Journalists free to take pictures—Deputy IG
Malawi Police Service (MPS) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) responsible for administration Lexten Kachama has said journalists are free to take pictures of any dramatic scenes during police operations...
View ArticleFinally, some glimpse of leadership
Whatever has shaken President Peter Mutharika out of his slumber, we are grateful he has finally demonstrated leadership on the closure of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) offices in Blantyre, Lilongwe...
View ArticleEngland defeat Malawi in the first game of their two-match series
England won the first game of their two-match series against Malawi thanks to a commanding 68-36 victory at London’s Copperbox Arena. The Malawi Queens – fifth in the world rankings – missed the first...
View ArticleMota-engil for improved water transport regulatory regime
Portuguese industrial conglomerate Mota-Engil, concessionaire of water transportation in Malawi, has asked for improved regulatory framework to ensure that water transport service is not flooded with...
View ArticlePunitive taxes choking Malawi milk producers
Local milk producers under Malawi Milk Producers Association (MMPA) are worried with “punitive” taxes on dairy products and equipment, which it says has choked most ordinary milk producers. MMPA...
View Article‘Malawi honey council could promote market linkages’
Bee-keeping, also known as apiculture, is the art or business of managing honey bees for the purpose of producing honey, beeswax and other bee products for personal consumption and industrial use. In...
View ArticleCreate and preserve goodwill
Goodwill is a precious opportunity to have. Many of us underrate the power of goodwill and so we do very little to create, expand or preserve goodwill. Goodwill can be a good catalyst if not stimulus...
View ArticleNow that Gateway Mall has opened…
This week, Malawi Property Investment Company (Mpico) and its partners officially opened the doors of Gateway Shopping Mall next to African Bible College (ABC) Clinic off Kaunda Road in Lilongwe’s Area...
View ArticleFlames finish 2014 on position 90
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have finished the year ranked 90 after rising by four places on December 2014 Fifa/Coca-Cola ranking released today onwww.fifa.com The revised ranking has the...
View ArticleVP Chilima urges Malawians to transform or forget development
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has called on all Malawians to transform or forget development. He was speaking in Lilongwe today when he briefed the press on civil service reforms being carried...
View ArticleMHRC queries DPP’s victory
Taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has described the May 20 Tripartite Elections as lacking fairness, transparency and credibility and questioned the legitimacy of the eventual...
View ArticleIMF says programme still off track
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said its supported programme, the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), is still off track despite the Malawi Government and IMF reaching staff level...
View ArticleACB staff defy call to resume work
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu yesterday refused to resume work while some of their colleagues in Lilongwe reported for work, but stayed idle. ACB...
View ArticleYouth, Msowoya want APM’s presence on crisis
Politician Dan Msowoya and youth organisations in Mzuzu have asked President Peter Mutharika to show his presence and provide solutions to problems affecting the country if people are to stop protests....
View ArticleMCA-M urges absorption of $350.7m MCC compact grant
The Malawi Government’s capacity to absorb foreign aid and grants is appallingly low, according to chairperson of board of trustees of Millennium Challenge Account-Malawi (MCA-M) Simon Itaye. He has...
View ArticleMalawi yet to benefit from falling global oil price
Malawians will have to wait a little longer before benefiting from falling global oil price because the country lags behind by one month in terms of responding to price movements on the international...
View ArticleMalawi moves to enact warehouse receipt bill
Malawi is in advance stages of consolidating work of two commodity exchanges currently operating in the country to make them vibrant, principal secretary for Industry and Trade Charles Kambauwa has...
View ArticleCama asks consumers to demand receipt
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has called on consumers to demand a receipt on any purchase they make. Cama executive director John Kapito said this on Wednesday when launching Demand a Receipt...
View ArticleLabour strategic sector to drive productive—Mussa
Minister of Labour and Manpower Development Henry Mussa has said government designated the labour sector as a strategic and priority area to champion job creation and skills development. He said...
View ArticleAirtel Malawi donates K0.5m to Nyika Media Club
Airtel Malawi on Thursday donated K500, 000 to Nyika Media Club for it to fulfill its social responsibility programmes this festive season. The mobile phone network provider made the donation in Mzuzu...
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