The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) has launched a Fraud and Corruption Prevention Policy aimed at fighting fraud and corruption at the energy authority. Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Aggrey Masi, presided over the launch, held under the theme ‘Zero Tolerance on Fraud and Corruption in Energy Regulation’, at Bingu International Convention Centre […]
African Boxing Union (ABU) super lightweight champion, Anisha Bashir, will on April 29 take on Zambian boxer, Mary Musole, in an eight-round non-title bout at M1 Centre Point in Lilongwe. This will be the first time for Anisha to fight on home soil after winning the continental title in Kenya late last year. Promoter Jack […]
Gender Governance and Justice Development Centre (GGJDC), a non-governmental organization that promotes social justice, Monday donated 61 bicycles to community facilitators in Lilongwe. GGJDC Board Chairperson, Peter Chisi, said the donation would help ease transportation challenges that community facilitators are facing in their day-to-day work. “The facilitators face many challenges when they want to move […]
Three nurses from Phalombe Health Centre have been suspended by the district council on allegations that they denied a woman in labour access to the labour ward, district officials said over the weekend. Maureen Chilikutali, Mphatso Chanza and Mercy Sonjera reportedly denied 18-year-old Alinafe Mtsinje access to the facility. Mtsinje, who comes from Filisi Village […]
As one way of conserving the country’s forests, the Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources and Mining has urged Malawians to turn to domestic gas for cooking as a replacement for charcoal, which is resulting in the felling of trees. “Gas is the most preferred alternative source of energy for domestic use. There is now a […]
Government will Thursday launch a National Transport Master Plan (NTMP) which seeks to transform the country’s transport sector in the next 20 years. Transport and Public Works Minister, Jappie Mhango, made the announcement at a press briefing in Lilongwe on Tuesday He said the master plan would provide a framework for delivering sustainable interventions towards […]
Government will Thursday launch a National Transport Master Plan (NTMP) which seeks to transform the country’s transport sector in the next 20 years. Transport and Public Works Minister, Jappie Mhango, made the announcement at a press briefing in Lilongwe on Tuesday He said the master plan would provide a framework for delivering sustainable interventions towards […]
Patrick Mlande, 29, had always wanted to become a welder but things never went his way. Financial problems took their toll. His three attempts to enroll at any vocational training centre after finishing his secondary education at Goliati Community School were always frustrated. Neither his father nor mother could afford to support him from the […]
Lilongwe Police says criminal cases have been reduced by 22 percent in February compared to the same month last year. Lilongwe Police Spokesperson, Kingsley Dandaula, said in February this year, police registered 531 cases while in 2017, 632 cases were registered. “We reduced the cases that range from break-ins, robberies and assault just to mention […]
Vice President, Saulos Chilima, has challenged insurers in the country to be more innovative to boost insurance penetration in the country. Chilima was speaking in Blantyre on Saturday during the Insurance Institute of Malawi Charter Dinner held under the theme ‘Business Unusual’. According to the Reserve Bank of Malawi, insurance penetration in Malawi is pegged […]
The dry spell some districts in the Southern Region experienced recently will affect livestock production as farmers will struggle to provide feed to the animals, Malawi News Agency (Mana) has learnt. Blantyre Agricultural Development Division (BLADD) Programme Manager, Erick Haraman, said recently that, due to the dry spell, many farmers will be busy searching for […]
Be Forward Wanderers’ no-nonsense midfielder, Alfred Manyozo Junior, is said to be on the radar of the Democratic Republic of Congo side, AS Vita, following his relatively impressive display in Nomads’ 4-0 loss to the Kinshasa hosts on Sunday. Manyozo confirmed that, after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Champions League preliminary round first-leg game […]
Mchinji District, which is one of the country’s leading maize producers, is forecasting a 16 percent yield loss in maize in the current farming season due to dry spells and the fall armyworm, which has decimated crop fields in many districts. Mchinji falls under Kasungu Agriculture Division (ADD) and comprises seven extension planning areas (EPAs) […]
Travelling from Limbe, Blantyre, to Zomba, just past the populous Kachere Township, one is greeted by a pungent smell that comes so strong to the nose that it may as well block it. This irritating smell comes from the right-hand side of the road. This is a place where Blantyre City Council (BCC) designated as […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika Tuesday emphasised the need to promote education in the country to ensure continued development. Mutharika made the remarks during the official opening of two community day secondary schools (CDSS) in Zomba built by Save the Children at Tillie and Bevlee, with sponsorship from two donors, Professor Gerlard Breslauer and Wunderkinder Foundation. […]
Karate is not a favourite sport for most people in the country but that has not stopped Lilongwe based, Andrew Mwampita, from his mission of promoting the Japanese martial art. The seasoned martial artist is particularly passionate about promoting a type of karate called Shotokan through a karate school he wants to open. “I want […]
Karate is not a favourite sport for most people in the country but that has not stopped Lilongwe based, Andrew Mwampita, from his mission of promoting the Japanese martial art. The seasoned martial artist is particularly passionate about promoting a type of karate called Shotokan through a karate school he wants to open. “I want […]
He was born like any other normal child but at the age of six, he lost the ability to hear and speak after her mother beat him at the back of his head and ‘died’ after battling for his life for two months. This is a story of the ‘resurrected’ Petros Chiwaka, born in 1980 […]
Construction of sub-standard structures is one of the factors contributing to threats to lives of innocent people when disasters strike, Vice-President Saulos Chilima has said. Chilima made the call at Makuta Primary School, Traditional Authority Kachenga, in Balaka District when he presented relief items to families affected by a storm that hit the area on […]
The fall armyworms have attacked over 2,000 hectares in Blantyre, Blantyre District Agriculture Development Division (ADD) said yesterday. District Agriculture Officer, Linda Mphande, said 2,843 hectares of maize fields have been invaded by fall armyworms. Blantyre has 56,000 hectares of arable land, of which 44,806 hectares is for rain-fed maize while 3,465 hectares is for […]