Category: Law Enforcement

Chifipa Mhango * Public policy is most successful when it addresses the root causes of a problem rather than applying broad restrictions that unintentionally affect compliant citizens * In this case, the challenge is not that Malawians are travelling to South Africa; rather, it is that a proportion of travellers are violating immigration laws after arrival or circumventing legal migration processes altogether * South Africa has not closed the borders for entry, and so action from Malawi to issue…

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* The proposed fees would enable Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) to effectively monitor and enforce compliance * While ensuring that personal information belonging to Malawians is adequately protected By Maggie Msongole, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Business entities that collect and process personal data will be required to pay annual registration fees with Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA). At a consultation meeting with stakeholders on the proposed registration fees in Mzuzu City on Friday, MACRA Head of Data Protection,…

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* The two mobile network operators breached legal requirements by implementing approved tariff adjustments before providing customers with the required seven-day public notice * In response to concerns raised by Consumer Association of Malawi, which faulted MACRA for approving tariff increase on internet bundle indicating that the Law was not followed By Tarcizio Mondwe, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority has ordered Airtel Malawi Plc and Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) Plc to reverse the revised telecommunications tariffs,…

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* The Communication Act, 2016 protects consumers from introducing tariff increases without providing justification * And giving consumers a period of not less than seven days before effecting any tariff adjustments * These new tariff adjustments are also being introduced at a time when consumers are experiencing poor quality service from the two mobile network operators * And at a time when Government has just introduced a lot of taxes on mobile money transactions—writes CAMA to MACRA Director General…

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* Malawi is a constitutional democracy, not a police state. The exercise of fundamental freedoms cannot be subjected to the unfettered discretion of any public authority * The role of the Malawi Police Service is to uphold the Constitution by protecting both public order and the constitutional rights of citizens By Duncan Mlanjira The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has responded to the statement issued by the Malawi Police Service cautioning against the planned “peaceful demonstrations and Karonga–Chiweta M1…

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