Public applauds choice of Kawale as Agriculture Minister replacing Lowe

* Kawale is a serious man — I know he will deliver. He brought a lot of innovations at Ministry of Lands * Being a noble person, he shouldn’t fall in the trap of being absorbed in the system * Time is a savage — even the noble can be changed through trappings of power * I am worried about the Ministry of Lands — it’s one of the most rotten ministries where we needed Hon. Sam to head…

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Malawians astounded with K422.5 million as cost to rehabilitate Chief Justice’s residence

Chief Justice, His Lordship Rizine Mzikamanda * If renovation alone costs K422 million, a new house would cost K4 billion—Onjezani Kenani * The house is in a dilapidated state and it’s extremely big at 6 hectares of land along Magalasi Road By Duncan Mlanjira Malawians have received with shock news that the Malawi Judiciary intends to rehabilitate Chief Justice’s official residence at Nyambadwe in Blantyre at a staggering cost of K422,557,735.99. The works have been awarded to CPL Construction…

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Voting lines opened for top 10 contestants for 2022 Miss Malawi pageant

The 20 contestants  To access voting link, the public is encouraged to visit Miss Malawi Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/1701826453436609/posts/pfbid0zz43d8hAaobKiwdEbEN4DdcedgYhd3kxfpqyuTSc8h3JGuzhmUZeghSQhQnYvoYJl/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=010Ike * One contestant, Natasha Tembo automatically secured her place in the top 10 after her successful tasks * One of contestants Umiwangu rolls out her charity drive by donating learning materials at Ndirande LEA School * In line with the pageant’s theme of ‘Early Childhood Development’ By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent Organisers of the 2022 Miss Malawi pageant, Alpha Arts, have…

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Sparc Systems trains 32 girls in free ICT mentorship in Blantyre; Lilongwe, Kitwe, Lusaka and Kigali next

The girls were presented with certificates  * It was a heartwarming event for the girls in ICT training facilitated by women in ICT * We are on a mission to make sure more girls join ICT and we are planning to conduct these free training where we have our offices * We have noticed that science careers, including ICT, have been male dominated By Duncan Mlanjira In a drive to motivate more girls to venture into information and communications…

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Exploits University receives public backlash for revoking its graduate’s degree after she publicly burnt her academic paper

* It is our interpretation that you did it to disgrace and tarnish the image of the university * Revoking an awarded degree is a serious matter that cannot be driven by emotions—Kondwanie Chirembo * This is not an honorary degree and what she has committed is not an academic misconduct—Francis Chiumia * It will just take one crazy lawyer to finish the university with a lawsuit—Kruger Bantuworld By Duncan Mlanjira The decision by Exploits University to revoke its…

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Every culture plays a critical role in promoting oneness and national development—Chakwera

Chakwera with former President Bakili Muluzi at Chiwanja cha Ayao festival * A nation which has factories, roads and different development projects but does not promote culture, lacks morality * Without cultural differences, it would be easy to achieve national development and address challenges the people face * Urged Malawians to embrace the spirit of oneness as evidenced by the gathering of many people from different walks of life for Chiwanja cha Ayao festival By Mada Ziba, MANA President…

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CAMA welcomes suggestion to revive MDC but to be completely independent of government interference

* Yes, all things being equal that’s the way to move if we want to develop—Kapito * While it might have worked in South Africa, it’s quite hard to think that such a model can work successfully in a different country * With different economic systems and challenges — especially the financing part * During Dr. Banda’s rule, the economic model was completely different than what we have today * Dr. Banda was subsidizing every industry — education, transportation,…

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Top global internet service provider Starlink licensed by MACRA; Awaiting being published in Government Gazette

Starlink offers high-speed low latency broadband satellite internet service * Starlink Lilongwe Limited is a company owned by SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, USA * Issued with Network Facilities, Network Services andApplication Service licences * Which will be effective on the day when they will be published in the Government gazette By Duncan Mlanjira At its 77th Board meeting on Friday, October 21 in Blantyre, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) granted its first-ever high-speed low latency broadband satellite internet service…

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Wholly Malawian-owned new mobile service provider Malcel Plc promises best customer experience as it becomes 6th operator

* MACRA officially presents it with 3 licenses that have successfully been gazetted in Parliament * Minister of Information Kazako prays that this will induce competition in the telecommunications industry * Which will level the playing field and yield effective communication services for the ICT consumer * I urge Malcel to roll out their services with speed as consumers are anxious to see new services By Duncan Mlanjira New mobile service provider Malcel Plc, which has officially been presented…

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Malawians encouraged to utilise SDNP’s dot mw (.MW) emails and websites on Malawi domains

Minister Kazako presents the authorization key to SNDP’s owner Paulos Nyirenda * Malawians, as well as companies conducting their businesses in Malawi, should take pride in using .MW as part of their domain names—MACRA * Let us begin to more patriotic and identify ourselves with our country online on the World Wide Web—Kazako * .MW operates on a global internet domains that identifies that such communications are specifically from Malawi—SNDP By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has…

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