NATIONAL NEWS (5297)
Students Vow to Continue With Demonstrations
Students from public schools in Mzuzu have vowed to continue demonstrations against the stay away by their following a directive by the Teachers Union of Malawi.
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.
Teachers Resume Stay Away
Some teachers in various schools in Mzuzu are currently staging a stay away demanding risk allowances from Government.
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.
