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Chakwera defends his travel abroad as very fruitful that secured huge investment for the country

October 29, 2022

Chakwera and Vice-President Saulos Chilima at the festival * Presidents do not go abroad to represent themselves or their parties, they carry the flag to represent the whole country * It is bad for the country when the outside world sees us castigating our own leaders for representing us around the world * Because it discourages foreign investors and development partners By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera has defended his travel to the US for the United Nations General…

ACB arrests Ministry of Mines top officials for receiving bribes to grant license to Ilomba Granite Mining Company in Chitipa

October 29, 2022

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Chiwambo, Director of Energy in the Department of Energy * They demanded US$15,000 and received US$5,000 plus K500,000 cash to facilitate the process * The country’s mining industry is embroiled with many irregularities * Just in July, the Government demanded US$309.6 billion from Columbia Gem House of Vancouver, USA * As claim for unpaid tax revenue in respect of ruby and sapphire minerals * Extracted from Chimwadzulu Mine in Ntcheu District by the US company’s subsidiary, Nyala Mines Limited…

Southern Region Botsalt U-23 netball league concludes Sunday

October 29, 2022

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2021 Botsalt winning team Balaka Admarc * This year’s competition as one of the best as it managed to unearth raw talent from the 24 districts * Once nurtured well will benefit the country in as far as building a solid Malawi national netball team By Victor Singano Jnr, Correspondent The journey which started in May in the K10.5 million Southern Region Botsalt U-23 Netball League is expected to be concluded tomorrow Sunday, October 30 with a mouthwatering games…

BBC uncovers modern day slave trade practices in Kuwait and Dubai selling African women through an app

October 28, 2022

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* The women mostly sold by these Arabs are largely black women from Africa — sold for $800 * The unidentified African women are sold on an application known as ‘For Sale app’ provided by Apple and Google * If Google, Apple, Facebook or any other companies are hosting apps like this, they have to be held accountable—UN Special Rapporteur Maravi Express A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) uncovers modern day slave trade practices in Kuwait, Arab Gulf and Dubai…

Africa faces another vaccine apartheid in the fight against monkeypox

October 28, 2022

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* The world may once again lose a chance to control a pandemic * The zoonotic viral disease is already endemic in 10 countries in West and Central Africa * But only drew the world’s attention after affecting people in rich countries in the Global North Analysis by Dr. Echey Ijezie Even after the novel coronavirus exposed glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, we are seemingly back to the old ways, as evidenced…

This year’s Tour de Dwangwa charity bike race to support needy students negatively affected by CoVID-19

October 28, 2022

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* The event has been organised for the past two decades and has reached out to many people as beneficiaries * Such as cervical cancer screening to a total of about 800 women *Assisted learners with disability at Nkhotakota LEA School * Provision of solar borehole pump at Liwaladzi Health Centre and cholera infection prevention campaigns By Duncan Mlanjira Sunday’s Tour de Dwangwa, an annual charity event organised by Dwangwa Round Table 69, is in aid of supporting needy…

Mohamed Salah most popular African player in the EPL; With over 53 million followers

October 28, 2022

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No Salah * Survey done by SeatPick that helps fans find the best ticket deals on the web * By using algorithms to scan thousands of ticket listings and displaying the best deals on one interactive map * Second in the African pick is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the former Gabon international * Third place is Algerian winger, Riyad Mahrez with 9.3 million followers By Duncan Mlanjira A recent survey by SeatPick — the ticket search engine that aggregates ticket listings…

Malawi ranks 66 out of 140 in world Rule of Law Index

October 28, 2022

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* Among the minority of countries to see its Rule of Law Index score increase this years * It’s overall rule of law score increased by less than 1% in this year’s Index * Ranking 66th out of 140 countries worldwide — rising one position since last year * Regionally, Malawi ranks 8th out of 34 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa * The region’s top performer is Rwanda (ranked 42nd out of 140 globally), followed by Mauritius and Namibia By…

Malawi flag went to the moon aboard Apollo 15 in 1971; Was auctioned for sale in 2010 by NASA

October 28, 2022

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* Authenticated by Apollo 15 Command Module pilot, Alfred M. Worden in 2010 By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi flag went to the moon aboard the 1971 Apollo 15 in the spacecraft ’Endeavour’ and remained in the command module during the lunar orbit phase of the flight. This was authenticated by Apollo 15 Command Module pilot, Alfred M. Worden in 2010 when the flag was auctioned for sale by NASA. In the Certificate of Authenticity, Worden said Apollo 15 was…

Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda refused to grant late hour injuction to stop Friday’s demonstrations

October 28, 2022

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* The claimants do not state when they became aware of the demonstrations * They also do not explain why the application is being brought at this late hour * As Prophet Bushiri, denies rumours on social media that he is among the people financing demonstrations By Duncan Mlanjira Lilongwe High Court Judge, Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda refused to grant a late hour application for an injunction restraining Joshua Chisa Mbele and three others from holding demonstrations. The injunction was…