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FAM urges FIFA Refs to aim higher

Mar 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

FAM has urged the country’s FIFA listed referees to work hard and aim for CAF and FIFA Elite A status to be considered for major football tournaments. FAM Executive Member and Chairperson of the Technical… ...

Malawian Judge Muhara under fire for ‘breaking the law’

Mar 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Judicial Service Commission is expected to determine whether Justice Lloyd Muhara, who has been accused of breaking the law, should continue serving as Judge of the High Court. The recommendation for assessment of Muhara’s incompetency… ...

Mkwate sold at more than Malawi Super League prize money

Mar 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

TNM Super League winners receive MK15 million after playing thirty games but Nyasa Big Bullets have made more than the championship prize money by selling Mike Mkwate to Polokwane FC for MK18 million. Through one… ...

Malawi teachers’ strike continue

Mar 05, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

A day after the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) called off the industrial action that aimed at pressurizing government to give them K35,000 risk allowance per teacher, the union has announced a U-turn saying that… ...

Malawi Police brutality: officers assault MDF soldier

Mar 05, 2021 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Police officers on Wednesday beat up a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier as police brutality in the name of Covid-19 rules enforcement continues unabated in the country. The army officer Marcel Chirwa Jnr was assaulted… ...

Chimwendo Banda asks MPs to respect Speaker

Mar 05, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Leader of the House Richard Chimwendo Banda has urged Members of Parliament to respect the Speaker as it is stipulated in the rules. Banda said that the Speaker and deputy speakers must always be respected… ...

Man slapped with 14-year sentence for raping niece

Mar 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Michael Chiotcha A 35-year-old man identified as John Chinkango has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in Balaka for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old niece. Balaka First Grade Magistrate’s Court handed out the… ...