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Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:00:56 +0000
Ministry crafts job reation strategy
Minister of Labour Ken Kandodo has said all is set to establish a strategy that will lead to the creation of one million jobs and monitor trends on the job market in the country. In an interview recently, Kandodo said the strategy and a job market mo...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:30:10 +0000
Tobacco Commission eyes smooth tobacco market
Tobacco industry regulator, Tobacco Commission (TC), has assured farmers of flawless trading at the auction floors this season. This comes after the government, through the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), contributed abou...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:13:26 +0000
Opposition bashes budget statement
Opposition spokesperson on Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha Monday described the 2020/21 national budget as consumptive, unfriendly to the business sector, unrealistic, overburdening in debts and total loss to Malawians. Reacting to the Mid-Year Budget Sta...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:08:27 +0000
Board suspends NFRA boss
The Board of Directors of National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nasinuku Saukira and Director of Finance Peter Salamba over utilisation of funds amounting to K611 million. NFRA Board Chairperson Dennis Kaleke...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:02:26 +0000
No room for violence
What happened in Lilongwe on February 19, at a planned Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presser (whether real or staged), is something that no sane man or woman would wish upon anyone, more especially now when we are trying so much to enculture iss...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 09:00:15 +0000
35 interested in Anti-Corruption Bureau director’s job
At least 35 people have shown interest in the position of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General, which fell vacant in December last year. The position was being held by Reyneck Matemba, who is now the country’s Solicitor General and Princip...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 08:17:17 +0000
Producing more food, eating good food
Badre Bahaji, UN World Food Programme “I used to rely on Ganyu to feed my family, now I am the one employing people” Idrissa Dyless has seen a change in his community. “We have better interaction with extension farmers, better knowledge of hygi...

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 07:45:58 +0000
Premier Bet donates emergency medical items to hospital in Malawi
Premier Bet has donated emergency medical equipment to a hospital in Malawi, in an effort to combat COVID-19. The sports betting and lottery retailer provided 10 oxygen cylinders, four medical oxygen regulators and 10,000 masks to the Zomba General H...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:14:25 +0000
Norman Chisale implicates Peter Mutharika
Former president Peter Mutharika’s security aide Norman Chisale has said his boss is the one who bought most of the vehicles listed under the High Court Preservation Order. In a telephone interview on Saturday, Chisale said most of the vehicles wer...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 09:12:11 +0000
Nobody can stop Tonse—Lazarus Chakwera
President Lazarus Chakwera Sunday delivered a strong message to his critics that nothing, not even the deadly Covid pandemic, can stop the Tonse administration from implementing its campaign promises. Addressing Malawians on his 245th day in office, ...



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