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Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:52:39 +0000
Manual tollgate tickets raise eyebrows
By Mandy Pondani There are growing concerns from various quarters that money realised from the newly launched Chingeni Toll Plaza in Balaka could be prone to abuse owing to a seemingly weak ticketing system. The concerns come after various tickets be...

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:50:34 +0000
Lule’s widow finally compensated
By Serah Chilora Government has compensated Charity Lule, whose husband Buleya Lule died in police custody on February 20 2019, two days after police arrested him in connection to the abduction and missing of a boy with albinism Goodson Fanizo from M...

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:48:02 +0000
Govt to review defilement laws
By Rebecca Chimjeka Solicitor General Reyneck Matemba has said government will review laws to do with defilement amid rising cases of the crime. Matemba was speaking in Lilongwe Friday when the Ministry of Justice and Youth Net and Counselling (Yonec...

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:45:09 +0000
Chilima justifies water tariff hike
By Mandy Pondani Vice President Saulos Chilima has justified the recent water tariff increase, saying it was effected to save water boards which were on the verge of collapsing. Chilima made the remarks in Mangochi Friday when he opened this year’s...

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:42:52 +0000
Interest capping: Is it the solution?
By Alick Ponje  Parliament on Thursday agreed to table a private-member Bill that would focus on regulating interest rates on loans obtained from commercial banks. The motion was introduced by Dowa West legislator Abel Kayembe who is expected to bri...

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:39:12 +0000
MBC court order stops live telecast of games
By Peter Forte The circus surrounding Broadcasting TV rights took a new twist yesterday after Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) obtained a court order restraining Football Association of Malawi (Fam) from continuing with awarding of contracts. Th...

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 07:22:52 +0000
Zangazanga Chikhosi’s boards role in spotlight
Secretary to the President and Cabinet is rightly serving as chair of some parastatal boards because that is what the law provides. But as his institutions wallow in controversies, which it appears he is not even interested to solve, it is proof that...

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 07:17:52 +0000
Lazarus Chakwera brushes off criticism against AIP
President Lazarus Chakwera Friday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to continue with the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) until other alternative, cheaper ways of achieving food security are developed. Chakwera made the commitment when he off...

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 07:11:33 +0000
Pride at stake
Flames Coach Meck Mwase believes that there will be more than pride at stake when his troops face Cameroon in a dead-rubber World Cup qualifier at Orlando Stadium in South Africa this afternoon. The Flames, who are already out of the 2022 Fifa World ...

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 06:06:55 +0000
Farming on Mulanje Mountain slopes: The land that no longer gives
By Foster Benjamin: On the slopes of Mulanje Mountain, near Makaula Village, lies a vast tract of land. They call it Gagadila. On it, Elina Thunga works hard, sweating. As she tills, ridges of frustration line her face. Visibly, Thunga, 68, cuts out ...



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