Malawi Housing Corporation rescinds rentals hike decision
The Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has reversed its decision to raise rentals of its houses across the country by between 80 and 100 percent. This comes barely few days after the tenants, under the...
View ArticleLack of portable and unclean water affects 7,000households in Salima
The country’s water crisis remains sarcastic towards addressing waterborne disease with fresh revelation that about 7,000 household in Salima North-West Constituency are wrestling for one borehole....
View ArticlePoor sanitation at Kasungu Market
Kasungu residents have expressed their dissatisfaction with poor sanitation at Kasungu main market. A member of the community Japhet Banda said the piling garbage is a health hazard. “The hygiene...
View ArticleInformation and Communications Technology of Malawi awards gets bigger
Information and Communications Technology of Malawi (ICTAM) has announced the return of the National ICT Innovation Forum awards with an aim of exposing the overall winner to a regional competition....
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority posts K35mil surplus in 2016/17 fiscal year
Despite missing the projected tax revenue targets in April and May this year, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has already recorded a surplus of K34.65 million in the 2016/2017 financial year...
View ArticleBlantyre City Council erected clock tower at Sanjika crossroads
Barely a month after Blantyre City Council (BCC) indicated plans to install 31 city clocks in all the prime roundabouts and other crucial sites in the city, the council has erected a clock tower...
View ArticleChitipa water plant safe from siltation: NRWB supplies potable water to villages
Villages in Chitipa are for the first time enjoying uninterrupted water supply of potable water thanks to the completion of a US$13 million (about K7.5 billion) water project in the district by...
View ArticleCommunities happy with road project from the Lilongwe Old Airport through...
Communities along the Nsalu-Kabudula-Kasiya-Santhe Road have expressed happiness with progress in the construction of the road. The road, which stretches from the Lilongwe Old Airport through Kasiya...
View ArticleIMF extends Malawi loan program, adds K19.7bn after 9th review
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a US$ 26.9 Million (about K19.7 billion at current exchange rate) for Malawi after concluding ninth review of the Extended Credit Facility programme (ECF)...
View ArticleMalawi Forum for Agricultural backs calls to have Farmers Day
The Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (MaFAAS), organizers of the on-going extension week, has thrown its weight behind proposals for government to officially commission Farmers Day in...
View ArticleOld Mutual launches new products: Brings Timba ,Tsongolo plans
Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) listed company Old Mutual has announced the launch of two new products on the market. The two products Timba Family plan and Tsongolo Saving plan will be officially launched...
View ArticleMutharika cautions vendors to take care of country’s markets
President Prof. Peter Mutharika on Thursday cautioned vendors in the country to take extra care of the country’s markets for government not to keep on losing money in rehabilitating them. Mutharika...
View ArticleMinibus drivers cause havoc at Zomba bus depot in protest of new road measures
Pandemonium ensued at Zomba main bus terminal on Friday morning as irate minibus drivers and conductors were seizing their counterpart’s minibuses that were carrying passengers in protest of the...
View ArticleTransforming Malawi rural communities through cooperatives
Ruth Mulomba from Chimwayi Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kuntumanji in Zomba district used to cycle for more than 40 kilometers per day just to access a unit of buns at the closest trading...
View ArticleMEDEF simplifies loan access and repayment
Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (MEDEF) and Malawi Post Cooperation (MPC) have signed a business agreement with the aim of simplifying access to loans and loan repayment, especially from people...
View ArticleMRA launches news systems to improve efficiency, transparency in tax and...
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has launched three innovative platforms that will be enabling all tax payers, mainly importers and clearing agents to engage with tax collecting body anywhere and...
View ArticlePrince Harry in Malawi elephant safari jolly: At Mvuu Camp
Britain’s Prince Harry, who is fifth in line for the throne, is staying at Mvuu camp in the Liwonde National Park, where he will help care for elephants. Harry, 32, is in Malawi without girlfriend...
View ArticleMinister Chiumia says one million registered in national registration campaign
With the first phase of the mass national registration campaign gets close to an end, Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister, Grace Chiumia has revealed that one million Malawians have so far been...
View ArticleMalawians should brace for more blackouts—Egenco
Malawians should brace for prolonged hours of blackouts to what Electicity Generation Company Limited (Egenco) attributes to continued dwindling of water flows in the Shire River and Lake Malawi....
View ArticleAU outlines plans for Malawi in disaster management
The African Union (AU) says it will continue helping its member States, including Malawi to better manage, plan and respond to natural disasters in a timely and more efficient manner. AU African Risk...
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