National Budget
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Business
Budget operations in K17 billion deficit in September
Government’s budgetary operations recorded a K17.7 billion deficit in September this year as expenditures far outweighed revenue, latest figures have…
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Treasury explains first quarter budget deficit
Treasury has attributed the budget deficit recorded in first quarter of the 2019/20 financial year to reduced domestic revenue collection…
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National
MCP wants tax-free bracket up to K50,000
By Ezelina Kamaliza: Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on finance, Collins Kajawa, has proposed a further increase in the…
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Business
‘Consumer spending to gain momentum’
Investment management and advisory firm, Alliance Capital, has said it expects consumer spending to accelerate in the coming months following…
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Business
Cama objects 1% mobile money tax
The Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) has objected the proposed 1 percent withholding tax on non-bank mobile money. Finance Minister…
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Thinking Development
By Christopher Guta, PhD: I took time in the week to read the Budget Statement presented by Honourable Joseph Mwanamvekha,…
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Business
Government outlines mining priorities
The government has outlined fresh priorities for the mining sector few days after stakeholders accused it of sidelining the sector…
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Business
Mining sector still sidelined—experts
The government has been faulted for lacking commitment to improve the mining sector’s input to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).…
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National
Fisp beneficiaries reduced to 900,000
The number of beneficiaries for 2019/2020 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) has been reduced from one million last year to…
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Business
Ambitious
The 2019/20 National Budget presented to Parliament on Monday has ambitious benchmarks for the government in the short to medium…
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