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Bikoko, Assani join DPP
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday welcomed into its fold the mayor of Lilongwe City Desmond Bikoko who was elected…
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1 791 die on the Roads in 2017
Statistics from the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) show that 1 791 people have died in…
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Public finance management laws weak—lawyer
Professor Dan Kuwali, an international law expert, says Malawi’s public finance management laws are impressive on paper but not…
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Mental illnesses remain neglected—study
A study in Mzimba shows almost half of people with mental illnesses are not accessing health services in hospitals…
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New company invests K750m in Chikangawa
Consolidated Processing Industries (CPI) is installing machinery worth over $1 million (about K750 million) for a factory envisioned to produce…
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Naari installs solar power system at LL hospital
Naari, a women charity group, has installed a solar power system worth K7 million at Mlale Mission Hospital in…
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DHO commends police for reducing GBV
Mchinji district health officer (DHO) Dr. Juliana Kanyengambeta has commended police in the district for contributing towards reducing gender-based…
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Egenco says blackouts to ease next March
The Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) has said the current prolonged blackouts will end in March next year when all diesel-powered…
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FUM blasts govt for ‘politicising’ maize purchase
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has accused government of ‘politicising’ this year’s maize procurement, saying the buying process has benefited…
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Uladi Mussa ‘changes goal’
Former acting People’s Party (PP) president Uladi Mussa had a ‘change of heart’ in Parliament when he lavished praise on…
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Govt office complex costs 3 times more
New government offices in Lilongwe is a latest case of delayed projects that continue to waste taxpayers’ money after its…
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Rights group calls for positive media coverage on women
One of the country’s women’s rights advocate groups, Women Legal Resources Centre (Wolrec), has urged journalists to positively report on…
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Deliver in hospitals, women told
Expectant mothers in Ntchisi have been advised to continue delivering with the assistance of skilled birth attendants other than traditional…
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Parliament external debt oversight questioned
Parliament, which authorises government to borrow, is yet to put its house in order on modalities for tracking and monitoring…
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Debt waste
The IMF has said Malawi could spend 30 percent of its revenue to service debts in 2017, raising concerns that…
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Mnangagwa promises to rebuild Zimbabwe
Newly sworn-in Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa kick-started his term as the country’s interim leader on Friday with a vow to…
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Mwenifumbo to challenge Chihana at convention
Karonga Central member of Parliament (MP) Frank Mwenifumbo has expressed interest to contest for Alliance for Democracy (Aford) presidency against…
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MP queries minimum wage changes
Member of Parliament (MP) for Dowa East Richard Chimwendo Banda (Malawi Congress Party-MCP) has queried the disparity in the minimum…
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MPs request for youth centres
A good number of legislators have requested government to construct youth centres in their constituencies, but Minister of Labour, Youth and…
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SA hospitals claim K592m from Malawians
South African hospitals are pushing the Malawi Government to pay 11.6 million rand (about K592 million) in unpaid medical services…
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