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Citizens for Progressive Action leader quits Umodzi Party

November 3, 2019

By Duncan Mlanjira Pemphero Mphande, leader for the Citizens for Progressive Action, a grouping of young activists who came to the fore last year when they protested the election on Indian legend Mahatma Gandhi’s status in Blantyre, has resigned as National Youth Director of the Umodzi Party. In a letter to the party’s Professor John Chisi dated 3rd November, 2019, Mphande says cites his role in activism as reasons for quitting politics. “I write to you to officially inform…

Citizens for Progressive Action unperturbed by Indian High Commission rejection to receive petition over Gandhi statue

November 3, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Citizens for Progressive Action, which held a vigil at the Indian High Commission offices in Lilongwe on Friday in protest of the plans by the Indian government to elect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, says they are unperturbed that the Indian High Commission rejected to receive petition. “We are happy that our action was noticed and we went on to deliver the petition to Lilongwe City Council, who will pass it on to the Indian High…

South Africa trounce England to win 2019 Rugby World Cup

November 2, 2019

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By Robert Kitson, The Guardian In the end it felt as if it was written in the stars that every 12 years South Africa have an unerring habit of winning Rugby World Cups and they have done so again, following up their triumphs of 1995 and 2007 with another prodigious display of power and might. In some ways this was an even more special achievement, certainly for anyone who has ever dreamed of a black Springbok captain lifting…

MEC advises media not to run campaign stories and adverts at close of by-election campaign on Sunday

November 2, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has reminded the media not run campaign stories and adverts in the editions when the campaign period closes at 6am on Sunday, November 3 for Matenje Ward in Kasungu North West Constituency. A statement from MEC signed by Chief Elections Officer, Sam Alfandika, says editors are encouraged to manage news contents to remove campaign materials. “Radio and television stations should also not broadcast or play any campaign messages and songs…

Ntcheu CCAP Church rejects Ovixlexla Bunya’s request not to bless Inkosi Gomani V’s wedding

November 2, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Ntcheu CCAP Presbytery has rejected the formal request made by Ovixlexla Bunya of Lilongwe that she wrote on Thursday, October 31, asking the Church not to officiate the Holy Matrimony between Willard Mswati Gomani (Inkosi Gomani V) and Rishakadza Khanyisa Mathebula. This comes after Gomani V also obtained a court injunction against his ex-lover restraining her from taking legal action against the marriage officiation that has now taken place Saturday. Bunya claims that she and the…

People implore Road Traffic Directorate to vet big bus driver’s licenses before being employed

November 2, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira Following continued occurrences of accidents on the roads of Malawi involving big buses, some members of the general public are asking if the Road Traffic Directorate should be advising bus companies to be liaising with the Directorate whenever they are employing new bus drivers. This follows the accident that happened in the early hours of Saturday morning around Nkhamenya in Kasungu District involving one of the newly-acquired Malawi Post Corporation (MPC) coaches, which has claimed…

US suspends tobacco imports from Malawi over forced child labor allegations

November 2, 2019

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By Geneva Sands, CNN The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices — including child labor. Customs and Border Protection, which holds the authority to detain imports, has recently ramped up its efforts to hold companies and suppliers accountable for forced labor practices. The agency issued a “Withhold Release Order” on tobacco from Malawi on Friday, allowing it to detain goods believed to have been produced…

Matenje Ward ready for November 5 by-election

November 2, 2019

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Erah Pinifolo, Mec Stringer in Kasungu All is set for Tuesday (November 5) by-election for Matenje Ward in Kasungu North West Constituency as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) finalizes training polling staff. The two-day training attracted polling staff and political party monitors in readiness for the by elections. MEC Commissioner Dr Jean Mathanga called upon the polling staff to discharge their duties professionally. “As a Commission, our goal is to conduct credible elections, hence the need to train the polling…

Chikwawa District Council investigating if four deaths registered is due to heat wave

November 2, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira In the past few days, Chikwawa District Hospital is reported to have received a number of adult cases who presented with clinical features that are usually associated with heat exhaustion and that the district also had four reported deaths. But while the District Council is acknowledging that the high temperatures that hit the area might have contributed to the deaths, investigation is underway to establish exact cause of the deaths. “There has been four reported…

Airtel in sensitization drive to help people from being defrauded through digital mobile money services

November 1, 2019

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By Duncan Mlanjira With the growing cases of people being robbed through syndicate of fraudsters who are swindling people through mobile money digital system, Malawi’s mobile phone service provider Airtel is on a sensitization drive people not to entertain callers claiming they are from Airtel. Some people call unsuspecting people informing them that they have either won a promotion competition that Airtel had conducted or that they have erroneously sent money to their Airtel Money account. When called…