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Theme for 2020 World Tourism Day is ‘Tourism and Rural Development’

September 10, 2020

By Daniel Namwini, MANA Malawi will join the rest of the world to commemorate World Tourism Day on September 27, whose is theme ‘Tourism and Rural Development’, that focuses on tourist attractions, accommodation, catering facilities and services for local communities’ tourism development. Through a press statement issued on Thursday, Secretary for the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Wildlife, Isaac Katopola said the theme focuses on how tourism has the power to touch on almost every part of the societies…

Man nabbed in Kasungu over fake K 2,000 banknotes

September 10, 2020

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By Vincent Khonje, MANA Police in Kasungu arrested Filodi Goodson, 35 on Tuesday for possessing fake K2,000 banknotes. The suspect was arrested at around 10 am at Vijumo village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mwase after Police detectives were tipped that there was a certain man lodging at Midima Rest House who was suspected of possessing the K2,000 fake. According to Kasungu Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Harry Namwaza, following the intelligence gathered, they accosted the suspect and was indeed…

NCHE asks the public to scrutinize if registered learning institutions’ programmes are also accredited

September 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is appealing to all prospective students, parents and guardians to access and scrutinize lists of all registered and accredited private learning institutions if their academic programmes are also accredited in Malawi before enrolling. NCHE said this in a public notice that detailed all registered and accreditation higher education institutions in line with the National Council for Higher Education Act (No. 15 of 2011), that gives mandate to the Council to…

Chilima not impressed with MIM; praises MUST, LUANAR, UNIMA

September 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In his engagements with the education sector to appreciate the strides they are making in the implementation of public sectors reforms, Vice-President Saulos Chilima — who is also Minister for Economic Planning & Development and Public Sector Reforms — was not impressed with Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) own management style. However, in his report posted on Facebook, Chilima praised Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), University of Malawi (UNIMA), Lilongwe University of Agriculture and…

COVID-19 flattening curve still encouraging; no new death recorded in past 24hrs

September 9, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira From 494 COVID-19 tests that have been done in the past 24 hours, there were 23 new cases, 21 new recoveries and no new deaths. Of the new cases, 19 are locally transmitted and four are imported infections — two recorded on new arrivals at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa and the other two are truck drivers identified at Mwanza border through routine screening of people entering the country. Of the locally transmitted infections, 11 are…

7 jailed for assaulting Escom employees

September 9, 2020

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By Peter Kanjere, ESCOM PRO Nkhunga First Grade Magistrate Court in Nkhotakota District sentenced on Monday seven people to three years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) employees on suspicion that they were blood suckers. The court convicted are John Manda, aged 37, Ellia Chirwa, 35, Patrick Manda, 38, Letison Chirwa, 32, Fandison Chirwa, 29, Ishmael Phiri, 25, Zione Manda, 23, and Leonard Kamanga, 22 — all from Paulosi Village, Traditional Authority Kafuzila…

Airtel Money removes transaction fees on ESCOM tokens

September 9, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Malawi has announced the removal of transaction fees for customers purchasing ESCOM tokens through Airtel Money from K200 per transaction to free of charge, effective 3rd September, 2020. This follows a recent announcement recently made by the mobile digital payments leader that it has reduced cash-out fees and revision of agent commissions for cash-in and cash-out transactions. A statement released on Wednesday says Airtel Money has also directly linked its platform with ESCOM, whereby previously,…

Grand Business Park in Lilongwe to help create help 1,500 direct jobs

September 9, 2020

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By Daniel Namwini, MANA The on-going construction of Grand Business Park in Lilongwe will help create over 1,500 direct jobs and 2,000 indirect job opportunities to youths and local people in Malawi. Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Mia said this on Tuesday when she visited the Chinese project at Area 46 along the Western By-pass road in Lilongwe. The cost of construction of the park is estimated at K73 billion (USD100 million) and Mia said the investment has a…

Mtunthama Lions Club donates food items to Kawale elderly

September 9, 2020

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Maravi Express Lilongwe-based Mtunthama Lions Club donated food items to the elderly of Kawale Township in Lilongwe on Sunday to assist them to fight against Coronavirus health-wise. The Club’s Vice President, Veronica Ndalama said apart from the preventive measures set by the government, one has to have a strong immune system to fight the pandemic. “We are aware that as one grows old the immune system becomes weak and one way of boosting that immune system is by eating…

Muhara is ready and willing to be deployed for improper and illegal objects — says lawyers’ petition

September 9, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The conduct of Lloyd Muhara in his line of duty as Secretary to the Cabinet demonstrated no regard for the law, the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law, lack of personal integrity and that he is ready and willing to be deployed for improper and illegal objects. This is contained in that petition that a group of concerned lawyers have petitioned to Malawi Law Society (MLS) that demands the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to…