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Opposition bloc takes on APM
Opposition political parties are seeking an audience with President Peter Mutharika to present their “concerns” over the myriad economic…
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Govt opts out of Fisp
Government will not take a leading role in fertiliser distribution in the 2016/17 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), it has…
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Girls’ education still staggering
Despite flicker signs of progress in girls’ education, most girls are still failing to have an overall edge over…
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Parliament to move acb on audit names
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has resolved to summon the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to disclose…
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MCP South, East leaders back Kaliwo
\Some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leaders from Southern and Eastern regions have thrown their weight behind secretary general Gustave…
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Msonda ‘courting’ DPP?
He famously dismissed most officials who quit People’s Party (PP) when it was shoved out of power through the May…
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KA ‘Cashgate’ suspects out on bail
Karonga first grade magistrate Chakaka Nyirenda on Friday granted bail to seven council workers arrested on Wednesday and Thursday for…
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Below 50% complete primary school
Majority leave without competency skills Per pupil expenditure still low Over half of pupils who enrol in Standard One fail…
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Govt, MJ concerned citizens agree to plant trees first
Government and a group of Citizens for the Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM) say they have made progress in reconciling…
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One dies, several injured in road accident in Blantyre
An unidentified woman has died and several others injured in a road accident this Saturday morning when a vehicle they…
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Groans of the health care system
KCH: Face of healthcare in ruins Built with bed capacity of 350, admits 1 200 Requires K200m every month to…
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Govt U-turns on the K7.5bn maize deal
Barely a fortnight after donors raised eyebrows over a K7.5 billion governments’maize deal, Treasury says they are pulling out of…
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Group to protest against gays and abortion
The Ethics, Peace and Justice Commission [EPJC]—a social governance arm of the Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM)—an umbrella body of…
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Malawians are pessimistic lot, says Goodall
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe says Malawians have become a pessimistic lot and rejoice when things…
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Court gives MDF soldier, prison warder 15-year jail terms
The Lilongwe Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier, a Malawi Prison Service (MPS) warder and two…
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Critics welcome APM endorsement of Land Bills
Some critics of the four Land Bills that President Peter Mutharika has signed into law have welcomed the decision, underlining…
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Mia named in MCP turmoil
Distances himself from the party Kaliwo’s letter childish—Msowoya Former People’s Party (PP) vice-president Muhammad Sidik Mia has been named in…
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Exam results withheld for 300 needy Poly students
Three hundred needy students from The Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), are failing to access…
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Court dismisses MCP chairpersons
The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed a case in which opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) district chairpersons wanted to…
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HIV prevalence rate high among sex workers
Stakeholders in the fight against HIV and AIDS have expressed worry over high HIV prevalence rate among sex workers and…
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