Malawi Times
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:14:51 +0000Chaponda pinned on national IDs
By Pemphero Malimba: Parliament on Thursday gave Leader of the Opposition George Chaponda 48 hours to furnish it with evidence on his allegations that the National Registration Bureau (NRB) is printing new national identity (ID) cards at a warehouse ...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:10:27 +0000Dream alive
Malawi National Netball Team kept its quest for a medal at the Africa Netball Cup 2024 alive with a 60-30 drubbing of Kenya at the MTC Dome in Swakopmund, Namibia on Thursday. The Queens finished second in Pool 1 with four points behind leaders South...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:05:49 +0000Malawi freezes $3 million assets
By Rebecca Chimjeka Matemba: United States (US) Chargé d’Affaires Pamela Fessenden has said Malawi has, through the establishment of the Asset Forfeiture Unit, seized $150,000 (about K267 million) of illicit funds and frozen assets worth $3 millio...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:57:59 +0000Malawi on track to end Aids by 2030
By Emmanuel Simpokolwe: Co-chairperson for the Malawi Partnership Forum (MPF) on HIV/Aids, Mara Kumbweza Banda, has said the country is on track to end Aids as a public health threat by 2030. Kumbweza Banda said this in Lilongwe on Thursday during th...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:51:33 +0000Chakwera takes on CSOs on development
President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday took on civil society organisation (CSOs), challenging them to be providing checks and balances on development projects. Chakwera made the remarks at Katoto Freedom Park in Mzuzu City, where he presided over thi...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:46:59 +0000Mtawali available for legends clash
Malawi National Football Team former playmaker Ernest ‘Wire’ Mtawali has committed to feature for Flames legends against their Zambian counterparts at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on December 28. Speaking from his base in South Africa on Th...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:39:57 +0000Malawi lifts five medals
Malawi’s kick-boxers have won five bronze medals at the African Kickboxing Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to Malawi Kickboxing Association (Makba) General Secretary Bright Limani, two fighters won two medals each, with one l...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:31:01 +0000Trade deficit widens by 13% in 10 months
Malawi registered a yawning trade deficit—the difference between the value of exports and imports— of -$1.9 billion (about K3.3 trillion) between January and October 2024, merchandise trade statistics from National Statistical Office (NSO) show. ...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:27:06 +0000Malawi reviews position in Agoa
By Kingsley Jassi: The Ministry of Trade will review the country’s trading performance with the United States under the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) amid stagnation of level of exports. In the first 10 months to October 2024 for instance, M...
Fri, 13 Dec 2024 07:22:42 +0000Businesses tipped on shared values
Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe has urged businesses to embrace shared values as one way of ensuring sustainability of their enterprises. Gwengwe was speaking in Lilongwe on Wednesday night during the Corporate Shared Value (CSV) awards organised by...