The Malawian cyclists, who plan to cycle 1,755kms from Nsanje to Chitipa and back to Blantyre for charity to raise funds to drill one borehole each in nine villages in nine districts, start off Saturday, October 1. They left for Nsanje Friday night to start off their venture. As an example of their serious intention […]
The Malawian cyclists, who plan to cycle 1,755kms from Nsanje to Chitipa and back to Blantyre for charity to raise funds to drill one borehole each in nine villages in nine districts, handed over a borehole in Mehera Village, Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mulanje District. This project has funded by Cycle For Change itself to […]
In recent media reports from Malawi it has emerged that a senior cabinet minister George Chaponda was chased from a development meeting by angry community members. The Minister of Agriculture and also responsible for water development in company of his principle secretary in the ministry were not allowed to address local communities on a proposed […]
The four Malawian cyclists, who plan to cycle 1,755kms from Nsanje to Chitipa and back to Blantyre for charity to raise funds to drill one borehole each in nine villages in nine districts, target to raise MK15.5 million. Dubbed Clean Water Cycle 999, this is charity initiative that has been organised by Cycle For Change […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has raised water tarrifs by 23 percent, it has been confirmed. BWB public affairs officer Priscilla Mateyu confirmed that they have increased the price of water by up to 23 percent following government approval effective Juy 1, 2016. Mateyu said BWB applied to Ministry of Agricuture, Irrigation and Water Development on its […]
Wells for Zoe, an Irish voluntary organisation, has reached out to half a million Malawians by providing them with safe and clean water. The revelation comes following a Nyasa Times’ follow up on the organisation works in northern Malawi since 2005. Among others, Wells for Zoe focuses on enabling the rural poor to access clean, safe, drinking […]
Euthini Secondary School says very little is being done to curb the water problem that has rocked the school for almost a year now, but Mzimba District Commissioner has assured the problem will be over before the new school term starts. The school, which has over 560 students, was first hit by water challenges in […]
President Peter Mutharika has blamed past governments for the current electricity and water problems facing the country, saying they did not invest much in the two sectors. Mutharika said this in Salima where he officially opened a sugar plant, Salima Sugar Factory. “I am not to blame for the current electricity and water problems, not […]
The Government of Japan has handed over a project for selected market centres and rural water supply for Mchinji and Kasungu districts which will enable people of the two districts have access to potable water. Japan through the Japanese General Grant AID (JGGA), provided a grant amounting to US$5.4 million for the construction of piped […]
Malawians continue facing problems in as far as accessing water which is life for all human being is concerned. This was revealed during a two day media training workshop which took place in Mponela, Dowa, where Water and Environmental Sanitation Network (Wesnet) appealed to members of the media to report more on issues to do […]
Malawi High Commissioner to India, Dr. Mbuya Isaac Munlo on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development on Friday 5thAugust signed the USD23.5Million Line of Credit (LoC) for the Blantyre Water Project in Malawi. The High Commissioner signed the LoC with the Chairman and Managing Director of Exim Bank; India, Mr. Yaduvendra […]
Malawians must brace for actual dry taps as Water Boards have threatend to go on strike if government will not offer a salary increment within 14 days. Water Employees Trade Union of Malawi (Wetum) demand more than 45 percent pay rise due to hostile economic conditions. Controller of Statutory Corporations, Zangazanga Chikhosi, said government approved a 20 percent […]
Members of parliament on Tuesday told of horrible experiences they were undergoing at the magnifiscent parliament building in the capital Lilongwe where water had not been coming out of taps for two running days. A male MP told deputy speaker Esther Mcheka Chilenje that it was embarrassing that cleaners waited at doors with water buckets […]
Lungwena Umoyo Project under the College of Medicine has sunk two boreholes in Kwilasha and Liwale villages in the area of Sub Traditional Authority Namavi in Mangochi, a development described as a move to counter waterborne diseases. Drilling of each borehole was valued at K3.2 million. Speaking during the handover of the boreholes on Wednesday […]
The Dutch based Non Governmental Organization(NGO), Pro Mundo has handed over K4 million water project to the people of Traditional Authority Kabudula in Lilongwe. Speaking during the function, Pro Mundo Executive Director, Els De Wit said her organization with assistance from Holland friends decided to support people of GVH Bisa of Kabudula after noting that […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday pleaded with Malawians to embrace the culture of honouring water bills. Speaking in Salima, Mutharika said water boards are struggling to provide efficient and effective services because of lack of money as customers owe the boards huge sums of money. “I plead with you, I urge you please pay water […]
President Peter Mutharika has directed all water boards in the country to venture into large scale irrigation programmes to avert persistent food shortages in the country blamed on El Nino weather phenomenon. Mutharika said this on Friday when he officially commissioned a K6.4 billion World Bank funded Salima Water Supply Scheme. “We have water that […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika has challenged all players in the water sector to implement the resolutions from the Water Conference that was held on Monday, ahead of the World Water Day commemorations on Tuesday. Mutharika made the call at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe Tuesday, during the commemorations of World Water Day which […]