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Most accidents involving kabaza operators are avoidable and often caused by failure to follow road safety rules—Police

December 26, 2024

* Ashraful Aid enhances road safety by donating reflective vests to kabaza operators for Kabaza operators * Kabaza is an essential means of transport, just like any other, and operators must protect themselves to ensure the safety of their passengers By Agatha Kadzinje, MANA Blantyre Police’s urban traffic officer, Superintendent Cassim Symone highlights that most accidents involving motorcycle taxi (kabaza) operators are avoidable and are often caused by their failure to follow road safety rules. He said this when…

Courts seem not to be in sync with revised stiffer fines on offences on plunder of national forest reserve products

December 23, 2024

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* Rampant deforestation offences still attract court fines as low as K50,000 to K200,000 * Prompting offenders to establish group savings banks to assist each other during court cases * In 2020, the amended Forest Act went missing after the National Assembly passed it in 2019 before it reached the President to ascent to * Meanwhile, T/A Mposa in Machinga has assisted in the arrest of fellow chiefs, for being in complicit to illegal logging of trees within Chikala…

All larger trees on Machinga’s Chikala Forest threatened of depletion by end of 2025 due to current speed of massive deforestation

December 22, 2024

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* High alert made of massive illegal logging, charcoal production, forest invasion & child labour and pollution-threatened water sources * Until very recently, the forest reserve was in good health and relatively untouched by illegal logging * To lose a rain generating and water conserving ecosystem would certainly exacerbate the hardship of communities around Chikala Forest * Chikala Forest is one of the largest remaining stretches of Afromontane forest in Malawi and it is extraordinarily beautiful By Duncan Mlanjira…

Yet to see if road traffic department would indeed impound these heavily tinted executive cars deliberately without registration plates

December 20, 2024

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* The public notice is circulating on social media which the public observes has been issued countless of times yet the malpractice continues with impunity * Most of the vehicles — especially heavily tinted executive cars — are used by state authorities such as ministers, other politicians and government officials as a disguise By Duncan Mlanjira The Directorate of Road Traffic & Safety Services (DRTSS) has issued a reminder to motorist that it would impound all vehicles operating on…

Customers forced to pay ESCOM’s faults-clearing technicians just for them to have power restored

December 16, 2024

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The flier ESCOM distributed two weeks ago * Anthu awa akumafuna ndalama awa the moment wangoti tikuonani inayake akumabwera — 5 minutes ntchito yatha * One customer has been experiencing power fault for over a month now and received almost seven fault reference numbers but nobody visits to rectify it By Duncan Mlanjira While Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) emphasises that clearance of electricity faults is done at no cost to the customer, there are strong indications that…

Police in Lilongwe arrest 2025 General Elections voter for registering twice

December 9, 2024

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* Wiseman Enock managed to register twice because the second registration was done on a different gadget from the first one * The registration machine is designed to to detect and prevent multiple registrations on the same gadget, whether it is online or offline By Duncan Mlanjira Police in Lilongwe have arrested Wiseman Enock for registering twice during the ongoing 2025 General Elections voter registration exercise in the Capital City. A statement from Sangwani Mwafulirwa, director-media & public relations…

Supreme Court of Appeal upholds High Court ruling on forfeiture of Paul Mphwiyo’s house

December 6, 2024

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* The court below was within the law when it made the order of forfeiture * It invoked the provisions of Section 121 of Criminal Procedure & Evidence Code * Which allows the State to apply for forfeiture of bonded property where there is breach on the conditions of bail By Duncan Mlanjira The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld the decision by the High Court on the forfeiture of fugitive Paul Mphwiyo’s house at Area 43 in Lilongwe, agreeing…

CAMA once more lobbies for MERA to strictly follow the mandate of Automatic Pricing Mechanism on fuel

November 28, 2024

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The Automatic Pricing Mechanism that was being used before * MERA has one of the best mandates and laws in regulating the fuel market by ensuring that consumers are protected * By paying regulated fuel prices and that fuel importers are adequately compensated for their investments for fuel supply continuity By Duncan Mlanjira The Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) has once more lobbied that Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to strictly follow the mandate of Automatic Pricing Mechanism on fuel…

Kabambe to seek engagement of SADC and AU to facilitate dialogue and promote stability in Malawi

November 26, 2024

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* Malawi is at a crossroads, and the choices made today will determine the future of our democracy * I implore you to take decisive actions to address these challenges. Together, we can build a brighter future for our beloved nation By Duncan Mlanjira In light of the severity of the economic challenges the country is facing — that include fuel shortage; inflation; ailing economy; corruption and violence ahead of the 2025 General Elections — UTM president, Dalitso Kabambe…

President Chakwera grants duration extension of the mandate of Chilima’s plane crash Commission of Inquiry to submit report on December 14, 2024

November 26, 2024

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* As it completes its third phase of inquiry in the Southern Region from November 15-16, 2024 * And to complete its fourth phase in the Central Region today, November 26 in Lilongwe where it has sat since November 18 By Duncan Mlanjira Considering the magnitude of the evidence gathered from 120 witnesses as of November 22, the Commission of Inquiry into circumstances that led to the tragic plane that killed Vice-President Lazarus Chakwera and eight others, requested President…