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Inside Chakwera’s MCP Manifesto for Malawi beyond 2025
The Maravi Post
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July 20, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) under President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday, July 19, 2025 launched its Manifesto and campaign ahead of this year’s September 16 polls. Here is key highlights of the pledges in the...
Malawi faces $3.59bn growth financing gap
The Times Group Malawi
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July 16, 2025
Malawi is facing a $3.59 billion financing gap to fast-track structural transformation by 2030, despite recent improvements in revenue collection. This is according to the recent African Development Bank (AfDB)’s 2025 Country Focus Report titled...
EU project promotes good nutrition practices
The Nation Malawi
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August 1, 2025
Karonga district acting principal nutrition, HIV and Aids officer Halmiton Gondwe has emphasized the importance of promoting best nutrition practices to ensure food security and health outcomes. He said this on Wednesday during the training of...
Malawi: Vwaza Multimedia to host music workshop in Dowa
Music in Africa
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July 16, 2025
The workshop, titled Music Business Link-Up: Introduction to Music Business and Distribution with Vwaza, is designed to unlock the untapped creative potential within the camp, equipping artists with practical knowledge about the music industry,...
Banda promises free secondary education, modern farming, Lake Malawi fish revival
Malawi 24
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July 21, 2025
People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has reaffirmed that under her party’s manifesto, secondary education will be free for all Malawian learners. She said the financial burden that keeps many children—especially girls and rural learners—out of...
US quietly drafts plan to end program that saved millions from AIDS
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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August 1, 2025
Demonstrators stack mock coffins outside the State Department in Washington on April 17, 2025, to protest the Trump administration’s disruption of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times) The...
Malawi: UMP Festival unveils first wave of talent for 2025...
Music in Africa
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July 15, 2025
The initial talent drop features an impressive mix of artists from Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon. Music lovers can expect performances from acclaimed names such as Maskal, Skeffa Chimoto, Lulu, Ethel Kamwendo-Banda,...
CLARENCE TSHITEREKE: Gold mine labour haemorrhage, the emergence of artisanal mining
BusinessLIVE
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“We must have labour,” declared John Gardiner Hamilton, then president of the erstwhile Chamber of Mines in 1912. This declaration led to one of the most systematic and coercive labour migration systems — cheap labour, to be precise — as the state...
Is poverty the cause of forest extinction in Malawi?
The Times Group Malawi
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July 21, 2025
Travel across Malawi—from the rugged plateaus of Rumphi to the hills of Phalombe—and a heartbreaking trend reveals itself: our mountains are becoming bare. Forests that once regulated water, supported biodiversity and sustained livelihoods are...
Vitumbiko Mumba exposes gaps in construction industry
The Times Group Malawi
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July 21, 2025
By Isaac Salima: Industry and Trade Minister Vitumbiko Mumba on Friday faulted guidelines in the construction industry, saying they pave the way for mediocrity. Mumba said this in Blantyre during a public lecture themed ‘Code of Ethics in Malawi’s...
Cyclone Freddy’s legacy in Malawi
The Times Group Malawi
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July 21, 2025
TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES—The cycloneAt first light, a ghostly mist clings to the slopes of southern Malawi’s Mount Mulanje. It veils jagged, reddish-brown gashes carved by Cyclone Freddy, violent reminders of the landslides that tore through the...
Posters, potholes, perception: Lilongwe’s image problem exposed
The Maravi Post
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July 20, 2025
To those who do not live in Lilongwe, the capital can easily be imagined as a rapidly modernizing city crowned with freshly reconstructed roads and gleaming public spaces. From a distance, narratives of urban renewal and infrastructural uplift...
Lake of Stars Malawi Arts Festival returns to Nkhotakota...
Music in Africa
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July 21, 2025
The 2025 edition, the organisers said, promises another unforgettable showcase of creativity, culture and community empowerment, reinforcing the festival’s status as one of Africa’s most iconic cultural gatherings. “Our work here is far from...
Kula Gold Embarks on New Frontier with Malawi Niobium Project
Kalkine Media
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July 21, 2025
Highlights,Kula Gold begins exploration at its new niobium site in Malawi,Focus expands beyond Australia to critical minerals opportunity,Strategic logistics support long-term development potential,Kula Gold (ASX:KGD) is charting a strategic...
Kula Gold kicks off low-cost niobium exploration in Malawi
The West Australian
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July 21, 2025
Kula Gold has kicked off the company’s first exploration program at its Wozi niobium project in Malawi to confirm historical trenching results and expand sampling across its 5.52 square kilometre exploration licence. The company is aiming for a...
Rudo’s EP listening session lights up Lilongwe
The Nation Malawi
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July 20, 2025
Lilongwe came alive over the weekend as renowned musician Rudo Mkukupa-Chakwera hosted two Extended Playlist (EP) listening sessions that set the stage for her much-anticipated five-track EP titled Ulendo set for release later this month. The...
Nepotism, debt, disillusionment: The crisis of Chakwera’s first term rule
The Maravi Post
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July 31, 2025
By Collins Mtika When Lazarus Chakwera assumed the presidency in June 2020, he symbolised a national hope for change. Buoyed by public optimism after a historic, court-ordered election rerun, the pastor-turned-politician and his former Tonse...
Eng. Vitumbiko Mumba bemoans lack of code of ethics in construction industry
Maravi Express
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July 19, 2025
* Other professionals such as lawyers, medical doctors and accountants that face disciplinary action for unethical conduct * But the construction professionals do not get punishment for their poor workmanship and other professional malpractices in...
Chakwera, MCP shake Lilongwe with a grand manifesto launch
The Maravi Post
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July 19, 2025
By Burnett Munthali Lilongwe came alive on Saturday as the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) staged a massive campaign and manifesto launch at the Bingu National Stadium. The event drew thousands of party supporters from across the city and surrounding...
Dialogue on Food System Trends for One Health underway in Lilongwe
The Maravi Post
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July 18, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-A national dialogue on food system trends for One Health, integrating the health of the environment, plants, animals, and people, is currently underway in Lilongwe. The event is organised under the Food Systems Transformation...