News In Southern Region (3247)
Ministry Backs Non-Remittance of GRs
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has backed Plant Protection Officer at Muloza border post in Mulanje for failing to issue general receipts (GRs) for In-Transit permits to cross border traders in perishable produce, saying by law, the officer is not mandated to have the GRs.
Disgruntled Guards Seal QECH Gates
Masi Security Services’ guards who operate at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre on Monday morning sealed the facility’s entries to force their employer to pay them their salaries.
Doctors Diffuse COVID-19 Panic
Doctors say the country has not reached an extent to restrict public gatherings as a precaution in the wake of corona virus global outbreak.
Hindu Community in Environment Conservation
The Hindu community in Malawi has displayed their commitment in conserving the environment by planting 2, 500 trees at Khungulu LEA School in Blantyre on Sunday.
Government Upbeat Lost Banana Production Will Be Revitalized
The Ministry of agriculture says there is a positive response from farmers on calls from agricultural extension workers to uproot old banana plants as all are feared to have been infected with the deadly banana bunchy top and replace them with disease free banana suckers.
Exhumation Case Adjourned to March 18
Mulanje Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has adjourned to 18 March hearing of a case where a man is accused of attempting to exhume body a boy with albinism.
NGOs Faulted For Failure to Align Interventions with Council's Plans
Authorities in Phalombe have faulted some non- state actors who are failing to align their interventions with the council’s development plans.
A Pencil that Draws Lifa’s Life
Ndirande boasts to be a place for everything. Dwellers say it is the ghetto where you will find anything your heart desires.
Mutharika Tells Confusionists to Leave DPP
President Peter Mutharika has asked some senior members that are causing confusion in the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to leave.
The Beating Heart in Social Cash Transfer
When Tropical Cyclone Idai hit the southern part of Africa in 2019, the ultra-poor in Malawi, just like any other hard hit regional country, needed a beating heart to keep their lives going.
