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Manchester Motor Spares FC donate K1m worth of assorted items to Mpemba Reformatory Centre

November 29, 2021

Sponsor Christopher Chikopa, Manchester Motor Spares Director, presents the donation By Victor Singano Jnr. Ahead of the festive season, Blantyre-based First Capital Bank (FCB) Under-20 league side, Manchester Motor Spares FC, on Sunday, November 28 donated various assorted items to the needy youths at Mpemba Reformatory Centre situated along Chikwawa Road. The items were 10kgs bags of maize flour, 10 litres of cooking oils, chickens, sugar, bread, biscuits, cases of ThumbsUp juice, soya pieces as well as body lotions,…

Presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 endorses Pfeizer-BioNTech vaccine that covers from age of 12 and above

November 29, 2021

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* AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are for those aged 18 years and above * Ministry of Health to publish guidelines on the use of Pfeizer-BioNTech vaccine * The vaccines have been reducing the risk of developing severe disease, risk of hospitalization and deaths * While the other preventive measures help to prevent from contracting or passing on the virus By Duncan Mlanjira Presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 has endorsed use of Pfeizer-BioNTech vaccine that covers for people as young…

Illovo Sugar Malawi relaunches ‘Iponyereni Kwakuya ndi Illovo’ promo worth K140m in prizes

November 27, 2021

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Katandula poses with one of the 6 Nissan NP200 vehicles up for grabs * Second level competitors stand a chance of winning motorbikes, bicycles and bags of fertilizer * Retail consumers to win cookers, fridges and shopping vouchers * Monthly Instore activations instant prizes include buckets, zitenje, T-shirts and Illovo sugar packets * Customers to write their names and contact numbers at the back of their MRA/VAT receipt * And deposit it in entry box reseller shops and participating supermarkets…

Malawi excluded from countries sorrounding South Africa halted of passenger flights to UK due to new CoVID-19 variant

November 26, 2021

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* Anyone who has been in South Africa and its neighbours in the previous 10 days has been banned from entering the UK * UK and Irish nationals who can make it back to the UK will have to quarantine in hotels from Monday * The UK government thanked South Africa for spotting the new coronavirus variant it now designates a ‘Variant under Investigation’ Maravi Express The United Kingdom has temporarily halted flights from South Africa and its surrounding…

Blantyre District warned of impending CoVID-19 fourth wave

November 26, 2021

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Blantyre DHO’s Director of Health and Social Services, Dr. Gift Kawalazira * From past experience, there is usually a four-week window period from the time South Africa records an increase in numbers * To the time Malawi follows suit with Blantyre being the hardest hit * The only effective way to protect oneself from CoViD-19 is to get fully vaccinated against the disease * As of the past 24 hours of Thursday, Malawi registered five new CoVID-19 cases, seven…

MCP leadership throws support for fair demarcation of constituencies and wards

November 26, 2021

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Chakwera says Malawians have trust in MEC to come up with justifiable results * He urged MEC to conduct the exercise with diligence so as the results truly reflect the aspirations of the country * According to law, constituency boundaries are expected be reviewed at intervals of five years * The last approved exercise was done 13 years ago in 1998 that determined the current 193 seats in Parliament By Sylvester Kumwenda, MANA Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus…

MBC denies poaching Mibawa Studios’ key sports production staff amidst TV broadcasting rights wrangle

November 25, 2021

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* Mibawa Studios deems movement of its staff is trying to incapacitate the state broadcaster’s rivals * Presently MBC hasn’t employed anybody—Director General George Kasakula By Duncan Mlanjira Two of Mibawa Studios’ key sports production staff are reported to have resigned to join Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) after allegedly been offered higher salaries — a move which has been deemed by Mibawa as a ploy by the state broadcaster to try and incapacitate it. But Director General, George Kasakula…

Bill to amend Financial Services Act to regulate interest rates on loans gazetted in Parliament

November 25, 2021

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A private member bill by MP for Dowa West Constituency, Ephraim Abel Kayembe * The objective of the Bill is to iron out challenges Malawians currently face of paying exorbitant interest rates on loans * Interest rates on bank loans and other lending financial institutions have resulted in people’s failure to service their loans * And in some cases leading to seizure of borrowers’ properties they used as collateral on loans obtained By Duncan Mlanjira The Bill that seeks…

FDH Bank’s ‘Go Konko Ndi Flames’ promo receiving overwhelming response; 45 people win prizes in first monthly draw

November 24, 2021

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By Singano Jnr. The enthusiasm people have over the Malawi national football team’s third participation at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun is manifesting itself as people have overwhelmingly responded to the team’s official sponsor, FDH Bank’s ‘Go Konko Ndi Flames’ promotion. This was during the first monthly draw on Tuesday by Maureen Nalikungwi, FDH Bank’s senior manager-Personal and Banking Department, saying this is a clear indication how excited people are over the Flames’ qualification and participation…

Reserve Bank of Malawi set to convert some banknotes into coins as it unveils K5,000 banknote

November 24, 2021

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* The K2,000 banknote has been above the 60% threshold for sometime and has hovered above 80% * Also to introduce an upgraded K2,000 banknote to make it more secure * It will include modern security features so that it is harder for counterfeiters to copy By Duncan Mlanjira The Reserve Bank of Malawi has unveiled highest banknote of K5,000, an upgrade from the K2,000 and announced that the Central Bank would soon convert some banknotes into coins. At…