August 2020 – Page 4 – Maravi Express – Your Kind of News. Clear and accurate.

Men prone to COVID-19 deaths due to their unhealthy behaviors

August 20, 2020

By Tione Andsen, MANA UN Women has expressed concern that a lot more men seems to have died in the country from COVID-19, perhaps because of their unhealthy behaviors. UN Women Country Representative in Malawi, Clara Anyangwe made the remarks Wednesday during the Ministerial Stakeholders Stock Taking meeting on implementation of gender-related interventions in the context of COVID-19. The meeting, at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, also touched on gender-based violence (GBV), women economic empowerment, decision making,…

Malawi Relief Fund UK swiftly responds to SOS call of food relief for Queens patients

August 20, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira There was ESCOM power failure on Wednesday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and the gensets also failed creating a crisis whereby the kitchen could not provide evening food for patients in the wards. Upon being informed of the crisis, Malawi Relief Fund (MRF) UK responded swiftly and funds were mobilized to buy relief food packs that were delivered by 19:30 hours at the paedriatic wards. The food items by MRF UK included 500 packs of readily…

UN applauds High Court judgement on Msundwe sexual assault

August 19, 2020

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Maravi Express United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator (ad interim), Benoit Thiry says the High Court’s judgement in favour of the 18 women and girls who reported incidents of rape and sexual assault by police officers in October 2019 at M’bwatalika and Mpingu in Lilongwe, is an important milestone towards the protection of survivors of sexual violence in Malawi. Thiry said this in a press statement on Monday, adding that this is a step forward to address sexual crimes in Malawi….

Dr. Phuka urges people to eat healthy foods to prevent, fight and recover from COVID-19 infections

August 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka is urging the public to eat healthy foods to prevent, fight and recover from COVID-19 infections. Dr. Phuka said this in his situation report in which he reported of 68 new COVID-19 cases that were registered on Tuesday, 26 of which are new recoveries and one new death that occurred in Mzimba North. “As we continue the fight against COVID-19, I would like to emphasise of the importance…

Malawi President Chakwera voted as SADC’s incoming chairperson

August 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira During the 40th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which was held virtually on Monday, August 17, elected President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi as chairperson and shall be replaced by Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera for the next tenure of office. President Nyusi takes over from Zimbabwe President Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. The Summit also elected President of the Republic of…

SuperSport launches new channel line-up

August 18, 2020

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Maravi Express SuperSport viewers on DStv and GOtv will from September 1, enjoy special dedicated channels for leagues and sports, among them the Premier League, La Liga, WWE, UFC, tennis, motorsport, golf and several others, which will now have a home to call their own. SuperSport’s decision is to drop the numbering system it has used for its channels for more than two decades, replacing them with a thematic offering around individual sports to ensure it makes it…

DStv bolsters its movie offering; Current 6 M-Net Movie channels to be consolidated into four

August 18, 2020

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Maravi Express From September 1, the current six M-Net Movie channels will be re-organised and consolidated into four slick, fuss-free channels with its array of must-see films will be known as M-Net Movies 1, M-Net Movies 2, M-Net Movies 3 and M-Net Movies 4. A communique from DStv says though the M-Net channels will be streamlined, it will not impact the number of movies on the DStv packages as audiences will benefit from a leaner, spruced-up M-Net slate. The popular holiday pop-up channel…

Time has come to celebrate legends like Anyoni while still alive—Kazako

August 18, 2020

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By Arkangel Tembo, MANA In his eulogy during the funeral service of Elson Soko, the popular comedy character who trended as ‘Anyoni’ in Malawi Broadcasting Corporation’s informative Pamajiga and Sewero la sabata ino, Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako said time has come as a nation to celebrate legends like Soko while they are still alive. Soko, who died last Saturday night at Blantyre Adventist Hospital after suffering from heart problems, was buried at Henry Henderson Institute (HHI) cemetery in…

Four media houses present TNM Super League broadcasting rights bids

August 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Four media houses, Zodiak Broadcating Station (ZBS), Times TV, Malawi Broadcasting Station (MBC) and Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) presented their bids to broadcast matches when the TNM Super League games resume. All TV stations have bid to broadcast 80 high profile matches with Times TV pledging to invest a total of K191 million; Zodiak TV at K18 million; MBC at 60 million while MIJ did not indicate how much it intends to invest. Surprisingly,…

COVID-19: NICO donates K6m for needy College of Medicine undergraduate students

August 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Group, through NICO Life and Nico Pensions, has added more support towards government’s calls to corporates to assist in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by donating K6 million College of Medicine (COM) to acquire lap tops for its 30 needy undergraduate students who are unable to access lessons in the wake of the tertiary institution being closed. This follows calls by the college for assistance and NICO says the donation is in line with…