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Sun, 23 May 2021 08:08:30 +0000
Cigarettes manufacturer shares tobacco farmers’ plight
One of the country’s main tobacco buyers and cigarette manufacturer, Nyasa Manufacturing Company, has admitted that most of the buyers give farmers a raw deal for their labour. Chairperson for the company, Konrad Buckle, said in Times Exclusive tha...

Sun, 23 May 2021 08:01:28 +0000
Increased health funding could prevent 100,000 deaths – study
A research by National Planning Commission (NPC) has revealed that making huge financial investment in the health sector could prevent about 100,000 deaths of women and young children by the end of 2030. The research which was done with assistance fr...

Sun, 23 May 2021 07:55:44 +0000
Controversy over fuel contracts
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources yesterday overstepped its mandate and ordered the National Oil Company (Nocma) to proceed awarding fuel importation contracts. This was despite a strong objection by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Author...

Sun, 23 May 2021 07:40:18 +0000
Breakthrough for Wanderers
It is a case of weeping and enduring for a night but joy coming in the morning as struggling giants Mighty Be Forward Wanderers have entered into a financial partnership with Salima Sugar Company for the rest of the season. Details of the partnership...

Sat, 22 May 2021 06:39:24 +0000
Eight parastatals in red
The country’s first ever audit report on statutory corporations has exposed glaring weaknesses in financial control and operations by government companies despite having boards of directors which are supposed to provide good governance oversight. T...

Sat, 22 May 2021 06:37:19 +0000
Neef yet to recover K6.1 billion loans
National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) has only recovered K400 million out of the K6.5 billion that was disbursed nationwide when it was operating as Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf). The amount reprensents 5.7 percent, which has pushed t...

Sat, 22 May 2021 06:33:53 +0000
Back to business
The second round of the TNM Super League rolls into life this afternoon with intriguing matches across the country. The pick of the week will be the clashes involving TNM Super League defending champions Nyasa Big Bullets and Blue Eagles at Nankhaka ...

Sat, 22 May 2021 05:31:46 +0000
When healthy foods get spoiled by myths
Malnutrition, especially in under-five children, continues to be a challenge in Malawi; just as is the case in many developing countries. A 2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and the 2015-2016 Malawi Demographic Health Survey findings ind...

Sat, 22 May 2021 05:21:32 +0000
Music industry: One-sided boat?
By now, the Malawi music industry should have been in full flower, or in the afternoon of its life, with division of labour becoming the main characteristic of its existence. Far from it. And yet, just across the borders in Tanzania, Mozambique and Z...

Sat, 22 May 2021 05:06:47 +0000
Vox populi
The unprecedented pressure that Malawians mounted on the Public Appointments of Parliament (Pac) after it had rejected the appointment of Martha Chizuma as Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has visibly sent strong messages to those...



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