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Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:00:18 GMT
Roy Kachale and UNDP Resident Rep Shigeki Komatsubara Discuss Industrialisation
[Nyasa Times] The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative, Shigeki Komatsubara, on Monday paid a courtesy call at the Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale Banda, in Lilongwe.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:57:39 GMT
MCP Strategises to Displace UDF, PP and DPP in Eastern Region
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera is to launch an offensive local campaign aimed at displacing the United Democratic Front (UDF), Peoples' Party and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the Eastern Re...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:55:39 GMT
Sunbird Engages 'Most Loyal' Customers for Feedback
[Nyasa Times] Tourism giants, Sunbird Tourism plc, on Friday hosted a cocktail party at Sunbird Capital Hotel in the capital Lilongwe whose chief aim was to enable the sharing of various experiences about services the Group provides as well as enhanc...

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:50:18 GMT
Value Chains Deliver Better Returns to Smallholder Farmers
[Nyasa Times] * The farmers are now inspired to think beyond the box on value added farming processes to produce more and better commodities

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:22:28 GMT
Bushiri Donates K10m to School-Feeding Programme for the Rural Poor
[Nyasa Times] "I have a duty as a citizen to support the good works that our government is doing."

Mon, 31 May 2021 16:30:33 GMT
Land Grab - Kanengo Northgate Implicated, Chief Want Probe
[Nyasa Times] TA Chitukula demands probe at Ministry of Lands and Kanengo Northgate Project over a title deed for a land the company did not buy.

Mon, 31 May 2021 16:30:30 GMT
Inequality Gap Widens Between Rich and Poor in Malawi
[Nyasa Times] Unequal distribution of national resources has been cited as one of the major factors contributing to the yawning gap between the rich and the poor in Malawi.

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:22:31 GMT
MCP MPs Donates K5m to Music Icon 'Soldier' Lucius Banda and His Family
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Parliamentarians on Saturday donated K5 million in cash to Malawi's music stalwart, Balaka Balaka born and bred music kingpin, Lucius Banda, who is ill alongside his two elder brothers.

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:43:13 GMT
Joyce Banda Launches Nkhata Bay Central Campaign
[Nyasa Times] "We are one and we must work together with a common goal."

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:30:27 GMT
Kentam Products Limited Donates Towards Mzuzu Police
[Nyasa Times] With a thought of social corporate responsibility (SCR) in mind, leading pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturing company, Kentam Products Limited, on Thursday donated road traffic reflective vests to Mzuzu Police Station.

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:27:46 GMT
Malga Laments Absence of Debt Bailout for Local Councils in 2021/2022 Budget
[Nyasa Times] Lack of a bailout package for local councils in the 2021/2022 national budget will make the councils remain in perpetual debts that would render them more ineffective, the Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) has warned.

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:06:05 GMT
Nomads Squeeze Into Top 4
[Nyasa Times] Be Forward Wanderers return to their base in Blantyre with 3 points from a possible six in Karonga and have managed to push themselves up to position 4 on the log of the TNM Super League.

Mon, 31 May 2021 09:27:56 GMT
2021/2022 National Budget - Opposition Leaders Differ, Consumers Optimistic
[Nyasa Times] The 2021/2022 national budget as presented by the Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu on Friday, May 28, 2021, has attracted mixed reactions from pundits and politicians, with many though expressing optimism it is pro-poor and that it may p...

Mon, 31 May 2021 09:27:24 GMT
A National Budget That Drew Inspiration From Political Campaign Rhetoric
[Nyasa Times] On Friday, May 28, 2021, Finance Minister Felix Mlusu pronounced budget estimates for the 2021/2022 financial year and tongues have been wagging from all quarters of society on the pros and cons of his efforts.

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:39:19 GMT
Dr. John Paul Elected Mzuni Alumni Association President
[Nyasa Times] Dr John Paul, a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) politician and businessman, has been elected president of the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Alumni Association during an annual general assembly held at Kabumba Hotel in the lakeshore district of S...

Sat, 29 May 2021 09:21:08 GMT
Malawi Crowned Second At 2021 African Individual Chess Championship
[Nyasa Times] Malawi chess brainiac, Joseph Mwale, has made it possible for Malawi to be crowned second after he outshone fellow champions from such countries as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Senegal and Algeria.

Mon, 31 May 2021 11:39:25 GMT
Malawi - Inaugural National Women's League Kicks Off Saturday
[CAF] There is a buzz of excitement in Malawi football circles, as the inaugural Women's National Football League kicks off on Saturday (29 May 2021).

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:06:25 GMT
Transfers Not Enough! Chimwendo Must Do Better On Corrupt Police Officers
[Nyasa Times] A decision by the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to transfer eight police officers from Zomba and Mangochi districts to general duties for soliciting bribes whilst they worked in the criminal investigation and road traffic departments has ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:06:24 GMT
Agricultural Commercialization to Regulate Food Market
[Nyasa Times] Most of the country's smallholder and medium scale food crop produce, livestock and fisheries farmers do not benefit from their toil because they are exploited by buyers since the market is not regulated by the government just as is the...

Mon, 31 May 2021 10:06:20 GMT
Nomads Stumble in Karonga, 2 - 0 Final Score
[Nyasa Times] Be Forward Wanderers could not get a convincing result against Karonga United for the second time this season as they went down 0 - 2 at Karonga Stadium on Saturday.

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:14:23 GMT
Malawi Launches Who Pen-Plus Plan to Reduce Burden of Ncd
[Nyasa Times] Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are contributing 35 percent of the disease burden in Malawi, the Ministry of Health and Partners in Health (PIH) have disclosed.

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:14:23 GMT
'Malawi Vote Against Investigation of Troubled Palestine a Huge Miscalculation'--Commentator
[Nyasa Times] Malawi--a bona fide member of the United Nations (UN)--last week voted that the UN Human Rights Council should not establish an international commission of inquiry to investigate violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, includi...

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:14:21 GMT
Malawi Still Unsure of New Covid-19 Strain
[Nyasa Times] It is still unclear whether or not the country might have the third Coronavirus wave following reports that results of the 600 samples sent to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in South Africa to determine the same are not yet known ...

Mon, 31 May 2021 06:51:21 GMT
'Fullfill Your Climate Change Commitments Now' Network Tells President Chakwera
[Nyasa Times] The Civil Society Network on Climate Change (Cisonecc)-a premier multi-stakeholder grouping in addressing climate change issues in Malawi-has urged president Lazarus Chakwera to fulfil his commitments on "important matters" of climate c...

Mon, 31 May 2021 06:51:21 GMT
Registrar Demands Cdedi Registration Details Release Political Party Funding Info
[Nyasa Times] Registrar of Political Parties Chikumbutso Namelo has angered Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) for demanding registration details of the organization before he could provide information on source of fina...

Mon, 31 May 2021 06:51:18 GMT
UN Women Journalists Trained in Gender Responsive Reporting
[Nyasa Times] Twenty three (23) journalists have gathered in Salima to attend a one-and-a-half day training workshop on gender responsive reporting and Generation Equality.

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:58:05 GMT
Strange Fish Disease Hit Lake Malawi in Rumphi
[Nyasa Times] Strange fish disease that was recorded in July last year at Dambo village in Mchinji district is rumoured to have hit Lake Malawi around Rumphi district.

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:38:56 GMT
Gaming Board Destroys Property Worth K6.5 Million in Mzuzu
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Gaming Board has burnt gambling machines worth K6.5 million which it confiscated from two Malawians in Mzuzu who were operating illegally on behalf of a Tanzanian national.

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:16:44 GMT
Brown Mpinganjira Refutes Managing a Facebook Account
[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson, Brown Mpinganjira has issued a public notice disowning himself from a Facebook account that has been created in his name.

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:15:08 GMT
Chimwendo Banda Goofs On Refugees' Relocation
[Nyasa Times] "I came to Malawi to seek refuge and protection. I just wanted to live life like a normal human being, not to be caged as if I am a vicious."



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