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National News
Councillors push for50 percent pay rise
With their honoraria stagnant at K150 000 per month since 2019, ward councillors have asked for a 50 percent hike…
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Relief maize flour imports trickle in
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) has said the maize flour imported from Tanzania and South Africa has started…
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Malawi ‘in denial’on farm subsidies
As calls for restructuring of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) continue, an analysis on subsidies from 2004 to 2023 shows…
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MPs want CDF at K200 million
As Malawians anxiously wait for the tabling of the 2024/25 fiscal budget, members of Parliament (MPs) want the Constituency Development…
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DPP regrets K145 million rotten donation
Former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) can breathe a sigh of relief as it will soon start drawing funds from…
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Business News
Firms’ industrial output, jobs shrink
Businesses are failing to fully utilise their installed productive capacity due to challenges in the operating environment largely due to…
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Debate ensues over law courses, exams
Debate has ensued over the decision by the Ministry of Justice to scrap the requirement for some law graduates to…
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Councils to lose K25bn funding
Financially struggling local councils are set to lose about K25 billion in performance-based grants under Governance to Enable Service Delivery…
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Exit Chaponda, enter Navicha
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday rescinded its appointment of Mulanje South West legislator George Chaponda as Leader of Opposition in…
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Age limit bill withdrawn
Proposer of a Private Member’s Bill seeking a constitutional amendment to bar any person aged above 80 from contesting for…
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Nankhumwa takes DPP to court on expulsion
Embattled Mulanje Central parliamentarian Kondwani Nankhumwa has taken opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the High Court of Malawi over…
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Party manifestos’ link toMW2063 under scrutiny
The requirement for political parties to align their manifestos with the country’s long-term development strategy, the Malawi 2063 (MW2063) has…
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Vandalism costs Escom K4bn in 2 years
Vandalism of electricity infrastructure has cost Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) about K4 billion in the last two years,…
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Front Page
Presidential age limit Bill resurfaces
Embattled Mulanje Central legislator Kondwani Nankhumwa is set to present a Private Member’s Bill proposing a constitutional amendment to make…
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Govt, investor in stalemate on Kayelekera
Malawi Government and Lotus Resources Limited, an investor in Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga, have hit a deadlock on how…
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Chakwera gets MLS praise on party funding Bill
Malawi Law Society has commended President Lazarus Chakwera for “providing real checks and balances” by not signing into law the…
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More MDAs gloss over graft fight
Compliance monitoring for government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) has shown glaring inefficiencies in the way MDAs are mainstreaming and…
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Corruption fight weakens in 10yrs
Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) data show that Malawi’s fight against corruption has weakened in the 10 years…
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Japan gives MalawiK1.9bn for recovery
Japan has given Malawi a K1.99 billion (about $1.2 million) grant through the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to support…
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Prices of maize stabilise, drop
Prices of maize, the country’s staple grain, have shown a declining trend following increased availability attributed to relief efforts and…
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