Month: May 2022 Posts

Smallholder farmers bemoan lack of steady markets

May 29, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Smallholder farmers at Mchenga Irrigation site in Balaka have complained of lack of steady markets for their horticultural products, saying they are forced to sell their products at low prices offered by buyers in the… ...

Balaka DHO registers Cholera death

May 26, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Balaka District Hospital has registered the first Cholera death since the outbreak started in the district. The deceased, a woman aged 33, hailed from Chikuse village in Traditional Authority Matola in the district. According to… ...

Balaka DHO registers 3 Cholera cases

May 24, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Balaka District Hospital Public Relations Officer, Mercy Nyirenda, says the hospital has registered 3 Cholera cases and there is also one suspected case. Speaking in an interview, Nyirenda said one of the cases is improving… ...

Balaka Stadium closed

May 23, 2022 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Balaka Stadium which is the home ground for two TNM Super League teams, Dedza Dynamos and Red Lions, has been temporarily closed. Balaka District Council has made the decision of suspending all sporting activities at… ...

Balaka Residents trained in business development

May 22, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The Prison Fellowship Malawi in partnership with a Switzerland based Organization, King's Institute for Transformation, on Friday gathered together youths and people with interest in different businesses in Balaka with the aim of equipping them… ...

Youth clean Khwisa Market in Balaka

May 06, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

In a bid to raise awareness about sanitation, over 50 youths around Khwisa township in the area of Sub-traditional authority Matola in Balaka stormed Khwisa market with a clean-up exercise campaign. The youths, under Chisa… ...

Stakeholders disagree over constituency name in Balaka

May 06, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

In Balaka, stakeholders have disagreed over the name of a new constituency which Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) wants to create in the district. Some people have proposed that the constituency should be named Utale while… ...