President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says Malawi should have a national cultural day where all ethnic and heritage groups can showcase their culture. He was speaking at Mkolimbo in Ntcheu during this year’s Umhlangano Cultural Festival for the Maseko Ngoni. The ceremony brings together the Maseko Ngonis who celebrate their culture together with other Ngonis from […]
Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo has officially launched the United Nations Sustainable Development goals Acceleration Fund Project which will be focusing on borderland Security and Conflict Prevention in Mangochi and Mulanje. According to Mtambo, the project is meant to enhance peace and unity in bordering villages as well as amongst the villagers themselves. He […]
Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma has alleged in a leaked audio alleged to be of hers that judges and magistrates are corrupt. The leaked audio, in which Chizuma was speaking with a friend whom she seemed to trust, has been shared widely on social media. Chizuma alleged in the audio that some […]
According to the 2021 Auditor-General’s report, of the 374, 14 are Diploma programs, and 80 are undergraduate programmes. Postgraduate programmes are 213 and 67 are PhD programmes. The report dated June 1, 2022, was addressed to the Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban Bagbin. The running of unaccredited courses is in contrast to Section 36 of […]
Malawians should brace for continued instability of fuel supply as importers admit that forex shortages are limiting the volume of petroleum imports. This comes at a time authorities are assuring the public of availability of fuel days after many parts of the country experienced scarcity of the commodity. At a press brifieing, National Oil Company […]
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust says the police have a responsibility to ensure that suspects and convicts in their custody still enjoy their fundamental human rights and dignity. Speaking in Balaka during an impromptu visit with various stakeholder to the police holding cells, Balaka NICE District Civic Education Officer Henry Zechariah said “equal […]
Three government officials have been arrested for their alleged involvement in human trafficking. Two of the three are police officers from Kamuzu International Airport whilst the third one is medic at Kamuzu Central Hospital. Their arrest has come amidst reports that forty Malawian nationals earlier trafficked to Oman are struggling and stuck. Jean Sendeza, Minister […]
This comes after government suspended ADMARC services and announced that all employees must go on paid leave. Nankhumwa has told the Media in Lilongwe that the ‘closure’ of grain trader ADMARC by government is a bad decision and ill-timed as it will affect farmers and the Nation which is at the verge of facing hunger. […]
Mzuzu Child Justice Court has adjourned to 4th October 2022, hearing of the case in which Mzuzu City mayor Gift Desire Nyirenda is being accused of defiling his 14-year-old niece. The court was supposed to start hearing the case today. During the supposed first hearing of the case, it was revealed that the State did […]
Police in Mzimba are keeping in custody two form four students from Mzimba Open Distance Learning Secondary School for being found with the Malawi School Certificate of Education Examination paper without authority, contrary to section 14 of the MANEB Act. Confirming the development to MBC Online, Mzimba Police Public Relations Officer, Peter Botha, said they […]
