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Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:20:46 GMT
Pressure Group Wants 50 Constituencies in North Malawi - '37 Are Too Few'
[Nyasa Times] A grouping calling itself 'Voice of the North' is demanding that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) must increase the number of constituencies in the northern region from thirty-seven as per its recent demarcation exercise to a minim...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:17:49 GMT
Karonga Residents and Nrwb Tussles Over Paladin Water Plant
[Nyasa Times] Disagreement has erupted between Karonga residents and Northern Region Water Board (NRWD) over the "impromptu" decision to relocate the multi-billion kwacha Garnet Halliday Water Plant that was initiated by Paladin Africa Limited in 201...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:06 GMT
Prison Inspectorate Decries Slow Pace of Prison Reforms
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Prison Inspectorate has decried the speed at which prison reforms are implemented which results in increased abuse of prisoners' rights.

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:06 GMT
Magistrate Court Orders Deportation of Kenyan National for 'Illegal Stay'
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Magistrate Court in Blantyre has ordered Abdi Rahman Dubat who is a Kenyan National to leave the country within 14 days after being convicted for Illegal Stay, contrary to Section 34(a) of the Immigration Act.

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:06 GMT
Judicial Review Against Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Is Baseless - Ag
[Nyasa Times] There is nothing unconstitutional about asking people to be vaccinated as the Republican constitution only bars forced medical experiments or trials and not vaccinations, the government's chief legal advisor has said.

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:05 GMT
Global Trends Report Shows Only 6bn People Got Vaccinated Against Covid-19 As of Oct 2021
[Nyasa Times] Global Communications Specialist and Senior Vice President at Philip Morris International (PMI), Marian Salzman, has disclosed that, as of October 2021, only six billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered and almost half ...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:05 GMT
Malawi Judiciary Announces Official Retirement of Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda
[Nyasa Times] Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda SC -- whom the Democratic Progressive Party-led government wanted to send on forced retirement in 2020 after the infamous ruling of the Constitutional Court that nullified the 2019 presidential election and...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:05 GMT
Minister Lowe Puts On a Brave Face Promising 'Bumper Harvest' Amid Scarcity of Rains and Aip Challenges
[Nyasa Times] Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe has said government will make sure that farmers will definitely have a bumper harvest this year just like last season regardless of the growing season facing two challenges being poor rains and catastroph...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:41:59 GMT
Experts Reconsider Tobacco Harm Reduction Meaning
[Nyasa Times] A recent study by Tobacco Research Network has established that evidence-based Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) programmes are effective in reducing illness and saving lives and that, when properly managed, they greatly improve public healt...

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 06:42:05 GMT
Rainbow Paints Netball League Giants Matches Back in Action After Two Months Break
[Nyasa Times] Rainbow Paints Netball League matches for the heavyweights are set to resume from Monday to Tuesday (December 27-28 2021) after taking a three weeks break, Blantyre and Districts Netball League Committee (BDNLC) has confirmed.

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:41:48 GMT
Artists Rescue Malawi's Polluted Mudi River, Calling Attention to Its Poor State
[RFI] Concerns about the state of Malawi's Mudi River, a domestic water source which passes through Blantyre, the country's commercial hub, had fallen on deaf ears. Pollution from the industries which discharge waste into the river and sewage from th...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:08:45 GMT
U.S. to Lift Travel Ban On Eight Southern African Countries
[VOA] The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve, the White House announced Friday.

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:23:38 GMT
DCs and CEOs Ordered to Re-Submit Their Cvs to Their Parent Ministry
[Nyasa Times] In what could be loosely interpreted as rubble clearing, the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has ordered all District Commissioners (DCs) and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of city and municipal councils to re-submit...

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:23:35 GMT
Press Corporation PLC Expects 50 Percent Profit Higher in 2021
[Nyasa Times] Press Corporation Plc - one of the country's Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE)-listed companies - says it is expecting that its 2021 profit after tax will be higher than the previous corresponding period by 50 percent.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 06:58:22 GMT
Ten Most Deadliest Ways of Unsafe Abortion Uncovered in Mzuzu - 'I Saw Her Inserting a Wire...'
[Nyasa Times] At a time the debate over legalisation of safe abortion has become swept under the carpet in Malawi, it has emerged that some girls, in pursuit of terminating their unwanted pregnancies, are using life-threatening ways in Mzuzu.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 06:59:22 GMT
Flames Leave for Afcon Finals in Style
[Nyasa Times] Football Association of Malawi added colour and pomp to the Flames for their third Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) when they dressed the players in decent three-piece suits when as they left at Chileka Airport in Blantyre for the games en...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 08:25:47 GMT
Data Critical for Informed Decision-Making and Planning - National Statistics Office
[Nyasa Times] The National Statistical Office (NSO) has said data is critical for informed decision making and planning for the county's population and development.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:37:53 GMT
"Unity Only Key to Social Economic Recovery Plan (Serp) Success" - Analysts
[Nyasa Times] Political and economic analysts say Malawians should momentarily remove their political jackets and work together to help provide solutions in order to make the newly announced Social Economic Recovery Plan (SERP) bring about the much n...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:37:53 GMT
NBS Bank in Agri-Business Financing Strategy
[Nyasa Times] Are you a maize aggregator, soy producer or macadamia farmer and looking for financial support?

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:37:53 GMT
Chakwera's Socio Economic Recovery Plan - Remedying Economic Setback With Quick-Win Solutions
[Nyasa Times] The newly unveiled K580 billion Covid-19 Socio-Economic Recovery Plan (SERP) clearly demarcates for Malawi the forces between bleakness and hope, darkness and light, stagnation and motion.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:37:49 GMT
ACB Stops Lands Ministry Transacting Sattar's Properties in Lilongwe
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's graft busting body - the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has issued an order restricting the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development from dealing with properties in which Zuneth Sattar is alleged to have beneficial intere...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:00:05 GMT
Government Ready With Cholera Vaccine
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Health has said it will launch a cholera vaccination exercise in cholera-prone districts before the end of the year.

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 08:35:19 GMT
Malawi Schools Chess Team Wins Gold, Silver in Kenya
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi team won gold and silver medals at the African Schools Championship in Kenya.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:35:25 GMT
Maneb Goes Digital in Candidate Registration and Payment of Examination Fees
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has announced plans to roll out digital registration of candidates sitting for all Examinations to 19 districts starting from January to February, 2022.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:35:24 GMT
Gender Activist Kaliya Demands for Suspension of Malawi Police Officers - 'They Were Giving Consent'
[Nyasa Times] In a fresh twist gender activist Emma Kaliya has called on the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to uphold its sanity by investigating 45 female police officers over what she describe as "moral turpitude"saying the women in uniform caused the...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:35:23 GMT
Malawi Police for K25m Daily "Robbery" Revenue Collection Through Traffic Fines
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Police Service (MPS), especially the Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS), will now be expected to make sure they collect K25 million as their daily target, according to a directive by Inspector General (IG)...

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:09:02 GMT
Chakwera Confirms Kasunda As Press Secretary As Brian Banda Returns
[Nyasa Times] Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has confirmed Journalist and communications specialist Anthony Kasunda as his Press Secretary replacing broadcaster Brian Banda who has just returned from a four months course in China.

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:49:45 GMT
Mhango Makes Returns to the Malawi Flames Provisional Squad
[CAF] Malawi's Flames coach Meck Mwase has named a 43-man provisional squad for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The list included 13 players who will be on standby should there be a need to replace any of the players.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 07:09:00 GMT
Mbulu's Baroka FC Frustrate Compatriot Maduka's Am Royal
[Nyasa Times] Malawian striker Richard Mbulu's side Baroka FC frustrated his compatriot John Maduka's team AM Royal after scoring a late goal to deny their opponents a second spot in the South Africa Premiership.

Thu, 23 Dec 2021 05:39:55 GMT
President Announces Economic Recovery Plan Amid Covid Pandemic
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's president has announced a plan to help the country's struggling economy recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan, which includes government-wide spending cuts, follows nationwide protests against t...



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