Oxfarm warns Malawi of severe El Nino effects in 2016
President Peter Mutharika has repeatedly said no Malawian will die of hunger but a leading international non-governmental organisation has warned that up to three million people faces starvation before...
View ArticleCholera outbreak feared in Karonga: Council blamed for deplorable hygiene
Fears of a cholera outbreak around Karonga market with users blaming Karonga District Council officials for negligence on sanitary issues. [caption id="attachment_100691" align="alignright"...
View ArticlePrison quarantines expired margarine: Unliver Malawi regrets
Malawi Prison services have quarantined the expired margarine which Unilever Malawi donated to inmates as Christmas gifts, saying this could be a health hazard. [caption id="attachment_100696"...
View ArticleChitipa DC makes Tanzania green
Chitipa District Commissioner, Grace Zione Chirwa finished 2015 calendar year in a style as she led a delegation which comprising district council sector heads, local NGOs representatives,...
View ArticleCllr Bikoko donates to Kamuzu Central Hospital
Ward Councillor for Chigoneka Ward in Lilongwe, Desmod Bikoko, on Friday took donated food and non food items to Kamuzu Central Hospital wealthy half a million Kwacha. [caption id="attachment_100789"...
View ArticleChinese traders wanted out of Mzuzu: Vendors threaten unspecified action
A horde of disillusioned businesspersons in Mzuzu have ganged up with demands that they want all foreign traders, especially Chinese nationals owning retail shops, out on the basis that the latter are...
View ArticleMalawi Police justifies airport sealing after ‘bomb’ scare
Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) police have justified the temporary closure and subsquent evacuation of all vehicles at the airport on December 26 after a hand grenade scare. [caption...
View ArticleChina-Lilongwe corp. invest in new hotel, cigarette plant: ‘Investment to...
Malawi will soon have another five start hotel in the capital Lilongwe following an announcement by China Lilongwe Grand Holdings Corporation Limited (CLGHC) to invest US$100 million the hotel building...
View ArticleGoodall says Malawi economy to stabalise: ATI in Feb to meet IMF conditions
Finance minister Goodall Gondwe says Access to Information bill (ATI) will be tabled in parliament February because it is part of conditionalities that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set for...
View ArticleCama takes Mera, Escom to court over tariff hikes
The country's consumer watchdog, Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has taken to court Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) over recent...
View ArticleAirtel Malawi names Mwawi Kumwenda as its brand ambassador: ‘Its now’
Malawi’s first and only netball export, Mwawi Kumwenda was chosen as Airtel Malawi’s ambassador replacing international football star Yaya Toure who featured in the initial phase of the’ its now’...
View ArticleBlantyre building owners ignore council directive
Most buildings in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre still stands defiantly despite a red star symbol mark, a sign that the owners are defying the council order to pull them down. [caption...
View ArticleShady maize deals hit Karonga Admarc: Priority given to vendors
Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) officials in Karonga are pocketing thousands of kwacha in bribes to sell out maize to vendors at the expense of deserving Malawians who are...
View ArticleMotorists bemoan lack of parking space in Blantyre
Some motorists have expressed concern over the lack of parking spaces in Blantyre and Limbe which forces many people to park in undesignated roadsides, thereby blocking or narrowing the roads. [caption...
View ArticleCarlsberg Malawi appoints Gwynth Mchiela marketing director
Malawi brewers Carlsberg have appointed Gwynth Mchiela as its marketing director, the company has said. [caption id="attachment_101188" align="alignright" width="327"] Mchiela: Carlsberg Marketing...
View ArticlePTC closes 20 shops: ‘Trying harder in Malawi economic turmoil’
Peoples Trading Company, one of Malaw's oldest companies as well as biggest retailer shops owned by Press Trust is closing down 20 shops as the economic situation gets worse in this tiny landlocked...
View ArticleMalawi starts solar powered irrigation – Minister
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Developement Dr Allan Chiyembekeza says his Ministry has began the process of intesfying solar powered irrigation in potential irrigable areas along Lake...
View ArticleShanil solicits physiotherapy equipment for Malawi
Former First Lady Dr Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri (formerly Mrs Muluzi) has sourced physiotherapy equipment worth K500 million from United Kingdom that is being distributed to centres that deals with...
View ArticleTNM donates medical equipment to Kachere Rehabilitation centre
In it's continued efforts towards assisting government in the delivery of quality health services, premier mobile service provider TNM has donated rehabilitation and medical equipment to Malawi Against...
View ArticleKamoto acting MD Airtel as Mtumbuka heads IT dept Malawi, Zambia
Chief Commercial Manager for leading telecommunications company Airtel, Charles Kamoto is acting managing director of the company in Malawi while Dr Matthews Mtumbuka an information technology (IT)...
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