Новости за 03.04.2024

A grouping of concerned citizens led by activist Edward Kambanje on Wednesday held peaceful demonstrated in Blantyre demanding the resignation of Minister of Homeland Security Kenneth Zikhale Ng’oma and Immigration Chief Charles Kalumo over the ongoing passport issuance mess. The peaceful demonstrators, who marched from Kamuzu Upper Stadium to Blantyre Central Business Area, presented their […]

WhatsApp is down in Malawi and some parts of the world, a statement posted on WhatsApp official Facebook page has confirmed the outage. “We know some people are experiencing issues right now, we’re working on getting things back to 100% for everyone as quickly as possible,” reads the statement Malawi Voice has established that with […]

Chitipa South legislator Welani Chilenga has filed notice in Parliament to table the controversial  constitutional amendment to make any person above 80 years of age ineligible to contest for the presidency. The Bill was initiated by Mulanje Central Parliamentarian Kondwani Nankhumwa, but he withdrew it from the Order Paper. According to the notice Malawi Voice […]

The Government Negotiating Team (GNT) and Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) have agreed to hike salaries for civil servants with an average of 12 percent effective 1 April 2024. This was agreed on Wednesday during the meeting between the two sides in Lilongwe. Briefing the media, GNT leader Charles Kalemba disclosed that Government has also […]

Listed FDH Bank has seen a rise in its profit-after-tax by 55% from K22.932 billion to K35.467 billion in the year ending December 31 2023.  According to the financial performance report which the Bank has released and signed by the its Board Chairperson, Charity Mseka, Managing Director Noel Mkulichi, Head of Finance Richard Chipezaani, and Chairperson […]

FDH Bank and the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences( Mubas) have signed a long-term Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the Bank supporting final year students with business start-ups. FDH Bank, in 2021, initiated a business entrepreneurship concept dubbed ‘Graduate Start-ups’ targeting Mubas final year students to finance their entrepreneurial ideas and […]

Former President Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika memorial service which was to take place on Friday has been postponed. Shadreck Namalomba, the spokesperson for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has confirmed the development. Namalomba, in a statement, said the postponement follows advice from the Mutharika family that one of the members, Arthur Masamba, lost a wife recently […]

On Wednesday, Parliament adjourned for 20 minutes following a physical battle that ensued between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Zomba Chisi Mark Botomani and Blantyre City South East MP Sameer Suleman. The noise from the opposition bench in the Parliament, according to Nation Online, escalated into a physical battle despite the […]

By Tikondane Vega Blantyre, April 3, Mana: Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change, Michael Usi has called on African countries to decisively prioritise biodiversity conservation in the national budget and demonstrate commitments in preserving rich biodiversity for sustainable economic development of their respective countries. The minister said this in Blantyre on Wednesday during the […]

By Thumbiko Nyirongo, Contributor The 10th Africa Regional Dialogue for the United Nations Development Programme’s Biodiversity Finance Initiative (UNDP-BIOFIN) is currently underway at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre, Malawi. The three days long summit, which among others aims at sharing experiences, discussing biodiversity finance strategies and exploring opportunities for finance solutions, has attracted over 70 biodiversity […]

The Malawi Engineering Institution (MEI) has expressed concern over the “deplorable of most of the roads in the country. MEI President Alfonso Chikuni said in a statement on Wednesday: “the condition was largely due to poor maintenance. “Deep potholes are quite rampant and are not being attended to with the urgency they deserve. These potholes […]

Government has shelved implementation of its decision to move commissioner in the Department of Disaster Management Affairs Charles Kalemba to the Ministry of Defence. Kalemba was among 10 principal secretaries whose redeployment to different ministries was recently announced by the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC). “I have not moved. I am still the Dodma […]

Police officer in Dedza has gunned his girlfriend to death before turning to riffle to himself The cop, Paul Mpheluka, was said to be in a steamy relationship with Sabina Bwanali, but the two fallout on Wednesday over love matters. Dedza Police Publicist Beatrice Jefita confirmed the incident, but refused to shade more light as […]

The 2024 edition of the World Happiness Report released last week by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that Malawians are plunging deeper into unhappiness dungeon. The IMF has ranked Malawi 136 out of 143 in terms of the citizen’s self-evaluation, a metric that measures people’s satisfaction with their quality of life. The ranking means […]