The parliamentary agriculture committee has found that there is no maize in the government silos in the northern region. This means a number of families have been affected by hunger, confirming reports that over two ....
Government plans to introduce electronic vouchers for the Farm Input Subsidy Programme in the next growing season to help check corruption, and control the influx of fake counterfeit coupons, officials say. A pilot phase of ....
Water Tariffs have been adjusted upwards to help the Board meet escalating production costs so that the Board is in a better position to serve you better. The adjustment is as follows: For Businesses and ....
14 heads of state have confirmed their participation at this year’s SADC Summit to be held here in Malawi in August,the summit is scheduled to start on August 17 Minister of Info. Moses Kunkuyu has ....
This is Queens (pictures taken with consent from the subjects).. It feels sad to see people being bundled in the corridors due to lack of space and the facilities so dilapidated. The most sad part ....
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is demanding over K6 million from government in form of electricity bills for Ndata Farm house, a private residence belonging to late president Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi News ....
Registration of voters for the 2014 Tripartite Elections starts on July 22, 2013 and will be done in phases starting with the following districts; Nsanje, Neno, Mwanza Chikhwawa and Mbayani, Michiru, South Lunzu, Blantyre City ....
Reports reaching Malawian Zone indicate that the Malawi Judiciary staff is set to go on strike because government has not fulfilled its promise to review their salaries. In April, workers at the High Court in ....
Blantyre — Amidst calls for quick scrutiny of the Compulsory to Education bill by the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare has observed that the legislation alone will not boost ....
Secondary school students in Malawi will from September, next year, be mandated to take science subjects as compulsory subjects. This, according to the authorities, is a deliberate move to ensure that the education sector nurtures ....
The Malawi government on Monday announced that it had joined the Better than Cash Alliance under which it has committed itself to change its payment systems from cash to electronic based. Better Than Cash Alliance ....
President Joyce Banda has fired three senior cabinet ministers from her cabinet. According to a statement from the spokesperson in the office of the president and cabinet, Arthur Chipenda, the casualties are Peter Mwanza, Jennipher ....
Speaking in Lilongwe on Tuesday during the opening of a planning meeting to strategies on advocacy process to the National Alcohol Policy, the Synod’s Moderator, Vasco Kachipa, said there is need to have the policy ....
It has been further revealed that Bingu's only young brother Peter was the master minder of the malpractices surrounding Bingu's K61 billion wealth exposed. Peter frequently abandoned ministerial duties and went abroad to coordinate his ....
Although Parliament endorsed Stephen Kamphasa as the new Auditor General nominated by government to replace Reckford Kampanje who retired last year, the country effectively has another person for the same post. Peter Kamange still holds ....
It is the first time that Malawi government is honoring its workforce at such scale with pomp. Meanwhile, the servants could not hold it but express their gratitude and unwavering support for President Dr. Joyce ....
The government wants to collect over K5 billion from the estate of former President Bingu wa Mutharika in unpaid estate duty. According to documents filed at the Zomba High Court Registry which The Daily Times ....
The Malawi Economic Justice Network (Mejn) says the “obvious mismatch” between the size of the civil service workforce and its consistent efficiency and effectiveness in delivering public goods and services begs a question on progress ....
In BUSINESS, the Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) has faulted the 2013/2014 government budget for what it calls subsiding consumption through some tax measures announced by Finance Minister Ken Lipenga when ....
The Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) is demanding that government must increase the zero percent threshold for the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) from the proposed K20,000 to K30,000. In his K638.2 billion budget ....
A leaked document that Malawi News has seen shows how President Joyce Banda’s cabinet attempted to save the debt-ridden now-liquidated flag carrier Air Malawi by, among other things, trying to sell spare parts. The document, ....