Finance minister Goodall Gondwe has said Access to Information Bill is one of the new conditions donors have told the government to pass into law before they resume aid. Malawi lost up to 40 percent of the budget support aid it was receiving from foreign donors when the European Union, the World Bank, and the […]
Legislators on Wednesday sent back a comprehensive Electronic Transaction Bill, that would fight cyber crime, regulate electronic money transactions and regulate online publications, among others if passed into law. Most MPs praised the government for the Bill which they said is very comprehensive but needed technical input from the Media and Communications committee, the Budget […]
Malawi Parliament has approved a government bill to enact new law to regulate procurement profession which will help get rid of quacks within the profession and hence get rid of corruption. The bill which was tabled by Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe was approved to establish the Malawi Institute of Procurement and Supply an Institute […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) has grown wings and he is flying unstoppably above hate after adding another major purchase on his heavy list of toys. Forget the red Bentley or that black Porsche Panamera , Bushiri is flying higher and higher with his new Aeroplane ZS-VIP. National […]
The World Bank has described the Malawi government bankrolled subsidies as inefficiencies that are worsening the economic situation. However, the bank’s Malawi Economic Monitor, a by-annual newsletter has not said whether the government should abolish the subsidies or not. The World Bank statement came as opposition parliamentarians in the National Assembly on Tuesday called on […]
China has announced it is to write off all interest free loans and soft loans to Malawi and other African countries. The deputy Chinese ambassador to Malawi said this Tuesday in Lilongwe at a news conference ahead of Africa China summit to be held in South Africa in December and Malawi President Peter Mutharika will […]
Youth ‘n’ Hopeful, a recently registered non-governmental organisation has said it is time for Malawian youths to start suggesting solutions to their own problems arguing the youths are no longer the leaders of tomorrow but rather of today. Deputy executive director of the organisation Hodges Zacharia told Nyasa Times in an interview Friday that from early next year they […]
Some non-governmental organizations in the country are spreading unfounded rumours that the Malawi will face heavy rains that will cost several lives and dislocate many a development that is causing people to live in “fear,” government has claimed. The claim was made recently in Karonga when the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines through […]
Malawi National Assembly has approved the appointment of 36 year old Martha Chizuma Mwangonde as a new public protector the Ombudsman. The Office of Ombudsman, which is a public watchdog institution against any acts of mal-administration occasioned by public officials, became vacant on 30th June 2015 following the expiry of the term of office for […]
Two girls are in Police custody at Lilongwe Police Station, for admitting that they were sent to Simama Hotel to lie that they were looking for their friend whom they said had gone to the hotel with a man earlier in the day in one of the hotel rooms. Police public Relations officer for the […]
A local environmental activist Godfrey Mfiti is persuading government to cancel oil exploration in Lake Malawi, saying it is categorised as a World Heritage site which could seriously dent the country’s image in environmental conservation. “Oil exploration in Lake Malawi must be differred. It must be stopped. We need tools such as rules and regulations, […]
The Malawi Supreme Court on Monday adjourned a case to December 3 on the matter of who is the genuine owner of the profit making company Presscane Company Limited between Press Corporation (PCL) and Cane Products Ltd (CPL). PCL wants Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the High Court of the commercial Division which ruled in […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has slamed the growing tendency by some men who are reportedly sleeping with their biological daughters and step daughters with the belief that they will cast out family spells and or get rich in Mulanje. Reports indicate that the tendency, coupled with lack of motivation […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu, the most senior traditional leader in the districts of Karonga and Chitipa, has expressed discontentment with the rise of death crimes in Karonga – a development that has made him establish a ‘peace and security commission.’ The commission will among others be responsible in settling down chieftaincy wrangles as well as witchcraft […]
Roads Administration Fund says it is to engage the private sector to introduce toll gates in Malawi, the first ever, in a bid to raise funds for dilapidated roads. Masauko Ngwaluko, the spokesman for the Roads Administration Fund said the Fund will soon launch 20 toll gates through the Public Private Partnership arrangement after the […]
Outspoken Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Deputy Country Director Micheal Usi has said the nation is off track with President Peter Mutharika clueless on the priorities of Malawians. According to Usi, commonly known as Manganya in comedy circles, Mutharika is surrounded by aides who are busy advancing their interests and enriching themselves at the […]
The Balaka Second Grade Magistrate court in eastern Malawi has sentenced a 31year old-man to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for selling dog meat. The suspect Ishmael Jumbe was found selling dog meat to people last week, at Njerenje Trading Centre, Police Prosecutor Constable Kester Mame told the court that the Police received […]
Malawi police in Chikwawa district are keeping in custody two women for allegedly trespassing on a graveyard and attempted to exhume bones of a day-old baby to be used for charms. Police arrested Maureen Francis,29 and 30 year-old Mercy Fonex both from Thobwa village,T/A Ngabu in the district. The two, according to the law-enforcers, wanted […]