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Mzuzu City Council Never-ending Financial Hiccups: Another Strike

It’s Mzuzu City Council again. And it’s about staff salaries again. The council, again, owes staff salaries in arrears. And, yet again, Mzuzu City Council has no money.

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Chilima: reported former President Mutharika to the ICC

Chilima Still Waiting for ICC's Action

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Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima and his legal team say are still waiting for further communication from the International Criminal Court Legal on their application in which they are suing former President Peter Mutharika and the former Police Inspector General Duncan Mwapasa for alleged crimes against humanity conducted between 2018 and 2020.

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Councilors in Karonga Implicated in Dubious Allocation of Plots to Vendors

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A Commission of Enquiry instituted by the Karonga District Council on alleged dubious distribution of public land has implicated three ward councilors for pocketing 2.4 million kwacha from vendors as allocation fees.

Critics Dissect Tonse Alliance Full Cabinet

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President Lazarus Chakwera’s first full list of cabinet members has received mixed reactions from critics some of who think it is not inclusive as it focuses on political appeasement that has seen members of the same families taken on board.

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Judge Kenyatta Adjourns Hearing of Area 18 Sewage Contaminated Water Case to Later Date

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The High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned hearing of the Area 18 Water contamination case in which Leonard Phiri and others are suing government parastatals; Lilongwe Water Board, Lilongwe City Council and the Malawi Housing Corporation over consumption of sewage contaminated water in 2017.

Mzuzu Diocese Implores TONSE Admnistration to Employ New COVID-19 Preventive Techniques

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Mzuzu Diocese has implored the new Government to employ a new approach in dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic as currently most peoples livelihoods have been affected.

Malawi Red Cross Society Pumps in K108m Towards Covid-19 Isolation Centers

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As the country continues to register Covid19 case the Malawi Red Cross Society has embarked on a K108 million project to rehabilitate buildings designated as isolation treatment centers in Mzimba and Mangochi district.

Chakwera and Chilima: Scrutinising cabinet list

Chakwera, Chilima Still Scrutinizing Cabinet List

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President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to remain patient while the Tonse administration works around forming its new cabinet, as days have passed after his inauguration.

Chakwera Cancels Independence Celebration

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President Lazarus Chakwera has directed that tomorrow’s Independence Day celebration which was to coincide with celebrations marking his inauguration be cancelled in view of the rising threat of Covid 19.

Malawian Students Stuck in China Expected Home in Two Weeks

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Malawian Ambassador to China Charles Namondwe says talks are at an advanced stage with Ethiopian Airline and the Chinese government to have close to 100 students repatriated back home in two weeks time.