By Maureen Pity Soko The Ministry of Transport and Public Works has announced that officials from Malawi Airlines are expected to inspect Mzuzu and Karonga Airport, as the country prepares to reopen the two airports for international flights. Deputy Minister Steve Baba Malondera reviewed the airport’s progress on Sunday and expressed his disappointment with some […]

By Owen Nyaka In an effort to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 which aims to ensure universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, Malawi’s Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) will from next week July 21 – 24 host the 95th Strategic and Technological Council (STC) conference of the Africa Water and Sanitation Association (AfWASWA). […]

By Owen Nyaka* Abandoned by her husband after living sixteen years (16) in marriage, Mphemvu Suche pseudo name of Nkhata Bay district, her husband decided to marry another woman leaving Suche struggling alone with life threatening and highly contagious Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) disease. In 2003, Suche is one of the three (3) MDR-TB […]

By Lusungu Mzembe The Malawi Government has been asked to review drug policies in the country with an aim of integrating drug users in communities for them to become responsible citizens in the development of the country. The organization’s chairperson Undule mwakasungula said this after meeting with the civil society organizations and journalists operating in […]

By Wezzie Mwangonde Aiding of traders to evade tax through unchartered routes has become a hot business for kabaza motorcycle taxi operators at Songwe Border. A minute drive along the Songwe Border road one is greeted by numerous motorcycle taxi operators carrying huge piles of products, especially soft drinks, meandering through the unchartered routes in […]