The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has expressed satisfaction with Southern Region Water Board Nkhudzi water project and have urged Lilongwe Waterboard to follow suit. The Committee made the remarks during a familiarisation tour at the construction site in Mangochi. Speaking during the committee’s tour to the project, the committee chairperson Werani Chilenga commended the […]
Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) says it will address water challenges in some parts of the Southern Region when with a loan of about K28 billion from the European Investment Bank. SRWB said they will have water systems upgrading to meet the growing demand starting with Balaka District and Machinga, in particular Liwonde, where people […]
Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) plans to borrow US$28 million [about K28 billion] from the European Investment Bank for water and sanitation project in Balaka and Liwonde. Currently, SRWB continue to face numerous challenges as it can’t supply enough water to it’s growing population. According to Duncan Chambamba, SRWB Acting Chief Executive officer the demand […]
To ensure that customers are connected on time, Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) is transferring costs of water connections to its customers in a new policy in which the customers will be required to buy their own pipes and fittings. In a statement, SRWB says under the new policy the utility service provider will only […]
Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) has cleared the procurement in the controversial K10 billion Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) project. In June this year, SRWB advertised for a tender to do detailed designs and construction works for the extension of Mangochi Potable Water Supply Project funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic […]
Some State House gurus have reportedly hired a horde of mercenary scribes and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) social media enthusiasts to propagate a smear campaign against Kuwait Dynamic/Fisd joint venture, which was the lowest bidder in the controversial K10 billion Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) project. SRWB recently awarded a contract to Alghanim International General […]
Temporary workers at Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) on Monday closed the main gate of its head office in Zomba forcing management to accept the meeting they requested in which they want to present their grievances. The closure of the main gate affected both customers who were already inside and outside to access services. The […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has said the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) should carry out an investigation into the procurement process that led to the awarding of a contract to Jiangsu Suzhong Construction Group Company Limited by the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) that s K1.6 billion higher than the lowest […]
Malawi government ministries, departments and agencies owe various water boards in the country a lot of money in unpaid water bills, which has negatively affected their operations, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Nankhumwa made the concession on Friday, September 20, 2019 when he toured the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) […]
Southern Region Water Board has disconnected water at Neno District Hospital due to over K35 million unpaid bill. Public Relations Officer for SRWB Rita Makwangala said the disconnection is a routine exercise that the SRWB undertakes to collect resources for its daily operation as well as for the board to meet its statutory obligations. However, […]
Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) has taken Mangochi Town Council to court for sinking boreholes in its facilities after the board disconnected water over a K10 million bill. Southern Region Water Board spokesperson Rita Makwangwala has confirmed that the board has slapped the council with the lawsuit. She said the council is sinking the boreholes […]
Southern Region Water Board has written Mulanje District Hospital to pay off K45 million water bill or water in all health facilities in the district would be disconnected. Spokesperson for the Southern Region Water Board Rita Makwangwala has confirmed that the letter has been sent to the Mulanje District Hospital over the bill. “We will […]
Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) is now testing Shire River water at Liwonde to find if it is contaminated with anthrax which has killed 28 hippopotamuses so far. SRWB spokesperson Rita Makwangwala has confirmed that the board is testing the water at Liwonde in order to find out the extent of the contamination. “But our […]
A Southern Region Water Board employee in Zomba is battling for his life after a customer hit him and fell unconscious over a row after the employee went to disconnect water. Mathias Mussa, one of the directors of Eagle Car Hire in Zomba is in police custody at Zomba police after he knocked down Andrew […]
Hippo View Lodge and Shire Lodge, which belong to Siku Group of Companies and situated along Shire River in Liwonde, discharge their sewage in the river, about 20 meters away from where the Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) pumps water for its customers, Nyasa Times understands. This has attracted mixed reactions with some people wondering […]