidents in the country. The directorate… ...
Balaka District Health Office has launched its third round of under-five children vaccination campaign. Speaking during the launch of the exercise at Kwitanda health centre in the district, director of health and social services for… ...
The Balaka Hospital Management Committee has faulted the District Health Office (DHO) for working in isolation, saying a paying wing named after First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera was opened at the hospital without the committee… ...
Advocacy For Eastern Region Development (AFERD), a grouping of concerned citizens from the Eastern region has disclosed that it will hold mass demonstrations aimed at forcing the Government to consider rehabilitating Chingeni-Balaka-Liwonde-Zomba road which according… ...
Organizers of the Anti-presidential Immunity demonstrations in Balaka have successfully presented their petition to Balaka District Commissioner Darwin Mngoli. The protesters presented the petition after marching peacefully while singing anti-Chakwera songs. In a letter read… ...
A grouping under the banner 'Action Against Presidential Immunity (AAI)" is holding demonstrations aimed at forcing the President to remove his immunity from prosecution. The day has started normally like usual days as residents flocked… ...
During a spot-check in various bars and lodges around Balaka township, children aged below 18 years were seen patronising bars and lodges, smoking Indian hemp, gambling and selling their bodies. One teenage sex worker who… ...
Member of Parliament for Balaka North Antony Tony Ngalande celebrated his birthday in style, donating assorted items to over a thousand people around the constituency. The items which included maize flour and blankets cost the… ...
Over 100 Adolescent Boys and Young Men (ABYM) drawn from various youth clubs in the areas of Traditional Authorities Kalembo and Amidu in Balaka District have been trained to be male champions with a focus… ...
