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Chakwera asks Minister and Police IG to make sure his convoy does not inconvenience other motorists

October 23, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Lydia Kalonde Maganga, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the Minister of Home & Security Affairs Richard Chimwendo Banda and the Inspector General of Police, George Kainja to bring sanity to the road by not stopping traffic flow whenever his travels. Stopping traffic is the norm to pave way for the presidential motorcade. When the President is to travel, the police are deployed all along the route he is going to use and…

Breakthrough; 523 new COVID-19 recoveries recorded in past 24 hours and still no new related death

October 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Friday’s COVID-19 update indicates that Malawi has registered 523 new recoveries and no new related deaths while there were eleven new cases. Co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says the new data indicates that the proportion of those that have recovered has neared 90% of the total confirmed cased while the number of active cases is below the 500 mark. “This is encouraging as it gives hope in this fight against COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr….

Are the President’s advisors up to the job or just drawing salaries and driving 4x4s?

October 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The visit by President Lazarus Chakwera to Kumbali Lodge in Lilongwe’s Area 44 as a show of deep sympathy after angry community folks sorrounding the hospitality facility torched it on Sunday, and his decision to officially open the privately-owned Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre, has drawn some heavy criticism by the general public. And the target of the criticism is on the array of advisors the President has, who are supposed to guide him on which…

Malawi’s Wealth Magazine organising inaugural women’s entrepreneurship summit

October 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Wealth Magazine, Malawi’s quarterly local entrepreneurial and business magazine, is organising an first-ever women’s summit on wealth creation — Wealth Woman Summit — whose panelists will be accomplished Malawian women professionals. To be held on October 30 at Sunbird’s Soche International Conference Centre in Blantyre from 6pm to 9:30pm, Wealth Woman Summit is being hosted with support from Wealth Magazine alongside different stakeholders in the industry — including the women taking part in the event as…

NICO supports completion of GAIA’s mobile health clinic operation centre in Mulanje

October 22, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Life and NICO Pension jointly donated K1.8 million to Global Health Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) for the completion of the construction of a new mobile clinic operation centre based at Chikuse Village in Mulanje. This is a second support as the two NICO Group subsidiary companies initially supported the project by injecting K542,100 to buy bags of cement last year to kick start construction up to roof level. GAIA’s Finance & Administration Manager, Adalileni Nkhata said…

Relaxing on COVID-19 preventive measures risky at this point as one new COVID-19 related death is recorded

October 20, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In the past weeks, the country has not been recording any new COVID-19 related death but some new cases kept creeping in as local and imported transmissions, prompting co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka to plead with the public not to relax in the adherence to the preventive measures that are legally still in place. Following the new case of one new death from the 223 COVID-19 tests that were conducted…

Prophet Bushiri and his wife Mary arrested in SA over investment scheme

October 20, 2020

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Maravi Express South Africa-based Malawian preacher, Shepherd Bushiri Prophet who ministers the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG), is reported by the that country’s media that he and his wife Mary have been arrested by fiscal police, the Hawks over an investment scheme called Rising Estate. A report by sundayworld.co.za quotes a statement issued by the church, that the couple was asked to present themselves to the Hawks offices on Monday night in Pretoria accompanied by their lawyers to discuss an…

Offer for DNA paternity test by Malawian scientist attracts fierce debate on social media

October 20, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira A post on Facebook that Malawian scientist, Dr. Kingdom Kwapata of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), is offering DNA test to Malawians wishing to do so on their children to determine true paternity, attracted fierce mixed reactions. Most believe that the service might break some marriages of some women, who might be keeping secrets on the true paternity of their children. According to the post on Facebook, Kwapata — based at LUANAR Campus…

Malawian Nyovani Madise amongst 15 scientists appointed to draft 2nd quadrennial Global Sustainable Development Report

October 20, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian Nyovani Janet Madise is amongst 15 independent eminent scientists appointed by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to draft the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report. A statement from the UN posted on Monday on sdgs.un.org, says as mandated by Member States, this independent group of scientists and their Report will inform the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals. “The Report aims to strengthen the science-policy interface and…

South Africa’s Health Minister Mkhize announces he and his wife test COVID-19 positive

October 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As South Africa continue to have the African country with most reported cases, its Minister of Health, Dr. Zwelini Mkhize has announced that on Monday, October 19, he and his wife, Dr. May Mkhize have tested positive for COVID-19. In a government statement, Mkhize said he decided to go for a test on Sunday when he started showing mild symptoms. “I was feeling abnormally exhausted and as the day progressed, I started losing appetite,” he said…