The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has urged Malawians to save for the rainy day and contribution to national economic growth. RBM consumer protection and financial literacy chief examiner Madalitso Chamba said this on Wednesday in Nkhata Bay District during a financial literacy community outreach meeting. She said most families lack financial discipline; hence, priorities…
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) is replacing prepaid billing water meters with postpaid ones following a breakdown of the board’s prepaid vending system. In a recent notice issued on its Facebook page, the board advised customers to use fire mode triggering methods which works only for six hours by pressing a button attached to each…
Breakthrough Christian Assembly, a Lilongwe-based ministry, on Tuesday launched a charity project to promote and assist venerable people within and outside the city. In an interview during the launch of the project, Prophet Vitumbiko Mhango Madhlopa, who is the project’s country coordinator, said charity activities are under the breakthrough Malawi Charities, which is an arm…
Pastors under Dedza Pastors Fraternal on Saturday prayed and marched against killings of people with albinism and increasing cases of road accidents. The march started at Linthipe 3 Bridge and ended with prayers at Dedza golf course. In their prayers, pastors asked for God’s intervention to stop the killings of people with albinism and road…
Vendors plying their trade outside Mzuzu Main Market have vowed to continue selling their products in undesignated points despite Mzuzu City Council’s (MCC) asking them to move to the flea market. The vendors chairperson Jane Jere said they would continue selling in those areas as the flea market is isolated. “The council and police started…
Mulanje District Council says it will plant 1.8 million tree seedlings in the ongoing 2018/19 National Tree Planting Season. District forestry officer (DFO) for Mulanje, Eric Mbingwane, told Malawi News Agency (Mana) in an interview on Thursday at the Boma that the council has partnered other stakeholders in the exercise. He said the trees will…
Only seven out of 58 aspiring candidates that have submitted their nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) from the seven constituencies in Machinga District are women, representing 12 percent participation. The aspiring candidates are Chrissie Khembo, Madalitso Phiri, Ellen Nakanga, Justina Chimanda, Mercy Makwera, Fyness Magonjwa and incumbent legislator for Machinga East Esther Jolobala.…
BuildOn International has handed over two school blocks worth K44 million to Madzidzi Primary School in Kasungu District, bringing the total number of school blocks it has built across the country to 300. The gesture has provided hope of better learning environment to students in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nyaza, who used to learn in shacks. …
Plan International has awarded certificates to 11 traditional leaders in appreciation of their efforts to reduce and terminate child marriages across the country. Speaking during the ceremony at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe on Friday, Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Cecilia Chazama said child marriages deny girls their right to…
A woman in Mulanje delivered outside Mpala Health Centre allegedly due to a nurse’s negligence. The victim, Margaret Stewart, is said to have gone to the health centre in the early hours of Sunday, but was allegedly not welcomed by the nurse on duty for reporting late at the facility. Mulanje South East legislator Naomi…
Chitipa First Grade Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Monica Mtegha, 26, to 18 months imprisonment after finding her guilty of wounding her husband. The court heard from State prosecutor Lucy Kamkwete that on February 1 2019, Mtegha attacked her husband, Jeremiah Mlenga, with a broken glass bottle. She said Mtegha, on that particular day, went to…
Oxfam has said despite having the Customary Land Act of 2016, the country is yet to establish land tribunals to settle land disputes. Oxfam country director John Makina said this on Monday during the official handover of information, education and communication (IEC) materials to Customary Land Committees at Chibwe Primary School in Senior Chief Lukwa’s…
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has rejected nomination papers of some aspiring candidates in Dowa. The aspirants include Steven Chingondo (People’s Party-PP) and Florence Banda (Democratic People’s Congress-Depeco) who were rejected for failing to pay nomination fees. MEC also turned down aspiring councillors Regina Chunga (United Democratic Front-UDF) and Steven Chidothi (PP). Chunga was rejected…
Local communities in Nkhata Bay have commended Nkhata Bay Prison for its rehabilitatition programmes that will enable inmates to be self-reliant after expiry of their jail term. The prison focuses on rehabilitation and reintegration by equipping inmates with various skills including farming, construction, painting, tailoring, hairdressing and mobile phone repairing. One of the community members,…
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese has challenged chiefs in the district to join forces in denouncing abductions and killings of people with albinism. This comes barely a month after an 18-month-old girl with albinism was last month abducted from her home at Khwawa Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Wasambo in the district. Speaking during…
Eastern Region deputy forestry zone manager Kennedy Adamson has urged people in Ntcheu to go an extra mile in conserving the environment by planting more trees. The plea comes amid reports that about one million hectares have been degraded in the region’s forestry zone. Speaking during the launch of a tree planting season in…
Nkhotakota First Grade Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced two men to 14 and 12 years imprisonment, respectively, for illegal possession of two pairs of ivory without a permit. Nkhotakota Police Station prosecution officer Davie Muloza told the court that on January 24 2019, Master Banda, 47, and Philemon Banda, 23, were offering two pairs of…
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has intensified efforts to curb illegal water supply connections among customers to improve service delivery LWB assistant spokesperson Maurice Nkawihe said in an interview on Tuesday that the board has uncovered about 110 illegal connections in the past seven months. “A total of K745 million [about K6.7 million each] has been…
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development director of administration Maxwell Tsitsi has challenged farmers in Karonga to adopt agroforestry to prevent soil erosion in their fields. The official said this on Monday during the launch of agroforestry campaign at Giliya Village in Traditional Authority Kilupula in Karonga. Tsisi said Malawi loses about 29 tonnes…
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has expressed need for concerted efforts for the commercialisationof the agricutural to be successful in the country. Agricultural Commercialisation Project (Agcom) coordinator in the ministry, Ted Nankhumwa made the remarks in Blantyre during a meeting with the private sector aimed at strategising on the project. “The project is…