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Government to enforce restriction on mass live chickens distribution by large poultry producers to protect small scale businesses

August 17, 2021

Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe * All distribution and retailing to small scale Malawian traders and farmers * A restriction that seeks to safeguard an inclusive growth of the entire poultry value chain * Police to monitor movements of the poultry mobile vans * Those who will not comply risk having their vans impounded By Duncan Mlanjira From Monday, August 23, the Ministry of Trade will start enforcing Business Licencing (Travel Wholesale and Distribution Licence) that restricts large poultry…

SADC Organ Troika improving regional security—Botswana Minister

August 16, 2021

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The SADC Troika By Nellie Kapatuka & Andrew Magombo, MANA Chairperson for the SADC Ministerial Committee of the organ on Politics, Defense and Security, Troika, Dr Lemogang Kwape says tremendous progress has been made in strengthening the SADC regional security. Kwape, who is Botswana’s Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, made the remarks on Monday at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe during the opening ceremony of the SADC Troika meeting ahead of the 41st meeting of the…

SADC Council of Ministers resolutions referred to Heads of State for discussion

August 16, 2021

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Mkaka assuming the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers MANA Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eisenhower Mkaka said the SADC Council of Ministers ended well with resolutions that came out to be referred to Heads of State for discussion before they become binding. At a media briefing at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Saturday, Mkaka the Council of Ministers sought the agenda for the meeting of the Heads of State and Government to be held from Tuesday…

Wife and her lover arrested for murdering the woman’s husband

August 16, 2021

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By Aliko Munde, MANA Mzimba Police on Saturday arrested two people, a woman and her lover, for allegedly murdering the woman’s Chikomeni Moyo, 39 of Msikani Nyirenda Village in the area of Traditional Authority Chindi in the district. According to Mzimba Police deputy spokesperson, Sub-Inspector John Nyirongo, on Wednesday August 11, Moyo is reported to have arrived home drunk and started quarrelling with his wife, 25-year-old Tiwine Nkhata, whom he accused of having a love affair with Steven Mhone…

Mangochi stakeholders applaud stiff court penalties on defilement and trafficking in person

August 16, 2021

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By Noel Chimwala, MANA Different partners in Mangochi have expressed satisfaction with the recent court sentences meted to Willard Chimwaza, 28 who was handed down a jail term of 42 years for trafficking in person and raping two women. The brief account of the offences was that in July, 2021 — posing as an employee from Youth Net and Counselling (YONECO) — Chimwaza tricked two young women aged 18 and 22 from Katuli and took them to Mangochi Boma…

CoVID-19 pandemic continues to spread despite reduction in number of cases

August 16, 2021

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By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 alerts the public that despite the reduction in the number of cases being registered, the pandemic continues to spread across the country. In her Sunday situation resport, the taskforce’s co-chairperson, Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, said this is the case because the communities continue to register transmission of the disease as evidenced by the number of new confirmed cases that are mostly locally transmitted as well as admissions and related deaths….

DPP rescinds expulsion of Nankhumwa, Jeffrey, Mhango and Nthenda

August 16, 2021

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Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa * They retain their posts as Veep for South; secretary general and treasurer general respectively * Asked to abide by the party constitution and shall respect the leadership of the Party By Duncan Mlanjira The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has rescinded its decision it made in October 2020 to expel four of its influential members — Leader of Opposition and the Party’s vice-president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa; secretary-general Gelzeder Jeffrey; treasurer general…

Algeria, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and hosts Cameroun seeded as CAF announces 2021 AFCON draw procedure

August 15, 2021

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Reigning champions the Desert Foxes of Algeria By Duncan Mlanjira Reigning African champions Algeria, as well as Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and hosts Cameroun have been named top seeds for Tuesday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw. According to goal.com, the draw — set for Yaounde Conference Centre — will see the 24 participating teams zoned into six groups of four teams each for the competition that gets underway in January 2022. In picking the seeded countries, the…

Low response to CoVID-19 vaccination is due to rampant public misinformation—Malawi Red Cross Society

August 15, 2021

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By Lydia Maganga, MANA Journalists in the country have been advised against sensationalizing reporting on the CoVID-19 vaccines but rather give out correct information to the public so that the uptake of the vaccine increases. This was said by Malawi Red Cross Society acting director of programme, Patrick Phiri on Saturday during an orientation meeting in Blantyre where journalists were oriented on the best reporting practices on CoVID-19 vaccinations. He said that there is a lot of misinformation going…

Mulunguzi Court fines 3 for possessing 76 Malawi national identity cards

August 15, 2021

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Malawi national identity card By Solister Mogha, MANA Mulunguzi First Grade Magistrate Court in Zomba has sentenced three people — Zhen Wang (44), Austin Ingelesi (27) and Wikisi Uladi (24) — to pay a fine of K1 million each for unlawful possession of identity cards, which is contrary to Section 42 (i) paragraph (d) of the National Registration Act. The Court sitting on Friday heard through regional prosecution officer, Superintendent Josephine Chigawa that on June 20, 2021, the police…