Politics Posts

Businessmen faults police on crowd control

Jan 24, 2016 Thula Chisamba 68 &

Businessmen of Asian origin in Mzuzu have faulted the Malawi Police for repeatedly failing to control situations that involve angry crowds in the city. The traders made the remarks on Friday after police tussled with… ...

Patients turned away as Phalombe hospital has no X-ray machine

Jan 24, 2016 Timothy Kachedwa 22 &

Phalombe residents have expressed displeasure with lack of equipment at the district’s hospitals as the facilities have had a malfunctioning X-ray and scanning machine for over 3 months. Speaking to Malawi24, Phalombe residents said that… ...

Circumcision madness in Chiradzulu

Jan 23, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 268 &

...boys outdoing their fathers Population Services International (PSI) has expressed satisfaction with the progress of medical male circumcision work progress in Chiradzulu district which has seen over 11,500 males going under the knife. PSI Service… ...

SA based Malawian men fuelling school dropout rates in Mzimba

Jan 23, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 102 &

A study conducted by Plan Malawi in Mzimba has revealed that Malawian men who are based in South Africa are contributing to high school dropouts among girls in some areas in the district. This was… ...

US bails ministry of health with 185 emergency vehicles

Jan 23, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 116 &

As Malawi is going through tough times in health service delivery, the United States of America has handed 185 emergency vehicles including 15 ambulances to the Ministry of Health. During the donation function which took… ...

Mutharika asked to review political party bill

Jan 23, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has asked Malawi President Peter Mutharika to revisit the draft Political Party bill as the country is currently using an outdated act in registering political parties. The law which Malawi… ...

MCP blasts DPP for telling hospitals to grow maize

Jan 22, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 260 &

Malawi's main opposition party, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has blasted government for suggesting through the minister of information that hospitals in the country have to be growing crops to feed their patients. The party's spokesperson… ...