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National News
Beam enhances sanitation in LL markets
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust on Friday donated assorted waste disposal equipment to five suburban markets in…
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Guest Spot
‘Twinning of Victoria Falls and Lake Malawi would benefit both countries’
WALTER MZEMBI, Zimbabwe’s minister of tourism and hospitality industry and chairperson of the Africa Commission under the UN-WTO Configuration, was…
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Business News
Malawi, Zimbabwe sign tourism pact
Governments of Malawi and Zimbabwe at the weekend signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at the development and promotion…
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Guest Spot
Malawi cannot sell off ivory
Amid suggestions that the confiscated ivory be sold, director of parks and wildlife, BRIGHTON KUMCHEDWA, tells our reporter BONIFACE PHIRI…
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Guest Spot
Interview: Culture of fear is coming back—Kamlepo
Kamlepo Kalua, one of the fighters for multiparty democracy, shares his experiences in Parliament with our Weekend Nation. Excerpts: How…
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Editors Pick
Should user fees be introduced in public hospitals?
As a low income country, Malawi continues to search for better and efficient ways of financing the health system. The…
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Editors Pick
Lilongwe Water Board suspends dam project
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has put on hold its much-touted Diamphwi Dam project due to funding constraints. Speaking in an…
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Business News
LWB in first budget consultation meeting
Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) at the weekend concluded its first-ever series of budget consultative meetings where customers have been contributing…
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Editors Pick
Should March 3 victims be compensated?
The idea that human beings are entitled, as a matter of right, to an effective compensation has got a turbulent,…
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Guest Spot
Interview: We are not selling MSB to shield anybody—Gondwe
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe tells us why government has plans to dispose of some shares…
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Entertainment News
Can hairstyle impede right to education?
Rastafarians in Malawi continue to wait for the day their children will be allowed to attend public schools in dreadlocks.…
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Editors Pick
Interdicted Parliament employee on full pay
Parliament Secretariat continued to pay a full salary and allowances to an interdicted accounts assistant for seven months, The Nation…
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Guest Spot
‘MPs have to abide by our ideals’
Recently, the United Democratic Front secretariat wrote the Speaker of Parliament to relocate its MPs to the government side. In…
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Editors Pick
APM launches He for She Campaign
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday launched the He for She Campaign at Parliament grounds in Lilongwe. The campaign being championed…
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Front Page
Parliament discusses MSB sale
The National Assembly yesterday rejected the proposed sale of State-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) and has since referred the matter…
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National News
Supplementary budget passed
Parliament yesterday passed the 2014/15 supplementary budget worth K769 billion (US$1.7 billion) amid misunderstandings over some votes. Chief among the…
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Guest Spot
‘Marriage Bill needs to go back to Parliament’
People’s Party (PP) Leader in Parliament, ULADI MUSSA (Salima South), made attempts to stop debate leading to the passage of…
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National News
No plans to rehabilitate dip tanks—Govt
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza on Tuesday told Parliament that government has no plans to rehabilitate…
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Business
Admarc struggling—Chiyembekeza
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza yesterday admitted that the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) is…
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National News
MP claims Marriage Bill bulldozed
Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe South West Peter Chakwantha on Friday accused government of bulldozing the passing of the…
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