NATIONAL NEWS (5372)
CK, NE Elections Case Resumes
The high court in Blantyre has resumed hearing a parliamentary elections case where some opposition parliamentary aspirants in last year’s elections are challenging the results.
Thugs in a 3rd Attempt to Exhume Albino Body
In a space of four weeks, unknown people have thrice failed to exhume the body of a two year old boy with albinism in Mulanje district.
Child Labor Hits 61 % in Phalombe
Labour officials in Phalombe have expressed worry over the growing tendency of child labor which is currently pegged at 61%; way above the Malawi national labor prevalence rate of 38%.
Mother To Ex-Veep Chimulirenji Has Died
Mother to hitherto vice president of Malawi, Everton Chimulirenji, has died at a hospital in India Sunday morning.
Dr. Ansah, Commissioners Summoned To Parliament
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission, Dr. Jane Ansah, and her eight other commissioners are expected to appear before the Public Appointment Committee of Parliament on Monday as the committee begins responding to recent orders of the Constitutional Court in the unprecedented ruling of the presidential election case.
Brazilian Crossing Africa On Foot Now in Malawi Heading Egypt
Lion Jose Castro, a Brazilian Lion's Club member hopes to cross Africa walking on foot. He took off from Cape Town, South Africa and is now in Lilongwe, Malawi.
Delayed Technical Colleges Construction Worries Youth
A local organization that advocates for the rights of youth in Phalombe has expressed worry over the delay by government to roll out the construction work for the constituency community technical colleges in the country.
MACOHA Rescues 200 Needy Students
The Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) has bailed out 160 students with disabilities from challenges of school fees in various secondary schools across the country.
Tobacco Commission Urges Growers To Diversify Cropping
The Tobacco Commission-TC-is out encouraging tobacco growers not to rely on the leaf alone but diversify cropping in they are to yield profitable returns.
MEC Chair Jane Ansah Out On Leave Pending Retirement
In the middle of a boiling political and legal pot in aftermath of the Constitutional Court nullification of the May 2019 presidential election and the subsequent order for a fresh election in 150 days, MEC chairperson, Jane Ansah, is now out on leave. Ans she will not be coming back.
