News In Southern Region (3211)
Suspected Nurse Assaulters Have Case to Answer
The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Blantyre has found with a case to answer Esnart Selemani and her daughter, Yankho in a nurse assault case.
Mulanje District Council Speaks Tough on Devt Projects
Mulanje District Council has warned of rejecting any project with less than 70% of its budget going towards actual project implementation.
COVID-19 Returns in Mulanje
Mulanje district is said to have registered seven COVID-19 positive cases after spending close to one month without registering any COVID-19 positive case.
Learners Push Govt to End Teachers Strike
Learners at Yolodani Primary School in Blantyre have pleaded with government to urgently resolve the on-going teachers’ strike which they say is violating their right to education.
Man In for Cultivating Indian Hemp
Police at Monkey-bay in Mangochi district are keeping in custody a 69-year-old man for illegally cultivating cannabis sativa popularly known as Chamba.
Chakwera Trashes Inquiry Report on Albino Killings
President Lazarus Chakwera says an inquiry into abductions and killings of persons with albinism instituted by former president, Peter Mutharika, failed to establish perpetrators and market of the human tissues.
Thug Kills Motorcycle Taxi Operator in Mangochi
Police in Mangochi have launched a manhunt for an unknown criminal suspected to have killed a motorcycle taxi operator in the district and stole his Rifo motorcycle over the Easter holiday.
SAATM Vital for Economic Devt - Cross Border Traders
(with Tulani Ngwenya)
Cross border traders say the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) is one of backbones for economic development in Africa if countries ratify it.
NASFAM Accords Farmers Choice of Best Crops from Trial Sites
National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has urged farmers in Balaka to make use of the trial fields to choose best crops suitable for their areas amid climate change challenges affecting many of them.
Community Pens Authorities on Climate Change
People of Sub Traditional Authority Matola in northern part of Balaka district have petitioned duty bearers to intervene on challenges they are facing due to climate change.
