Month: May 2022 Posts

Consumers scramble for Sugar in Balaka

May 05, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Consumers in Balaka on Thursday scrambled for sugar as a lot of big shops and hawkers have run out of the commodity which in the district is now being sold at K1800 per 1Kg packet.… ...

Balaka youths in drive to save environment

May 02, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Balaka based youths under the banner ''Springs of Hope" have embarked on a drive to save the district's deteriorating environment whilst empowering themselves socio-economically. Balaka district is known for being one of the hotspots of… ...

Communities demand Balaka-Nkaya-Utale road upgrade

May 01, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

People of Traditional Authority Nkaya in Balaka have asked government to upgrade Balaka-Nkaya-Utale road and construct a bridge across Rivirivi River which demarcates Utale 1 and Utale 2. The call was made Friday when Deputy… ...

Delay in funds disbursement angers parliamentarians

Apr 24, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Parliamentarians have taken Balaka District Council to task over delays in releasing K12 million to each constituency in the district meant for water development. Parliamentarian for Balaka West Bertha Ndebele (Democratic Progressive Party) talked about… ...

People with disabilities in Balaka assisted with food items

Apr 09, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

People with disabilities and the elderly in Balaka district have commended Good News Ministries Church for the donation of food items worth over 4 million Kwacha to over 300 households in the district. The food… ...

People in Balaka protest over burial of five bodies in graveyard

Mar 24, 2022 Baxter Mkumba 0 &

Community members from Group Village Headman Mponda in Balaka district have complained of bad smell from a graveyard where Balaka District Council buried five dead bodies without the villagers’ knowledge. The news has been revealed… ...

Four arrested over vandalism of ESCOM transformer in Balaka

Mar 07, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has arrested four people suspected of vandalising an ESCOM transformer and stealing its copper wire at Andiamo in Balaka District. The theft of the copper wire occurred on February 25,… ...