Politics
Government says Access to Information Bill is for everyone
Lilongwe, November 9: Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, Isaac Cheke Ziba on Friday said the Access to information Bill which is yet to become a law is...
“Do not oppose out of jealousy,”- Kalinde
Lilongwe, February 22: Member of Parliament for Thyolo North Anita Kalinde who is also Minister of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has told opposition members of Parliament more especially those...
'Midterm budget to be revised'
Lilongwe, March 1: Leader of the House Henry Phoya has assured Members of Parliament that the midterm budget will be revised and presented to the house before the current session...
Education
'Men shun adult literacy classes in Machinga'
Machinga, March 9: Machinga District Council has expressed concern over low enrollment of men in Functional Adult Literacy Classes in the district. During a graduation ceremony that was held at Traditional...
1000 women and girls in K745 million scholarship programme
Nsanje, March 1: 1,000 women and girls who have no requirements to enroll for teachers training course from five priority education districts of Malawi have all reason to smile as...
- 2.7million children need ECD services in Malawi.
- 200 needy UNIMA students to benefit from Edith Mtila Scholarship Fund
- 50 girls in Zomba receive scholarships from Millennium Village Project
- About 50 schools to benefit from an inclusion project for children with disabilities
- Accountants challenged to transform the country’s economy
General
5 in for conniving in theft deal
Two Omega Security guards and three criminals are in police custody waiting to answer theft charges in court for suspecting them to have stolen assorted items from Sana Cash and Carry in Blantyre. Police have identified the guards as Gerso...
CHHR to incorporate minority groups in HIV AIDS fight
Unless government include high risk groups in national HIV programming and funding priorities, Malawi will not achieve anything in the fight against further spread of HIV, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) alerted district o...
Health
‘Malawi has accurate malaria testing methods’
Blantyre, February 27: Professor Malcom Molyneux of College of Medicine says even though there has been an increase in people not being diagnosed with malaria despite showing all the signs...
‘Report sensitively on HIV and AIDS issues’
Blantyre, February 28: Scribes from the Southern Region have been urged to be sensitive when reporting on HIV and AIDS issues. The Acting Executive Director for Media Council of Malawi, Vales...
Environment
'Lack of disaster mitigation guidelines worsen flooding in Malawi'
Nsanje, January 16: Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) has attributed extensive flooding in Nsanje district to lack of disaster alleviation guidelines which forces stakeholders to carry out substandard mitigation...
180 BT disaster-hit households get assistance
Blantyre, May 05: Blantyre District Disaster Risk Management Office has singled out Traditional Authorities Machinjiri, Kapeni and Somba as being severely affected so far by natural disasters during the 2012-2013...
- 23,000 households hit by disaster since November 2012
- 3000 hectares to be replanted in Chikangawa Forest this year
- 38 year dies after getting washed away in raging river
- 45 per cent of Rumphi’s population have access to potable water
- Address sanitation to achieve Open Defecation Free Malawi - Government
Features
State of the Nation Address: Full Text
INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a great pleasure to be here this morning to preside over the opening of the 2013/2014 Budget Meeting and deliver the State of the Nation Address. This occasion is very significant because, as is tradition, we reflect on the past year and set out our plans for the...
Agriculture
'Delays in fertilizer sales in Thyolo worrisome'
Thyolo, December 18: Thyolo District Agriculture Development Officer (DADO), Greno Wanda has bemoaned the delay in sales of subsidized fertilizer and seed by some depot clerks. Wanda told Malawi News Agency...
'Malawi’s economy requires scientific knowledge of its soils'
Lilongwe, December 14: Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Ulemu Chilapondwa has said Malawi as an agro- based economy requires scientific knowledge of its soils for farmers to know...
- 'Quality farm produce fetches higher prices'
- 1, 610 bags of sand discovered at Admarc depot in Mzimba
- 1.5 million Lilongwe Farmers to benefit from 2012/2013 Subsidy Programme
- 100,000 farmers to benefit from JB’s Legume Seed Distribution
- 2 arrested for misappropriating K5 million worth of subsidised fertilizer