Month: June 2021 Posts

33 employees fired at Tobacco Commission over illegal recruitment

Jun 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Tobacco Commission (TC) has fired 33 employees, including several workers named in an Ombudsman report as having joined the commission without any interviews. The firing of the 33 follows a personnel audit conducted by the… ...

US modifies ban on tobacco imports from Malawi

May 26, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

United States Customs and Border Protection (CPB) has modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi which was issued in 2019 due to concerns over child labour in production of the… ...

Tobacco giants aim to strike out claims by Malawi farmers

May 19, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Tobacco company giants, British American Tobacco and Imperial, want a court in the United Kingdom to throw out a case in which the tobacco companies are accused of exploiting Malawian farmers and their children. The… ...

Chakwera wants sustainable alternative to tobacco

Apr 20, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says agriculture authorities should encourage cultivation of other profitable crops such as Cannabis to replace tobacco saying tobacco marketing is being affected by the anti-tobacco lobby. The Malawi leader made the remarks… ...

JTI releases K581 million to its farmers

Mar 27, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Leaf Malawi has released a total of K581 million to its contracted growers to assist the growers during the lean farming season as well as to cushion them at a time… ...

KTPL closed, 179 workers left jobless

Mar 24, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Kanengo Tobacco Processors Limited (KTPL), one of the tobacco processing companies in Malawi, has closed its factory leaving 179 people jobless. According to a letter dated 24th March 2021, the closure is due to financial… ...

Chidanti hired as new Tobacco Commission CEO

Jan 16, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former UTM spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga has been hired as the new Chief Executive Officer of Tobacco Commission. Malunga has confirmed his appointment as head of the TC, a statutory corporate body formed in 1938… ...

Malawi farmers urged to grow industrial hemp

Dec 05, 2020 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) has urged small scale farmers to diversify and start growing crops such as Industrial Hemp other than just relying on tobacco. Speaking on 1st December, 2020 at BICC in… ...

JTI awards farmers

Nov 13, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Leaf Malawi has awarded over 300 farmers’ clubs with ox-carts, bicycles and solar lamps for producing high quality tobacco. The farmers were awarded under a program called Mlimi Odzitsata which is… ...

Report urges need for tobacco harm reduction products

Nov 06, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report has shown the need to raise awareness on tobacco harm reduction products such as e-cigarettes which allows smokers to still get nicotine while ditching traditional cigarettes which… ...

JTI buys 23 million Kgs of tobacco

Oct 01, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

JTI Leaf Malawi says it had a successful tobacco marketing season as the company managed to buy more than 23 million Kilograms of high quality burley tobacco in 13 weeks despite the COVID-19 pandemic. JTI… ...

Tobacco Commission sets dates for growers’ registration and licencing

Jun 27, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Tobacco Commission (TC) says registration and licencing of growers for 2020/2021 season will commence at all TC offices from 1 July to 30 September, 2020. In statement signed by Chief Executive Officer for the… ...

US eases ban on tobacco imports from Malawi

Jun 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The United States has modified its ban on tobacco imports from Malawi and now it allows Alliance One International to import Malawi tobacco into the US. This is effective June 3, 2020. The U.S. Customs… ...

Mzuzu tobacco market open

May 04, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Mzuzu tobacco market opened on Monday but there were concerns over rejection of some bales. Sales started on a low note with the highest quality leaf being bought at US$1.30. Some bales were also rejected.… ...

80 bales of tobacco destroyed by fire in Kasungu

May 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Fire that was started by a 6-year-old boy has destroyed 80 bales of graded tobacco which were in a shed in Kasungu. The incident occurred on Friday at around 14:00 hours at Ngolokoto village in… ...