NATIONAL NEWS (5320)
Govt Owes Adult Literacy Instructors K3.5 Bn
Government is yet to settle K3.5 billion honoraria arrears for adult literacy instructors dating back to 2017.
Look beyond Relief; Partners Urged
Partners responding to disasters the country has been experiencing have been challenged to look beyond providing relief assistance to the affected communities as some infrastructures damaged by the recent disasters in Zomba remain unchecked.
Bees Cause Havoc at St. Mathew’s Primary School
Two standard one learners have been admitted at St. Montfort hospital and several others are enduring the stings in homes after a swarm of bees attacked the learners at St. Mathew’s Primary School in Chikwawa on Tuesday morning.
Illiteracy Derails Women Empowerment in DA
Teams Advancing Women in Agriculture (TAWINA) says limited market information, knowledge and skills, low literacy levels, limited freedom of movement, lack of decision making and negotiation are hampering women’s economic independence in Dowa.
Brothers Killed Over Chieftaincy in DA
A 62-year-old man, Kakhomba Kenamu, who is group village headman Kakhomba, is said to have killed his 66-year-old brother, Kaponda kenamu, whom he had quarreled over the chieftaincy in Dowa district.
Amnesty International Condemns Activists’ Arrests
The recent government crackdown on the HRDC leadership has attracted condemnation from an international human rights body, Amnesty International.
Trapence, Sembereka Arrested, Mtambo on the Run
Police in Lilongwe have arrested executive members of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition, vice president Gift Trapence and Reverend MacDonald Sembereka on Sunday.
Mutharika Orders MDF, MPS to Stop Protesters
President Peter Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and the Malawi Police Services (MPS) to stop the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) led protests from shutting down the state house.
No Land for Market Relocation; Learners Disadvantaged
Phalombe District Council says it has no land where it can use to relocate some markets that share boundaries with schools.
Help Will Never Be Enough – Bishop Dube
The Assemblies of God Church in Malawi has pleaded with people who were affected with disasters to use the little assistance they are having to transform their lives, saying help will never be enough.
