Month: March 2022 Posts

Government to spend K1.4 billion on Orton Chirwa’s tombstone

Mar 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Malawi Government plans to spend K1.4 billion on a mausoleum for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) founder and political activist Orton Chirwa. Government through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture has published a notice to award… ...

Three children from same family drown in Nsanje

Mar 04, 2022 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Three children from the same family have died after drowning in a dam at Thikiti village in the area of Traditional Authority Ndamera in Nsanje. Nsanje Police Spokesperson Sub-Inspector Agnes Zalakoma, said the three children… ...

Khato loses K1.8 trillion road project

Feb 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Zimbabwe has cancelled a US$2 billion (about 1.8 trillion Malawi Kwacha) road project it had with Malawi’s richest man alive. The Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway links Zimbabwe to the trans-African highway linking Gaborone in Botswana to… ...

Flames kit master given plot

Jan 29, 2022 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Quick Point Construction has rewarded Flames' long serving kit master Richard Justin Zawazawa with a 15 by 30 plot in Lunzu and 2,000 cement blocks plus 50 Iron Sheets. Nicknamed 'Dinho', the 47-year old man… ...

Floods wash away newly constructed road

Jan 08, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Floods have washed away part of the K11 billion Nsanje-Marka road recently constructed by China Railway-20, a Chinese Contractor. The flash floods have caused havoc in some parts of the district mainly in Senior Chief… ...

Curios market demolished in Lilongwe

Dec 08, 2021 Contributor* 1 &

Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has demolished the Lilongwe Curios Market which was located near Area 3 Post Office along Kamuzu Procession Road, to pave way for construction of a four-lane road. In interview with Malawi… ...

ACB says Mota Engil was awarded 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract without solid basis

Dec 04, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the Ministry of Transport Public Works awarded a 48 billion Malawi Kwacha contract for upgrading of Marka-Bangula railway to Mota Engil without any solid basis. The bureau has ordered the ministry… ...