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Malawians lack skills in storage of harvested crops — WFP Country Director on World Food Day

October 31, 2020

By Daniel Namwini, MANA World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director, Marco Cavalcante has said too many people in Malawi cannot sustainably feed their families or safeguard their communities’ resources for the future because of their lack of skills to handle and store harvested crops. Cavalcante said this on Friday when Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemoration of World Food Day and Africa Day for food and nutrition security at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe. He said this…

Excepts from Saulos Chilima’s Mind Set change lecture

October 31, 2020

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Maravi Express “People believe their basic qualities, like intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe talent alone creates success — without effort. They are wrong. “When students come to understand that learning can rewire the brain and increase their intelligence, they often become more interested in learning and less afraid to do things that might make them ‘look dumb’. In other words, they…

Chilima believes negative attitudes are suppressing the country’s potential to develop

October 31, 2020

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By Yamikani Sabola, MANA & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express The country’s Vice-President, Saulos Chilima, has challenged Malawians to positively change their mind-sets in order to achieve meaningful national development, saying negative attitudes are suppressing the country’s potential to develop. Speaking on Friday evening when he delivered a public lecture on mindset change at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, Chilima said Malawians should stop looking down upon themselves and start believing in their capabilities. Delivered under the theme…

Chilima supports annual Military Veterans charity golf

October 31, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA After participating in the annual Military Veterans charity golf tournament at Lilongwe Golf Club on Friday, Vice-President, Saulos Chilima assured Malawi Defence Force (MDF) that government would continue supporting the military in any endeavour for the well-being of its soldiers and the veterans. Chilima said the golf tournament was aimed to commemorate and celebrate what the senior citizens of the country did in fighting for the country’s freedom. “We want to appreciate the commitment that…

CDC chief urges African countries to prepare for second wave of COVID-19 infections

October 31, 2020

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allAfrica.com & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Director of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), John Nkengasong has warned African countries to prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections. Speaking during a virtual press conference on on Thursday, Nkengasong said the number of new cases in several African countries is showing a slight increase. As of Saturday, October 31, the confirmed COVID-19 cases from 55 African countries have reached 1,774,409 with reported deaths at 42,629…

Kachere Rehabilitation Centre needs endless support for wheelchairs; Muslim Youth donate 10

October 30, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Wheelchairs are one of the very important equipments that Kachere Rehabilitation Centre use on a daily basis to treat their mobility challenged patients and they are needed endlessly because at times, they are given to patients who had been discharged when they cannot afford to buy one. This was disclosed by Kachere Rehabilitation Centre board of directors chairperson, Tom Mwamadi on Wednesday when Muslim Youth United (MYU) donate 10 wheelchairs to strengthen the relationship that…

Police arrest 11 over arson, farm vandalism in Salima

October 29, 2020

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By Grace Kapatuka, MANA Police in Salima are keeping in custody 11 suspects they arrested over alleged arson and vandalism at Chapola farm in Traditional Authority (TA) Kuluunda on October 24, perpetrated by irate communities sorrounding the farm as protest against alleged murder cases believed to have been initiated by the owner a Mr Chapola. During the protest, angry community members demolished some of the buildings at the farm, killed and wounded unspecified number of animals and went away…

Malawians urged to utilize post office services

October 29, 2020

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By George Bulombola, MANA Regardless of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) becoming the simplest and cheap means of communication, physical post office services are still needed for people, especially those in rural areas who cannot afford to access ICT services as transportat form of mail. This was observed by Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako on Wednesday when he presided over the commemoration of World Post Day at Lwezga Health Centre in Karonga, where he urged Malawians to continue utilizing…

Wednesday registers one COVID-19 related death; Total deaths now at 184

October 28, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The calls by the co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka that there is a general relaxation of preventive measures by the public due to low numbers of confirmed cases being reported on daily basis, should be taken serious because number of new cases keeps registering against few recoveries. In the past 24 hours of Wednesday evening Malawi has registered one new COVID-19 related death, seven new cases against one new recovery from the…

MLS asks if newly-appointed judges be withheld from being sworn in until they complete pending rulings

October 28, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Law Society has reminded chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission, the Chief Justice Honourable Andrew A.K.C. Nyirenda, SC that six of the 12 appointees to serve as High Court of Malawi judges are already within the judiciary system and as such they had taken oath of office at their lower ranks. And as such, they will have to take a similar oath when entering upon the duties of the offices into which they have now…