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Govt not paying 450 intern health workers: Frontline medics starving

Jul 24, 2020 0

About 450 intern health workers in the country are struggling due to government's failure to pay them. During spot check findings in hospitals that these frontline health workers are serving, it was established that… ...

University online learning ‘discriminatory;: Parents seek Govt’s intervention

Jul 16, 2020 0

Some parents living in rural areas have described the decision to introducing online learning by universities in the country as discriminatory and have asked government to intervene. The reaction comes in the face of online… ...

People shun hospitals in Mzuzu over Covid-19

Jul 07, 2020 0

It has emerged that many people are now shunning hospitals in Mzuzu for fear of either contracting Coronavirus or being diagnosed for Coronavirus. A sudden survey conducted within the past two weeks has uncovered that… ...

Loan board set to ‘name and shame’ student loan defaulters

May 01, 2020 0

The Higher Education Students' Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB) says it will publish names of all graduates of University of Malawi (UNIMA) and other public universities who are yet to pay back student loans to… ...

Malawians cast doubt on viability of online learning for public school students

Apr 21, 2020 0

Malawians have questioned the viability of online learning for students from public schools following revelations by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology that it plans to introduce long distance learning in a bid to… ...

Private school teachers in tough COVID-19 era

Apr 21, 2020 0

Some teachers in private schools across the Northern Region have cried foul over their bosses’ decision not to give them salaries during this period when schools are closed in light of COVID-19. Teachers who spoke… ...

Men flee Kaporo in Karonga over police operation

Apr 15, 2020 0

Some men from Kaporo area in Karonga are in hiding after escaping a Police operation that seeks to bring to book culprits who allegedly killed a suspected bloodsucker in the area. A visit to the… ...

Bishop Mtumbuka says no blood suckers in Malawi

Apr 09, 2020 1

Bishop Mathews Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese has urged Malawians to calm down, saying there are no blood suckers in the country. Mtumbuka, while addressing Malawians through Tuntufye radio station, emphasised that people in the country… ...

Malawians want Mutharika’s coronavirus updates in Chichewa

Apr 06, 2020 0

Some Malawians in Mzuzu have urged President Peter Mutharika and other government officials to be communicating issues of national importance to the public in Chichewa language. Reacting in a voxpop interview this publication conducted Sunday… ...

Chiefs worried over poor state of Rumphi-Hewe road

Mar 31, 2020 0

Traditional leaders at Hewe in Rumphi have expressed concern over the poor condition of the Rumphi-Hewe road saying people in the are failing to access Rumphi District Hospital. Village headman Kalindamawe of Kanyenjere in Hewe… ...

Tough lockdown for Malawians in South Africa

Mar 28, 2020 2

Some Malawians working in South Africa are having a tough lockdown as they have been told that they will not get paid during the 21-day lockdown. Information gathered indicates that some Malawian casual workers in… ...

Villagers sleeping in groups for fear of blood suckers in Chitipa

Mar 27, 2020 0

At a time the Malawi Police are describing blood suckers reports as mere paranoia, people in Chitipa are sleeping in groups to be each brother’s keeper in case blood suckers invade their homes. According to… ...

Teachers worried over confusion on fees abolition

Jan 02, 2019 0

Secondary school teachers teaching in rural areas have expressed fear that parents will accuse them of stealing money owing to rickety information on government's decision to abolish tuition fees. Government in September last year abolished… ...

Youth in Malawi don’t know how to use condoms

Dec 29, 2018 0

Many young people in Malawi have no clue how to use condoms due to lack of access to youth friendly health services (YFHS), something which is exposing them to sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies.… ...

Lack of sanitation facilities for menstruating girls leading to school dropout

Dec 23, 2018 0

When menstruation begins, adolescent girls either absent themselves from school or attend classes in discomfort due to inadequate sanitation facilities at the institution. Some girls have, according to our snap survey at Chipongo Primary school… ...