State House has dismissed reports that President, Dr Lazarus Chakwera has secretly given himself a 40 percent salary increase. Recently, social media was awash with reports alleging that the President’s salary has secretly been increased. State House Press Secretary, Brian Banda, made the remarks on… Read More »State house denies Chakwera has secretly hiked his salary by 40 percent
Newly elected Member of Parliament for Lilongwe Msinja South constituency Francis Belekanyama has challenged stakeholders championing youth participation in politics to rise above policy direction and start telling young people real issues entangled in the country’s politics. Belekanyama defied the odds to win the March… Read More »Son to the late Belekanyama champions youth agenda after election
One of the charity organizations in Malawi Sweet Aroma will on Wednesday April 7, 2021 embark on a two day fundraising walk from Lilongwe Kasungu to mobilize Three point Seven Million Kwacha to go towards improving the plight of street connected children. Its executive director… Read More »Sweet Aroma to walk from Lilongwe to Kasungu to raise K3.7 M for vulnerable children
Teachers Union of Malawi is expected to meet government officials on Tuesday after government failed to address the issue of risk allowances before schools were set for reopening on Monday February 22, 2021. The impasse in the education sector has attracted mixed reactions from stakeholders… Read More »Education impasse, government dates TUM over risk allowances
Leader of the house Richard Chimwendo Banda has announced that speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has tested positive for Covid-19. Confirming the development in parliament on Thursday, Chimwendo Banda said Hara was diagnosed with the diseases on Thursday after two of her domestic workers… Read More »Speaker Catherine Gotani Hara tests positive for Covid-19
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare Patricia Kaliati has rallied support for early childhood development centers stressing the institutions have potential of transforming the education sector. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Kaliati said currently more than six hundred Early Childhood Development centers (ECDs)… Read More »Kaliati touts early childhood development
The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the 2021/2022 Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) will commerce earlier than the 2020/2021 program started. Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, said this on Monday in Parliament when he was presenting a ministerial statement on how the AIP fared in… Read More »Affordable Input Program to start early this year- Minister
Government will proceed to delink the University of Malawi (UNIMA) into three universities; namely the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) through Act No. 19 of 2019; the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHES); and the University of Malawi (UNIMA) passed as Act… Read More »Government to proceed delinking UNIMA into three universities
Parliament has announced that the 2020-2021 Mid-Term Budget Review Meeting of parliament will commence on February 22, 2021 and will run up to March 26, 2021, through uniquely devised hybrid interactive method to safeguard lives. The meeting was first scheduled to be held from February… Read More »Parliament starts meeting Monday for Mid-Term Budget Review
Barely six weeks of school break due to escalating numbers of covid-19, the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 has announced schools will reopen on February 22, 2021. The Task force made the announcement on Wednesday evening during a press briefing in the capital Lilongwe. Co-chairperson of… Read More »Schools to reopen next Monday-Task Force