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The Ministry of Education has reiterated that it will not tolerate indiscipline among learners and students who resort to violence in the event of a misunderstanding with school authorities.
Zodiak has it that the Malawi Police Service has arrested over five people for allegedly pelting stones at President Lazarus Chakwera's motorcade in Chikwawa last week.
Child rights activist Amos Chibwana has implored the leadership of Mulhako wa aLhomwe and stakeholders to devise strategies on how to protect children from abuse at this year's festival.
The Roads Authority (RA) says a tendering process is underway to identify contractors and ascertain the final costs for works to reinstate bridges which were damaged by Cyclone Freddy last year.
The Thyolo District Council says it needs about K7.5 million for the construction of a modern dump site in the district after it finally secured land.
District Commissioner Hudson Kuphanga told Zodiak Online Wednesday that Conforzi Tea Estate has provided the land besides partnering with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) to set up a biomass plant to make manure from the refuse.
"The facility will consist waste collection drums, a waste separation site and a recycling facility. So the council requires K7.5 million to put up the facility which is not available as at now," he said.
He, nevertheless, indicated that to ease the current pressure on waste management at the market, the council will excavate a new dump pit at the identified site.
Currently, vendors are dump garbage near the Thyolo flea market, making the area filth .
Meanwhile, the district's Civil Society Organisations (CSO) chairperson Willard Mwambo called on various stakeholders to support the construction project which is expected to address poor waste management issues in the district.
"Let me commend the leadership of the district council for the efforts and Conforzi Plantation Limited for the land. Various stakeholders need to come together and support the construction of the site," he said.
For a long time, the construction of the dump site at the boma has been failing due to land scarcity.
Minister of Transport and Public Works Jacob Hara says they are working on dealing with growing corruption issues at the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTS) in Blantyre.
There is a drop in general crime and road accidents, a year after installing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in strategic corners of Limbe, Blantyre, officials have reported.
Malawi is likely to miss millions of dollars in forex due to inability to meet this year's pigeon pea demand of over 400, 000 metric tonnes from traditional and new international markets.
The Ministry of Education says it is waiting for parliament's approval and a policy change to allow primary school learners wear trousers as uniform.
The government has gazetted new regulations on export and import of some products by amending Control of Goods (Import and Export Licence) Regulations of 2020.