Category: National

* Some passengers have been rescued using small boats, while others have died on the vessel By Ireen Mseteka, Malawi News Agency (MANA) in Likoma MV Chambo, a Mozambican-owned vessel that also operates on Lake Malawi, has been destroyed by fire and sunk in Tanzania on Sunday morning, reportedly leaving some passengers dead. According to a report shared on a forum trending as ‘Chambo Chili Kuti’, eyewitness Peter Augustin Kaluzi said the vessel caught fire while heading to Mozambique….

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* As Malawi Mining Investment Company (MAMICO) is ready to begin gold purchasing at three initial Gold Trading Centres * Equipment and personnel are in place, while NBS Bank and FDH Bank have committed to providing initial financing By Duncan Mlanjira A survey conducted by Malawi Mining Investment Company (MAMICO) identified more than 100 gold mining sites across 26 districts to provide miners with another formal market to help Malawi retain more value from its mineral resources. This was…

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Homeland Security Minister Peter Mukhito with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Chika Charles Aniekwe at the handover event * Hands over of 152 certificate printers to health facilities and National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices across the country * Behind every birth certificate is a child whose existence has been formally recognised by the State * Behind every death certificate is a family able to complete important legal processes with dignity * And behind every marriage certificate is a legal record…

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* A significant step towards ensuring grid stability through increased grid generation capacity * Paves the way for the integration of 75-megawatt (MW) multifuel thermal power into the national electricity grid * Through a 132-kilovolt (kV) connection point at ESCOM’s existing 132/33kV Nanjoka Substation in Salima By Duncan Mlanjira The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi Limited (ESCOM) reports that it has signed two separate landmark Transmission Connection Agreements (TCA) with AZA Power Solutions Limited and Quantel Renewable Energy Limited…

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* On the need to make measurable anti-corruption measures central to IMF-supported programmes for Malawi * My intention is not to discourage international assistance to Malawi, but to encourage an approach that ensures such assistance delivers lasting benefits to the people it is intended to serve By Duncan Mlanjira Dr James Kadyampakeni, the Canada-based Malawian economist and accountable governance advocate, has written to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, on the need to make measurable anti-corruption measures…

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