Airtel Malawi encourages customers to engage it directly for services that best suit their needs

By Duncan Mlanjira Following concerns recently raised by Airtel Malawi consumers on social media, the mobile and internet service provider is encouraging its customers to contact its support team directly to ensure its products and services best suit their needs. Airtel says it welcomes any feedback from customers as that helps to understand how they can do better and ensure working with the relevant authorities, where necessary, to resolve any issues or concerns. Last week, one of Airtel’s customers,…

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Drunk guardian left behind by bus in Zimbabwe renders kids he was travelling with stranded

By Duncan Mlanjira A migrant Malawian father in South Africa, entrusted care of his two children on his brother to be repatriated back home but whilst in transit he was left behind by the bus they were travelling in because he had gone missing in Zimbabwe when he had gone drinking. This has been disclosed by International Association for Migrant Support (IAMS) based in South Africa, which has since condemned the practice by some migrants living there, who are…

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Minister Kaliati also set for Yohane Banda Foundation’s Blantyre to Zomba fundraising Big Walk for welfare of street kids

By Duncan Mlanjira Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati will participate in the Blantyre-Zomba Big Walk on Saturday, November 7 which NGO, Yohane Banda Foundation, has organised to fundraise for the welfare of street kids. Kaliati joins Blantyre City South Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Noel Lipipa as well as Blantyre City Mayor, Councillor Wild Ndipo as solidarity. Yohane Banda, who is one of the NGO’s Trustees, said Kaliati was approached to see if she…

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Chakwera talks tough on exam leakage; Top MANEB management to be removed By Patricia Kapulula, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera has given Minister of Education a seven-day period to work with Malawi National Examination Board (MANEB) MANEB to investigate on who leaked the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations and to re-administer the cancelled exam before the end of January 2021. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Thursday during a state of the nation address on emerging…

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HRDC calls for immediate firing of MANEB board executive director Chiunda

By Duncan Mlanjira Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) demands the immediate resignation or firing of the Malawi National Examination Board Executive Director, Gerald Axel Chiunda for gross failure in leadership and management of this year’s Malawi Schools Certificate of Examinations (MSCE). HRDC contends that Chiunda cannot not be trustedwith another huge responsibility to preside over yet another examination as “he has grossly failed, and he needs to be relieved of his duties with immediate effect”. “While we welcome the hard call the…

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NBS Bank refutes social media reports that its customers’ accounts have been hacked

* The Bank has stringent security protocols to ensure protection of depository’s funds By Duncan Mlanjira NBS Bank has denied reports circulating on social media that hackers have infiltrated into its systems and stolen millions of money and confidential information of its clients that include companies and NGOs. The reports say the hackers obtained bank accounts and transaction information of over 20,000 accounts. But the Bank says it is aware of the allegations but strongly refutes, saying it has…

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3 of COVID-19 rules were asked by Israelites to practice over 3,500 years ago

By Duncan Mlanjira The three COVID-19 preventive measures of social distancing, washing of hands and wearing of masks were practised by the people of Israel over 3,500 year ago as chronicled in the Holy Bible. On hand washing, Exodus 30:18-21 says: “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter…

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Concerned citizen offers monitoring mechanism on cases HRDC is aggressively whistleblowing

By Duncan Mlanjira Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has accepted an offer from concerned citizen, Paulaw Kitheka that he has a monitoring tool HRDC can use to keep track of all the fraud, theft and corruption cases it has been aggressively alerting  the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to act on. It all started when Chandiwira Chisi posted on Face that he appreciates the way HRDC is maintaining its relevance through aggressive whistle blowing. “Perhaps, what remains is to put up…

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Women in Media march against rape and defilement cases

By Roselyn Phiri, MANA Association of Women in Media (AWOME) on Tuesday stormed the streets of Lilongwe and Blantyre with a petition to demand the government to act on the increase cases on rape and defilement cases in Malawi. The march in Lilongwe started from Kamuzu Central Hospital Roundabout via Parliament Building to Civic Offices where the petition was delivered while the Blantyre one started from Ginnery Corner to the Civic Offices at Chichiri. Among others, the women in…

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Contractor complains of harassment by road users

By George Mponda, MANA A contractor working on the Dedza-Kasumbu Road has lodged complaints of harassment of its workforce by road users, who refuse to use diversions that have been created. Addressing Dedza District Council Public Works Committee which toured the project, Sempha Investment Site Agent, Musatero Nkhonzi said some road users threaten their workers when they are told to use diversions. “Some members of our workforce have been threatened with weapons by some motorists,” Nkhonzi said. “They remove…

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