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Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:23:26 +0000
52 percent pass MSCE
Education Minister Agnes NyaLonje has described the 51.9 percent Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations pass rate as the most improved in the past three years. Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) released MSCE results for 2...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:05:32 +0000
Sulom in dilemma
Super League of Malawi (Sulom) is panicking after some teams asked the body to hold an annual general meeting (AGM) before the season kicks off on February 26. The club’s concerns range from match fixing claims, TV broadcasting rights and club lice...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:04:15 +0000
Disaster threatens economic recovery
For fragile economies like Malawi, any climatic shock erodes chances of recovery and growth—and Tropical Storm Ana which hit the country last week has just done that. While the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) is yet to value the c...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:03:44 +0000
Malawi faces drought
With the country still counting the cost of Tropical Storm Ana and bracing for Cyclone Batsirai in the Northern Region, experts’ verdict is less inspiring: Malawi’s 2021-22 planting season faces an unprecedented rainfall deficit that will be wors...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:43:55 +0000
Easter Theatre Festival returns
After a two-year hiatus due to Covid, Easter Theatre Festival returns this year for its third edition to be held at Jacaranda Cultural Centre (JCC) in Blantyre, organisers announced during a press briefing Tuesday. The festival, which is spearheaded ...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:38:37 +0000
Covid vaccines shunned in small, big populations
This article, in which reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Global Health Reporting Initiative: Vaccines and Immunisation in Africa, focuses on the issue of hesitancy surrounding Covid-19 vaccines and what stake...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:37:28 +0000
TIA review delays worry stakeholders
Delays by the government to amend the Tobacco Industry Act have worried tobacco industry stakeholders who say it is impinging on farmers and the industry at large. Tobacco Association of Malawi (Tama) Trust and some tobacco buyers are calling for the...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:22:13 +0000
Flames skipper unmoved with lack of game time
Malawi National Football Team Captain Limbikani Mzava has said he is committed to stay at DStv Premiership side Amazulu despite lack of game time. Mzava has made less than four club appearances this season but he is optimistic that he will be given a...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:22:01 +0000
‘Four Cousins’ series kicks-off February 13
A new series known as Four Cousins, which is a brainchild of Alonjezi, will start airing on February 13 2022. Based on a real life story, Four Cousins tells the story of a reunion of cousins who live together after leaving their parents’ homes but ...

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:21:54 +0000
Patronage is the fuel of art
In an ideal situation, and in an ideal country, talented artists such as Soldier Lucius Banda are treated as potentates; loved, admired, appreciated and showered with praises at every turn. At events, such as his and Zembani Band’s show in Zomba ov...



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