NATIONAL NEWS (5372)
Authorities Call for Increased Investment in Adult Literacy
Community Development authorities in Mzimba have called on non-state actors in the early childhood development programs to consider supporting adult literacy education which faces numerous challenges such as lack of teaching and learning materials due to low funding.
SPECIAL REPORT: Skepticism Holds Back Malawi’s Progress in Biotechnology
Since the first year of commercial planting of biotech crops in 1996, more than 70 countries from all over the world have either planted or imported biotech crops, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Malawi is one of those countries.
In light of this, Chikondi Mphande sought to explore the opportunities that Malawi could take advantage of with regard to agriculture biotechnology that could help to solve some of the challenges the country is facing.
Chikondi is focusing on how Bt cotton, a variety of genetically modified cotton, has improved the lives of farmers in the country and how the food technology sector could also benefit from agricultural biotechnology in the country.
SPECIAL REPORT: How Poverty, Unemployment Are Drying Up Mzuzu City Water Future
In our special report this week, Steve Zimba, discusses how human activity in the Kaning’ina Forest reserve located in Nkhata Bay district bordering Mzuzu City, is threatening the life of Lunyangwa Dam, the main source of water for the northernmost Malawi city and surrounding areas.
Over a quarter of a million people living in Mzuzu city and people in surrounding parts of Nkhata Bay and Mzimba districts depend on Lunyangwa dam for water supply.
But the dam is now overstretched. Initially designed to supply clean water for about 85,000 people; the population of the city between 1988 and 1992, today, the dam supplies for nearly three times the original target.
But while that is concern enough, in this special report, Steve Zimba, finds that now human activity in the Kaning’ina Forest is threatening the very life of the dam such that the Northern Region Water Board fears that soon there could be a crisis as the catchment area dries up.
Truck Tyre Kills 7-Year-Old Boy
A boy aged seven has died after being hit by a tyre that detached from a truck at Mpondaganga Trade Centre in Nkhotakota district.
Neno District Council Drilled in Disaster Risk Management
Members of the Neno District Council have been called upon to strengthen coordination and communication with Village and District Civil Protection Committees in a bid to reduce risks in times of disaster.
Two More Nabbed for Alleged Kidnapping
Barely a fortnight after Limbe Police arrested two men for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old boy in Kanjedza, Blantyre, two more suspects have been netted.
Ministry Hails LLWB Work
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation has applauded the work by the Lilongwe Water Board under Lilongwe Water and Sanitation Project, saying it will help Malawi attaining UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 of providing all people with clean water by 2030.
Chakwera Touts UEA-Malawi Energy Investment Plan
President Lazarus Chakwera says the royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed interest to invest in Malawi's energy sector which he hopes will help to address energy challenges in the country.
USADF Protects Farmers Against NCDs
The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) has pumped in over K200 million kwacha towards the curbing of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Neno district, targeting members of two cooperatives: Mwangidzi Cooperative Society Limited and Mfundadzi farmers’ Cooperative Society Limited.
Fuel Challenges Disrupt Mzimba Street Road Expansion Project
Authorities say fuel challenges in the country has forced construction works of the Mzimba street in Lilongwe, which is being upgraded to six-lanes road, to halt for a month now.
