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Incessant blackouts anger consumers
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) customers continue to express their dissatisfaction over extended blackouts that have resurfaced despite the…
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Govt sends cholera warning
Ministry of Health has warned people in the country, especially those travelling to Mozambique, to be cautious and practise…
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Admarc junior workers stage strike
Junior workers at Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) headquarters in Limbe have begun their indefinite strike demanding a review…
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Bill talks tough on parties
It is undemocratic —Umodzi Party It will improve accountability—UDF The Political Parties Bill will bring sanity in the political arena…
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Magistrate fired for corruption
The Judicial Service Commission has finally dismissed magistrate Maxford Gandali, who was suspended last year following his alleged involvement…
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MCP’s Mlomo ditches anti-Chakwera camp
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) regional chairperson Daniel Mlomo has ditched the party’s faction which was calling for fresh convention…
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‘Unima unbundling will end bureaucracy’
Education experts have said unbundling of University of Malawi (Unima) would resolve long-standing governance and bureaucratic challenges. Limbani Eliya Nsapato,…
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Fallout over Unima unbundling
In a debate whether to unbundle the University of Malawi ( U n i m a ) a n d…
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Project benefits 250 000 households in NE, CK and BT
About 250 000 households in Nsanje, Chikwawa and Blantyre will benefit from United in Building and Advancing Life Expectations (Ubale)…
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Bingu’s wealth under probe
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has summoned the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to explain…
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Early marriages haunt Mangochi
Failure by government to end early marriages may result in poverty, illiteracy and maternal deaths. The warning comes amid rising…
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UN condemns latest wave of albino attacks
The United Nations (UN) has said it is concerned about the resurgence of attacks and killings of persons with albinism…
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Chilima hands over reforms mantle to OPC
Vice-President Saulos Chilima yesterday officially handed over the chairmanship for the Public Service Reforms Commission, which he had held for…
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Pigeon peas fetch high price outside Malawi
Malawians who underwent various training programmes in Japan have committed themselves to complementing government efforts in raising financial and human…
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Govt urges ‘varsities to promote research
Malawi is not faring well in promoting research and knowledge generation in its academic systems among the country’s institutions of…
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Admarc offends Parliament
Parliament has reprimanded Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) board of directors’ resolution to recall chief executive officer Foster Mulumbe…
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Little progress in corruption fight irks government
Government is holding soul-searching discussions with stakeholders like law enforcers, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the media on why Malawi…
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US piles pressure on government
The United States of America (USA) continues to pile pressure on government to prosecute Ministry of Health officials who are…
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Accountants, contractors disown Kalonga
Lawyers representing some former government accountants and contractors implicated in the K2.4 billion Cashgate case yesterday took turns to distance…
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Police officer, civilian netted for robbery
Police in Ntcheu are keeping in custody Constable Raphael Banda for attempted robbery. Banda, 36, was arrested alongside a civilian…
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