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Zimbabwe tops Africa’s literacy rate as Malawi trails at position 28

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 BLANTYRE--Malawi has been ranked 28 on the literacy rate record in Africa whereas Zimbabwe has for the third consecutive time been ranked at the apex of the list, the latest list by the African Economist Magazine reveals. Malawi is on position 28 with 62.7 percent, 30 percent behind Zimbabwe which has 90.7 percent. Education activists in the country have attributed... Read More

Why America and Europe will work behind the scene to have Joyce Banda elected

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Soon after independence in 1975, the country of Mozambique was plunged into a protracted civil war pitting the ruling FRELIMO party against the RENAMO rebels. RENAMO fighters will always be remembered as some of the most brutal fighters Africa has ever seen. In the later 1980s a woman refugee crossed into Mulanje district. Her story was particularly distressing. Read More

Malawi’s Urban artist Gwamba releases ‘Ndiyima pachulu’ single

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BLANTYRE (AGV) — One of the country’s urban artists, Gwamba has released his second single for his awaited debut album. Gwamba is also among top musicians featuring in Airtel Malawi’s ‘Mwezi Wawala (Tithyole dansi) song.The song, ''Ndiyima pachulu'' was recorded and produced by one of the celebrated Producers, Pessy Manyozo popularly known as Pro-pee but mastered by Wado, born Edward... Read More

Malawi govt. warns Chinese managers against abusing local workers

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BLANTYRE (AGV)-- Following The Daily Times' story that a Chinese company, which is constructing a national stadium in Lilongwe, is abusing local workers at the site, Malawi government has warned that it will not tolerate such acts. Government through the Ministry of Labour has since given the management of the company several recommendations and stressed on the need for the... Read More

Malawi vendors escalate maize shortage in Admarc depots

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Blantyre--As Malawians are still struggling to access maize in many Agricultural Development Marketing Cooperation (ADMARC) depots, it has been established that the situation is being escalated by vendors. A snap survey by Maravi post in Ntcheu and Balaka districts has found that despite the rationing of maize sales to 10 Kilogrammes per customer by Ministry of Agriculture, vendors are still... Read More

Moral Mondays Come to Atlanta, Georgia : Africa can learn !!!

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ATLANTA - The Moral Monday protests that began in North Carolina in 2012 in response to extreme right-wing policies are spreading to Georgia. Over the past year, droves of activists in North Carolina have descended on the state legislature building to demand that lawmakers reverse some of their more brutal policies such as cutting unemployment benefits, refusing to expand Medicaid,... Read More

Lightening kills 8 church-goers in Malawi

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Blantyre, Malawi, Dec. 29 (Raphael Tenthani/MaraviPost) _ An extended prayer service ended tragically in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, when a bolt of lightening struck a congregation, killing at least eight people, including one child, police confirmed Sunday.Police spokesman Kingsley Dandaula told maravipost members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the capital's high density Area 36 were attending an extended... Read More

How A Shooting Exposed The Plunder Of Malawi’s Treasury

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On the night of Friday September 13, 2013,  Paul Mphwiyo, Budget Director in Malawi’s Ministry of Finance, was shot. Armed men were lying in ambush just outside the gate to his home, and fired at the 37-year-old as he drove in. Mphwiyo’s family rushed him to the Area 43 MASM Clinic. It was 11:30 p.m. I happened to be at… Read More
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Malawi Pres Joyce Banda: ‘Competitive primary elections must not divide us’

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BLANTYRE—With only few months to 2014 May tripartite elections, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says her governing People’s Party (PP) will allow its members to elect candidates considered the best to propel the party’s ideologies of togetherness, equity and fairness, among others. Read More

State House compares Malawi pres. Joyce Banda with Barack Obama

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BLANTYRE(MaraPost)_ Kamuzu Palace, the official home of Malawi president Joyce Banda, says according to twitter analytics tool, Tweetreach, tweets which contained the hashtag #joycebanda alone gained over 1,649,702 impressions or opportunities to see during Banda's speech at former South African president Nelson Mandela’s state funeral on Saturday in Qunu. More than 2 million people were directly involved in the conversation... Read More