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

October 23, 2020

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…

SRCL puts MSCE as one requirement to contest for the league’s administrative posts

October 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Southern Region Chess League (SRCL) has announced that it will hold its elective annual general meeting on Saturday, October 24 and has set Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) as one of the requirement for those to contest for the administrative posts. Other conditions are that contestants must be SRCL registered members as a well as for mother governing body, Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM). They must also show they have are passionate for the sport,…

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…

Bushiri and wife Mary in court for fraud: Churchgoers show support

October 21, 2020

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By Greg Nicolson, Daily Maverick Months ago, Enlightened Christian Gathering leader ‘prophet’ Shepherd Bushiri was mocked for his prophecy that 2020 would be a ‘great year’. Bushiri and his wife Mary appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on charges related to fraud and money laundering worth R102-million on Wednesday, the couple’s second court appearance in two weeks. In an interview published on Enlightened Christian Gathering’s (ECG) website, church leader Shepherd Bushiri says men of God “who have been blessed…

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…

The slow motion race for a TB vaccine in Africa

October 19, 2020

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By Amy Green, Spotlight (Cape Town) If the world had forgotten the importance of vaccines, COVID-19 has served as a stark reminder. Less than a year after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19), over a hundred vaccine candidates are under development and several large clinical trials are already under way, including some in South Africa. It is plausible that a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine will be available within the next year or two, although only time…