Month: May 2022 Posts

Ministry of Trade announces cooking oil prices

May 14, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 5 &

The Ministry of Trade has announced minimum and maximum prices for various brands of cooking oil following the removal of 16.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on the commodity. In a statement released yesterday, Minister… ...

Govt bans Illovo from exporting sugar

May 09, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

In a bid to increase the availability of sugar on the local market, the Malawi Government has through the Ministry of Trade and Industry banned Illovo Sugar from exporting sugar. This was disclosed on Saturday,… ...

Govt warns cooking oil suppliers over high prices

May 02, 2022 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has issued a ‘final warning’ to suppliers and retailers of cooking oil to reduce prices of the commodity. This has been said in a statement signed by Minister of… ...

Govt demands traders to stop charging VAT on cooking oil

Apr 09, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Government says it will not hesitate to issue penalties against traders that are still charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on cooking oil. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has said this in a statement… ...

Nkhondo ya Russia, Ukraine yakhudza mitengo yazinthu kuno – boma

Mar 24, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Boma la Malawi kudzera kuunduna wa zamalonda lati chimodzi mwa zinthu zomwe zapangitsa kuti mitengo ya zinthu ikwere mdziko muno ndi nkhondo yapakati pa dziko la Russia komaso Ukraine yomwe akuti yasokoneza ntchito za malonda… ...

Prices of goods: Malawi Trade Minister accuses retailers of sabotage

Mar 23, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Trade Mark Katsonga says his ministry is investigating reports of sabotage by big retail stores over rise in prices of goods. According to Katsonga, his ministry has been informed that prices of some… ...

Chakwera opens groundnut processing plant

Mar 14, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera this morning commissioned Pyxus Agriculture Limited’s groundnut processing plant which has a daily capacity of up to 50,000 metric tonnes and is expected to create close to 2000 jobs. The plant is… ...

A Katsonga akwiya ndi a Chilumpha

Feb 09, 2019 Enock Naphazi 0 &

Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri wa mgwirizano wa Tikonze People’s Movement a Mark Katsonga Phiri ati zomwe apanga Dr. Cassim Chilumpha popereka zikalata ku MEC ngati mtsogoleri wa mgwirizanowu mwaokha aphwanya lamulo loyendetsera mgwirizanowu ndipo iwo akadandaula… ...

Katsonga threatens to drag Chilumpha to court over TPM

Feb 09, 2019 Enock Naphazi 0 &

Vice president for Tikonze People’s Movement (TPM), Mark Katsonga Phiri, has said he will seek legal action after TPM leader Dr. Cassim Chilumpha chose another person as runningmate. Katsonga was speaking in an interview with… ...

Businesses facing low profits due to Kwacha’s plunge

Dec 29, 2015 Martha Chikoti 1 &

Business people in Malawi have complained about low profits in the business sector due to the country’s economic situation. The concern was brought forward by executive director of Agma Holdings Limited, Mark Katsonga Phiri. He… ...