Malawi
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:48:03 GMTBiden Orders UN General Assembly to Be Scaled Back, Preferring Virtual Attendance
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera's Executive Assistant and Director of Communications at State House Sean Kampondeni on Monday, August 30, 2021 told journalists the President will not travel to New York in United States (US) for this year's U...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:01:04 GMTMalawi Food Systems Not Sustainable
[Nyasa Times] A research conducted on food systems in Malawi has indicated that the country's food systems are not sustainable and a lot needs to happen if the country is to achieve sustainability of such food systems.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:52:02 GMTImmigration Department Set to Purge Non-MSCE Holders
[Nyasa Times] The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) is set to part ways with employees who secured their jobs dubiously on the pretext that they held the Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE).You may call it purging or p...
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:43:06 GMTCSO Questions U.S.$59 Million Contract Award to Mota Engil Amid Questionable Competences
[Nyasa Times] Government has awarded Mota Engil a contract to design, upgrade and rehabilitate railway section between Marka and Bangula at the sum of over K48 billion.
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:37:57 GMTNew Diplomats Undergo Orientation Training
[Nyasa Times] Newly appointed Malawian diplomats have been advised to carry the flag of the nation with full dedication as they will be representing the country in various diplomatic missions.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:52:58 GMTCovid-19 Admissions Drop - Society of Medical Doctors Say 'Changes in Weather Pattern'
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has registered a record drop in Covid-19 admissions across the country, and the Society of Medical Doctors in Malawi (SMDM) has explained that the drop in the cases could be as a result of changes in weather patterns.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:51:41 GMTGovt Reintroduces Mandatory Sale of Export Proceeds
[Nyasa Times] The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has reintroduced mandatory sale of export proceeds, a facility that the Bank introduced in 1994 as an export incentive scheme.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:51:07 GMTEscom Decries 'Glaring Cost Disparities' in Making New Connections
[Nyasa Times] Public utility body, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has confessed that it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to offer new connections to customers saying there is a glaring disparity between what the latte...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:50:25 GMTNICE Intensifies Public Awareness On Covid-19 Vaccination
[Nyasa Times] The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust has intensified a public awareness campaign aimed at mobilizing people to accept and take up Covid-19 vaccine.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:42:51 GMTChakwera Requested to Reshuffle and Trim His Cabinet
[Nyasa Times] Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has issued a statement that it has noted there is lack of good leadership in most of the government Ministries that has contributed to the poor service delivery.
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:46:49 GMTNyalonje Hails Equalss Project
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Education, Agnes Nyalonje, has hailed the Equity with Quality Learning at Secondary School (EQUALSS) project saying it has helped to train science teachers who will teach science subjects with expertise in different secondar...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:46:16 GMTProphet Mbewe Launches 'Mafumu Agonere Mattress' Initiative
[Nyasa Times] Founder and overseer of the Living Word Evangelical Church (LIWEC), Prophet David Mbewe, has launched an ambitious 'Mafumu Agonere Mattress' initiative, which will see all the traditional leaders and the elderly in the country receiving...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:40:58 GMTEgenco Partners With NPC in Launch of Mw2063 Outdoor Media Visibility Exercise
[Nyasa Times] The National Planning Commission (NPC) has launched the MW2063 popularisation campaign through roadside media billboards at a ceremony held at Thabwa in Chikwawa District on Friday, which was sponsored by Electricity Generation Company ...
Sun, 29 Aug 2021 07:48:20 GMTJournalists Yet to Get Their SADC Summit Reporting Workshop Allowances
[Nyasa Times] Scores of journalists who attended a three-day training workshop on Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit reporting in Salima are yet to get their daily subsistence allowances (DSAs), close to a month after the training a...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:54:53 GMTMalawi and Chinese President Hold Talks
[Nyasa Times] The Chinese President Xi Jinping and Malawi's Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Friday held bilateral discussion over the phone in which they tackled a number of issues, including the need to strengthen the cooperation between the two co...
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:37:06 GMTIs the SADC Robe, a Reset Button for Malawi?
[Nyasa Times] "So the time has come for us to insist that Africa must have at least one permanent seat on the UN Security Council. And now, as the world faces this global health crisis that has killed millions, torpedoed economies, and disrupted soci...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:11:38 GMTChris Chisoni Fired As Higher Education Loans Board Executive Director
[Nyasa Times] Government has dismissed from employment the Executive Director of the Higher Education Students' Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB),
Sat, 28 Aug 2021 07:02:22 GMTChakwera Appoints Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda As New Attorney General
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has appointed Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda as Attorey General (AG) replacing Dr. Chikosa Mozesi Silungwe, who was fired in July this year.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:19:49 GMTMITC Secures International Market for Legumes and Livestock
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) says it has secured an international market for agriculture produce like legumes and livestock.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:18:21 GMTMP Jiya Says Completion of Kauma - Area 44 Bridge, an Indicator of Chakwera's Fulfilment of Promises
[Nyasa Times] Member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe City Centre, Alfred Jiya, says the completion of the state-of-the-art K300Million bridge, which connects Kauma and Area 44 crossing Lilongwe River, is the manifestation that President Dr. Lazarus M...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:16:23 GMTFoundation Refurbishes Toilets and Donates Beddings to a Clinic
[Nyasa Times] A local charity organization, Odillo Sambaya Foundation, has refurbished toilets and donated beddings to Chimvu Clinic in Sub Traditional Authority (ST/A) Boyidi in Thyolo district.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:14:06 GMTMalawi Revenue Authority Says Cartels Are Suffocating Mining Sector
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has revealed that the mining sector is riddled with cartels, which poses a serious threat to the budding mining industry.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:08:20 GMTReinstated Nankhumwa, Jeffrey, Mhango and Nthenda Ask for Audience With DPP President Mutharika
[Nyasa Times] The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Leader of Opposition and the Party's vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa; secretary-general Gelzeder Jeffrey; treasurer general Jappie Mhango and MP for Mulanje West Yusuf Nthenda have...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:06:41 GMTFood Situation Improves, Government Says 8 Percent of Population Will Require Food Aid
[Nyasa Times] A total of 1,496,396 people will likely not be able to meet their annual food requirement during the 2021/22 consumption period, representing about 8 percent of the projected total population of 18,827,607.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:03:22 GMTChakwera Concerned That Malawi Is Becoming a Hotspot for Climate Change
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has expressed concern that Malawi is fast turning into a hotspot for effects of climate change.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:07:13 GMTWife Scalds Her Police Officer Husband With Hot Water
[Nyasa Times] A male police officer at Chipoka Police Station in Salima, Sergeant Sefu Phiri, is in deep pain at the district hospital after sustaining bruises from how water his wife poured on him on Wednesday.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:05:43 GMTDeputy Minister Kambauwa-Wirima Touts Equals Project As Game-Changer in Education Sector
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Madalitso Kambauwa-Wirima, has described Equals Project as critical in the delivery of quality education service in Malawi.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:02:23 GMTUN High Rights Spokesperson Hurtado Reacts to Judgment On Death Penalty
[Nyasa Times] Debate refuses to die on the perfected judgment on death penalty by the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, with United Nations (UN) Human Rights Spokesperson Marta Hurtado being the latest international human rights expert to add her voice...
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:57:57 GMTMoyale, Hammers Share Goals and Points
[Nyasa Times] The Mzuzu derby between Ekwendeni Hammers and Moyale Barracks in the TNM Super League on Wednesday ended 1-1 and a point went into either side's bag.
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 07:51:54 GMTCDEDI Demands Minister Lobin Lowe's Resignation Over Confusion On Aip Beneficiaries
[Nyasa Times] The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, accusing him of reducing the number of Affordable Inputs Pr...