A Malawi National Commission of the UNESCO study has revealed that five million adult Malawians of 15 years and above are illiterate; meaning they cannot read or write. As Malawi joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Literacy Day on September 8, stakeholders expressed fears that Malawi might not achieve the 2015 […]
Malawi to Use Vernacular in Primary Education
Malawi will in this coming year be joining six other African countries in using local languages, familiar to the areas where learners come from, as medium of instruction at primary school education level. Currently apart the six; Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia only Tanzania has a policy of using one language of Swahili. […]
Malawi’s Financial Intelligence Unit Cries for More Authority
Malawi’s newly launched Financial Intelligence Unit says it hopes to get a legal mandate to investigate and prosecute in 2008 despite failing to get more authority in 2007. The unit which was created under the August 2006 Money Laundering, Proceeds and Serious Crimes and Terrorists Financing Act is mandated to receive, request and analyse suspicious […]
Africa Losing its Cultural Legacy to AIDS Pandemic
When husband to 46-year-old Sabetha Kaonga, an ordinary Malawian woman from the border district of Chitipa died in 2004, she says her husband’s kinsmen decided to ‘start running her life’ as they wanted her to re-marry one of her brother in-laws. A month after they had buried her husband, the village arranged for a […]
Malawi Sever Ties with Libya as it Ponders Future with Taiwan
By Gregory Gondwe With a new year in sight, Malawi has been busy reshuffling its diplomatic relationship by showing the Libyan Government an exist door while pondering its 43-year-long diplomatic ties with Taiwan. Foreign Affairs Minister Joyce Banda says it was up to Libya to leave after Malawi closed its offices in Tripoli after President […]
Malawi’s Legal Battle over Uranium Mining Subsiding
Malawi’s Legal Battle over Uranium Mining Subsiding By Gregory Gondwe MZUZU, DEC 20 – Raging legal battle over uranium mining in Malawi is subsiding after civil society organisations that took the matter to court announced that they have settled the matter outside court amid bribery accusations. Six Non-Governmental Organisations that included the Citizens for […]