Comesa says local courts obstacle to trade
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Court of Justice has said businesspersons involved in international trade lose more time going to local court, which are obstacles to trade...
View ArticleSilver coach reacts to fans’ calls
Silver Strikers FC coach Stein Chirwa has said he is ready to bow out if some sections of the club feel he is not performing according to expectations. The Bankers’ mentor was responding to chants of...
View ArticlePOST OFFICES SET FOR REFORMS
Malawians will soon start accessing some government services such as application and collection of passports, registration of business names, application of drivers’ licenses, police reports and...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics athletes off to US
A 10-member Special Olympics squad yesterday left for United States of America (USA) where they will participate in the Los Angeles Summer Games due to start tomorrow. Special Olympics Malawi (SOM)...
View ArticleFormer FAM GS joins race for 2nd veep
Former Football Association of Malawi (FAM) general secretary Charles Nyirenda has declared his interest to vie for the position of second vice-president. Nyirenda, who served as the association’s GS...
View ArticleInter-Club Cricket quarter-final list complete
Inter-Club 20-overs Cricket Tournament’s list of quarter-finalists is now complete following results of matches played on Sunday at Mpingwe Sports Club (MSC) and Oriental Cricket Club (OCC) in...
View ArticleMalawi dares anti-tobacco lobbyists, says not afraid
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza has taken a swipe at anti-tobacco lobbyists led by the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...
View ArticleNurses body hits at govt over drug crisis
National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives (Nomn) has faulted government for failing to address an on-going drug crisis that is negatively affecting service delivery in public health facilities...
View ArticleCommotion at LL bridge as thieves fight for battery
There was commotion at Lilongwe Bridge yesterday where scores of people converged to catch a glimpse of an alleged thief suspected to have stolen K8 million ($16 000) and had vanished in the river....
View ArticleUnqualified driver kills two kids
An unqualified driver killed two children in an alleged hit-and-run accident in Mzuzu on Monday. The driver, Wyson Mwiba, 24, from Katowo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwenemisuku in Chitipa...
View ArticleBandawe School gets K744 000 rescue package
Funds amounting to K744 555 ($1 489.11) realised from this year’s national service of worship ahead of the Independence Anniversary Celebrations held on July 5 in Blantyre have come to the rescue of...
View ArticleMP apologises to constituents for failure to consult
Kasungu North West member of Parliament (MP) Bauden Mtonga has swallowed his pride and apologised to his constituents for not consulting them when going to Parliament. The constituents took the MP to...
View ArticleNtchisi CBEs drilled on cases to handle
Ntchisi district commissioner (DC) Malango Botomani has advised primary justice community-based educators (CBEs) to handle minor offences such as petty theft and land disputes and not serious cases....
View ArticleDPP, UDF enter ‘gentlemen’s agreement’
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its political ally United Democratic Front (UDF) have agreed a modality on how to feature candidates in the August 25 Local Government by-elections....
View ArticleAccident, not wrong parking
Kwacha Roundabout in Blantyre is fast becoming an accident spot. Hardly a month passes without an accident occurring on any of its four ways. Last Friday evening, the van (in the picture), which was...
View ArticleChikwawa households in flood recovery project
The Evangelical Lutheran Development Service (ELDS), with support from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is implementing a recovery programme under the central emergency response fund (CERF 111)...
View ArticleSnipers overcome KB to start CRVL on high
Snipers Ladies displayed a superb performance to thrash Kamuzu Barracks 3-2 in a Central Region Women Volleyball League (CRWVL) opener at the weekend. Snipers overcame a 2-0 second set deficit to...
View ArticleConvicted Savala wants Cashgate suspect to testify
Cashgate convict Caroline Savala has told the High Court in Lilongwe that she will call another Cashgate suspect, Leonard Kalonga, to attest to her character before the court sentences her for theft...
View ArticleGwanda destitute
Struggling to pay rent, utility bills Veteran politician Gwanda Chakuamba is struggling to live a normal life due to financial problems in his old age and has sent a save our souls (SOS) call to...
View ArticleStandard Bank warns of perpetual kwacha fall
Standard Bank Africa has warned that the local currency, the kwacha, may continuously depreciate against its major trading currencies if Malawi dilly-dallies to grow its exports which are way below the...
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