Mixed fortunes in K128m BWB fraud case
There were mixed fortunes in the Blantyre Water Board (BWB) K128 million fraud case yesterday as the Blantyre Magistrate’s Court acquitted one suspect…
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New US policy to affect health care delivery
A new United States government policy to cut funding to organisations that support comprehensive reproductive health care in aid recipient countries threatens to…
House passes 13 votes without amendments
On the first day of the Committee of Supply on the 2018/19 National Budget on Tuesday, Parliament approved allocations to 13 votes, including…
House in early adjournment
Parliament yesterday adjourned early after failing to reach an agreement on how to proceed with business after Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and…
Malawi considers typhoid vaccine
Malawi is considering the adoption of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended as the most…
Opposition warns APM
Thirteen opposition political parties, including People’s Party (PP) and Alliance for Democracy (Aford), have warned President Peter Mutharika’s administration against repressive actions and…
Death registration compulsory – NRB
The National Registration Bureau (NRB) says registration of death is now compulsory and structures are in place to facilitate the exercise. Speaking at the…
MHRC bemoans lack of corporal punishment law
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has decried lack of corporal punishment law and clear stipulation of the penalty, saying this is denying the offended…
Maneb to have digital registration system
The Malawi National Examination Board on Wednesday received over 20 computers worth over K17 million from Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (Macra) for its Information…
DPP North endorses Goodall for VP
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials in the Northern Region have endorsed Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe as the region’s vice…
CSOs fight K4 billion implementation system
Civil cociety organisations (CSOs) in Zomba have expressed dissatisfaction with the newly introduced community managed social-economic projects fund (CSF) system of implementing district funding…
No challenger yet for APM
Weeks after Vice-President Saulos Chilima said he will not vie for any position at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), no one has come…
New Auditor General hired
President Peter Mutharika has appointed Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) director of finance Harold Mwala as the new Auditor General. Mwala, whose…
VP budget stirs uproar
There was an uproar in Parliament yesterday as opposition legislators queried a K7 billion allocation for relief food in the budget for the…
CSOs under scrutiny over accountability
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) accredited by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to conduct voter and civic education for the 2019 Tripartite Elections…
Unima delinking process taking shape
The taskforce overseeing the delinking of colleges under the University of Malawi (Unima) has expressed optimism that the process will be finalised in four months time.…
17 Malawians selected for Yali fellowship
Seventeen young Malawians left the country yesterday for this year’s Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Initiative (Yali) in the United States (US).…
Maneb tells head teachers to release candidates IDs
Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has asked secondary school head teachers to release identity (ID) cards for all candidates sitting for this year’s Malawi…
Irrigation agriculture key to ending malnutrition –APM
President Peter Mutharika is upbeat Malawi will “gain more ground” in its fight against malnutrition which is still high in the country, especially among…
CSOs date Chakwera on petition
Six Human Rights Defenders (HRD) officials yesterday met Leader of Opposition in Parliament Lazarus Chakwera at Parliament Building and engaged him on issues…