National News
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Fresh quest or peace
Key political parties in the ongoing presidential election nullification petition have avoided making a clear commitment on whether they would…
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Court learns MEC official signed results 2 places apart
The High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe yesterday learnt that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) presiding…
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Govt rolls out K38.8bn food response programme
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) has rolled out the 2019/20 Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Plan (LS-FIRP) to arrest…
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Eto’o, Mtawali In the area
Four-time African footballer of the year Samuel Eto’o and Malawi football legend Ernest ‘Wire’ Mtawali will headline the Mpira Stadium…
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HRDC suspends Livimbo demos
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has suspended demonstrations it had planned to force government to come up with stringent…
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Malawi’s longest serving Speaker dies
Family and politicians have described the death of the country’s longest serving Speaker of Parliament Nelson Khonje as a big…
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Entrepreneurs petition MRA
Hundreds of businesspeople in Mzuzu yesterday took to the streets to protest against what they termed corrupt practices, harassment and…
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Malawi denies DRC boy diagnosed with Ebola
Health authorities have denied that an eight year-old Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boy who showed Ebola-like signs and symptoms…
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Msisha presses APM’S witness
Prominent Blantyre-based private practice lawyer Modecai Msisha yesterday pressed the first witness for President Peter Mutharika in the ongoing presidential…
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Parliamentary committee hails body for transforming SMEs
Parliamentary Committee on Industry, Trade and Tourism has commended Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (Smedi) for its efforts to…
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Melu MDF Camp to be upgraded into a garrison—minister
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Symon Vuwa Kaunda has said government plans to build houses for Malawi Defence…
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Mzimba youths turn to bees to save forests
Youths from Enyezini in Mzimba have said they will protect what is left of their forests from depletion through bee-keeping.…
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Egypt grants scholarships to Malawi
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Francis Phiso has commended the Arab Republic of Egypt for its tireless efforts in…
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Fresh ATI push to enhance contracts transparency
Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) and National Construction Industry Council (NCIC) lobbied for implementation of the stalled Access To Information…
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Fresh ATI push to enhance contracts transparency
Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST) and National Construction Industry Council (NCIC) lobbied for implementation of the stalled Access To Information…
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Project delays Cost dearly
The suitability of the low bid criteria in procurement contracts has come under the microscope after it has emerged that…
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Govt upbeat, commits to openness
Malawi Government says it is on track to fulfil its commitment to principles of open government partnership with several laws…
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Committee to meet Minister over carbon tax
Following a backlash over carbon tax which Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) starts collecting from tomorrow, the Budget and Finance Committee…
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HRDC asks Treasury to withhold ambulance deal payment
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have asked Treasury to withhold payment in the K4 billion ambulance contract the Ministry of…
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