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Airtel responds to Minister Kazako’s appeal for mobile service provider to reduce data charges

July 23, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira After newly-appointed Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako’s plea to Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) to ask mobile service providers to reduce data charges, Airtel Malawi has issued a statement that it is taking an engagement approach on the matter. A press statement addressed to its customers on its official digital platforms from Managing Director, Charles Kamoto says they have engaged an approach with relevant authorities so that the debate and consequent decisions around data pricing should…

Phombeya power substation targeted for interconnection with Mozambique and Zambia

July 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi’s power substation at Phombeya in Balaka is earmarked to be upgraded for possible power interconnection with Mozambique and Zambia. This was disclosed on Wednesday when newly-appointed Minister of Energy, Newton Kambala visited the substation which is situated along the Blantyre-Lilongwe Zalewa road. ESCOM’s acting director of distribution, Masauko Mula said Phombeya is one of their main substation from power generating plant at Nkula in Neno District. He appraised the Minister of…

IFAW hails jail sentences on wildlife traffickers

July 22, 2020

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Maravi Express The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has hailed Malawi courts, Malawi Police Service and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife for sentencing the Lin-Zhang syndicate, one of Southern Africa’s most notorious wildlife trafficking gangs, to a collective 56 years in jail. In a statement, IFAW said the sentences have sent a strong message that Malawi was serious in its quest to end the illegal exploitation of Africa’s wildlife. The syndicate’s kingpin Yunhua Lin and his…

President Chakwera appoints boards of directors for Reserve Bank, MRA

July 22, 2020

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Maravi Express President Lazarus Chakwera has approved the appointment of Board Members for the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) and Malawi Revenue Authority. RBM Governor himself, Dr. Wilson Banda is the chairperson of the executive committee together with deputy governors and Secretary to the Treasury while non executive members are Randson Phillimon Mwadiwa, Justice Elton Mawina Singini, Nikita Kambili Mzembe, Miriam Wemba, Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba. MRA Board has NICO Holdings Managing Director, Vizenge Kumwenda as chairperson whose members are…

Malawi’s Constitutional Court judges nominated for London’s Royal Institute of International Affairs award

July 22, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira London’s Royal Institute of International Affairs, whose patron is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, has included three judges of the Constitutional Court of Malawi on the shortlist of nominees for the 2020 Chatham House Prize. A letter from Chatham House’s Director, Dr Robin Niblett CMG, the three are High Court of Malawi Judge President, Justice Healy Potani and Justices Ivy Kamanga, Redson Kapindu, Dingiswayo Madise and Michael Tembo. They have been considered for “the bravery in protecting the…

Two new COVID-19 deaths; confirmed cases rises to over 3,000

July 21, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The rapid surge in COVID-19 cases in Malawi continues as of Monday, July 20, it registered 53 new cases, two new deaths in Blantyre and 27 new recoveries. A situation report presented by co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says as of Monday, the country has exceeded the mark of 3,000 confirmed cases and the number of deaths was at 64. “Of the new 53 cases, 47 are locally transmitted infections and…

From despotic peace to democratic justice

July 20, 2020

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Analysis by Mphatso Moses Kaufulu The terms ‘peace’ and ‘peace-loving’ have been repeatedly weaponized by the political and the donor classes in Malawi to sometimes sanitize grotesque human suffering. Politicians, who have robbed us of our very futures either by commissioning unnecessary deaths upon our families through public health denied, or by consigning us to a lack of formal education and therefore a life permanently trapped in poverty, have been quick to remind us of our “peace-loving nature” at…

Muslim Youth United on a donation spree; provides warm clothing to night security guards

July 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Muslim Youth United, a philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi, on Wednesday night went on a donation spree along the streets of Limbe and Blantyre handing out warm clothings to whichever night security guard they found at business premises. On an appropriately very chilly night starting from 21:00hrs, the group donated blankets, thick jackets, socks and woolen hats as a gesture of appreciation for the role they play in securing the business premises from which all…

Ministry of Health in telephonic survey with US health foundation EGPAF on COVID-19

July 17, 2020

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By Patricia Kapulula, MANA Malawi’s Ministry of Health (MoH), in partnership with the US Centre for Disease Control and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), has embarked on a telephonic survey that will ascertain the number of people who might have symptoms related to COVID-19. In the survey, EGPAF has recruited a team of nurses who will be randomly calling individuals to assess how many people might have symptoms related to COVID-19. Deputy director of MoH Department of HIV…

Multi-billion kwacha Karonga water supply project to start October

July 17, 2020

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By Andrew Mkonda, MANA Northern Region Water Board Chief Executive Officer, Titus Mtegha says construction works of the much anticipated US$26.7 million (about K19 billion) Karonga water supply project is expected to start by October this year. In an interview on Thursday, Mtegha said a consultant for the project, Engineering Consultants Group of Egypt (ECG) is currently finalizing designing the project. “Our plan is that we should identify a contractor who will do the project by August hoping that…