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Ex-BBA housemate in project to keep girls in school
Former Malawi Big Brother Africa (BBA) reality television show representative Natasha Tonthola has launched a project to curb school…
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67 000 registers for by-elections
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says 67 564 voters have registered to vote in the by-elections scheduled to take place…
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Fury, desperation over electricity loadshedding
There is growing fury and desperation among Malawians over the recent intermittent power outage that is substantially impacting on…
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Mvac rates food shortage worst in 8 years
This year’s food shortage is the worst the country has experienced in eight years, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee…
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Ministry hails NGOs’ role in poverty fight
Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare has hailed the role non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play in eradicating poverty…
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Mother withdraws case against MP Kaliati
Mother of a girl who Machinga Central member of Parliament (MP) Shaibu Kaliati (United Democratic Front-UDF) was accused of having…
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Mulanje for open defecation free by 2017
Efforts to make Mulanje District an open defecation- free area by 2017 are on course with the rolling out…
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MPs, councillors urged to follow procedures
Working relationships between members of Parliament (MPs) and ward councillors could improve if both parties followed local government and…
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Heavy rains wreak havoc in Mchinji
Heavy storms have damaged houses and property worth hundreds of thousands of kwacha in 23 villages in Mchinji District.…
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Man arrested over medical drugs
Police in Mzuzu City have arrested a man for being found in possession of medical drugs without supporting documents.…
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Rumphi patients face hunger again
Nearly 300 patients at Rumphi District Hospital face starvation following the depletion of foodstuffs donated by Democratic Progressive Party…
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Mutharika commissions 45 new MDF officers
President Peter Mutharika on Friday commissioned 45 new Malawi Defence Force (MDF) officers at the Malawi Armed Forces Training…
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Thyolo, Mulanje Communities rubbish sovereign state ultimatum
Communities from Thyolo and Mulanje have rubbished and disowned a December 17 2015 ultimatum for the declaration of the…
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FMB in a blood donation drive
People in Blantyre Central Business District (CBD) on Saturday joined First Merchant Bank (FMB) members of staff in donating…
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BWB moves to revive Mudi dam
After successfully reclaiming the encroached Mudi dam catchment area, Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has promised to revive the dam by…
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Prof Chimombo no more
One of Malawi’s finest poets, Professor Steve Chimombo, passed away after a short illness on Friday at Mwaiwathu Private…
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Kaunda lays wreath for ‘great friend’ Kamuzu
Aided by a walking stick, Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda struggled up the steps of Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe…
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Mphwiyo case: Kumwembe wants Jumbe as witness
The first accused in the Paul Mphwiyo shooting case, MacDonald Kumwembe, on Friday asked the court to subpoena former…
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Germany’s k6.8bn Funding at stake
Germany has warned it will withhold 10 million euro (K6.8 billion) for the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) from…
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BCC disappoints on service charter
Bangwe-based Concerned Youth Organisation (CYO) has expressed disappointment with Blantyre City Council (BCC) over its failure to launch and…
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