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What the tariff hike means to consumers
In its statement announcing the tariff hike, LWB says with the new tariffs, a domestic consumer will be paying K1…
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Court protects timber cooperatives from eviction
The High Court in Mzuzu has stopped Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining from evicting timber cooperatives in…
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Drug theft suspects plead not guilty
A couple accused of stealing medical drugs and supplies from public hospitals worth millions of kwacha pleaded not guilty to…
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MCTU protests minimum wage hike
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) protested government’s proposal to raise the minimum daily wage from K551 to K687.70…
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Buckets used for stool, water in police cells
In some police stations, it is normal for remanded suspects crammed in a holding cell to use a bucket for…
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Price of water up
Malawians should brace for more hard times as water boards in the country have increased the price of water…
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Malawi worst country to grow old
The 2014 HelpAge International has ranked Malawi 93rd out of 96 countries in the world, and among the 10 worst…
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Govt, UNFPA commend Sadc SRH advocacy
Government and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have commended Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) countries for gains they are…
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Government revises minimum wage
The Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) has called on employers in the country to consider raising salaries for their…
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Causes of food poisoning unpacked
A nutritionist at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) has described food poisoning, especially in sweet beer,…
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MPs tour media houses
Members of Parliament (MPs) belonging to the Media, Information and Communications Committee have embarked on a nationwide tour of…
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Lilongwe child thief gets 5-year jail sentence
Tiyanjane Khombe—a 32-year-old woman who feigned being pregnant, but ended up stealing a four-month-old baby from its mother at Bwaila…
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Initiation camps cling to children
As the first term of the 2015/2016 school calendar opened on Monday, several children in some Southern and Eastern…
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MZ to have a modern park
Mzuzu City Council (MCC)is strategising to develop a modern park in the city to accord citizens a proper leisure centre.…
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NPL story helps paralysed girl back on her feet
The family of a five-year-old child who got paralysed after being involved in an accident in Mzuzu has hailed Nation…
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Access, ENT launch outreach programme
Access Communications in partnership with Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) last Thursday launched Timvane, a free outreach programme designed to…
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Synods cut ties with Scottish church
The CCAP synods of Nkhoma and Livingstonia have cut ties with the Church of Scotland over homosexuality, ending a…
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Dawn raid uncovers suspected stolen medicine
Police on Tuesday went on a dawn raid of a house suspected to have been doubling up as a…
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Shake-up at Immigration, Lands
There has been a shake-up at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development as well as the Immigration…
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Cashgate suspect weeps in court
Cashgate suspect Angella Katengeza on Tuesday wept in the High Court in Lilongwe at the start of her defence…
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