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Malawi gears up for input subsidy
Malawi’s current fertiliser stocks stand at about 129 000 tonnes slightly below the country’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) requirement…
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Mutharika restructures OPC
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has directed that the Office of the President and Cabinet be restructured by relocating some of…
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Reflecting on Malawi’s 50 years of post-independence gains and losses
Introduction This week Malawi celebrated 50 years of independence. During these 50 years there have been episodes of progress punctuated…
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Government paying more attention to SMEs—Smedi
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (Smedi), a government agency has said the country is now paying more attention to…
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Mutharika resolute on lake border dispute
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has maintained that the Lake Malawi border issue is non-negotiable, arguing Africa’s third largest lake entirely…
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Top professionals need to be in hospitals—Minister
Malawi needs more highly qualified nurses and midwives at hospital bedsides actively attending to patients, Health Minister Jean Kalilani has…
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Tea pluckers get peanuts—Report
Tea pluckers—labourers who pick leaves for one of the most loved beverages in the world and one of Malawi’s major…
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Peter fires Ndilowe, army chief Odillo
Malawi President Peter Mutharika today posted Chief Secretary to the Government Hawa Ndilowe to Tanzania as High Commissioner and replaced…
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How the mighty faired in polls
Latest results released by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Wednesday show some heavy weights lost embarrassingly in the parliamentary…
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Dedza Young Soccer stun Karonga United
On a chilly Friday afternoon Dedza Young Soccer pulled off a shock result when they booted out Super League rookies…
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Malawi on verge of K296bn EU deal
Malawi on verge of K296bn EU deal Malawi is in the final stages of securing a major aid infusion of…
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Ex-Speaker gets life package
Immediate past National Assembly Speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda could get an unprecedented retirement package closer to that of ex-State vice-presidents…
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Cabs disbanding, new donor group in offing
The Common Approach to Budgetary Support (Cabs)—as we know it—is being disbanded, Nation on Sunday has learnt. Instead, it will…
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Mutharika weds Gertrude Maseko
Malawians braved a cold Blantyre morning to witness the wedding of newly elected President Peter Mutharika who tied the knot…
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MEC releases parliamentary, local govt elections results
Independents dominated parliamentary elections amassing 52 seats from 192 that were being competed for on May 20. Parties shared the…
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JB nullifies elections
Malawi President Joyce Banda Saturday morning sent Malawi into a legal maze when she nullified the May 20-22 2014 Tripartite…
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MEC defies JB’s order
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Saturday defied President Joyce Banda’s order to stop all activities surrounding the counting of…
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MCP claims Chakwera won election
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says its tally centre shows that the party’s presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera was leading in the…
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Govt, company differ on MV Chilembwe launch
While the government wants the launch of new ship, MV Chilembwe, to be done before May 20, officials at the…
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