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National News
Govt hatches K2.4bn Covid plan
Malawi has released a K2.4 billion plan to prepare for the coronavirus (Covid-19), an outbreak that has so far affected…
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Trapence, Sembereka spend second night in the cooler
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) vice-chairperson Gift Trapence and Central Region chairperson Reverend Macdonald Sembereka yesterday spent another night in…
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Malawi most hungry nation
Malawi is the most hungry country among those surveyed in Africa, according to an Afrobarometer study report released this week.…
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Moam regional chapter threatens nationwide strike
Minibus Owners Association of Malawi (Moam) Southern Region Chapter has threatened that minibus operators nationwide will go on strike if…
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Egenco restores 46MW to national power grid
Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) has restored 46 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid, in the process reducing the…
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MET warns of severe weather
The Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (MET) has warned of possible floods in flood prone areas due to…
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National News
Maize price adjustments attract mixed reactions
The upward adjustment of maize prices from K250 per kilogramme (kg) to K310/kg has attracted mixed reactions, with some stakeholders…
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Caution as judgement day looms
The looming Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgement in Lilongwe at 9am today has sent shivers to many Malawians in the last…
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Mutharika, aide won’t apologise over ‘nepotistic’ remarks
President Peter Mutharika and his advisor on political affairs Francis Mphepo say they will not apologise over alleged nepotistic remarks…
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RA roads completion claim questioned
The Roads Authority (RA) has come under fire for claiming to have completed construction of the 6.5 kilometre (km) Maselema-Chiradzulu…
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Teachers strike continues
The nationwide teachers sit-in yesterday entered its second day as teachers continued to press government to pay those whose names…
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Teachers split in nationwide protests
Lack of communication affected a nationwide teachers’ strike on Monday aimed at pushing to pay their December 2019 salaries. A…
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Teachers defy govt on strike
Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has defied a Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) order to suspend the planned…
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Mangochi West election case adjourned to Feb 7
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday adjourned to February 7 the case in which Mangochi West Constituency Democratic…
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Police, MDF in demo crackdown
There was heavy presence of police officers and Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers during yesterday’s Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC)-led…
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Front Page
Councils engage vendors on relocation
Faced with a worsening problem of vendors turning undesignated places into markets, city councils have opened dialogue with vendors representatives…
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Apam, police condemn albino grave-tampering in Mulanje
The Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) and police have condemned the tampering of a grave belonging to…
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One injured in Delamere House fire
One casualty was on Friday reported in the fire on the 4th floor of Delamere House in Blantyre, where a…
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National News
2019 turbulent year— PAC
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has described 2019 as a turbulent year that was defined by the May 21 Tripartite Elections,…
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Guest Spot
‘LWB will deliver according to customer expectations’
Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development appointed MOSES MWENYE as acting chief executive officer (CEO) for…
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