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JB has no power to make appointments in PP

Jan 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 82 &

People's Party (PP) national organizing secretary Salim Bagus says former President Joyce Banda has no power to appoint anyone to any position in the party. Bagus together with three other PP officials on Wednesday obtained… ...

Man to spend 2 years in prison for stealing car parts

Jan 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 38 &

Limbe second grade magistrate on Wednesday sentenced Patrick Chapita to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing car parts worth K60,000. According to Southern Region Police assistant public relations officer, Widson Nhlane, the incident… ...

Zomba District Council receives K223.1M LDF Funding

Jan 16, 2016 Blessings Kalimbuka 27 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has released K223, 127,488 Million Local Development Fund (LDF) to Zomba District Council for the implementation of its 2015/2016 development projects. Out of… ...

Malawi Education: 52 teachers fired for sleeping with students

Jan 16, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 157 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Education Science and Technology (MoEST) has over the past two years relieved 52 teachers of their duties for having love affairs with their students. Reports from the ministry… ...

Ministry of agriculture vehicle kills two year-old in Nkhotakota

Jan 16, 2016 Geoffrey Banda 65 &

A two year-old girl has died in Nkhotakota after being hit by a motor vehicle as she was crossing the M5 road at Chamba village in the area of senior chief Malengachanzi in the district.… ...

Woman dies after mud wall collapsed at a mine in Salima

Jan 16, 2016 Martha Chikoti 42 &

A 36 year-old Malawian woman, Elinati Nkaunda, has died while her husband has been admitted at Salima district hospital after a mud wall collapsed in a pit which they were digging while searching for granite… ...

Congoma prods govt on ATI bill

Jan 16, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

Council for Non-governmental Organizations in Malawi (Congoma) has expressed worry over the slow pace government is taking in enacting the Access to Information (ATI) bill. Programmes officer for Congoma Simekinala Kaluzi said the passing of… ...