The Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has rejected two members of the newly appointed Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) board owing to varied reasons. Some members of the committee confided in Nation Online about the development. PAC held interviews for the newly appointed board members between yesterday and today. According to information that we […]
The newly constituted Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) board will this week announce a fuel hike of more than 20 percent. The hike, it is alleged, was delayed because MERA did not have a board. It’s understood that petrol prices will be hiked to about 1500 Malawi Kwacha from MWK1,150.00 per litre. Prices of Diesel […]
Blantyre Synod’s Billy Gama courts controversy over remark that Chakwera will finish second term. General Secretary of Blantyre Synod, Reverend Dr. Billy Gama has courted controversy when he suggested that President Lazarus Chakwera will serve a presidential second term from 2025 to 2030. Gama said this Saturday during the graduation ceremony of the University of […]
A teenage boy identified as Bob Robin (17), has suddenly died after a high explosive device exploded. According to Eastern Region assistant police spokes person Sargent Tionge Kayenda the incident happened on March 22, 2022, at Malawi Defence Force (MDF) motor firing range camp at Chikala hills in Machinga district. Kayenda told us that on […]
The Malawi Police Service-MPS has emphasized on the need for collaborative efforts in dealing with Gender Based Violence in evacuation camps in the areas affected by cyclones. Deputy Director of Community Policing Services and Rural Police Units, Francis Chisaka at Mulanje police made the sentiments when he visited flood survivors at Mitawa Primary School camp […]
Airtel Africa has sold its 723 towers in Malawi to Helios Towers, an independent telecommunications infrastructure company, for US$55 million (about K45.1 billion).
The Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has fined a Zimbabwean couple K1 million and ordered their deportation for possessing dangerous drugs and damaging a banknote. Central West Region Police Spokesperson Alfred Chimthere says Tinashe Mukarati and Melisha Jackson were found in possession of 215 millilitres of narcotic liquid cocaine at their residence in Area […]
Former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Deputy National Director of Women, Hyasinta Chikaonda, has defected to Malawi Congress Party (MCP). MCP Central Region Chairman Patrick Chilondola has officially welcomed Chikaonda at the party’s headquarters in Lilongwe. Chikaonda, who once served as a legislator for Dedza East from 2009 to 2014, says she has decided to […]
TNM Super League giants Silver Strikers and Mighty Wanderers will be hoping to bounce back quickly after suffering defeats in their respective opening matches last weekend. Both Silver and Wanderers lost their opening matches of the season 1-0 to Red Lions at Balaka Stadium and 2-1 to Nyasa Big Bullets at Kamuzu Stadium respectively. This […]
Against allegations that it has been quoting low prices in its bids – reportedly as a trick to be awarded contracts in Malawi — only for it to inflate the figures while the works are in progress, Mota Engil quoted its contract bid price for the retendered Marka-Bangula Railway project at K82 billion. This is […]
