Malawi Prisons Service management yesterday moved swiftly to suppress a planned junior staff strike over promotions that have eluded them, but have been extended to 7 000 of their colleagues in Malawi Police Service (MPS). In a bid to defuse the tension that engulfed the Prisons service, authorities summoned all officers to a  parade yesterday…

Thank Kondowe, 12, lies in pain at Rumphi District Hospital with bruises all over her body, arms and head. She did not sustain the bruises from a beating. They are a painful reminder of the noble act she undertook in trying to save her mother and two sisters in the thick of the Tcharo disaster…

Tea Association of Malawi (Taml), a grouping of large tea estates, says local producers are set to take advantage of a tea deficit in Kenya to maximise their returns. This comes as producers in Kenya, Africa’s largest tea grower, have sent half of their workers on leave or assigned them non-core duties due to a…

Government says  a funding request  from Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) for Malawi Queens ahead of the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, England this July is yet be approved. Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development director of sports Jameson Ndalama yesterday said he could not tell when the authorisation will be done. But…

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) has sparked controversy that the teacher to pupil ratio in the country has reduced to 1: 65, with education rights activists questioning the authenticity of the figure. Two education rights activists, Benedicto Kondowe who is executive director of Civil Society Education Coalition (Csec) and educationist Steve Sharra, yesterday…