Malawi tax on second-hand vehicles cuts emissions -Gov’t
Officials in Malawi’s ministry of environment and climate change management say hiking excise duty levied on imported second-hand vehicles is helping the country to curb planet-warming emissions. The...
View ArticleMalawi switches to digital TV: Broadcasters challenged to produce ‘quality...
Malawi has switched from analogue to digital terrestrial television with Vice-President Khumbo Kachali challenging broadcasters to produce adequate and high quality programmes for their audiences. The...
View ArticleArmyworms destroy 100ha of maize field amid looming hunger in Malawi
Amid reports that about two million Malawians are facing hunger due to low yields of staple food last year, some peasants in Phalombe district have been severely hit after they lost their maize to army...
View ArticleMalawi maize prices up, 50kg at K10, 000: Kapito warns of tough times
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has warned Malawians to brace up for tough times in the new year following upsurge of maize prices on the market. With country’s grain marketer, Admarc currently...
View ArticleTV’s and decoders donated to Malawi hospital and prison
One of the country’s electronics chain stores, Globe Star International, has donated and installed Television screens at Kamuzu Central Hospital’s KCH waiting rooms and Maula Prison. According to Globe...
View ArticleCashgate shakes Malawi and donor confidence
Three gunshot wounds helped launch the discovery of a massive corruption scandal in Malawi that has shocked this small landlocked country in southern Africa. While the news of corruption has led to...
View ArticleMalawian man in cigarettes smuggling arrested in Ireland
A 29-year-old Malawian man has been arrested at Dublin Airport in connection with cigarette smuggling. According to Breaking News Ireland online publication, more than 16,000 Benson and Hedges...
View ArticleMalawi digital broadcasting switched off
Malawi Government has turned off the newly integrated Digital Broadcasting Network following failure by television broadcasters to subscribe for operational signals. Digital Broadcasting Network...
View ArticleChinese abuse Malawian workers – report
A newspaper report on Tuesday highlighted Chinese brutality to Malawian workers at the construction site of a National Stadium in the capital city Lilongwe. And Nyasa Times correspondent followed up by...
View ArticleCama pens JB on Nigeria oil deal funds
The Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has written President Joyce Banda demanding explanation on money Malawi earned from crude oil deal it signed with Nigerian government in May 2012. Malawi and...
View ArticleNational Bank donates to Mzuzu SOS Children’s village
National Bank of Malawi, arguably the most successful commercial bank in the country, Tuesday donated items worth K1 million to vulnerable children at Mzuzu’s SOS Children’s Village. Hanz Muhombe,...
View ArticleFDH Bank invests K1.3 bn for Malawi operations
One of Malawi’s major banks, FDH, has invested US$4.8m (about K1.3 billion) towards expansion of the bank’s operations. The funds have been raised by the bank’s shareholders, FDH Financial Holdings...
View ArticleMalawi airlines gets operator licence
Malawi Airlines, the company that replaced the now liquidated Air Malawi, has been given an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the Malawi Government giving the company a go ahead to operate its flights...
View ArticleMalawi lagging behind on electronic payments –World Bank
The World Bank has released a report indicating that Malawi is far way behind on electronic payments and debit cards holders in the region at 0.8 percent and 9.4 percent respectively. According to the...
View ArticleMalawi chiefs gear up to maximise mining community benefits
Chiefs in the Central region district of Dowa, which is one of Malawi’s poorest districts, have said they will do all they can to ensure government puts in place means to maximise mining community...
View ArticleMCTU to organise workers over abusive Chinese bosses
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) has reacted to Chinese brutality to Malawian workers at the construction site of a National Stadium in the capital city Lilongwe by stating that it will organise...
View ArticleMalawi to start mandatory SIM card registration
The mandatory registration of SIM cards countrywide commences this year, Malawi Regulatory Authority (Macra) has revealed. SIM is an abbreviation for Subscriber Identity Module. A SIM card is a...
View ArticleHapuwani Lodge in MJ celebrates first anniversary: Malawi tourism
The opening of Hapuwani Village Lodge in Mulanje early last year has elevated the face of the tea-growing mountainous district, located in southern Malawi. Mulanje is a key district in Malawi as it is...
View ArticleNkhatabay market closed, chiefs mobilize vendors not to pay fees
Nkhatabay District Assembly on Sunday temporally closed the main market after chiefs mobilized vendors no to pay daily market fees due to poor sanitation. In a phone interview with this reporter, James...
View ArticleChinese contractor sorry for abusing Malawian workers
Chinese contractor who is constructing a magnificent 40,000 capacity national stadium in Lilongwe has apologized to workers and Malawi in general following recent incidents of abuse particularly to...
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