Mining

Hellen Chabunya has defended her Mega Farms loan, saying it was a legitimate commercial facility and not a NEEF loan, as public scrutiny intensifies over beneficiaries named in Parliament.

Parliament has cleared Second Vice President Enock Kanzingeni-Chihana from the Mega Farms loan defaulters’ list, saying he was mistaken for Yeremiah Chihana’s son, who allegedly owes over K318 million.

There was drama in Parliament after Agriculture Minister Roza Fatch Mbilizi named prominent beneficiaries of the Mega Farms Programme and exposed billions in unpaid loans. She said Government is determined to trace and recover all the money owed to the programme

Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) has described the death of Malawi’s Vice President, Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima as untimely and a heavy blow to different sporting codes in Malawi.

Authorities at Ntchisi District Hospital have commended WaterAid Malawi for initiating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project, which they say has contributed to the declining cases of cholera cases in the district.

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) – a leading banking institution in Malawi – has expressed commitment to providing startup capital to artisanal and small-scale miners to facilitate growth of the sector.