Category: National

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s High Court Judge, Justice Fiona Mwale was amongst high profile judicial officers and other stakeholders at a meeting that took place at the Thailand Institute of Justice in Bangkok, Thailand organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) early this month that reviewed and revised a toolkit that provides gender responsive alternatives to imprisoning mothers who serve prison sentences with their young children.   This is a common phenomenon all over the...

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian non-governmental organisation (NGO), Village X last week handed over three rural community nursery school blocks and five boreholes whose construction was funded in collaboration with the communities themselves in Zomba, Mangochi and Mulanje. The symbolic presentation was made in Mwenda Village in Zomba where Village X Country Director Myson Jambo said the whole project cost over K30 million. “What is so admirable about all this is that it’s the community leaders themselves who advise us...

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By Duncan Mlanjira On 14th of January, 2019, Deputy Permanent Representative/Deputy Ambassador of Malawi to the United Nations, Lot Thauzeni Pansipadana Dzonzi, attained the mandatory age of 60 years and just like every public servant working with the Malawi government, it was time for him to retire.  He is now back home and says his four years and four months as a diplomatic for Malawi at the United Nations was a vast work experience fulfillment. In an exclusive interview,...

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi cannot effectively forge ahead with its development agenda without putting up an appropriate framework of information, communication and technology (ICT) to support and accelerate various national and sector initiatives and interventions at all levels of society. This was said by the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology, Mark Botomani during the official opening of the successful two-day ICT EXPO conference held in Lilongwe at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) last month. The Minister said Government...

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