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MEPA fines Mapeto, FASA and two others for non-compliance of environmental standards

March 5, 2024

* This follows inspection exercise conducted last year to several companies in Blantyre to assess their compliance levels on EMA * There were some recommendations that were made in terms of actions to undertake to deal with issues of pollution and other non-compliances that were identified during the inspection exercise By Memory Kutengule Chatonda, MANA Malawi Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) has issued environmental protection orders and administrative penalties of K3 million each to four companies in Blantyre for non-compliance…

Boundary dispute disrupts Kasungu National Park fence project

March 5, 2024

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* For a long time, communities in the area have been cultivating in the land gazetted to the national park * We don’t intend to see people fighting with elephants on daily basis because of the absence of the fence * But our efforts to solve this problem are being halted by community resistance By Wanangwa Tembo, MANA Misunderstandings between the Department of National Parks & Wildlife and communities in Traditional Authority (TA) Chulu in Kasungu over Kasungu National…

DoDMA assures homeless survivors of Nkhotakota floods to be relocated to safe lands

March 5, 2024

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* Over 12,923 people have been affected in areas of Senior Chief Kanyenda, Mphonde, and T/A Malengachanzi, while four have died in Dwangwa * As Malawi Red Cross Society pledges its continued support to affected people until they settle back into their communities MANA & Maravi Express Flash floods that occurred in Nkhotakota District that affected thousands of people, with some left homeless, exposed that most of the households were built in vulnerable areas. Thus, the Department of Disaster…

Malawi’s Public Relations Society conserves Bua River’s vulnerability to floods by replacing trees

March 5, 2024

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* Bua River impacts people’s lives, property and crop land when floods occur * When Bua River experiences floods, the damage it causes to the communities around it is huge By Kondwani Magombo, MANA Bua River in Kasungu, along the M1 Road, is always prone to floods when they occur because its catchment areas along its banks are bare of trees that ought to control its natural flow — thus it prompted Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM) to…

Demographic data lost at Immigration Department after system was hacked now recovered

March 4, 2024

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* The recovery team was expanded by including IT experts from MACRA and ICT Association of Malawi * With such an army of experts working under continued vigilance of concerned Malawians, the goal of resuming passport printing services by the 21-day deadline set by the President is within reach By Duncan Mlanjira The Department of Immigration & Citizenship Services assures all Malawians holding valid passports that the demographic data loss as a result of the recent cybersecurity breach has…

All-African Conference of Churches’ Rev. Maulidi urges stakeholders to devise accountability systems for credible 2025 general elections

March 4, 2024

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Rev. Baxton Maulidi * National Registration Bureau and the Malawi Electoral Commission should be fair and transparent * By among others, giving all Malawians an equal opportunity to register their national IDs By Duncan Mlanjira Reverend Baxton Maulidi of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Blantyre Synod — who is anti-corruption ambassador in Malawi of the All-African Conference of Churches (AACC) — is urging the electoral stakeholders to devise accountability systems that will help the country hold credible and…

World Bank presents a special topic on ‘Healthy Watersheds for a Strong Economy’

March 4, 2024

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* Healthy watersheds can benefit everyone in Malawi, but they need to be cared for and nurtured * “Human activities are increasingly detrimental to the health of Malawi’s watersheds * The rapid conversion of land for agriculture and widespread deforestation for wood are proceeding at an alarming rate * Forest cover has declined from 47% in 1975 to just over 20% in 2021 By Duncan Mlanjira Watersheds play a crucial role in sustaining the ecosystem, biodiversity, wildlife, agriculture, and…

Malawi’s economic recovery requires strong commitment to sustain reforms—World Bank

March 4, 2024

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* Growth is estimated to reach around 3% in 2024, primarily due to a modest easing of global commodity prices * A moderate improvement in agricultural production, and increased output bolstered by improved foreign exchange inflows By Duncan Mlanjira In its 18th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor, the World Bank says for Malawi to sustain economic recovery and reforms, it requires strong commitment as economic growth is projected to increase — “driven by an improved macroeconomic environment and…

Malawi has now taken bold steps to stabilize the economy—World Bank

March 4, 2024

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* As published in its 18th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor, which was presented at a stakeholders forum on February 27 * Malawi Economic Monitor provides an analysis of the country’s economic and structural development issues By Duncan Mlanjira The World Bank says Malawi has now taken bold steps to stabilize the economy but 2023 saw low growth, whose macroeconomic imbalances is expected to continue into 2024. In its 18th edition of the Malawi Economic Monitor, which provides…

Citizens need to be active participants in Malawi’s socio-economic and political development—CCAP Blantyre Synod’s Church & Society

March 4, 2024

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CCAP Blantyre Synod * As the nation prepares for the September 2025 general elections, we feel obliged to do a stock taking of the prevailing political environment * Which has far-reaching implications and meaning of democracy to the ordinary citizens in this country By Duncan Mlanjira The road to the 2025 General Elections is bumpy and foggy, says Church & Society Programme of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Blantyre Synod, “however, every patriotic Malawian must stand up and…