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Tourism and hotels act review raises hope
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife is reviewing the Tourism and Hotels Act of 1968 which players in the sector say is outdated to support its growth. In a written response, chief tourism...
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Court slaps Airtel, Standard Bank for aiding fraud
The High Court of Malawi Commercial Division has found Airtel Malawi plc and Standard Bank Malawi plc guilty of negligence and ordered the two to pay K120 million compensation to DBM Construction...
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Rising food, transport prices push inflation to 9.1%
Malawi’s year-on-year headline inflation inched up by 0.2 percentage points to 9.1 percent in June from 8.9 percent as food prices continued to rise. Published figures from National Statistical Office...
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Police plans fresh probe for Msundwe rape case
Malawi Police Service says there will be a fresh probe into allegations of rape and other acts of brutality allegedly perpetrated by police officers on women at Msundwe and surrounding places in...
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Kokoliko ordered to pay rental arrears
The High Court of Malawi Commercial Division has ordered Kokoliko Holdings Limited, a self-proclaimed multi-billion kwacha investment portfolio touted as an emerging conglomerate, to pay K3.1 million...
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Chakwera fires Attorney General
President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday dismissed Attorney General (AG) Chikosa Silungwe a year after his appointment, raising questions and speculation about the decision and the potential legal and...
View ArticleConsumers deserve fair trading, protection
To the Malawian consumer of goods and services on the market, there will not be a better week than this one when the Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) flexed its muscles and punished 61...
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Will Chakwera stick to his guns?
On July 9 2020, President Lazarus Chakwera promised to review his Cabinet by December 2020 following a public backlash on his appointment of a nepotistic and gender-imbalanced Cabinet. In March 2021,...
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Judge’s query idle 2 years on
Over two and half years after a High Court judge lodged a complaint with Malawi Law Society (MLS) that lawyers were conniving with court clerks to destroy court documents, the complaint is yet to be...
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Lawyer gets injunction against suspension
Lawyer Shepher Mumba has obtained an injunction from the High Court in Lilongwe against a decision by Malawi Law Society (MLS) to suspend him for six months. Mumba’s lawyer Chimwemwe Kalua, in an...
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Skills development key to achieving MW2063
First Lady Monica Chakwera has described education and skills development for girls as essential to achieving the government’s development blueprint, the Malawi 2063 Vision (MW2063). Speaking at Kamuzu...
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Mepa set to review SRWB water project report
Malawi Environment Protection Agency (Mepa) says any project that has a direct impact on people requires an Environmental and Social Impact (Esia) to be done. Mepa acting director general Tawonga Mbale...
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Rainbow Nation’s insurrection
Some people’s conclusion for what happened in South Africa last week is both dire and apocalyptic. For them, the image of mass looting is the final confirmation that the Rainbow Nation...
View ArticleNo power to corrupt people
One of the best socio-political commentators and analysts Prof. Patrick Lumumba of Kenya was once quoted as having said: “In Japan a corrupt man kills himself, in China they will kill him, in Europe...
View ArticleTonse Alliance in self-destruct mode
In June 2020, a few days after the fresh presidential election, I wrote in this very column how the Tonse Alliance government’s work was already cut out for them. I remember saying for Tonse Alliance...
View ArticlePastor wants me to have his baby, should I oblige?
Dear BMW, Let me confess. What I am about to tell you is not good news. I fear hell is heading my way and I have to empty my chest or else, I might run mad. I am 25 and in a love relationship with this...
View ArticleTokha should raise standards above predecessors
Dear judge Mbadwa, You might be among the few persons in Nyasaland who still maintain a modicum of sanity and that is the reason I sometimes take the liberty to write you an ordinary letter. How else...
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Mkwate returns to Polokwane
Flames midfielder Mike Mkwate has re-united with South Africa’s GladAfrica Championship club Polokwane City after the expiry of his short loan to his former club Nyasa Big Bullets. Mkwate signed a...
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PPDA decries procurement knowledge gaps
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) says knowledge gaps on procurement is affecting reporting and follow-up of public procurement among media practioners and the civil...
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Malawian appointed into UN tax committee
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) director of policy planning and research Waziona Ligomeka has been appointed to the United Nations (UN) Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters...
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