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Eulogies pour in for Mayi Dinala; She was the definition of loyalty

August 13, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira Mayi Roseby Dinala, who died on Tuesday, was one of longest serving members of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and since 1958 when she was one of the crowd that welcomed the country’s founding President, late Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda at Chileka Airport she never wavered in her support for the party. She never took top party positions but was always there for moral support and never once was she associated with other political parties. While…

Rotary Club of Blantyre engages public to procure face masks for market vendors

August 13, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Rotary Club of Blantyre recently inducted its new resident, Augustine Banda, who is Multichoice Malawi’s managing director and also swore in a new Board which has identified the COVID-19 pandemic as its main area of focus in the year 2020/2021. The first assignment is to procure over 1,000 face masks to be given to Blantyre Market vendors to protect themselves as well as the multitude of customers that patronise this popular market. The fundraising drive…

Chambo Fisheries seeks government intervention in its expansion drive

August 12, 2020

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By Elijah Phompho Chambo Fisheries, located at Misesa along the Thyolo Road soon after Limbe which opened its doors in 2011 to breed Chambo tilapia fish, has appealed for government’s assistance in its expansion drive in order to meet the overgrowing demand for Malawi’s most loved fish both on the local and international market. In an interview, Chambo Fisheries’ farm manager, Al Amin said the demand for fish in the country keeps increasing as stocks in Lake Malawi continue…

HIDCO appalled that COVID-19 health care workers are being stigmatized

August 12, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Housing Investment and Development Cooperative (HIDCO) donated scrub suits on Monday to the country’s three referral hospitals, Queen Elizabeth, Kamuzu Central and Mzuzu Central in order to protect frontline COVID-19 health care workers. Presenting the donation for Kamuzu Central Hospital, HIDCO’s treasurer, Dr. Maureen Chirwa — who is chairperson of the donation initiative’s task force — said they decided to join in the fight against COVID-19 after been appalled with the news that health care workers…

NICE takes COVID-19 sensitisation campaign to another level through door-to-door

August 12, 2020

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By Chimwemwe Mphande, MANA National Initiative for Civic Education Trust (NICE) in Machinga has started door-to-door sensitisation meetings with households on COVID-19 prevention measures. NICE’s Civic Education Officer for the district, Bowlender Muonjeza has described the approach as the most convenient way of reaching out to people to have serious COVID-19 discussions especially on the Government’s new preventive measures it has put in place. “We want to be in line with these measures, hence the door-to-door approach of disseminating…

MBC cheers sick legendary comedian Anyoni’

August 12, 2020

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By Loness Gwazanga, MANA Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) staff on Tuesday visited and cheered celebrated Pamajiga artist, Elson Soko — popularly known as Anyoni — who has been sick for a while now at his home in Machinjiri, Blantyre. MBC Director General Aubrey Sumbuleta accompanied the staff and told the press thereafter that Soko had played an important role on educating, informing and entertaining the nation, hence the need to be by his side until he gets back on…

12 female students fall pregnant at Chigodi CDSS in Lilongwe

August 12, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA Chigodi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) In Lilongwe has recorded 12 pregnancies during the current academic year after the closure of the learning institutions in March this year due to COVID-19. The school’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo reporters on Tuesday at Chigodi Area Programme of World Vision Malawi in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera that before the closure, the school had recorded four pregnancies. “We have 12 pregnant cases before us and four of which…

World Vision Malawi hands over newly-constructed girls’ hostel for Chigodi CDSS

August 12, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA Female students at Chigodi Community Day Secondary (CDSS) in Lilongwe will have smile wide when school reopens as they have been provided with a hostel and cooking shelter constructed by World Vision Malawi to the tune of K22 million. The hostel, based in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera, will accommodate 40 students and those being targeted are girls that are in examination classes. Chigodi CDSS’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo said the hostel shall help the…

COVID-19 Rules: Leader of Opposition Nankhumwa implores on Chakwera’s government to initiate innovative programmes to help vulnerable people

August 12, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse-led government to initiate innovative programmes to help vulnerable people if the Public Health (Corona Virus and Covid-19 Prevention, Containment and Management Rules, 2020) which has been gazetted in Parliament is to be effective. He reminded Chakwera that the previous DPP-led government introduced an emergency cash transfer programme to save the small scale businesses in and around major markets in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba and others,…

China donates COVID-19 medical supplies to Malawi

August 12, 2020

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By Ireen Kayira, MANA The Chinese Government on Tuesday donated medical supplies to Malawi to assist health workers in the fight against COVID-19 that included 150,000 surgical masks ,15,000 N95 masks, 7,000 protective clothing, 7,000 goggles, 7000 pairs of gloves and 300 pairs of show covers. The medical supplies were handed over to Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) in Lilongwe on Tuesday by China Embassy’s Deputy Chief, Wang Xiusheng who said it was the hope of his government…