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Kyungu Bridge on M1 Road damaged

Mar 30, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Kyungu Bridge in Karonga district which is on Malawi’s main road (M1 Road) has been damaged due to heavy rains. The M1 Road has been closed between Songwe and Kaporo in Karonga due to the… ...

MP asks Govt to complete Salima-Sengabay road

Mar 29, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Member of Parliament for Salima Central constituency Gerald Kapiseni Phiri has asked the Government of Malawi to complete Salima-Sengabay road which he said was abandoned midway through construction and now people are suffering due to… ...

RA ready for disclosure of contractual agreements as demanded by CDEDI

Mar 23, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The country's Roads Authority (RA) has responded in favour of Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) which is demanding disclosure of road construction agreements signed during service procurement process. According to a letter… ...

Funds stolen at tollgates

Mar 22, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Roads Fund Administration (RFA) workers have allegedly been stealing money at Chingeni and Kalinyeke tollgates by issuing duplicate receipts to motorists. RFA says six workers have been implicated in the scam and have since been… ...

Bridge on M5 road develops cracks

Mar 22, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Cracks have developed on Nabvunde Bridge, which is on the Salima-Nkhotakota M5 road at a distance of 25 kilometers from Nkhotakota Boma. Pictures shared on social media show that the bridge has cracks on one… ...

M5 road cut off at Khombedza

Feb 15, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Mercy Nsaliwa Rains have washed away a section of the M5 road at Khombedza in Salima, about 15 kilometres from Kaphatenga. The Road Authority says currently there is no connectivity between Salima and Nkhotakota… ...

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… ...