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Nice Trust prepares for 2019 elections
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust says it is all set to provide voter and civic education towards…
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PS says councils welcome performance barometer
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Kiswell Dakamau has said the launch of the…
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‘Sexual harassment hinders women’s progress’
Panos Institute of Southern Africa (PSAf) says sexual harassment is one of the biggest hindrances to women’s advancement into…
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Forum consults on MPs K4bn funding
Forum for National Development (FND) has embarked on national electorate consultations to solicit views from 193 constituencies that are…
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Missing person with albinism found murdered
The body of a Machinga-based man with albinism, Macdonald Masambuka, 22, who went missing in February this year, was…
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Court snubs Catholic Church’s plea
The High Court in Blantyre has rejected a request by the Roman Catholic Church to allow it to make…
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Court cases to delay MCP convention
Court cases against main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its leadership will delay its national convention slated for…
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Macra pounces on deputy head
Despite the ongoing court case, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) pounced on the residence of its beleaguered deputy director…
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More firms to lay-off staff
As the local economic terrain gets more rugged in the 2017/18 financial year, more firms are downsizing, with 36 private…
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ACB stops textbooks probe
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has stopped investigations into Inspired Computer Technology Consultants (ICTC) contract to supply over 800 000 textbooks…
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Society bemoans recurrence of power interruptions
Church and Society Programmes of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) of Synod of Livingstonia has warned government it…
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No attention for special needs students
Grant-aided resource centres or residential schools established in some parts of the country for special needs students are in dire…
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Burundians, Rwandans, Congolese force locals out of businesses
Eight out of 10 rice mills in Mchesi, Lilongwe are owned by foreign nationals whom the locals believe are refugees…
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Christians observe Good Friday
Christians in the country joined the rest of the world yesterday, Good Friday, to hold the Way of the Cross.…
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Shambolic building in cities
Most buildings constructed in our cities central business districts (CBDs) in the past three years do not comply with the…
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Woman in for scalding her niece
Police in Mchinji have arrested a 28-year-old woman, Sellina Twaibu, for allegedly scalding and seriously wounding her late sister’s daughter.…
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Modern MBS lab to cost K13bn
The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) modern laboratory project under construction in Blantyre will cost about K13 billion. MBS director…
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Escom gensets deal attracts ACB probe
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has opened an investigation into the procurement of the multi-billion kwacha generators contract at the…
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K1bn ‘vanishes’ at judiciary
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has given the Judiciary 14 days to provide documentation on how K1 billion was paid…
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CSTU faults expenditure control measures
The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) has faulted government’s recently rolled out expenditure measures, especially on recruitment and promotion freeze,…
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