{"id":45690,"date":"2026-09-17T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45690"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:10:17","slug":"malawi-government-suspends-external-state-funded-workshops","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/malawi-government-suspends-external-state-funded-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi government suspends external state funded workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Malawian government has announced an immediate suspension of all state-funded workshops and conferences hosted outside official duty stations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by Correspondent Richard Mwafulirwa, the directive is aimed at curbing non-essential public spending, streamlining administrative costs, and safeguarding public funds amidst broader fiscal consolidation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the new order, all ministries, departments, and state agencies are required to convene official meetings and capacity-building engagements within government facilities rather than leasing private venues or traveling away from primary workstations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The policy shift forms part of a series of cost-cutting measures introduced by authorities in Lilongwe to enforce financial discipline across the public sector and prioritize resource allocation toward core public services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15957,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45690","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Malawi enforces immediate ban on external public sector conferences","published_date":"2026-09-17 07:09:39","news_description":"Malawi enforces immediate ban on external public sector conferences","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45691,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45690\/revisions\/45691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}