News – Page 632 – Maravi Express – Your Kind of News. Clear and accurate.

Man sentenced 58 years imprisonment for defilement of three girls; one involving a 3-year-old

November 17, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira As calls for stiffer punishment mount for the authorities to act on the increase of rape and defilement cases in the country, the High Court sitting in Mzuzu has sentenced 37-year-old Thomas Chavula to 58 years imprisonment with hard labour on three counts of defilement — one involving a three-year-old girl. The sentence for the first count is 24 years; the second is 18 years and the third 16 years and taking cognizance that to allow…

Kamuzu Academy headmaster takes cognizance of Chilima’s quote on school hymn ‘I vow to thee, my country’ during his mindset change public lecture

November 16, 2020

| No Comments

| Education, National, News

By Duncan Mlanjira During his public lecture on Mindset Change at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe over two weeks ago, the country’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima signed off by quoting the hymn ‘I vow to thee, my country’ — a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921, when a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice was set to music by Gustav Holst. The hymn ‘I vow to thee, my country’ was adopted by Kamuzu Academy as the school hymn…

Dr. Phuka pleads with those who tested COVID-19 positive to report back in order to be discharged

November 16, 2020

| No Comments

| Health, National, News

By Duncan Mlanjira Among the reported COVID-19 cases still classified as active, there might be more who might have recovered but are unable to be traced. It is in that vein that co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says they have not been in touch with such people for discharge because they are failing to reach them through contacts that they gave. “I would like to call upon those that we did not officially…

Bushiri’s escape from SA sparks diplomatic stand-off

November 16, 2020

| No Comments

| International, National, News

The Bushiris By Duncan Mlanjira As soon as it was discovered that Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary had not reported for bail at the police station he was scheduled to do last Friday, the South African authorities became suspicious that he might be sneaked out by the visiting Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera who was to leave same day. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement that says Chakwera’s home-bound departure from South Africa where he had state-visited…

Bushiri’s escape from SA sparks mixed opinions on social media

November 15, 2020

| No Comments

| Courts, International, National, News

* It has embarrassed both Malawi and South Africa * This episode puts Malawi on a list of pariah states * A man got to do what is got to do * He now faces a credibility deficit — that’s the challenge to his allegations * Malawians living in SA will suffer incalculable prejudice By Duncan Mlanjira Shepherd Bushiri’s escape from justice in his host country has sparked hot mixed debate on social media with Malawian law Professor…

Arguments on extradition: South is responsible for Bushiri’s whereabouts, not Malawi

November 15, 2020

| No Comments

| Courts, International, National, News

* It’s a total long journey that will take one year to get * Malawi to rely on information provided by SA—Kazako By Duncan Mlanjira On legal formal technicalities, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary are in South Africa and not in Malawi, contends Sea Breeze News, a computer and Internet website. It continues to say that many people think that it’s very easy to get the Bushiris extradited back from Malawi to South Africa to face…

Ramaphosa ‘extremely angry’ over Bushiri escape as diplomatic storm brews

November 15, 2020

| No Comments

| International, National, News

* Focus on SA visit by pastor’s pal, Malawi’s president, this week By Graeme Hosken, Thanduxolo & Amanda Khoza, timeslive.co.za A diplomatic storm is brewing between South Africa and Malawi after Pastor Shepherd Bushiri absconded this week — at about the same time that Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera jetted into SA for a brief meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa. The slick escape from SA has left Ramaphosa “extremely angry” and law enforcement agencies red-faced. An Interpol Red Alert has…

True measure of Kamuzu Academy’s quality of education is in its products—President Chakwera

November 14, 2020

| No Comments

| Education, National, News

By Vincent Khonje, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday led students, teachers and parents in commemorating Kamuzu Academy (KA) Founder’s Day in Mtunthama, Kasungu where he said the true measure of the quality of education delivered at KA and any other education institution is not in the strength of the curriculum or the credentials of teachers who facilitate it, but the men and women that the education produces. The founding president of the Republic of Malawi, late Ngwazi Dr….

Bushiri reportedly flees SA; Contravenes bail conditions

November 14, 2020

| No Comments

| International, National, News

By Duncan Mlanjira Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, who are answering alleged criminal charges of fraud and money laundering in South Africa where they is based, have returned home to Malawi, claiming that they have relocated simply because their lives are in danger. A report in The Zimbabwe Mail says the two, who are jointly charged with Landiwe Ntlokwana Zethu and Willie Mudolo of theft, money laundering and fraud in connection with an alleged R100 million investment…

Tour company organises 360km walk from Blantyre to Lilongwe to raise funds for training of tour guides

November 14, 2020

| No Comments

| Business, National, News

By Duncan Mlanjira A team of 10 are set to walk from Blantyre to Lilongwe — a distance of over 360kms from November 21-30 to raise funds that will be invested in the training and eventual certification of 100 tour guides across the country. The event has been organised by Paulendo Adventures, a Malawian tour company that aims at promoting tourism both local and international through travel, hiking and sustainability of the environment. Paulendo Adventures owner, Yangairo Yangairo said…