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Community leaders advocate for Ward and Constituency demarcation

Feb 22, 2021 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Community leaders from Chilanga Ward in Karonga Northwest Constituency in the area of Senior Chief Kilupula have called upon the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to expedite the re-demarcation exercise to enable elected leaders implement development… ...

‘We will do rallies again’: Chakwera hopeful Malawi will win Covid-19 fight

Feb 22, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed hope that Malawi will win the fight against Covid-19. Speaking during a press briefing yesterday, Chakwera said the countrywide efforts in fighting the pandemic are bearing results. He noted that… ...

Audit of K6.2 billion will take one month – Chakwera

Feb 22, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says audit of K6.2 billion Covid-19 funds will take one month and those found to have looted the public funds will be dealt with. The Malawi leader made the remarks yesterday at… ...

Voter registration, verification starts today

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will hold voter registration and verification for two weeks starting today, 22 February, 2021, for next month’s by-elections. MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa, has said there will be no… ...

Farmers to hold anti-govt demos: ADMARC yet to pay them

Feb 22, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some farmers in the country have hinted of staging massive anti-government demonstrations over failure by the Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) to pay them in time. According to the farmers, ADMARC just got their… ...

16-year-old boy murdered in Nkhotakota

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Topson Banda. Police in Nkhotakota are hunting for assailants who brutally murdered a 16-year-old boy and dumped his body in Lake Malawi over the weekend. The deceased has been identified as Swadi Selemani of… ...

Taskforce formed to push for construction of Machinga-Chingale- Lirangwe road

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Members of Parliament from Machinga, Zomba and Blantyre in collaboration with concerned communities from the three districts have formed a taskforce aimed at pushing government to construct Machinga-Chingale-Lirangwe road, which Malawian presidents… ...