South African Airways suspends Blantyre route due to concerns of Chileka Airport
South African Airways (SAA) has shut down its Blantyre operations in Malawi effective from Saturday, January 19 2019 after the Civil Aviation Authority found severe non-compliance at Chileka...
View ArticleMinister Mussa hails TNM on ICT advancement
Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Henry Mussa has hailed integrated mobile and ICT service provider TNM plc for contributing to the country’s socioeconomic development through...
View ArticleElectronic money transfer hits K100bn per day in Malawi
Electronic money transfer has hit a record K100 billion per day in the country, prompting the World Bank to applaud Malawi for the successful implementation of the Malawi National Switch Program....
View ArticleSana alleviates suffering of 150 Lilongwe flood victims
About 150 residents of Kawale, Chipasula and Kaliyeka have received assorted relief items courtesy of Sana Cash and Carry to help them cope with the devastation they suffered last week following...
View ArticleMPICO investigates cause of Tikwere house fire
Property investment company MPICO says it is investigating the cause of the fire that occurred at one of its portfolios – Tikwere House in Lilongwe’s City Centre on Monday, January 21 2019. According...
View ArticleReserve Bank of Malawi warns govt against overspending
Reserve Bank of Malawi governor Dalitso Kabambe has warned the government against spending off budgets, saying this would put the economic gains made so far off track. He said the government should...
View ArticleZomba hailstorm victims get K70 000 each household
Malawi Red Cross has splashed out K12.5 million to hailstorm victims in Zomba to help them reconstruct their damaged houses. At least 1, 500 households were affected by the hail storm in chiefs...
View ArticleGovt fails to open MRA offices at border posts
Parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee say it is baffled that the government is failing to open Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) offices at most border posts. Budget and Finance Committee chairman...
View ArticleFarmers Organisation introduces 6 new pesticides to deal with fall armyworms
Farmers Organisation Limited (FOL) has announced the introduction of six new pesticides which has replaced the popular ones called Chlordane, which is no longer on the market, have been approved and...
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority celebrates Customs Day
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) is this Friday, January 25, 2019 commemorating the International Customs Daunder the theme SMART border for seamless trade, travel and transport. A statement MRA...
View ArticleAirtel introduces new social media bundle
In what could be seen as a timely intervention for ‘General January,’ Airtel Malawi has introduced a new data bundle – PaNet Social Combo Bundle, which will allow its customers use any of the four...
View ArticleTruck owners happy with weighbridge upgrades
Transporters in the country have hailed the Directirate of Road Traffic and Safety Services decision to construct new weighbridges as well as upgrading old ones a development they claim will help...
View ArticleMalawi bans meat import from South Africa
Malawi government has with immediate effect banned importation of meat and other meat products from South Africa. This follows confirmed reports of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) that has hit...
View ArticleAlliance One spends K700m in reforestation program
One of the country’s leading tobacco buying companies Alliance One Tobacco Malawi (AOTM)Limited says it has spent over MK700 million by planting some seven million tree seedlings during this year’s...
View ArticleSouth African Airways set to resume Malawi flights through Chileka Airport Feb 2
South African Airways (SAA) says it is set to resume its Blantyre operations this weekend after concerns by South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) that Chileka International Airport has...
View ArticleReserve Bank of Malawi reduces policy rate to 14.5%
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has trimmed the policy rate—the rate at which commercial banks borrow from the central bank as lender of last resort—by one point five percentage points from 16...
View ArticleReserve Bank launches Malawi kwacha App, 2019-2021 strategic plan
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) officially launched its 2019 to 2021 Strategic Plan to guide its operations for the next three years and has also developed the Malawi Kwacha Smartphone Application in its...
View ArticleLiquor brewers irk vendors for turning into retailers
Liquor brewers in the country have resorted to retailing despite Malawi government’s directive that they are not supposed to engage in the same, Nyasa Times has learnt. The development has created...
View ArticleSAA resumes flight between Johannesburg and Blantyre
South African Airways (SAA) has resumed flights between Johannesburg and Blantyre about two weeks after the airliner suspended it’s operations due to security concerns at Chileka International...
View ArticleAirtel launches new network site in Dedza
People of Kanyama in Traditional Authority Kasumbu in Dedza district will no longer have to climb trees or ant-hills to access mobile phone network following the deployment of a new network site in the...
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