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Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:33:19 GMT
Lilongwe City Council to Remove Disabled Beggars From Streets
[Nyasa Times] Mayor for the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) Juliana Kaduya has disclosed that the council has now started removing people with disabilities and children who are begging for alms on the streets.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:06:22 GMT
10 African Films and TV Series Breaking Boundaries
[DW] More and more African filmmakers are making their mark on the global stage and 2021 looks set to be another promising year for the growing sector.

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:32:15 GMT
Malawi Mourns Dr. Malewezi As President Chakwera Describes Him As a Great Hero
[Nyasa Times] "Malewezi never kept grudges with anyone."

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:42:56 GMT
Vestergaard Calls for Strategic Partnerships to Accelerate Innovation in Malaria Bednets
[Nyasa Times] 'Bednet development must progress as fast as mosquito's resistance evolve'

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:42:55 GMT
Agriculture Minister Lowe Ask Buyers to Adhere to Government Set Prices
[Nyasa Times] Agriculture minister Lobin Lowe has warned Tobacco buyers against buying Tobacco way below recommended Minimum prices.

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 06:42:53 GMT
Mra Alleges That Cooking Oil Producers Have Conspired to Con Govt
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has alleged that the dramatic increase in prices for edible cooking oil is a result of collusion among the producers in the country.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:30:24 GMT
Kenya to Pilot Another Malaria Vaccine Trial
[Nation] Kenya is among four African countries that will carry out a larger trial in nearly 5,000 children, on a malaria vaccine proven to be 77 per cent effective.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:22:32 GMT
SADC Technical Deployment to Mozambique
[Africa In Fact] Has Zimbabwe changed SADC's messaging approach?

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:11:48 GMT
Man Kills Himself Over Daughter's Birthday Party Earnings
[Nyasa Times] A 24-year-old man has committed suicide in Blantyre District after being disappointed with a meagre amount of money realised from the birthday party of his daughter which was held in Thyolo.

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:08:22 GMT
Cama Asks Cooking Oil Manufacturers to Engage Farmers
[Nyasa Times] Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) Executive Director, John Kapito has suggested that perhaps the cooking oil manufacturers should engage farmers to grow more of the raw materials their industry need such as soya, groundnuts, sunflow...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:07:36 GMT
National Bank Warns of Tough Times Ahead Over Fuel Price Hike
[Nyasa Times] One of the country's leading financial institutions, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc have warned that the effects of the recent fuel price increases will soon have a direct impact on people's lives.

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:55:47 GMT
Veteran Journalist Limbani Moya No More
[Nyasa Times] Veteran journalist Limbani Moya, who was working at Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) as Broadcasting Monitoring Officer, has died at Mwaiwathu Hospital in Blantyre of CoVID-19 complications.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:19:11 GMT
Magistrate Court Commits Sumbuleta Sexual Harassment Case to the High Court
[Nyasa Times] Former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) director general Aubrey Sumbuleta on Wednesday appeared before the Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Court where his sexual harassment case has been transferred to the High Court.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:17:24 GMT
More Woes for DPP As Vuwa Kaunda Loses Seat in Nkhata-Bay
[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Nkhata Bay central member of parliament Symon Vuwa Kaunda has lost his parliamentary seat following a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in Blantyre which has quashed the results of constituency's May 2019...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:39:14 GMT
Malawi Needs Non-Renewable National IDs
[Nyasa Times] Nkusa-Nkhoma, who is a legislator for Mchinji South constituency on Wednesday received round of applause from people in Traditional Authority Kambwiri in Salima when she advocated on their behalf for the need of National Registration Bu...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:14:27 GMT
FAM, Sulom Want More Spectators in Stadiums
[Nyasa Times] Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and Super League Association of Malawi (Sulom) have expressed excitement with the easing out of restrictions on public gatherings from 50 to 250 people but said it could've been better if the governm...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:10:36 GMT
PLO Lumumba Lauds Chakwera On His Fight Against Corruption
[Nyasa Times] Renown and celebrated anti-corruption advocate and Kenyan Pan Africanist and motivational speaker on African issues, Professor Patrick Loch Otieno (LPO) Lumumba, has urged governance institutions in Malawi to ride on President Chakwera'...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:04:00 GMT
Veep Chilima Pleads for Unity in Tonse Alliance
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's flamboyant vice president Saulos Klaus Chilima, who is also the founding president of UTM, one of the key partners in the Tonse Alliance government has come out of his cocoon after a long silence and publicly pleaded for unity ...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:38:31 GMT
Equals Project to Improve Sciences in Local Schools
[Nyasa Times] Some secondary schools in the country which operate without science laboratories are looking up to the Equity with Quality and Learning at Secondary (Equals) Project for help to have the facilities soon.

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:38:13 GMT
Rights Watchdog Warns Govt On Relocation of Refugees to Avoid Sparking Xenophobia
[Nyasa Times] The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has warned the Malawi Government to tread carefully on the implementation of its order to

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 18:33:07 GMT
Why We Deserve to Know What Kills Our Leaders
[African Arguments] The secrecy around presidents' deaths perpetuates stigmas and misses a huge opportunity for public health promotion.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:57:06 GMT
Abida Mia Distributes Maize Flour to 2000 Households in Chikwawa-Nkombedzi
[Nyasa Times] At least 2000 households affected by hunger in Chikwawa Nkombedzi Constituency have benefitted from the maize flour donation, which their Member of Parliament (MP) Abida Mia, who is also Deputy Minister of Lands, distributed this week.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:57:05 GMT
Malawians Petition President Chakwera Over Punitive Taxes and Levies
[Nyasa Times] Malawians of all walks of life today pooled onto the streets of Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mulanje to deliver a petition to President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera over what they say are punitive taxes and levies basic commodities and services.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:57:05 GMT
"We're Vindicated On DCs Interdiction Over Covid Funds," Says Malga.
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) has urged the government to reinstate with immediate all the District Commissioners (DCs) interdicted in line with misappropriated K6.2 billion COVID-19 funds.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:57:04 GMT
Chakwera Orders Agriculture Ministry, Tobacco Control Commission to Find More Tobacco Buyers
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President, Lazarus Chakwera has ordered Ministry of Agriculture and Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) to find more Tobacco buyers.

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:56:58 GMT
Karonga to Have New Water Supply System, Chilima Tough On Deadline
[Nyasa Times] Vice President Saulos Chilima has told constructors of the Karonga Water Supply and Sanitation project that the May 2022 deadline for the project must be met to ensure that issues of erratic water supply are a thing of the past in the d...

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:03:29 GMT
MOC Trains Table Tennis Coaches
[Nyasa Times] Sixteen people have been drilled in coaching skills for table tennis in a ten-day training that took place in Lilongwe funded by the Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC).

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:02:06 GMT
CHRR Demands 30% Reservation of Public Procurement for Women
[Nyasa Times] The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has faulted the Malawi Government for what it described as a lack of clear commitment by authorities at the seat of government at Capital Hill to enhancing the participation of women...

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 06:35:19 GMT
President Proposes Switch From Growing Tobacco
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday the country should move away from growing tobacco, although it contributes to more than 60 percent of the country's earnings, because he sees no future in continuing to grow i...

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:28:50 GMT
31 Arrested for Covid-19 Funds Abuse, Police Say More to Be Nabbed
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Police Service (MPS) on Monday arrested 12 more suspects in relation to abuse of Covid-19 funds , brining the total of those arrested for abuse of Covid-19 funds after the release of the audit report to 31.



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