NATIONAL NEWS (5376)
Mother Jailed for Sanctioning Daughter’s Defilement
A Senior Resident Magistrate Court in Mangochi on Thursday, convicted and sentenced a 33-year-old mother to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for permitting her husband to defile their 14-year-old daughter.
Local NGO Donates Push Bikes to 15 Vulnerable Students in Mulanje
A Mulanje based non-governmental organization, Othakarhaka Foundation, has donated pushbikes worth K2 million to 15 vulnerable secondary school students in Mulanje to ease their mobility challenges to schools.
Parly' Leadership Owes Malawians An Explanation On Smuggled Bill-CDEDI
The Center for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives says the Parliament’s leadership owes Malawians an explanation on the bill that was allegedly smuggled to parliament, whose explanation it says is lacking.
NRB Withdraws 300 Registration Officers
For the second time, the National Registration Bureau has withdrawn 300 registration officers from the field where they were doing mass identity card replacement.
More Malawians Fail to Patronize Tourism Places
The 2019 Malawi Domestic and Outbound Tourism Survey Report has revealed that 87.5 percent of people in the country do not make touristic trips due to financial constraints.
Save the Children Intensifies Mobile Courts in Neno
Save the Children Malawi in Neno district has appealed to child led clubs and youth groups to develop a culture of reporting cases of child abuse in a bid to reduce child marriages and incidents of defilement that are becoming common in the country.
Action Aid Donates Covid-19 Equipment
An international organization, Action Aid, has bailed out the country's health facilities with Covid-19 supplies valued at K22 million.
Parly Women Caucus Sound SOS Over Shortage Of Gender Officers
The parliamentary women caucus has complained over a huge vacancy rate of gender officers in district councils.
MEC Employees Frustrated Over A Restraining Order On Unvaccinated Staff
Workers at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are scheduled to engage their bosses over a decision barring them from work if they are not vaccinated for COVID19.
11 Bills Sent To Chakwera; Labour Relations Amendment Bill Not On The List
Zodiak has established that the controversial labour relations amendment bill is not part of the eleven bills that parliament has sent to President Lazarus Chakwera for assent.
