MCC lauds govt on corruption control
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has said Malawi continued to pass its scorecard by meeting the requirement of passing the 20 indicators overall, including the hard hurdles of control of co...
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Poaching earns three men jail terms
The Ntchisi Magistrate Court last week convicted and sentenced Medson Songazaudzu to five years imprisonment with hard labour for killing an elephant. Gladstone Mthawanji and James Mtsiro both from t...
ESCOM’s Power capacity set to increase to 431MW
Power to be generated through Solar Photovoltaic Power systems The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi is to add 70MW of power to the national power grid through the use of solar power supplied ...
Fired ESCOM Boss moved to Air Cargo: Malawi still in Blackout
Last week, Evelyn Mwapasa was replaced by Dr Alexon Chiwaya as the Chief Executive Officer for ESCOM after the country experienced its worst blackouts since Independence when Nyasaland became Malawi....
There are 55 million local Chickens in Malawi
Farmers encouraged to keep local chicken breeds Malawian farmers have been encouraged to continue keeping local chicken breeds because of their ability to serve multiple income generation purposes. T...
Malawi’s power project deadline remains intact
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) says it remains optimistic in its set target of completeing the compact program in Malawi’s power sector by September next year. MCC is implementating...
Eye of the Child consults on child rights laws
Eye of the Child has embarked on a nationwide consultation to seek views on possible amendements and harmonization of child rights laws in Malawi. Executive Director Maxwell Matewere said the consult...
China to construct 5 community technical colleges
The People’s Republic of China will construct five modern community technical colleges in Malawi. The revelation was made during the signing ceremony of the implementation agreement for the Chi...
Malawi’s ESCOM boss fired
Malawi’s ESCOM boss, Evelyn Mwapasa has been relieved of her duties as head of the statutory energy corporation with immediate effect. Reports reaching Nyasa Post from different credible media ...
Malawi Gaming Board to hand over curio shed
The Malawi Gaming Board says plans were underway to hand over the curio shed being constructed in Blantyre to the Blantyre City Council (BCC). The gaming board says the shed is one of its contributio...