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South, Central leagues identify national volleyball tourney representatives

Nov 23, 2020 0

Southern and Central Region volleyball leagues have identified representatives for the national volleyball tournament which will be held in Mzuzu this month. This comes after a busy weekend as both regions held the regional finals… ...

NCST satisfied with 3rd dissemination conference

Nov 23, 2020 0

The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) says it is satisfied with this year’s Research Dissemination Conference as it has revealed issues that will be taken on board during policy formulation. The National Research… ...

Paul Chidale wins Lilongwe Open golf tournament

Nov 18, 2020 0

A Malawian professional golfer who is also a member of Lilongwe Golf Club has won this year’s Seed-Co Lilongwe Open golf tournament. The tournament took place at Lilongwe golf club starting from Friday 13 up… ...

Agricultural Transformation Initiative impressed with irrigation farmers in Dedza

Nov 12, 2020 0

Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) and Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) have hailed farmers who are growing various crops using irrigation at Golomoti and Ntakataka EPAs in Dedza. Speaking on Tuesday at Kam'tsitsi village, TA Kachindamoto… ...

Government to embark on slum upgrading project

Nov 02, 2020 0

Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia has disclosed that the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Lands will embark on a slum-upgrading project to provide decent and low cost houses for urban dwellers. Speaking… ...

Malawian girls in Chikwawa flocking to Mozambique to get married, says MP

Oct 29, 2020 0

Member of Parliament for Chikwawa Mkombezi Honourable Abida Mia who is also Deputy Minister of Lands says girls from Chikwawa are flocking to Mozambique to engage in sex work or get married to Mozambicans.… ...

NGO Board seeks to end dispute between local and international NGOs

Oct 29, 2020 0

The NGO Board of Malawi has started engaging local and international NGOs in a bid to end a dispute over funding and project partnerships. This year in April the Ministry of Gender which is responsible… ...

Malawian activists demand justice for fraud and money laundering suspect Bushiri

Oct 28, 2020 2

Malawian activists have demanded justice for Prophet Shepherd Bushiri who is answering charges of fraud and money laundering in South Africa. Bushiri and his wife Mary Bushiri were arrested last week for fraud and money… ...

MPs say councils misusing CDF

Oct 09, 2020 0

Members of Parliament have accused district councils of misusing Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Legislator for Nsanje Lalanje Gladys Ganda said most members of Parliament are not happy with the way… ...

Chilima pleads for support for children with brain injury

Oct 06, 2020 0

Madame Mary Chilima, the wife of the Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, has pleaded with Malawians to start supporting children with brain injury to ensure that they have good quality of life and have… ...

Rotary Club donates mattresses to Mitundu Hospital

Oct 03, 2020 0

The Lilongwe Rotary club has donated 105 mattresses worth MK3.4 million to Mitundu community hospital in Lilongwe. Out of the 105 mattresses received at the hospital, 70 of them will be used in the adult’s… ...

MP wants Govt to expand Limbe Clinic

Oct 02, 2020 0

Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South East Sameer Suleman has pleaded with government to expand Limbe Dispensary Clinic into a full hospital as 150,000 people use the clinic. Suleman asked the Minister of Health… ...

Nankhumwa remains Leader of Opposition

Sep 30, 2020 0

Parliament says Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa will remain Leader of Opposition. Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Madalitso Kazombo has made the ruling today in Parliament. Kazombo has… ...

MPs want stiff penalties for officers who misuse public funds

Sep 26, 2020 0

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament says there should be stiff penalties for public officers who abuse public funds or fail to provide supporting documents on how funds were used. The committee on Wednesday… ...

MRA boss confident of meeting K1.1 trillion target

Sep 22, 2020 0

Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) Commissioner General John S Bizwick says he is confident the MRA will meet the K1.1 trillion revenue collection target for the 2020/21 budget. Bizwick said this on Monday when MRA staff… ...