Malawi
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:12:11 GMTMalawi Still Not Doing Well in Combating Child Labour
[Nyasa Times] Malawi is still not doing well in combating child labour in spite of the various interventions government and non-state actors have undertaken to deal with the vice.
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:13:22 GMTMinister Matola Outlines Govt Plans to Expand Electricity Access Coverage
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Energy Ibrahim Matola says the Tonse Alliance government is determined to ensure that all Malawians, including those living in the country's remotest areas, have access to electricity.
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:12:35 GMTLeakage-Free Junior Certificate of Education Exams Delights Govt
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Monica Chang'anamuno, has commended stakeholders for ensuring that there was no leakage and cases of cheating during the administration of this year's Junior Certificate of Education...
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:30:36 GMTPolice Arrest Former MEC Commissioner's Driver Over Court Case On Blocking Chakwera's Presidential Convoy
[Nyasa Times] Police on Wednesday arrested former driver to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioner Linda Kunje after he absconded from a court proceeding.
Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:30:13 GMTUTM Cadres After 44 Vehicles Whistleblower
[Nyasa Times] A whistle blower who tipped graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on UTM dubious purchase of 44 vehicles some months ago says he is now living in fear.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:46:28 GMTCSOs Demand Parliament to Withdraw Motion Summoning High Court Judge
[Nyasa Times] Some civil society groups have demanded parliament to withdraw a motion summoning High Court Judge Ken Manda over his ruling on the sale of a filling station in Lilongwe, saying Parliament was overstepping its mandate.
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 06:52:56 GMTRegulator Developing E-Waste Strategy to Protect Environment and Citizens' Health #AfricaClimateCrisis
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is in the process of developing an E-waste strategy to address issues of management involving any electrical and electronic equipment that is discarded or is intended to be discarded or...
Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:29:21 GMTFormer Anti-Corruption Chief Arrested Over Graft
[VOA] Blantyre -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Malawi has arrested its former director, Reyneck Matemba, for allegedly taking a bribe for a contract to supply food to the country's police service. John Suzi-Banda, the former director of Malawi's Pub...
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:59:29 GMTGovt Says Oil Pipeline Construction On the Cards
[Nyasa Times] Government says plans are still on the cards to construct an oil pipeline from either Beira or Nacala in Mozambique to Blantyre.
Sun, 07 Aug 2022 07:18:09 GMTFinance Minister Upbeat On IMF Extended Credit Facility
[Nyasa Times] Finance minister Sosten Gwengwe says he is upbeat Malawi will get the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) saying talks with the IMF are on track.
Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:14:00 GMTOfficials In VP's Party Named In Funding Scandal
[Nyasa Times] Top UTM officials have been named in a serious funding scandal towards the spate of violent protests aimed at forcing President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to resign.
Mon, 08 Aug 2022 05:39:54 GMTProsecutors Add New Charges Against Alleged Child Exploiter
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawian state prosecutors have added charges against a Chinese national who was already facing five counts for allegedly exploiting children. A BBC investigation found 26-year-old Lu Ke selling exploitative videos of Malawi...
Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:17:28 GMTParliament Suspends Deliberations Over Dubious Sale of Filling Station
[Nyasa Times] Parliament was suspended on Thursday morning to allow the House leadership hold an emergency meeting to discuss a Private Member's motion by Dowa West MP Abel Kayembe who is questioning the selling of Gam Fuels Gas Station at Kanengo in...
Thu, 04 Aug 2022 06:39:21 GMTGovt Stops Plans to 'Export' Unemployed Nurses
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawi's nurses' union is urging President Lazarus Chakwera to allow about 2,000 nurses to work in the United States and Saudi Arabia, after the government ordered the plan be stopped.
Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:29:04 GMTGovt Gets Tough On Exam Cheating
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Education Agnes NyaLonje has disclosed that the current administration is devising stringent measures to decisively deal with factors that have lately contributed to the lowering of standards of education in Malawi.
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:31:39 GMTMalawi Government Gives U.S.$560 000 for Tourism Matching Grants
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Tourism Michael Usi has presented matching grants to 18 successful Tourism operators totalling over K400 million.
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:31:39 GMTFew UTM Supporters Show Up for Demonstrations in Blantre
[Nyasa Times] Saulos Chilima's UTM must be groaning inwardly after the demonstrations they sponsored on Tuesday in Blantyre failed to live up to expectation.
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:31:38 GMTParastatal Boards Score Lowly
[Nyasa Times] Some commentators in the country have said the performance of boards of directors for the various government parastatals in the last three years leave a lot to be desired and have called on the authorities to revise the appointment crit...
Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:37:18 GMTClimate Change Is Putting Women & Girls At Greater Risk of Sexual Violence #AfricaClimateCrisis
[IPS] London -- It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi - one of the world's poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fif...
Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:45:09 GMTParley Committees Excited With Tourist Boom At the Incomplete Goshen City
[Nyasa Times] Members of Parliament that visited Goshen City on Saturday expressed excitement with the number of tourists visiting the construction even before completion of first phase this December.
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:31:39 GMTGovt Demands U.S.$309.6 Billion From U.S. Company for Illegal Mining in Malawi
[Nyasa Times] Under instructions from the Minister of Finance, Malawi's Attorney General, Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda has written Columbia Gem House of Vancouver, USA demanding US$309.6 billion as claim for unpaid tax revenue in respect of ruby and sapphi...
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 07:31:36 GMTMinistry of Mining Refutes Rumours of Raw Deal Involving Sovereign Metals Limited
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Mining says there is no existing mining development agreement between the Malawi Government and foreign investor, Sovereign Metals Limited over rutile mineral extraction project at Kasiya in Lilongwe.
Sat, 30 Jul 2022 09:26:22 GMTAbducted Rights Campaigner Found Safe
[VOA] Blantyre -- A Malawian rights activist has been found safe a day after his reported abduction led to the cancellation of an anti-government protest.
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:07:08 GMTRights Groups Cancel Protests Following Abduction of Organiser
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Activists in Malawi suspended planned anti-government protests, following the abduction Wednesday night of one of the protest organizers. A witness says men grabbed Sylvester Namiwa as he was leaving a press conference, push...
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:33:13 GMTGovt Steps Up Efforts to Safeguard Indigenous Malawians' Rights to Land
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Sam Dalitso Kawale has described the Land Information Management System (LMIS) the ministry has developed as timely in addressing challenges that indigenous Malawians used to face to acce...
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:36:56 GMTOpposition Walk Out of Parliament
[Nyasa Times] Opposition members of Parliament walked out of Parliament on Thursday following disagreements on the issue regarding the alleged abduction of Cdedi executive director Sylvester Namiwa.
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:33:13 GMTChikwawa Working to Mainstream Youth and Children in Development Strategy
[Nyasa Times] Chikwawa District Council has gone an extra mile in incorporating youth and children to have a voice in a bid to participate actively in governance and development that the district intends to achieve.
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:33:12 GMTChakwera Vows to "Smoke Out" All Corrupt Individuals
[Nyasa Times] The honeymoon is over for all corrupt individuals across all sectors. This is the message, which President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera sent on Tuesday at the closing of a two-day National Anti-Corruption Conference held in Blantyre from Monday...
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:33:09 GMTMedical Drug Factory to Be Constructed in Lilongwe
[Nyasa Times] A company known as Malawi Israel Gold has been allocated 11 hectares of land in Lilongwe where a drug manufacturing factory will be constructed.
Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:16:10 GMTKapichira Hydro Power Station to Be Restored By December
[Nyasa Times] Erratic power supply in the country may come to an end by December when operations of Kapichira Hydro Power Station will be restored.