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MRA arrests nine clearing agents for forging invoices

April 28, 2020

By Tikondane Vega, MANA Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has arrested nine customs clearing agents and an importer for allegedly forging invoices to fraudulently clear motor vehicles at Songwe Border Post in Karonga. Mzuzu Magistrate Court has since granted bail to the arrested individuals but investigations are continuing and more arrests are imminent. The customs clearing agents are suspected to have connived with some importers and some MRA officers to use false invoices with the aim of paying less duty….

Malawi ICT association partners with Facebook in ending fake news on COVID-19

April 28, 2020

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By Glory Msowoya, MANA Information and Communication Technologies Association of Malawi (ICTAM) has partnered with Facebook in creating an information centre on Coronavirus (COVID-19) to curb fake news and misinformation. ICTAM president, Bram Fudzulani told Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Tuesday that the information centre would help Facebook users in getting all the right information and timely updates on COVID-19 from trusted sources. He said the partnership with Facebook on COVID-19 Information Centre comes after noticing some fake social…

Limbe tobacco market opens on high note

April 28, 2020

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By Memory Chatonda, MANA The tobacco market opened on Monday at Limbe Auction Floors with maximum price of the golden leaf selling at US$2.50 and US$1.30 for contract and auction market, respectively. This is a slight improvement of tobacco sales at Limbe Auction Floors, especially for contract market compared to last year’s sales in which the highest price for the crop was pegged at US$2.20. Speaking during the official opening of the market at Limbe Auction Floors in Blantyre,…

Malawi’s top chess player Mwale proud of performance by juniors he coaches online

April 27, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s top chess player, Joseph Mwale says he is very proud that the juniors that he coaches and plays with on online displayed excellent performance during their participation of Chess Association of Malawi’s first-ever online Britz tournament that was sponsored by MyBucks Bank. All top three in the ladies category — champion Tina Kumwenda (43 points); runner-up Anne George (38) and third placed Priyasha Shriyan (20) — are part of the players that the South Africa-based…

Legend Didier Drogba gets zero vote from Côte d’Ivoire ex-players in FA presidential elections

April 27, 2020

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Ghanasoccernet.com Chelsea legend Didier Drogba’s quest to lead Côte d’Ivoire football received a major blow after former players unanimously voted for his rival. Of the 14 members in the Association, 11 voted for his rival, league president Sory Diabate, while three abstained. The third candidate, the current vice-president, Idriss Diallo also got no votes from the ex-players. The results of the election, of which Drogba had been the massive favourite going into the polls done via video conferencing, has…

MEC to compensate day lost in first phase of voter registration

April 26, 2020

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By Jordan Simeon-Phiri, MEC Stringer Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will revisit registration centres in the seven districts for voter registration exercise to compensate for a day it missed during the first phase due to a pending COVID-19 lockdown. In a statement released on Thursday, MEC chief elections officer Sam Alfandika said the Commission will do that after the last phase of registration exercise. “The Commission is aware that phase one ended prematurely and it will revisit the…

Malawi Central Medical Stores Trust advertises to engage private legal services

April 26, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In its budgeted financial resources towards the cost of implementing various programmes, Malawi’s Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) intends to apply part of the funds for payments under a contract for the provision of legal services by a reputable legal firm. An Invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI), from CMST’s chairperson of Internal Procurement and Disposal of Assets Committee, has been placed in the media targeting eligible and qualified consulting firms for the provision of the…

Post COVID-19 era: Revealing the zero-sum nature of development

April 26, 2020

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By Farai Chigaru Without exception, each one of us has only 24 hours a day. We spend each day in three different ways — productive; non-productive and counter-productive. An ideal mindset maximizes the productive hours, while minimizing the non-productive and counter-productive hours. As developed countries push the agenda to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, global demand for labor intensive products from labor abundant developing countries may decrease — leading to an inevitable zero-sum situation, with significant contraction of developing…

Africans advised not to eat insecticide infested swarming locusts

April 26, 2020

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Analysis by Joost Van Itterbeeck, allAfrica.com Massive swarms of locusts are sweeping across South Asia, the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. The current outbreak is the worst in recent decades and one million hectares of land is under threat in eight countries in the Horn of Africa. This is a crisis and a serious threat to crops, economies and livelihoods. New bands and swarms are currently forming so the crisis will continue for several more weeks. Locusts…

Parliamentary Committee on Health asks public to trust COVID-19 laboratory results

April 25, 2020

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By Blessings Kapina & Daniel Namwini, MANA Chairperson of Parliamentary Committee on Health, Dr. Matthews Ngwale has appealed to trust the concerted efforts by the Government and all stakeholders to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, that include the laboratory tests that are being done to determine if suspected patients have the virus or not. Ngwale, at a media briefing in Lilongwe on Friday, was reacting to isolated social media reports, which suggested that some of the confirmed…