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MPs query new Road Traffic penalties, fees
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) says it will go ahead to implement new fees and fines…
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Concerned citizens petition Escom
Concerned citizens yesterday presented a five-point petition to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) demanding an explanation and an…
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Escom, Egenco meet CSOs
Twin State-owned power utilities Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) yesterday engaged civil society organisations…
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Panic: Egenco to airlift generators
Faced with pressure to improve power generation, the Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) plans to airlift generators from India to speed…
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Countries urged to deliver on climate change promises
The 25 developing countries attending the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, are pushing developed countries to deliver…
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All is set for 2017 Conference on Land Policy in Africa
All is set for the Land Policy Initiative Centre’s (LPIC) second Conference on Land Policy in Africa that seeks to…
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DRTSS under probe over security paper leakages
The Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Public Works is investigating the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) over…
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CSOs say blackouts sign of failed leadership
The Centre for the Development for People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHHRR) have said government’s failure…
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Court favours MRA in Chihana tax evasion case
The High Court in Blantyre has finally thrown away an application for judicial review by businessman-cum-politician Yeremia Chihana in a…
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Global Fund injects K338bn for health interventions
The Global Fund has pumped in a $460 million (about K338 billion) grant towards the reduction of illnesses and deaths…
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CSOs wants MPS to Boycott parliament
Two vocal civil society organisations (CSOs)—Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) and Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR)—have…
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Taulo removed as public procurement boss
The Director of Public Procurement Paul Taulo has been removed from office and moved to Airport Development Limited (ADL) where…
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Cepa equips Balaka with disaster preparedness tool
Centre for Environmental Policy and Advocacy (Cepa) says it has intensified climate shock responsive capacity among communities in Balaka.…
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5 years for killing elephant
Ntchisi Magistrate’s Court on Monday convicted and sentenced a 47-year-old man to five years imprisonment for killing an elephant.…
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Dedza men embrace medical circumcision
Dedza District Health Office (DHO) has expressed satisfaction with numbers of men turning up in its health facilities to…
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Council to upgrade Chiweta-Mlowe Road
Rumphi District Council has said the upgrading of Chiweta-Mlowe earth road in Rumphi will start next month. Government has…
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Employee sues against ‘racist’ remarks
Lilongwe-based TNM employee Temwa Msiska has sued for damages against Mohsein H Diab on behalf of a minor, Hassan…
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Trust concerned with UHC policy
Development Communications Trust (DCT) has expressed concern over government’s failure to implement universal health coverage (UHC), saying people in…
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Nyasa seal deal
It’s now a done deal! Nyasa Big Bullets officials yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), endorsing Nyasa Manufacturing…
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NPL tops Green Media Awards
4 journalists scoop individual awards The Association of Environmental Journalists in Malawi (AEJM) has named Nation Publications Limited (NPL) the…
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