Lhomwe chiefs divided on paramount chief
Divisions have emerged among Lhomwe chiefs on who should replace the fallen Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa following the appointment of Senior...
Dodma wants Covid-19 funds back from councils
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) has ordered all councils to transfer back about K17.2 billion they received earlier...
Admarc secures K430bn to revamp operations
Agricultural Development and Marke t i n g Corporation (Admarc) says it has secured $548 million (about K430 billion) to...
Task force rebuffs teachers on risk allowance
Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has rejected a Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) request to have teachers receive risk allowances...
Strike on: Ministry, teachers’ talks collapse
Talks between Ministry of Education and Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) aimed at ending a strike by teachers collapsed in...
Teachers demand Covid-19 perks
Teachers in public schools have vowed to start a nationwide strike today, when schools are scheduled to open after a...
Mathanga, Kunje part of MEC team—Kachale
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Chifundo Kachale has said commissioners Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga will be part of the...
State faulted on Chisale bail revocation request
Lawyers representing former president Peter Mutharika’s private bodyguard Norman Chisale in an attempted murder case have faulted the State’s bail...
Water boards staff to get 12.5% pay hike
Government has effected a 12.5 percent salary hike for employees of the country’s five water boards, who protested a recent...
State wants Chisale rearrested
The State has asked the High Court to revoke bail for former president Peter Mutharika’s private bodyguard Norman Chisale’s for...
Witnesses evasive in Chisale murder case
Some State witnesses yesterday played hide-and-seek when the High Court in Blantyre started hearing the attempted murder case involving Norman...
Travellers’ Covid-19 tests raise K178.5m
Public coffers have raised at least K178.5 million revenue from coronavirus tests conducted on air travellers since the reopening of...
Covid-19 hits prisons
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit some of the country’s prisons, threatening inmates lives as the new strain is reported to...
Govt given up to March 1 to recruit health workers
The Human Resources for Health (HRH) Coalition has given the Ministry of Health up to March 1 2021 to recruit...
Doctors, nurses decry PPE shortage
The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) and National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (Nonm) have decried the shortage...
Musician Waache finalising his album
Three months after recording his seventh single Umependeza, Blantyre-based rapper Waache, real name Titus Herman, is in the studio to...
MSCE exam re-sit starts today
The Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) is this morning expected to start administering a re-sit of the Malawi School Certificate...
Back to school Amid covid spike
Malawi today officially rolls out an abridged 2021 academic year amid a surge in Covid-19 cases since schools finished the...
DPP steps up pace To replace APM
Former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has stepped up efforts to replace its president Peter Mutharika by drafting in former...
Procurement agency suspends top bosses
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) has suspended its director general Elias Hausi and his deputy Ireen...
