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Malawi business community baffled with insecurity

Sep 28, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 7 &

Small scale business players in Blantyre have expressed dissatisfaction over the way Police in the city handles security matters. This comes amidst concerns that the Police respond very late whenever they are informed of robberies… ...

Hate reporting on the Bushiri’s Mzuzu Conference: Sunday Times must do better

Sep 28, 2015 Kelvin Sulugwe 8 &

I just finished reading an article in the Sunday Times by one Mandy Pindani in which he reports that people (two people that he interviewed) are complaining and questioning why anointing water, anointing oil and… ...

Unima Golden Jubilee celebrations date, venue announced

Sep 27, 2015 Archangel Nzangaya 5 &

The Ministry of education science and technology through the University of Malawi (Unima) has name Kamuzu stadium to host Unima's Golden Jubilee celebration scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 7:00 a.m.… ...

Public Reforms strategies baffle teachers

Sep 27, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 35 &

The civil service reforms, being chaired by Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima, have baffled teachers with the head count process bringing anxiety among many teachers as it requires them to incur a lot of money,… ...

Malawians confuse FGM with Male circumcision

Sep 27, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 39 &

There is a sign of ignorance among some quarters of Malawians as to decipher the difference between Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Male Circumcision (MC) as they are questioning Health authorities whether FGM help to… ...

Mutharika fears for his life at UN

Sep 26, 2015 Happy Arnold Soko 261 &

Following reports that Malawi's President, Peter Mutharika, has included over 10 experienced senior security officers on his entourage to the UN General Assembly in New York United States of America, assertions are being raised that… ...

ESCOM,MERA in a cold war

Sep 26, 2015 Thula Chisamba 9 &

Reports have emerged suggesting a broken relationship between Electricity Cooperation of Malawi (ESCOM) and its regulator Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA). Sources close to ESCOM told our reporter that officials from the two bodies are… ...