The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has shut down Joy Radio Station with immediate effect after revoking its licence for what it called ‘breaching its licence conditions’. According to communication hand delivered by a senior MACRA official to the offices of the radio, the broadcaster has been breaching Communications Act by transferring ownership of […]
No economic sense for Malawi’s nuclear power plant – Paladin
Despite Malawi’s venture into uranium mining, the company carrying out the project says it does not make any economic sense for the country to ‘even think of establishing its nuclear power plant’. Malawi suffers intermittent power supply that comes from several hydro run turbines which Paladin Limited has avoided to tap into while carrying out […]
PTA Bank gives Air Malawi Seven Days to Pay back a US$7.9m Loan
The Preferential Trade Area (PTA) Bank has given the about to be liquidated Air Malawi seven days to repay a K1.1 billion (US$7.9 million) loan the airline got in 2005. Air Malawi used the loan to purchase a Boeing 737-300 Aircraft which it was recently trying to use as collateral for a loan in […]
Museum Site Established after Dinosuar and Human Fossils Excavation
The discovery of dinosuar and Human fossils in Karonga District situated in the Northern Region of Malawi has led to the establishment of an excavation site which will be under the newly established Karonga Cultural Museum Centre. The centre’s Public Relations Officer Isaac Chawinga said the excavation site is a key factor for promoting […]
Witchcraft Strife Storms Malawi
Cases of witchcraft have stormed Malawi that the Malawi Police Service has confessed that without any backing legislation it is failing to handle such cases, which are coming in hundreds each week. Just last week scores of police officers had to be deployed to a certain district of Mzimba which borders with Zambia, in […]
Malawi Involves Soldiers in Fighting Deforestation
The Government of Malawi has decided to start using soldiers from the Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) as a desperate measure to arrest the on going deforestation, which is threatening its forestry reserves. The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Resources, which by law has the mandate of administering the forests in Malawi, engaged […]