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MBC ordered to surrender Callista defamatory recordings
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to surrender alleged recordings of defamatory statements in a…
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Mzimba welfare office fears rise in child abuse
Mzimba North district social welfare office says it expects child abuse cases to rise above 889 recorded between January and…
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Follow elections case from offices—Chakwera
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has urged the party’s supporters to refrain from going to court once the…
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Malonda leaves CFTC, decries low funding
Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) executive director Charlotte Wezi Malonda is leaving the institution after steering it for seven…
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Female MPs plead for support
Female members of Parliament (MPs) from the Eastern Region have called for support from various donors and organisations for them…
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MP, constituents tussle over projects
Some constituents in Blantyre South West Constituency have accused their parliamentarian Kennedy Kachingwe of failing to finish development projects in…
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Police arrest 15 on demos day
Police have arrested 15 people suspected of engaging in criminal acts on Friday, the day Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC)…
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28 elections petitions pending in court
There are 28 pending petitions across the four registries of the High Court of Malawi challenging parliamentary and local government…
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MEC in court
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) wants the Constitutional Court to give it 14 more days to file sworn affidavits in the…
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Contractor to pay for botched K188m deal
State-owned Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) and a contractor of a K188 million mobile water treatment plant have ended a protracted…
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Govt defies orders
Though the Ombudsman earned a public apology over government’s messy handling of a $50 million (about K37 billion) credit line…
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Lawyer warns HRDC of tough time in court
Blantyre-based private practice lawyer Chancy Gondwe, who is representing 25 people who had their property destroyed during the June 20…
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APM boos mar Mzuni graduation
Despite delegating newly appointed vice-chancellor John Kalenga Saka to preside over the Mzuzu University graduation on Friday, President Peter Mutharika’s…
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Government tells Machinga hands-off Balaka revenue
President Peter Mutharika’s directive on July 15 2019, that the Shire River at Liwonde be the boundary between Balaka and…
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Animal rights body moves in to ease rabies cases
To curb prevalence of rabies cases and speculations, Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (LSPCA) has created…
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Beam cashes in on ‘charity’
Leases out refuse trucks to BCC without tenderCouncil owes Beam 18 months payment The First Lady’s charity has gone into…
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Admarc maize buying flops
Government minimum price for maize this year is discouraging farmers to sell maize to State grain trader Agriculture Development and…
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Demo victims claim K0.5bn from HRDC
Twenty-five people who had their property destroyed during the June 20 nationwide demonstrations have jointly claimed K545 802 450.00 million…
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Protesters ransack MEC commissioner’s house
Despite threats by President Peter Mutharika to crackdown on post-election demonstrations, protestors on Friday returned to the streets more determined…
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DPP’s Wild Ndipo re-elected as Blantyre Mayor
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Councillor Wild Ndipo has been re-elected Mayor of Blantyre City at elections the council held at…
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