Malawi
Mon, 19 Jul 2021 06:01:05 GMTMalawi Adds More Covid-19 Vaccines in Attempt to Stem Surge
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- The Malawi government has announced it will start inoculating its citizens with several COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to protect more of its population amid growing coronavirus infections. Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo C...
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 17:41:05 GMTGovt Dares Parley Committee and Media to a Tour On Us$50m Shire River Basin Projects
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Natural Resources has disclosed its plan to take members of Parliament (MPs) under the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change and journalists from selected media houses on a tour to the projects,...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:12 GMTSalima Sugar Company to Offer Competitive Prices for Sugarcane Despite Covid-19 Bite
[Nyasa Times] Salima Sugar Company Limited - one of the flagship public private partnership (PPP) projects under the Malawi Green Belt Authority (GBA) - has expressed commitment to offer small-scale sugarcane growers competitive prices despite the co...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:12 GMTCdedi Accuses Govt of Theft and Deceit Over Independence Day Celebration Expenses
[Nyasa Times] Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has written a petition to Secretary to the President & Cabinet, Zangazanga Chikhosi accusing government of theft of public funds released for 2021 Independence Day celebr...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:11 GMTACB Set to Arrest and Interview Mutharika Over Abuse of His Tpin
[Nyasa Times] Former President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) will next week be arrested and interviewed under caution by investigators from the graft busting body - the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) - who want to understand how his Taxpayer I...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:11 GMTAirtel Malawi Posts K23.1 Profit Amidst Deteriorating Network and Dropped Calls
[Nyasa Times] If you ever thought erratic network and dropped calls is a sign that Airtel Malawi is struggling financially, you were wrong!
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:10 GMTMalawi Loses Us$3.1tn Through Illegal Financial Flows As MP Chilenga Vows to Expose Fraud At Mra
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has lost close to US$3.1 trillion through illicit financial flows over the past six decades, with the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) featuring among the institutions involved in diverting taxpayers' money into personal accounts, ...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:09 GMTMalawi Post Corporation Invites Staff for Voluntary Retrenchment
[Nyasa Times] * Over 500 employees out of over 800 are redundant due to decline in mail volumes by 95% from year 2000 to 2020
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:06 GMTAirtel Malawi Donates K15m Worth of Assistive Devices to Learners With Disabilities
[Nyasa Times] In an effort to complement government efforts in promoting inclusive education in the country, Airtel Malawi has donated assistive devices to learners with visual impairments.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 16:28:10 GMTMpinganjira to Be Wanderers' President
[Nyasa Times] Mighty Wanderers Football Club is now a company and business tycoon, Thom Mpinganjira, will be its president.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:34:07 GMTBlue Smoke At Lali-Lubani As Salima Sugar Partners Wanderers
[Nyasa Times] Blue smoke at Lali-Lubani, as Mighty Wanderers FC and Salima Sugar Company have finally agreed on a K60 million partial sponsorship deal until the end of this season.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:31:39 GMTSpeed Courier Initiates Housing Project for Elderly
[Nyasa Times] Speed Courier, one of the leading courier service providers in Malawi, has embarked on an ambitious project to construct affordable and decent housing for the elderly and underprivileged households in Malawi.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:30:17 GMTMinister Nancy Tembo Exonerates Herself From the K40bn Plunder
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Natural Resources, Nancy Tembo, has vowed that she will not resign over the 'plunder' of US$50 million (about K40 billion), saying she was not the minister by the time of the free-for-all distribution of the public resou...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:26:37 GMTOld Mutual Partners Care Malawi in K108m Project to Uplift Education Sector
[Nyasa Times] Old Mutual Foundation Blantyre and Care Malawi on Wednesday signed a K108 million Memorandum of Understanding for three-years which will see the two partnering in various projects benefiting the education sector with Mkanda Primary Scho...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:25:21 GMTLocal Company to Start Producing Powdered Milk in August
[Nyasa Times] Dairy farmers from within and outside Blantyre will no longer travel long distances with bottles of fresh milk in search of customers following a decision by a group of local businesspersons to open a powdered milk producing company.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:24:10 GMTAnti-Corruption Bureau Revives Its 113 Toll Free Line
[Nyasa Times] In its desperate attempts to end corruption and bribery in the country, Malawi's graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has revived its toll free line to enable Malawians file complaints against corrupt public officers an...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:55:29 GMTZim Irrigation Model Charms Malawi
[The Herald] Prosper Ndlovu recently in Lilongwe, Malawi
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:08:19 GMTTrade Unions Pile Pressure On Tonse Govt Amended Labour Relations Bills
[Nyasa Times] The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) have denounced the passing of the controversial Labour Relations (Amendment) Bill of 2021 and the Employment (Amendment) Bi...
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:07:10 GMTPAC to Meet Chakwera
[Nyasa Times] The Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it has booked an appointment to meet President Lazarus Chakwera at the State House to discuss with him a number of issues that are not pleasing Malawians during his reign.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:08:19 GMTCommentators Question Chakwera's Sincerity and Credibility Over Labour Relations Bills
[Nyasa Times] Having successfully swayed the planned nationwide anti-Labour Relations (Amendment) Bills of 2021 by the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU), President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera now faces a huge and painful task ahead.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:08:18 GMTEmpowering Children to Spearhead Malaria Fight
[Nyasa Times] Malaria hardly gives the people of Group Village Head (GVH) Kalupsa in Traditional Authority Chekucheku in Neno a space to breathe.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 13:08:18 GMTMachinga Rice Farmers Ask Govt, Fum to Facilitate Contract-Farming Agreements
[Nyasa Times] Smallholder rice farmers under Domasi Irrigation Scheme in Machinga have asked the government and Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) to help them identify companies and organizations with which they can enter into contracts.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 12:52:55 GMTMalawians Will Soon Start Getting 'Jabbed' With New Covid-19 Vaccines
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Government says Malawians will soon start receiving different regimes of vaccines, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson to its list of Covid vaccines as one way of toughening means of dealing with the persistent shortage of the incumbent...
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:22:49 GMT'Say Sorry,' High Court Orders Sembereka to Apologies to Ben Phiri
[Nyasa Times] The High Court in Lilongwe has given Brussels-bound ambassadorial appointee, Reverend McDonald Sembereka up to 22 July this year to apologise to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) senior official, Ben Phiri over an allegation that P...
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:15:16 GMTNkhamanga Chiefs Plead With Chakwera to Install Gondwe As New Paramount Chikulamayembe
[Nyasa Times] A group of traditional leaders under Themba la Mathemba Chikulamayembe of Rumphi on Friday made an impassioned appeal to President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to urgently endorse and install Joseph Bongololo Gondwe as the new paramount chief.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:12:45 GMTNew Local Firm, Wemas Comes With Unmatched Medical Insurance Packages
[Nyasa Times] There is a new kid on the block which has become a force to reckon with in the country's medical insurance landscape. It is answering to the name, Wella Medical Aid Society (Wemas)
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:29:53 GMTTaxman Fires 13 'Cheat' Tax Collectors
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) says it has fired thirteen of its workers in the 2020/2021 fiscal year to save its image in its task of collecting taxes from Malawians.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:26:37 GMTUK-Based Nurses and Midwives Launch Non-Profit Charitable Association
[Nyasa Times] Malawian nurses and midwives based in the United Kingdom (UK) have launched a non-profit making charitable association to improve access to essential healthcare services for all.
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:25:25 GMTMP Lunji's Remains Taken to Nkhota Kota for Burial
[Nyasa Times] The body of the late Martha Lunji Mhone Chanjo has been taken to Nkhota Kota where she will be laid to rest.
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:25:49 GMTUmodzi Donates Uniforms to Likulu Primary School
[Nyasa Times] Quality education in Malawi could only be achieved if schoolchildren were provided with adequate learning materials, school uniforms and a better learning environment.