Energy Generation Company (Egenco), the company established to generate power, says there had been massive power cuts across the country because water levels at Tedzani were lowered to help recover bodies of four children who had drowned in Shire river. In a statement, Egenco says this means the company remained with only one machine on […]
What started as a normal day for Emmanuel Boniface at Shire River near Hippo View Lodge in Liwonde turned out to be a nightmare after he was caught by a crocodile, injuring him in the process. Speaking from his sick bed at Machinga District Hospital, Boniface said he met his fate on Saturday afternoon around […]
Two children from the same family are feared dead after they drowned in the Shire River when their dug-out canoe which they were travelling in capsized. Nsanje Police Spokesperson sergeant Agnes Zalakoma confirmed the development saying three children were traveling on water using a dug-out canoe to cross the crocodile-infested Shire from Mozambique to Malawi. […]
Government has appointed Sydney Kamtukule as project coordinator for the Shire River Basin Management Programme (SRBMP) for its first phase. Kamtukule replaces William Chipeta who reached government’s mandatory retirement age of 60. The first phase, Nyasa Times has learnt, is Shire Basin panning which, among others will finance development of a “modern integrated” Shire Basin […]
Nsanje Police and well-wishers have recovered three dead bodies in the Shire River after the canoe capsized two days ago. Nsanje Police Officer in-Charge Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kirby Kaunga confirmed the retrieval of the bodies. He said currently, the search for the remaining eight bodies is still continuing. “Police and the community along the […]
Eleven people, including children, are missing in Nsanje after a boat they were sailing in hit the river bank at Port-Shire and capsized Monday morning, according to a report by Malawi News Agency (Mana). Nsanje Police Officer in Charge Kirby Kaunga , who confirmed the incident, said out of 15 people on the boat, four […]
The Malawi Government has compiled a comprehensive compendium of bankable projects in six broad thematic areas. It is a directory that markets keyinvestment priority sectors in Malawi. This effort needs to be commended after many years of uncoordinated investment marketing efforts. It is evident that a lot of ground work took place in coming up […]
The upgrading of Kamuzu Barrage on Shire River at Liwonde in Machinga is scheduled to start on August 1 this year, says director of planning and development for Machinga District Council Michael Chimbalanga. Chimbalanga, speaking at the district’s executive committee meeting on Friday, said the upgrading of the barrage will be done with funding from […]
An officer from the Malawi Police Service (MPS) Sergeant Vasco Chilumpha is feared dead after he was swept away by Shire River at Liwonde Barrage in Machinga. An eye witness at the scene Alton Manuel told Nyasa Times that the incident happened on Sunday morning when the officer left his home to the shores of […]
Malawi’s Shire River Basin will receive a $125 million boost for improving land and water management potentially directly benefitting livelihoods of 430,000 people while conserving the Basin’s resources and ecosystem to generate benefits for millions that depend on it. The Bank’s Board of Executive Directors announced on Thursday that it approved the project to cover […]