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Funding suspense on APM road projects
Government has engaged contractors on four road projects and contractors are already on site on some of them, but Weekend…
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Experts tip govt on cholera
As cases of cholera continue to rise, commentators have urged government and its partners to develop multi-levelled behaviour change strategic…
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Witchcraft Act review consultations to end July
The campaign to solicit views from stakeholders and the public on the review of the Witchcraft Act comes to an…
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Industrial hemp to go commercial this year
Following successful trials of industrial hemp at Chitedze Research Station in Lilongwe, Invegrow Limited, a company that was established in…
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NGO push for intensive campaign to protect girls
Girls Network Malawi, an organisation that focuses on keeping girls in school by addressing the challenges they face in acquiring…
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Milonde, Malindi by-elections materials inspection Monday
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is expected to inspect polling materials for Milonde Ward in Mulanje South East Constituency and…
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Mangochi residents speak on Mlambe one-stop centre
A group of citizens from Mangochi District have expressed mixed feelings about the newly opened Mlambe One Stop Service…
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WVM equips Dowa youth with vocational skills
World Vision Malawi has equipped 28 youths from its Lipiri Area Development Programme with various vocational skills. The 28…
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‘Do not sell maize to vendors’
Ntcheu District Council has advised farmers in the district not to sell all farm produce to vendors. Speaking in…
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M’mbelwa Council urges Mzimba to adopt deep bed farming technology
People of Mzimba have been encouraged to embrace deep bed farming, a technology Tiyeni Charity Organisation is championing in…
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NB new jetty takes shape
Construction of the new jetty at Nkhata Bay Port is almost complete. The Port was constructed to ease challenges facing…
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Asset forfeiture crucial in crime fight—DPP
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mary Kachale says the establishment of an asset recovery system as a tool for…
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Malawi urged to learn from Tanzania graft fight
Economics professor Ben Kaluwa has urged Malawi to learn from neighbouring Tanzania in applying extreme anti-corruption measures that punish…
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PAC, Treasury differ on sanctions
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has differed with Treasury on the way forward on measures to be taken against…
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‘Nkula maintenance works not end to blackouts’
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and the Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) have said the completion of maintenance…
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Callista supports Chilima for 2019
Former first lady Callista Mutharika has thrown her weight behind Vice-President Saulos Chilima to lead the governing Democratic Progressive…
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Mutharika calls for dialogue on death penalty
President Peter Mutharika, perplexed by the continuing murder of people with albinism, has called for “honest” national dialogue on…
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Mzuzu passport printing machine breaks down
The Immigration office in Mzuzu has not produced passports for a month now due to a broken printer. Northern Regional…
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Lawyer demands K20m from DPP, BCC
Private practice lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa has written the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Blantyre City Council (BCC), demanding K20…
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UN condemns attacks on persons with albinism
The United Nations has expressed dismay over the resurfacing of gruesome attacks on persons with albinism. This follows the…
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