National News
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Malawi to host Next Einstein Forum’s Africa Science Week
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Aims) in partnership with Robert Bosch…
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Lunzu pupils riot against teachers’ strike
As the nationwide strike by public primary and secondary school teachers continues, pupils from Lunzu Catholic and Nansengwe primary schools…
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Chanco staff, Council meet Friday
A meeting has been called for this Friday, 16 June bringing together the University of Malawi Council, Chancellor College Academic Staff Union…
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21 districts leave grants ready—Goodall
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe told Parliament yesterday that Treasury has processed teachers’ leave grants for…
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Third witness testifies in Mphwiyo, 18 others case
The State yesterday paraded Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development chief economist Daniel Jenya as its third witness in…
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APM back from Europe
President Peter Mutharika returned from his European tour yesterday stating that the prestigious Oxford University in England has expressed interest…
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Pupils riot: 23, including 9 pupils, arrested
Public primary school pupils in Blantyre City, Ntcheu and Balaka yesterday took to the streets to protest against their teachers’…
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Kaliwo dismisses resignation calls
Embattled Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Gustave Kaliwo has rebuffed calls by the party’s members of Parliament (MPs)…
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African Parks releasing cheetahs to wider park in Liwonde
African Parks (AP), a private sector firm managing some of Malawi’s wildlife reserves under a public-private partnership concession, has…
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Court reserves ruling on Lengwe logging
The High Court in Blantyre on Monday reserved ruling on a bail application and stay of execution of forfeiture order of the…
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Polytechnic lecturers to join Chanco strike
Lecturers at the Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) have resolved to down their tools…
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TUM says strike will continue
The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) says the nationwide teachers’ strike, which started last week, will continue until the end…
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Four die in road accident
Four people, including a police officer, died on the spot while several others were rushed to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital…
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MP for tough new regulations as weekend accidents claim 13
Member of Parliament (MP) for Chitipa South Werani Chilenga has asked government to check rising road carnage by introducing tough…
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MHC tenants plan rental hike protest
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) tenants are set to obtain a court injunction against raising their house rentals by an average…
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Govt to get tough on road contractors—Nankhumwa
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa says he is satisfied with progress on the Biwi, Chipasula-Area 23…
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Tenants react to MHC rental hikes
Some tenants in Blantyre have reacted angrily to Malawi Housing Corporation’s (MHC) decision to hike house rentals by an average…
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Malawi not poor—Mutharika
Malawi, just like the rest of Africa is not poor, President Peter Mutharika told the audience during his address to…
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Chanco lecturers reject court intervention
The deadlock between University of Malawi (Unima) Council and Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu) over closure of the college…
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Chanco closure cripples businesses in Zomba
With no activity taking place at Chancellor College (Chanco) campus, the college resembles a ghost village with cemetery silence, but…
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