Month: August 2022 Posts

Grouping to hold demos over Chingeni-Balaka-Liwonde-Zomba road

Aug 06, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 1 &

Advocacy For Eastern Region Development (AFERD), a grouping of concerned citizens from the Eastern region has disclosed that it will hold mass demonstrations aimed at forcing the Government to consider rehabilitating Chingeni-Balaka-Liwonde-Zomba road which according… ...

M1 rehabilitation funded by €95.5m loan from EIB

Jul 14, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has borrowed €95.5 million (K98.7 billion) from European Investment Bank (EIB) to rehabilitate part of the M1 Road, covering a stretch of 301 kilometres from Lumbadzi in Lilongwe to Chiweta in Rumphi. Apart from… ...

Chakwera says development partners must support development projects

Jul 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says Malawi’s development partners must have development projects such as roads, prisons and schools which they are supporting rather than only supporting social programs whose sustainability cannot be guaranteed. Chakwera made the… ...

Grouping demands rehabilitation of M5 Road

Jul 09, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Advocacy for Eastern Region Development (AFERD) has given Government seven days to respond to concerns over the delayed rehabilitation of the Chingeni-Balaka-Zomba section of the M5 Road which is said to have turned into a… ...

Upgrading of Namiwawa road in Zomba to be completed in 60 days

Jul 06, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba City Mayor, Councillor Davie Maunde, says upgrading of Namiwawa Road from double lane to four lanes which was supposed to be completed on 19 July will take 60 more days. The Mayor disclosed this… ...

Chakwera to launch M1 Road rehabilitation project next week

Jul 05, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

President Lazarus Chakwera will launch the rehabilitation of the M1 Road from Lilongwe to Chiweta in Rumphi on July 12. State House Director of Communications Sean Kampondeni said this at Kamuzu Palace during a quarterly… ...

CDEDI asks govt to develop policies to protect local construction firms

Jun 30, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has asked government to come up with a deliberate policy to protect local construction companies from being wiped out of the market. The Executive Director for the… ...

Woman dies in Chiradzulu road accident

Jun 07, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 28-year-old woman identified as Patient Namuku has died while other people have sustained serious injuries in a road accident along Phalombe road in Chiradzulu today. Chiradzulu Police Station spokesperson Innocent Moses said the accident… ...

Malawians demand a hike of drunk-driving fines

Jun 02, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Malawians have called on the Government to consider reviewing Road Traffic Regulations and hike the K200,000 penalty for those caught drunk-driving. The K200,000 fine for drink-driving offence exists to protect lives of road users because… ...

Government spending K1 billion on 800 metres stretch in Zomba

May 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Government through the Zomba City Council is spending K1.3 billion on expanding an 800 metre stretch on the Namiwawa road to dual carriageway. The project which has since started is being handled by CAS Civil… ...

104 drivers fined K200,000 each for drink-driving

May 05, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Blantyre Police collected over K21 million  after fining 104 drivers K200,000 each for drink-driving during the long weekend from Friday 29 April to Tuesday 3 May, 2022. According to Blantyre police publicist, Inspector Peter Mchiza,… ...

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… ...

Chakwera directs Ministry to start constructing Chitipa-Mbilima Road

Apr 28, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has directed the Ministry of Transport and Public Works to start constructing Chitipa - Mbilima Road within a space of four months in order to open up Chitipa to the neighbouring… ...

Two die after motorcycle collides with vehicle in Kasungu

Apr 08, 2022 Lameck Kamtoseni 1 &

A motorcyclist and a pillion passenger have died in Kasungu after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a motor vehicle along Kasungu Crescent Road in the district. The deceased have been identified as Maxwell… ...

Woman dies in Rumphi road accident

Apr 07, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 35-year-old woman has died after being hit by a Fuso Fighter Lorry near Phwezi Trading Centre in Rumphi. The accident occurred during evening hours of April 6, 2022. The woman has been identified as Chida… ...