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Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:10:39 +0000
Coronavirus bleeds over K42bn out of tourism, 30 thousand jobs lost
By Yohane Symon  The travel restrictions which countries across the globe imposed as a control measure for Covid-19 spread have left Malawi’s already weak tourism sector so badly battered, authorities have confirmed. As the virus spread and killed...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:07:38 +0000
Police officers await IG’s risk allowance promise
By Yohane Simon  Police officers in the country have expressed frustration with the delay by the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to fulfill the promise which the Inspector General of Police made last year to give them Covid-19 risk allowances. The junio...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:04:48 +0000
Ministry puts on hold Covid classroom project
The Ministry of Education has temporarily put on hold the construction of 383 lowcost classes for rural schools, part of the K5 billion Covid-19 intervention aimed at providing improved sanitation and spacing in schools. Minister of Education Agness ...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 09:02:33 +0000
Abused nurses threaten to withdraw labour
By Mandy Pondani  The National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives in Malawi (NONM) has complained of increased attacks and abuses on its members in the health facilities across the country. NONM president Shouts Simeza said yesterday that reports t...

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 08:58:36 +0000
Total chaos!
By Mabvuto Kambuwe  The elections for regional football associations took a new twist yesterday after Football Association of Malawi (Fam) said it will go ahead with the polls despite Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) order. The Council, on F...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:43:53 +0000
Government getting zero from passports
The Tonse-led administration is not getting any amount of money generated from passports since assuming office last year, allegedly due to a lethargic K47.4 billion contract which the previous government made. As of this moment, the government has no...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:39:46 +0000
Lazarus Chakwera, Saulos Chilima in first lot for jabs
President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima will be among the first people to receive Covid-19 vaccine, in the hope of demystifying the myth surrounding the vaccine. Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, confirmed the develo...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:34:28 +0000
Over 10 Nomads players out of contract end of season
Cash-strapped Mighty Wanderers face another hurdle in their fight for survival as they risk losing over 10 players at the end of the season. The players’ contracts run out at the end of the season and could become free agents should Wanderers fail ...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:26:38 +0000
Dreary search for phone network
Discipline Mtonga suggested that the only way to get the message to the chief was by delivering it through word of mouth. “It is hard to get the chief on his mobile phone,” the boat sailor, who operates from Mlowe Harbour in Rumphi east, said. In...

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:21:48 +0000
Conjoined minds: Southern African Plays 11’s uniting power: Part 1
As Chancellor College drama lecturer and playwright Smith Likongwe launches ‘Southern African Plays 11’ at Golden Peacock in Blantyre tomorrow, RICHARD CHIROMBO takes us through the anthology, which Likongwe has edited and contains seven plays of...



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