Police in Lilongwe are keeping in custody 36-year-old Bikitoni Livimbo nicknamed Jacuda for allegedly stabbing to death a security guard in a foiled robbery attempt at a shop in Kawale 1 in Lilongwe. Lilongwe Police Station Publicist, Inspector Kingsley Dandaula in an interview with Malawi News Agency (Mana) Tuesday identified the deceased as Milias Kazembe […]
Finance minister Goodall Gondwe says the government has this month borrowed K18 billion out of the budgeted K56 billion, an indication he said government borrowing is significantly going down. There was no independent confirmation of the figures but if true, Malawi could be on track for the much needed extended credit facility with the IMF. […]
Government is now conceding that elephant poaching has reached unprecedented levels in Malawi national parks and game reserves forcing a high drop in tourism population in these sites. Director of Wildlife and Parks Brighton Kunchedwa said this on Monday in Blantyre during the opening of a two week workshop to sensitise Malawi Revenue Authority how […]
Malawi government has set up plans to privatise some service in public hospitals in improve healthcare as part of public reforms aimed at improving efficiency and quality services, President Peter Mutharika has said. Mutharika speaking in an interview on BBC’s flagship interview program, HardTalk, said his government will soon start putting public hospitals into private hands. […]
Minister of Gender, Child Protection and the Elderly Patricia Kaliati says she is surprised that over 100 cases of gender based violence has been recorded in less than 16 days of activism. “We are determined to deal with gender based violence but this is a surprise that 100 cases can be recorded before the 16 […]
The First Lady, Madam Gertrude Mutharika has called on her fellow First Ladies work in Africa to work together in fighting HIV. Madam Mutharika, who is vice chairperson of the organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA), said on geographical boundaries should not divide them in fighting HIV. “We should remain united in our common role […]
A child advocacy group has bemoaned the number of babies in prisons who accompany their mothers who are either on full remand or are serving a sentence. Child rights advocacy and paralegal centre executive director Alfred Sesa said his organisation wants to get such mothers out of prison. “We are appealing in some of these […]
Two people are in Police custody at Balaka Police Station in southern Malawi for allegedly killing a 60-year granny. The two, Takondwa Kailo aged 23 who is a grandson to the deceased and his friend Everson Lemison 23 were arrested following the death of the deceased Mary Matias. Police spokesperson Inspector Joseph Sauka says the […]
Communities in Karonga have asked government to expedite and finalize all due processes that are a precursor for oil exploration along the Lake Malawi stretch within the boundaries of the district. Studies and tests carried out some years ago established that there are huge deposits of oil and natural gas under Lake Malawi, a situation […]
Malawians who do not use any form of electricity will soon have an opportunity to access the commodity following a Solar Energy Africa Campaign deal that Lilongwe has signed with the UK government at a ceremony held in London last week. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Malawi President Peter Mutharika and UK’s Minister for International […]
A differentiated approach of development programmes that put the well-being of the population at the centre of decisions can reverse the cyclic occurrence of hunger and malnutrition, development partners have observed. Chairperson of the Donor Committee on Agriculture and Food Security (DCAFS) Nikolas Bosscher stated that the donor community believes that it is possible to […]
Deputy Labour Commissioner, Wafwile Musukwa, has said one key level that can substantially reduce the rate of child labour is the level of economic development. Speaking during the final day of the 2-day seminar on child labour elimination on Friday, Musukwa said child labour is a big task to eliminate, starting from causes and fight […]
Lack of basic necessities amongst people living in suburban areas increases their risk of developing mental problems, a study by St John of God College of Health Sciences in Mzuzu reveals. The college presented findings of the research at Masasa on Thursday. The research study titled ‘Community Needs Health Assessment’ conducted this year (2015) in […]
Vehicle merchandisers, Stansfield Limited has cried foul over government decision to buy government cars, including top of the range luxurious vehicles for top government officials including cabinet ministers from Toyota Malawi only, saying this was retrogressive in open economy. Stansfield’s Ronald Mollande told a local radio station, Star that his company pays taxes obediently. Mollande […]
Irate people in Phalombe district on Thursday took the law in their own hand and torched to death a 28-year-old woman, Idesi Malikebu on suspicion that she had a hand in a death of her boyfriend. Malikebu, according to Phalombe police, was, on Tuesday (December 1st), suspected to have conspired with another man only identified as Mankhanamba to kill […]
There has been a massive K 1 billion fraud detected at Malawi’s sugar giant Illovo Sugar (Malawi) Limited with its assistant general manager (Marketing) Walter Nyamilandu Manda and national sales manager Peter Mtokale implicated. Nyasa Times understands that the two officers were called for an internal hearing last week and have been suspended from work […]
The Malawi government, still grappling with the aftershocks of the January devastating floods, says it has so far solicited US$91 million for humanitarian response – two months after President Peter Mutharika sounded the SOS to the international community. Vice President Saulos Chilima disclosed this on Friday during a news conference held in Lilongwe where, as Minister for […]
Chancy Gondwe, an inmate at Nkhotakota Prison, has taken Cosmas Meja to court for allegedly taking advantage of his position as a prison warder to snatch his (Gondwe’s) wife, Esther. Explaining the issue during this year’s Human Rights Day Commemoration on Tuesday, Gondwe expressed surprise that the Judiciary was not taking up his case. He […]