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CCAP Blantyre Synod distances itself from church ministers’ visit to Peter Mutharika’s home in Mangochi

February 22, 2025

* The statements made at the function and attributed to the Synod or its leadership are not only false but also unfortunate and concerning * The Synod is aware of the discomfort that the visit has caused amongst its Christians and other stakeholders * The Synod shall always remain non-partisan as it adheres to its constitutional mandate of proclaiming the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP)…

‘IMF, World Bank technical assistance and financial aid have not resulted in successful economic transformation for Malawi’

February 21, 2025

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* Instead, this assistance has merely kept our economy in a state of near-collapse, fostering dependency rather than sustainable growth * There is need to do more as a country by not relying solely on advice or policies from IMF or the World Bank By Duncan Mlanjira Concerned Malawian economist, Thomas Ngoma observes that over the years, Malawi government administrations have relied on monetary policy advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank — but the…

Full house for both Malawi Scorchers and Zambia Copper Queens ahead of tomorrow’s friendly on FIFA international calendar

February 21, 2025

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* Scorchers have 7 foreign-based players including Chawinga sisters, Tabitha (France) and Temwa (USA); France-based Rose Kabzere; Vanessa Chikupira and Bernadetta Mkandawire (both in Kazakhstan) * Zambia have 8 foreign-based including African Player of the Year 2024, Barbra Banda of USA’s Orlando Pride and Bay FC-USA’s Racheal Kundananji By Duncan Mlanjira Tomorrow’s FIFA sanctioned friendly match between Malawi Scorchers and Zambia Copper Queens will certainly be a clash of titans as both have their best arsenal that include seven…

‘Unscrupulous business people creating artificial scarcity of forex for their own greed to sell at crazy rates’

February 21, 2025

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* As concerned citizen Chepetsani Kazembe supports reports of RBM’s plans to crack down on those hoarding forex * If we are serious about fixing our economy, there should be no exceptions — we need to investigate even politicians and those in high places By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre-based concerned citizen, Chepetsani Kazembe, strongly supports reports that the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) plans to crack down on traders and individuals who are suspected to be hoarding forex in their…

A weekend of exciting La Liga title chase for Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona

February 21, 2025

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* All chasing key wins as champions Real Madrid host Girona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday * All Matchday 25 games live on DStv’s SuperSport La Liga and SuperSport Maximo By Duncan Mlanjira The Spanish La Liga title chase gets to the climax this weekend as contenders, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and champions Real Madrid, all aim for key wins this weekend. The first title-chasing heavyweight in action are Atletico Madrid tomorrow evening, who will be away to relegation-threatened…

Malawi’s inflation rate threatens RBM’s monetary policy direction as it rises to a 3-month high in January 2025–Chief Economist Chifipa Mhango

February 20, 2025

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The Reserve Bank of Malawi * Consumer price inflation rate rose to 28.5% year-on-year in January 2025, up from 28.1% in December — marking the highest rate in three months * According to National Statistics Office (NSO), the increase was primarily driven by rising food costs at 36.0%, a surge of 0.4% from the previous month * Which was attributed to increase in maize and its products, such as maize flour, alongside rice, bread, cooking oil, tomatoes, and other…

3 spots along Kasungu-Jenda M001 Road stretch to be temporarily closed for 30 minutes each tomorrow and Saturday due to road works blasting activities

February 20, 2025

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* Tomorrow, February 21st, are at Mposa from 09h00-09h30 and at Bowe from 13h00-13h30 * For Saturday, February 22, the spot is at Chamakala from 09h00-09h30 and 13h00-13h30 By Duncan Mlanjira The Roads Authority is alerting all road users that three spots along Kasungu-Jenda M001 Road stretch will be temporarily closed for 30 minutes each tomorrow and Saturday due to road works blasting activities by contractors, Mota Engil. This is Lot 2 on the M001 Rehabilitation and Widening Road…

K5m proceeds from Blantyre 42.195km Race 2024 go towards medical equipment for Mdeka Health Centre

February 19, 2025

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* Includes medical storage refrigerator; wheelchair, stretcher, suction machine, nebuliser, fan among others * The challenges we face are many but these equipment will go a long way in our medical services here at Mdeka Health Centre By Duncan Mlanjira The surplus of K5 million realised from the Blantyre 42.195km Race 2024 has been used to procure essential medical equipment for Mdeka Health Centre in Blantyre, which caters for a catchment population of over 33,100 people. Introduced in 2018…

South Africa Parliament postpones national budget session over ANC’s proposal to increase value-added tax

February 19, 2025

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* The tax on goods and services which affects ordinary people at the shops * This year the ANC needs the support of other parties to pass the budget, as it lost its parliamentary majority Maravi Express A budget sitting of South Africa’s Parliament, scheduled for today, February 19, has been adjourned to March because of lack of agreement over the proposal by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to increase value-added tax (VAT) by 2 percentage points. A…

The real State of the Nation that should have been presented was on the economy, challenges of fuel, forex, food scarcity, fertilizer among others—AFORD

February 18, 2025

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* The Ministers who presented wrong information for President Chakwera’s SONA exposes a lack of leadership in the country * By its very nature, the President Chakwera’s speech content was in no way reflective of the state of the Malawi nation currently * But rather a presentation of projects that do not even exist on the ground—AFORD President Enoch Chihana By Duncan Mlanjira In its response to President Lazarus Chakwera’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) made in Parliament…