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Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:57:58 +0000
Government acts on Covid-19
Vice-President Saulos Chilima and a team of Cabinet ministers are, today, expected to meet members of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 in Lilongwe to brief the latter on new recommendations on Covid-19 guidelines as the number of cases and deat...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:47:10 +0000
Ministry’s position on school stirs debate
The government’s decision not to close schools—amid surging cases of Covid-19—has stirred debate among organisations and individuals as some are asking the government to close schools while others believe schools should remain open. Recently, M...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:18:00 +0000
Admarc folds hands as maize prices soar
Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) is yet to start selling maize to consumers even though prices for the commodity continue to soar as private traders dominate the market, which is often stabilised by the State grain traderâ€...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:07:26 +0000
Covid-free Bullets
TNM Super League champions Nyasa Big Bullets received a clean bill of health after eight players who were self-isolating tested negative for Covid-19. This is an encouraging development when Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the Published and printed...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:52:38 +0000
In sex workers’ hotspots
By Faith Kadzanja & Andrew Mkandawire: For 44 years, Joyce Banda of Chipoka in Salima District has been on streets of towns and cities enticing men to bed in her desperate struggle to survive. “I started sex work at Mchesi Township in Lilongwe ...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:48:35 +0000
Artists team up in ‘Osaphweketsa’ task
Musicians Hyphen, Barry One, Saint and Ritaa have teamed up, partaking in a task known as Osaphweketsa in the fight against Covid-19 which continues to claim lots of lives globally. The project has seen the production of an audio produced by Tricky B...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:40:12 +0000
Patrick Chimbewa propels playing of traditional instruments
Traditional instruments are part of the country’s culture and identity but most of them risk being forgotten because only a few people play them. It is even a challenge in that most of these instruments are played by the older generation with littl...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:17:34 +0000
Former Mawu religious desk chair publishes second book
Former Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) religious desk chairperson Raphael Chikwakwa has published his second book titled Accessing Heavenly Kingdom Keys. His second book comes barely a year after Chikwakwa published his first book Chinsinsi cha Banja. He...

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:13:14 +0000
Danga langa on schools holiday – 13 January 2021
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Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:03:32 +0000
WFP raises alarm over rising hunger in Madagascar
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for emergency aid of $35m to fight hunger in southern Madagascar, hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a third consecutive year of drought. “Some 1.35 million people are projected to be f...



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