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Councillor calls for sober negotiations in Mzuzu wrangle
While Mzuzu City mayor William Mkandawire has maintained that market fees will not be lowered, councillor Lusubiro Mwangonde, whose ward…
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Chief Secretary imposter given suspended sentence
The Lilongwe First Grade Magistrate’s Court has given a 24 months suspended sentence to one Yotamu Mhango, who was found…
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Court allows Mphwiyo travel
The High Court in Lilongwe has allowed Cashgate suspect Paul Mphwiyo to travel to South Africa to undergo a follow-up…
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Mutharika hails Malawi-India relations
President Peter Mutharika has hailed the bilateral relations between Malawi and India, saying Malawi has benefitted a lot from the…
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Mvula rebuffs Aford
Former United Democratic Front (UDF) director of research Humphrey Mvula has rejected an offer by Alliance for Democracy (Aford)…
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Ministry proposes guidelines on declaration of councils
Malawi’s presidents will in future be required to justify decisions to declare areas as cities, districts or any local council…
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Ministry ducks contempt of court, stops elections
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has evaded a contempt of court case by reversing its order that…
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‘Africa under-utilizing its agriculture potential’
Africa is said to still be lagging in growing its agriculture despite the continent possessing 60 percent of the world’s…
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High Court stops incumbent T/A Masula from functioning
The High Court in Lilongwe has ordered Sefasi Mathews Jonathan Masula to stop exercising the functions of Traditional Authority…
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K1.5m reward to trace Njauju assailants
Malawi Police Service (MPS) has dangled K1.5 million ($3 333) as a reward for information that would lead to…
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APM for civilised politics
President Peter Mutharika has urged civil society organisations (CSOs), opposition, trade unions, the clergy and all Malawians to stop…
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Proposed law to trim minister’s powers
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has proposed several amendments to the Local Government Act, including one that will…
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UDF MPs take on speaker
High Court to hear Section 65 application Thursday The High Court in Lilongwe is this Thursday set to hear an…
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ACB, DPP officers living in fear
The murder of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director of corporate services Isa Njauju has sent shivers down the spines of…
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‘Do not panic on food crisis’
Minister of Agriculture and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza has assured the nation that no one will die of hunger this…
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OIL SEARCH SAGA
Government is set to cancel, then, renegotiate production sharing agreements (PSAs) with companies licensed to explore oil and gas in…
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Salary uniformity complete—Govt
While the Judiciary is still against harmonisation of salaries in public service, government has disclosed that the process was already…
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hospitals cut services amid funding drought
Despite assurances from Minister of Health Jean Kalilani to Parliament that government had released emergency funds to district hospitals, a…
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Legal Aid may trim staff
The Legal Aid Bureau (LAB) may be forced to trim staff following Parliament’s allocation of K164 million to the institution…
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MEC, DPP clashover MPs’ cash
The National Audit Office’s preliminary findings that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) allowed 192 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates…
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