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PAC report says commission not capable of handling elections
The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament report on the nine commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission who handled the…
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MP Suleman gets 90 days suspension
Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) on Friday suspended Blantyre City South legislator Sameer Suleman for attacking Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms. The commission, according…
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Champion energy poverty issues, female MPs told
The British High Commissioner Holly Tett says the Women’s Caucus of Parliament can help in the implementation of climate change…
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Irate villagers assault African Parks rangers
…after elephant kills woman in KK Mayhem erupted at Bamba Village in Traditional Authority Mwadzama in Nkhotakota Friday as irate…
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Legal practitioners cautioned
Judge president of the High Court of Malawi Commercial Division Justice John Katsala and the Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale have…
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Misozi Chanthunya case back in court Monday
Fugitive Misozi Chanthunya will on Monday know whether he has a case to answer on charges of murdering Linda Gasa…
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Education key to HIV prevention—Usaid
United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) director Littleton Tazewell says facilitating girl’s access to education beyond primary school is…
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Karonga farmers substitute maize, cotton for sesame
Some farmers in Karongahave substituted growing cotton and maize for sesame—a plant whose small oval seeds are edible and yield…
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Maneb shifts primary school exams
Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has shifted dates of this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examinations due…
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MPs pass cannabis law
Parliament on Thursday passed the Cannabis Regulation Bill to facilitate the growing of medicinal cannabis, a crop most members of…
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House passes revised budget
Parliament has passed the revised 2019/20 National Budget which has been increased by K100 billion from the approved K1.74 trillion…
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Quota falls, JCE returns
Government has abolished the policy of enrolling students into public institutions of higher education based on the controversial quota system.…
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Drug shortage hits hospitals
At 9.20am, Elita Mangani, 47, takes her position in one of the long queues at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH)…
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Kell Kay, Piksy maximising on their brands
Two of the country’s popular urban music artists afro-soul singer Kell Kay (KK) and afro-pop crooner Piksy (P) are expanding…
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Parliament enacts Cannabis bill
Parliament has passed the Cannabis Regulation Bill which seeks to distinguish the criminalised Indian hemp (chamba) from medicinal cannabis through…
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Govt abolishes quota system at tertiary level, reintroduces JCE exams
Government has abolished quota system of selecting students into public universities, and reinstated Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) exams, Minister…
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Malawi, others lose out on aid
Switzerland has removed Malawi and 10 other developing countries from the list of beneficiaries of its development aid estimated at…
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DPP cries foul as MDF blocks protesters
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials on Wednesday cried foul after Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers prevented hundreds of the party’s…
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Cyclone Idai victims plead for support
Cyclone Idai victims in Mulanje have asked for more support from well-wishers. The call was made on Friday during a…
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Poor revenue collection frustrates district council
Mangochi District Council assistant director of finance Davies Maferano has bemoaned the council’s failure to collect sufficient revenue in markets.…
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