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Teachers raise tough questions on risk allowances

Feb 23, 2021 Thula Chisamba 1 &

Teachers in the country may not proceed prodding for risk allowances if some of their questions can be addressed adequately and soberly, they say. In a WhatsApp panel discussion monitored by this reporter, the disgruntled… ...

Concerns over timing of by-election in Karonga Northwest

Feb 23, 2021 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Political and traditional leaders in Karonga Northwest constituency have expressed concern over the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) decision to hold by-elections in the area barely two weeks after the demise of the area’s Democratic Progressive… ...

Fraud fears muddle Mota Engil over Area 18 Interchange: Cost spiked from K7bn to K16bn

Feb 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Mota Engil and Roads Authority (RA) chiefs inflated the cost of the Area 18 Interchange from about K7 billion to K16 billion, a whistleblower says. Mota Engil, which enjoyed government construction contracts during the Democratic… ...

Bushiri escapes arrest in Malawi

Feb 23, 2021 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Fugitive prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his alleged partner-in-crime and wife, Mary Bushiri, have escaped arrest in Malawi. The prophet has confirmed the news. Bushiri, widely known as Major 1, revealed in a statement that there… ...

Low turnout for voter registration in Lilongwe Nsinja South

Feb 22, 2021 Joshua Mphanda - Contributor 0 &

By Joshua Mphanda, MEC Stringer Voter registration and verification has started on a low note at Lilongwe Nsinja South constituency where by-election will be held next month. A survey of five centres on the first… ...

Utility debts cripple operations at Chikwawa District Hospital

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Utility debts amounting to over K60 Million have crippled operations at Chikwawa District Hospital which was built around 1940s and serves 600 thousand people. The District’s Director of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Dr Stalin… ...

Teen arrested over sister’s murder

Feb 22, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody a 19-year-old young man accused of stabbing to death his 34-year-old sister. The deceased has been identified as Esnart Tchuwa aged 34. The suspect was reportedly staying with… ...