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Vice President Saulos Chilima on Friday opened a virtual Malawi Engineering Institution Annual General Meeting (AGM) from his office at the seat of government Capital Hill in Lilongwe with a call to the engineers to up standards in the delivery of services to the nation.
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Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) secretary general Azeez Lisa and vice co-chairperson Alinafe Banda are leading a group of concerned teachers who have asked for the immediate resignation of TUM vice president Rehema Harid and other five executive members for announcing that teachers’ strike has been suspended following talks it had with the Presidential Task […] The post Divisions rock Teachers Union of Malawi: Strike is still on, says TUM president first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
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President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged the graduates of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) to turn their minds towards the study and mastery of the national development blueprint Vision 2063, which succeeded Vision 202.
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Finance Minister Felix Mlusu is upbeat that the Tonse alliance led government will fulfill its campaign promises. He said the campaign promises include provision of free water and electricity connections.
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President Lazarus Chakwera has noted that ever since former president Bakili Muluzi launched the mission of Mzuzu University in 1999, the institution has set the pace in embracing “progressive change.
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Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) secretary general Azeez Lisa and vice co-chairperson Alinafe Banda are leading a group of concerned teachers who have asked for the immediate resignation of TUM vice president Rehema Harid and other five executive members for announcing that teachers’ strike has been suspended following talks it had with the Presidential Task […] The post Divisions rocks Teachers Union of Malawi: Strike is still on, says TUM president first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
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Listed FDH Bank plc has given K1 million to this year’s Wealth Woman summit slated for 8th March 2021 in Lilongwe. Presenting the cheque in Blantyre on Wednesday, FDH Bank Head of Operations, Administration and Procurement Mwiza Madanitsa said the Bank would like to see more women share insights and grow and create more employment […] The post FDH Bank gives K1 million to Wealth Woman summit in Lilongwe first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
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Private practice lawyer Oscar Asima Taulo and his estranged client, Moses Michael Mwalabu, have resolved their differences, with the counsel committing to withdraw the lawsuit he commenced against Mwalabu, Nyasa Times has learnt.
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Government, through the Ministry of Transport, has rolled out a 4.8 million US dollars project aimed at rehabilitating and upgrading high and medium voltage electrical systems, including runway edge lights at the country’s Chileka International Airport and Kamuzu International Airport.
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Officials from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) have blocked the use of K17 billion by councils and clusters. A memo seen by Nyasa Tines directs all councils and clusters to stop spending and transfer back all the remaining amount in the K17.280 billion funding that was released to the clusters.
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Lawyer for prophet Shepherd Bushiri says government has finally cleared the prophet’s daughter to travel to Kenya to seek medical treatment. Government blocked the 8-year-old daughter this week from travelling to Kenya after an air ambulance had arrived to pick her at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe.
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Veteran governance, human rights and public policy expert, Undule Mwakasungula, has asked the renowned Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and the Malawi Police Service to consider engaging in dialogue to resolve issues surrounding the decision by the government to block Bushiri’s critically ill daughter from travelling abroad to seek specialized medical attention.
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Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander General Vincent Nundwe has dismissed allegations that he has been interdicted over allegations of abuse of Covid-19 funds, saying he does not head any cluster and that MDF has not misappropriated any funds.
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Parents and learners can now breathe a sigh of relief following the decision by Teaches’ Union of Malawi (TUM) to call off the stay away pending resolutions of the discussions between the government and the union.
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The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) in collaboration with the Concerned Landless People in Thyolo and Mulanje have given the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development up to March 23, 2021, to distribute idle land to the landless people in the two districts.
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In less than two years since its launch, Wella Medical Aid Society (Wemas) has introduced Biometric Smartcard system which is set to revolutionize insurance healthcare claim service.
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The Freedom of Worship Association of Malawi (FOWAM) president Prophet David Mbewe has questioned the decision by the Malawi Police Service to prevent Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s critically ill daughter from travelling outside the country to seek specialist medical attention.
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Resilient policies and strategies are crucial for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enable them jump start the economy after the devastation caused by Covif-19, Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima said on Tuesday.
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Malawians will have to wait a little longer to know findings of the investigations into alleged sexual harassment of female workers at the public broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).
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Chikwawa Central member of parliament (MP) Salim Bagus has said State security personnel surely deserve better accommodation like everyone else and asked government to construct houses for police officers and a fence at Nchalo Police Station.
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Civil society organizations (CSOs) and actors under the banner of National Advocacy Platform (NAP) Has given President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse Alliance administration. a poor rating, accusing the leadership of entrenching the same governance shortfalls it promised to address at the height of the campaign for the June 23, 2020, Fresh Presidential Election.
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In a sudden twist of events, the UTM Party regional treasurer (N) Lusubilo Kamwambi, young brother to the fallen Member of Parliament for Karonga Northwest constituency James Kamwambi has dumped the party and swiftly defected to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in readiness for the forthcoming by-election slated for March 30, 2021.
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Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has appealed to Tonse Alliance government to allow Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s 8-year-old daughter to travel to Kenya to seek specialised medical attention.
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The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), has taken a swipe at the councils for failing to provide information to the citizenry in line with the long-awaited Access to Information Act (ATI).
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After donating Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) prevention materials to 2000 people in Dowa District recently, Salvation for All Ministries International this weekend donated MK20 million worth Covid-19 prevention materials to 3000 people in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Mazengera in Lilongwe rural.
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Ministry of Agriculture has announced that this year’s (2021/2022) Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) will commerce earlier than the 2020/2021 program started. Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, said this on Monday in Parliament during his presentation of how the 2020/2021 AIP has fared.
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The Thomson and Barbra Mpinganjira Foundation has kicked off its charitable works with a donation of K20 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs) items for Covid-19 fight to the Ministry of Health.
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A rights activist has told parliamentarians to prioritise the review of the Witchcraft Act to avert more killings of the elderly. Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) executive director Michael Kaiyatsa’s call comes as parliament starts meeting this week.
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Primary school teachers in the country have maintained their demand for Covid-19 risk allowance and have since downed their tools until government addresses their concerns.
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An influential preacher has warned delays in implementing delays in government can lead to frustration among Malawians which might be a recipe for an uprising.