NATIONAL NEWS (5297)
Secrecy Continues Over Tonse Alliance Agreement
Two major parties in the governing Tonse Alliance, UTM and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), have not come out explicitly to disclose what is contained in the agreement between nine parties forming the grand coalition, a year after its formation.
MCHS Students Hit at Management
There is an outcry among students at Malawi College of Health Sciences (MCHS) following a management decision to introduce accommodation fee for students on campus and stopping provision of meals.
Protect Babies at Mphompha Health Center in Rumphi, Expert Tells Govt
Hospital In-charge for Mphompha Health Center in Rumphi, Kumbukani Kasiyamaliro has confirmed to us that they female patients suffering from other diseases are being accommodated in a maternity ward due to lack of space at the facility.
Chiefs Ask Government to Share them Dwambazi Livestock Farm Idle Land
Traditional leaders in Nkhota-kota, Nkhatabay and Mzimba districts have warned that they will continue encroaching Dwambazi Livestock Farm until government shares them part of the idle land for farm use.Senior Group Village Head Katumbi Mbalale of Nkhota-kota says their subjects do not have land for farming yet government has several idle land.
Nsanje Flood Survivors Decry Water Challenges
People who were displaced by floods at Mchacha James in the area of Traditional Authority Mlolo in Nsanje, have taken authorities to task to provide them safe drinking water.
MERA Worried with Low Usage of Gas for Cooking
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) says only 1% of the country’s households use Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as source of energy for cooking in their homes.
UTM Encourages Women with Political Ambitions to Come Out
UTM has encouraged women with political ambitions and want to compete in future elections to start unveiling themselves now.
Court Marshal Jailed for 3 Years for Forgery
The Zomba Chief Resident Magistrate's Court has convicted and sentenced a court marshal to three years imprisonment with hard labor for forging court documents in an attempt to release two convicts from Zomba Maximum Prison.
MPC Banks on Strategy to Survive
The Financially struggling Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) says has started implementing the turnaround strategy in order to revamp the economic performance of the parastatal.
Tea Company Fires Its Three Managers
One of the country’s biggest tea producers -Lujeri Tea Estate Company in Mulanje has dismissed three of its senior managers on what the employees and sympathizers at the company have described as preposterous.
