Malawi Government has failed to phase out on spot fines for traffic offences, failing to beat the March 1 deadline it set. Angellina Makweche, spokesperson for Road Traffic and Safety Services department said the department failed to meet the deadline because of some challenges. “We met some challenges which we are fixing so we will […]
Government says it is abolishing on the spot fine payments for vehicles, saying motorists will have to make payments later. Director of Road Traffic and Safety directorate Jacques Mononga said the new system starts March next year. “We have perfected the new system to ensure every tambala goes into the Account Number One,” he said. […]
For the time ever, the Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) in Malawi will soon issue licences to three more importers of blank registration vehicle number plates in a bid to create competition and reduce prices. The development is part of the fruits of the ongoing Public Service Reforms headed by Vice President […]
The Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services says it is in the process of identifying suitable and well qualified private garages and motor vehicle dealers to take up the process of vehicle inspection for issuance of Certificate of Fitness. Director of Road Traffic and Safety Services, Jacques Manong’a said this at Nyambadwe Ground in […]
Department of Road Traffic Directorate has now opened a new office at City Centre in Lilongwe that will help ease congestion at its Old Town offices in the Capital City. In a statement the directorate says the City Centre office will handle issuance of licences and COF among key activities. The directorate says it will […]
Government says it is taking drastic measures to prevent or reduce road accidents in Malawi that killed 1000 people last year. Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila said Tuesday in Lilongwe that most of the accidents are as a result of reckless driving and lack of knowledge on road use. “My ministry has […]
Corrupt government officials at the Road Traffic Directorate and the parent Ministry of Public Works have devised a scheme where an investor has been roped in to monopolize vehicle inspection for issuance of certificate of fitness (CoF) as the directorate will offload this function to private garages and dealers in November with an aim of […]
Intermediaries, commonly known as middlemen, have been completely cut out from corruption syndicates with officers at the road traffic because the new system is electronic and transaction only starts when the system recognizes a bank payment receipt. The development has angered the middlemen, usually well dressed men who linger around the premises, who have been […]
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Atupele Muluzi, has told parliament that the Malawi Police Service has reduced the number of traffic police checks and deployed some of its personnel to street duties. Muluzi told the House on Tuesday that the traffic police checks are now “strategically located” throughout the country and not at […]
Directorate of Road Traffic-DORT in the ministry of Transport and Public Works, has dispelled rumours that it is yet to commence the examination and issuance of licenses of the automatic geared motor vehicles, saying the exercise is already on course. However, Central Region Driving School Association described the claims as a “total” joke, saying the […]
Minister of Transport and public works Francis Kasaira on Tuesday launched a road safety programme in schools at the ceremony which took place at Mchesi Primary school in Lilongwe. The project is aimed at reducing occurrence of road accidents among school going children. Kasaira said it is unfortunate that majority of traffic crashes involve school going […]
Malawi Police in late shore tourism eastern district of Mangochi have gone flat out impounding unroadworthy bicycles, saying the action is done as one way of reducing road traffic accidents on the roads especially those in the town’s streets and its peripherals. At least 82 bicycles have been impounded this week within the lake shore […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate has ordered a 42 year old man to pay a fine of K102, 500.00 or in default serve 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for causing death by reckless driving. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Hunter Masamba told the court that the suspect Francis Mzunga hit a 20 year old pedestrian Shaibu […]
The Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Friday slapped driver Mwamadi Assani K60,000 for being found guilty of failing to comply with laws of Malawi especially that when a presidential motorcade is passing all vehicles should stop. The court heard that on Thursday, Mwamadi aged 27 while driving a Tata Registration Number NU 6411 deliberately cruised heavily past a vice […]
A court in Mangochi has convicted a top People’s Party (PP) official and fined him K640, 000 in default serve a 42-month-jail term for causing death due to reckless driving. The Mangochi First Grade Magistrate’s Court found Samson Msosa guilty of causing the death of Ndiche Mayilosi, who was 75. The court heard that Msosa, […]
Malawi government has adjusted fees for road traffic services and road traffic offences effective July 1, 2014. However, the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety services (DRTSS) will start effecting the new fees from October 1. Government has adjusted the sees in line with the Government Notice No. 30, Road Traffic Act (Cap. 69:01)-Road Traffic (Miscellaneous […]
Police in Malawi’s eastern policing region have embarked on a road safety campaign with an aim to curb increasing incidents of road accidents in the region. Speaking at the eastern town of Balaka after holding similar functions at Phalula, Senzani, Manjawira and Chingeni Trading centres, Head of Traffic Police in the region Dorothy Kawale said […]
Police in the eastern district of Mangochi have charged former ruling People’s Party (PP) top official Samson Msosa with seven counts for allegedly causing death by reckless driving on August 2 in the district. Msosa, who is also the party’s Eastern Province chairperson, was dragged to court on suspicion that he hit and killed on […]