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Chiradzulu Council fears K133m project will be abandoned

Dec 22, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 11 &

Chiradzulu District Council has expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of construction work for new district council offices and says it fears the project will be abandoned. The council is concerned with the delays by the… ...

MEC’s by-elections on today

Dec 22, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 6 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says all is set for the 22 December Parliamentary and Local Government By-elections. The electoral body says all preparations for the polls are completed and the centres are ready for… ...

Three men jailed for vandalizing Escom equipment

Dec 22, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 9 &

The Neno magistrate court has given three men prison terms ranging from four and a half to six years for vandalizing Electricity Supply of Malawi (Escom) infrastructure consisting of 215 tower members. The three convicts… ...

Rapist given 21-year jail term

Dec 22, 2015 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 69 &

The magistrate court in Mzuzu has sentenced a Malawian man to 21 years imprisonment for repeatedly defiling his six year-old daughter and infecting her with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STDs). The victim died four weeks ago… ...

DPP denies hacking MEC system

Dec 22, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 105 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which rose to power after the elections in May last year, has denied claims that it rigged the elections by hacking a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) system. An information technology… ...

Nkhotakota police relieved

Dec 21, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 7 &

Nkhotakota police officers can now breathe a sigh of relief as some of the challenges they face have been alleviated following donations from well-wishers. A businessman, Napoleon Dzombe, who owns a rice factory at Mpamantha,… ...

JB cornered! Started cashgate to raise campaign funds

Dec 21, 2015 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 88 &

Court documents have pinned down former Malawi President Joyce Banda as the brains behind cashgate. With chilling evidence showing that over K553 billion was not accounted for during the two years she was president, latest… ...