Government working on training more COVID-19 vaccination personnel

* To ensure that more vaccination sites become operational to increase access in the districts * The delivery platform remains the government and CHAM health facilities * The public to contact their local health authorities for specific vaccination schedules for their areas * There were 528 new COVID-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours of 21 were new with three new deaths By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential task force on COVID-19 says the government is continuously working on training more vaccination…

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We Should Take Better Care Of Our Primary School Teachers

By Cedrick Ngalande The Malawi Government has been taking advantage of primary school teachers for a long, long time.  I should know — both my parents taught at primary schools before retiring several years ago. A couple of my brothers have been teachers; and I also have many friends still teaching in the primary school. Over the years teachers have been promised allowances that never materialized, promotions that never came, and salary raises that were never honored. Perhaps the…

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Airline postpones delivery of March 30 by-election ballot papers that were schedule to arrive Sunday March 21

Previous arrival of ballot papers for Malawi By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that the airline that was to deliver the March 30 by-election ballot papers on Sunday, March 21 through Kamuzu International Airport, has cancelled the flight. Initially, the ballot papers were scheduled to be delivered on March 26 but the airline and the ballot paper printer rescheduled the flight to Sunday. MEC’s director of media and public relations Sangwani Mwafulirwa said on Sunday that…

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UK newspaper headlines story on Suluhu’s ascendancy as ‘mother of four’ becoming Africa’s only female president

Samia Suluhu Hassan taking her oath of office * Hides her high qualifications and achievements deep in the report * Suluhu holds university qualifications from Tanzania, UK and the US * The Western world did not particularly love the fallen President Magufuli * But Tanzanians themselves are glorifying their new President * Saying her new leadership could bring about positive changes to the country By Duncan Mlanjira Friday marked a new chapter of leadership in Tanzania as the first-ever…

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Africa registers 5.6m COVID-19 vaccinations

* The number of those vaccinated in Malawi, is at 23,907 since the roll out on March 11 * South Africa remains as having the most reported COVID-19 cases so far at 1,535,423 including 52,035 deaths * Malawi ranks at number 20 with cumulative figure of 33,216 cases including 1,093 deaths By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi is going into the second phase of administering the AstraZeneca vaccine, the public should gain confidence that fellow African countries are also seriously reaching…

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New CAF president Motsepe and his date with destiny

Motsepe replaces displace Ahmad Ahmad from Malagasy * His meteoric rise, be it gold mines or football, Motsepe’s date with destiny has always been blessed with a midas touch * His is by no means a rags to riches story but neither was he born with a silver spoon * One thing for sure, he will bring genuine passion and a wealth of know-how and know-who to football By Moses Banturaki, The Monitor (Kampala) It is a well-known fact…

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Tanzania’s recent prominent deaths

Mkapa died on July 23, 2020 By Derrick Bacha, Nairobi News Tanzania President John Magufuli’s death is the latest in a string of prominent deaths to rock the East African country in the past year. Magufuli has buried four prominent personalities that included former President Benjamin Mkapa. Born in 1938 Mkapa, served as the third president of Tanzania between 1995 to 2005 and Magufuli announced Mkapa’s death on July 23, 2020. The Makerere University graduate was 81 at the…

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South Africans disgusted as Bulgarian singer wears blackface makeup to perform Nomcebo Zikode’s hit, Jerusalema

This is how Marinova (right) looked like in blackface * This is why this show is unacceptable and demeaning to black culture * Nomcebo and Master KG must sue this racist show * The history of the black face has long been rooted in racism and ridiculing black people * We need to stop tolerating nonsense. This total disrespect for Africans By Melody Chironda, allAfrica.com South Africans have been left disgusted and offended after Bulgarian singer Mxiaela Marinova used makeup…

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March 30 by-election ballot papers to arrive Sunday March 21 through Kamuzu International Airport

MEC official Stella Mwachande recently demonstrating how the ballot looks  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announces that the March 30 by-election ballot papers will arrive Sunday, March 21 through Kamuzu International Airport. A statement from MEC’s director of media and public relations Sangwani Mwafulirwa said full details regarding the arrival time and all warehousing logistics will be announced later as previously, the ballot papers were scheduled to arrive on March 26. “Contesting political parties and independent candidates…

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Public positively responding to calls for COVID-19 vaccination

President Chakwera was first to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 11 * Blantyre DHO rolls out second phase from Monday, March to 22-26 * Targeting the elderly; those with commorbidities and other social workers * Over 861 centers across the country will provide the vaccination services * About 1.4 million Malawians are expected to be vaccinated * There were 129 new COVID-19 cases, 315 new recoveries, one new death as of Friday By Duncan Mlanjira Since the COVID-19…

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