Mutharika declares war on HRDC, MCP, UTM
…HRDC says it won’t sit and do nothing President Peter Mutharika says he will take all necessary measures to defend and protect the country’s…
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Submit reports to goverment, minister urges Zomba NGOs
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has advised Zomba-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to submit reports to government to ensure easy…
Prisoners’ initiatives impress minister
Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi says he is impressed with developmental initiatives being undertaken by prisoners at Luwani and Mwanza prisons. The minister…
Cepa bemoans lack of career guidance
Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (Cepa) says lack of motivational talks among youths in the country is preventing them from pursuing their desired…
Priest chased from St Michael’s Parish
The Karonga Diocese of the Catholic Church has ‘shut down’ St Michael’s Parish in Chitipa after church members last Sunday sent packing their parish…
Karonga forum demands peaceful demos
A group known as Karonga Peace Forum (KPF) has urged the anti-Jane Ansah protests organisers to sensitise their supporters to desist from destroying and…
Macra to restrict ICT imports
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) says it will soon enforce laws restricting the importation of substandard information communication and technology (ICT) gadgets to protect…
Government yet to effect thin plastics ban
Three weeks after the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal upheld government’s ban on thin plastics, Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines is yet…
Chilima faces setback in polls case
As the historic elections case continued with first petitioner Saulos Chilima taking to the witness stand for re-examination in the Constitutional Court yesterday, his…
Fuel crisis looms
Malawians should brace for a fuel shortage and possible increase in pump prices should the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) plans to hold five-day…
Human rights defenders to meet Attorney General today
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have said they are ready to meet Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale over issues surrounding the Anti-Jane Ansah…
MRA seeks relief on border demos
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has applied to the High Court for an injunction to restrict Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC) planned demonstrations to outside…
MEC yet to gazette May 21 elections results
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not gazetted the May 21 Tripartite Elections results within the stipulated time, contravening the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections…
Chilima, Chakwera lawyers query AG role, slow pace
Lawyers for UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidates have queried the Constitutional Court in the ongoing presidential election court petition case…
House meets September
Parliament has announced the second meeting of the 48th Session from September 9 to October 11, which will convene to discuss the 2019/20 National…
Timber Millers to hold protests today
Members of the Reformed Timber Millers Union (RTMU) will today hold protests in Viphya Plantation after failed discussions with government over timber business. The…
Ministry of Lands in K2.8bn roads upgrades
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has embarked on a K2.8 billion road construction project in Lilongwe City Centre. Speaking in an interview…
Petrol bombing terror rages on
Bomb throwing violence linked to politics is escalating, with the latest petrol war victim being the headquarters of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)…
Oxfam touts its recovery programmes in Nsanje
Oxfam Malawi says it has implemented three recovery programmes targetting people who were hit by Cyclone Idai at Makhanga in Nsanje by supporting them…
NGO follows up MoU with elected leaders
Creative Centre for Community Mobilisation (Creccom) has engaged in an exercise to follow up the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between aspirants…