By Franco Mwachande Jnr The Center for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) has highlighted the need for local agricultural entrepreneurs to be skillful in their business avenues for scaling up operations in alternative value chains. CAT Executive Director Macleod Nkhoma made the remarks on Monday at Ufulu gardens in Lilongwe during the opening of a two-days business […]Read More
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Franco Mwachande Jnr Rotary club of Lilongwe (RCL), has planted over 1 800 trees at Chatata Primary School in Lilongwe as part of their contribution to this year’s tree- planting programme. Speaking after the exercise on Tuesday, RCL President Margaret Sikwese said they targeted the primary school as a way of educating learners to care […]Read More
By Meclina Chirwa About 300 thousand children have been targeted to benefit through the natural regeneration initiative in the areas of Traditional Authority Mazengera and Chitekwere in Lilongwe. This was said on Tuesday in Lilongwe during the signing ceremony of the Forest Management Plan which the two T/As signed. Speaking during the ceremony, Lilongwe District […]Read More
By Franklin Mtambalika The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC), has asked the ministry of education to consider revamping the education system so that it focuses on skills development other than knowledge banking, as it has been the case before. This was said on Wednesday during a post UNGA dialogue meeting on transformative education with government […]Read More
By Jecina Chikwelete Police in Lilongwe have strongly condemned an act of mob justice at Mphanda Primary School in Nkhoma, Lilongwe, where pupils assaulted and stoned to death a theft suspect before setting his body ablaze. The incident happened on Monday, 21 November, in the area of Traditional Authority Chitekwere. The deceased has been identified […]Read More
By Kenson McCloud Government says it is concerned with the rising cases of gender-based violence in the country despite its various efforts and interventions to end the vice. The sentiments come as the country is set to the join the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism commencing on 25th of November […]Read More
By Steve Chinyonga Female law enforcers in Mangochi have raised MWK900 thousand through a big walk to help improve welfare of orphaned children. The move is also another way of strengthen their relationship with members of the general public in the district. Mangochi Police Women Network together with female officers from immigration and Prison Services […]Read More
By Kenson McCloud The American government says it has committed MWK102 Billion towards expansion and promotion of the National Reading Program for the next 5 years, targeting 4 million learners in lower classes. US Ambassador to Malawi, David Young made the disclosure on Tuesday in Dowa during the commemoration of International Literacy Day. Young told […]Read More
By Meclina Chirwa Stakeholders in the health sector have expressed great concern that high teenage pregnancy rate which was on 26% in 2015 and 29% this year, has led to an increase in maternal mortality rate. The stakeholders have also observed an increase in reported cases of sexual violence in the country. A report by […]Read More
By Aamon Butao As Malawi observes the Social Protection Week, government says its social protection programmes have helped people living below the poverty line to make their ends meet. Since Malawi attained independence in 1964, its leaders have flagged poverty eradication as their main campaign promise, however the subsequent interventions have been compromised by political […]Read More