The Chinese Government Thursday donated medical equipment worth K72.2 million to Kamuzu and Mzuzu central hospitals in Malawi. Speaking when he received the equipment on behalf of Malawi Government, Minister of Health and Population Atupele Muluzi hailed the 11-year diplomatic relations saying Malawi has a fine friend in the People’s Republic of China. He said […]
Star power Malawian female footballer Tabitha Chawinga has been recognised by the Chinese Embassy in Malawi which has named her as friendship ambassador of the two countries. The China-based forward, who stars for Jiangsu Suning, was named at a celebratory dinner which the Chinese embassy organised for the star in Lilongwe. China Ambassador to Malawi, […]
Over 39 companies from China have expressed interest to buy Malawian products which are said to be of high quality and meet international standards. This was discovered during the recently held China International Import expowhere Malawi showcased its products and services. According to MITC’s Public Relations Manager, Deliby Chimbalu, the expo has generated over $140 […]
Government finally launched the construction of the five community technical colleges on Saturday in Traditional Authority Nkagula in Zomba which will be constructed across the country to the tune of K8.9 billion. The technical colleges will be built under the China- Aided Project for Malawi Community Technical Colleges in Mzimba, Ntcheu, Zomba, Mulanje and Nsanje […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has urged Malawians to look at the larger picture of Chinese as good people who have spurred development in the country than individual cases of cruel people. Gondwe said this on Wednesday in Lilongwe when Malawi and China signed three major development agreements which include the […]
A civil society organization, Human Rights Defenders has written the Chinese ambassador to Malawi to seek an audience in order to discuss a possible repatriation of a Malawian woman who is now on death row in China for drug trafficking. Human Rights Defenders leader Robert Mkwezalamba said his organization wants the woman, Estina Mkasera, to […]
Chinese Ambassador to Malawi Lin Hongyang on Saturday handed over a 56-bed capacity girls hostel at Mpinji Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Thyolo Central constituency which have been constructed with funds from the Chinese government. Lin emphasized that his government finds it easy to support interventions that are worth in uplifting lives in a […]
Public Works and Transport Minister JappieMhango has lashed out at the contractor maintaining the Karonga-Chitipa road for poor workmanship. The government has set aside K1 billion for the maintenance of the road, a donation from the Republic of China which constructed the road just four years ago. “I am not too happy with the maintenance […]
A peraceful demonstration has been organised in Blantyre against the ‘influx of Chinese traders in Malawi’ who are accused of employing unfair and non-competitive trade practices. The demonstration is being organised by vendors at Limbe Market who have since written Blantyre City Council (BCC), for permission to hold their peaceful protest. The vendors argue […]
State rights body, the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is probing a Chinese construction firm in Lilongwe over allegations of abuse of workers. Economic, Social and Cultural director at MHRC Harry Migochi said the state rights body has moved in swiftly after receiving reports that some Chinese supervisors were beating up Malawian workers. The Chinese […]
Malawian tenants who occupy shops owned by Asians in Limbe have threatened to go on the streets to protest against decisions by their landlords who evict Malawian businessmen from shops in favour of Chinese tenants. The Malawian shop owners say the Chinese are coming up with lucrative offers for shop space in Limbe. One of […]
With the influx of Chinese nationals coming into the country as petty traders, coupled with trade liberalisation, a lot of Malawians are losing their businesses because they are being evicted from shops by their indian landlords in preference of the Chinese. According to Limbe Local Business Association, the Indian landlords prefer to rent to these Chinese […]
Malawi government has issued a stinging rebuttal to criticism of China’s development aid in to the southern African nation. There have been fears that Malawi-China bilateral agreements have clauses that allow China to seize national assets in the event that the borrowing nation defaults on its loan repayments. Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas […]
Pictures of President Peter Mutharika living it large in China, rubbing shoulders with senior Chinese government officials and generally carrying the Malawian torch at the China Africa Summit are meant to impress us that Mutharika is doing well as a leader. He is not. These are in fact propaganda pictures. Their sole purpose is to […]
President Peter Mutharika is back home from China and advised Malawians to be loyal and patriotic if the country was to develop. He said this Saturday on arrival from China, where he attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and where he paid an official visit. Mutharika said he was impressed at how quickly China […]
Malawi’s First Lady has said t is the process of multisectoral collaboration through shared use of resources coupled with cross-cultural learning in technological and research-based knowledge that will help combat HIV and AIDS. The First Lady, Professor Gertrude Mutharika made the remarks at the HIV and AIDS gathering of wives of Heads of State and […]
President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika has told fellow African leaders at the on-going Forum for China-Africa Forum (Focac) that what the continent needs most is to industrialise if it is to move out of poverty faster. He was speaking during his contribution at the 2018 roundtable discussion between African leaders and China in Beijing on […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika is attending the 2018 Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) underway in Beijing, China hoping to reap big from the summit after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mutharika and Xi Jinping held talks to strengthen the long-standing and excellent ties that exist between both countries, and strategising on the evolution of China’s Belt and […]