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12 female students fall pregnant at Chigodi CDSS in Lilongwe

August 12, 2020

By Tione Andsen, MANA Chigodi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) In Lilongwe has recorded 12 pregnancies during the current academic year after the closure of the learning institutions in March this year due to COVID-19. The school’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo reporters on Tuesday at Chigodi Area Programme of World Vision Malawi in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera that before the closure, the school had recorded four pregnancies. “We have 12 pregnant cases before us and four of which…

World Vision Malawi hands over newly-constructed girls’ hostel for Chigodi CDSS

August 12, 2020

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By Tione Andsen, MANA Female students at Chigodi Community Day Secondary (CDSS) in Lilongwe will have smile wide when school reopens as they have been provided with a hostel and cooking shelter constructed by World Vision Malawi to the tune of K22 million. The hostel, based in the area of Traditional Authority Mazengera, will accommodate 40 students and those being targeted are girls that are in examination classes. Chigodi CDSS’s Headteacher, Gladson Mankhambo said the hostel shall help the…

COVID-19 Rules: Leader of Opposition Nankhumwa implores on Chakwera’s government to initiate innovative programmes to help vulnerable people

August 12, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse-led government to initiate innovative programmes to help vulnerable people if the Public Health (Corona Virus and Covid-19 Prevention, Containment and Management Rules, 2020) which has been gazetted in Parliament is to be effective. He reminded Chakwera that the previous DPP-led government introduced an emergency cash transfer programme to save the small scale businesses in and around major markets in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba and others,…

China donates COVID-19 medical supplies to Malawi

August 12, 2020

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By Ireen Kayira, MANA The Chinese Government on Tuesday donated medical supplies to Malawi to assist health workers in the fight against COVID-19 that included 150,000 surgical masks ,15,000 N95 masks, 7,000 protective clothing, 7,000 goggles, 7000 pairs of gloves and 300 pairs of show covers. The medical supplies were handed over to Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) in Lilongwe on Tuesday by China Embassy’s Deputy Chief, Wang Xiusheng who said it was the hope of his government…

Mining Minister Gaffar visits illegal miners in Machinga

August 12, 2020

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By Robert Nayeja and Patrick Ndawala, MANA Minister of Mining, Rashid Gaffar visited people engaged in illegal gold mining in Busiri River in traditional authorities Liwonde and Nsanama in the district where over 800 people are engaged in gold mining. The visit was to assure the illegal miners that government would guide them to follow proper procedures so that they carry out their mining activities legally and freely. “I have learnt that people here have built houses and paid…

Coronavirus-related deaths now at 152 as of Tuesday

August 12, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As of Tuesday, August 11, six Coronavirus-related deaths were registered, bringing the cumulative figure at 152 as the total figure of recorded cases in Malawi is now at 4,714 since the first cases in April. Since August 1 alone, there had been 42 deaths — six on August 1 (from 108 new cases recorded); three on the 2nd (from 45 new cases); none on the 3rd (from 42); five on the 4th (from 88); eight on…

MultiChoice Malawi donates PPEs worth a whopping K38.7m

August 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Digital television service providers, MultiChoice Malawi has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital worth a whopping K38.7 million in the form of 3,500 KN95 face masks and 3,500 disposable isolation gowns. MultiChoice Malawi’s Managing Director, Gus Banda said their gesture is an appreciate of the multilateral efforts by the Government, the Presidential COVID-19 Task Force, the medical fraternity, security and other agencies as well as the general public in their collective efforts…

Speaker of Parliament should bring the august House out of hiding

August 11, 2020

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Analysis by Mphatso Moses Kaufulu Under former President, late Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Malawi was not just a single-party state — it was also a political system anchored in Presidential Supremacy. In general, a presidential system privileges the president in sanctioning and prosecuting the national agenda, and requires of parliaments and judiciaries to conduct their functions deferentially in support of that agenda. Under Kamuzu Banda, this was broadly the Malawian system. However, the 1994 Constitution established a system…

MyBucks Bank profit grows by 130% in 2019-2020 financial year

August 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira MyBucks Banking Corporation has recorded a profit after tax of MK1.8 billion in the first six months period ended on 30th June, 2020 compared to MK817 million same period in June, 2019. This represents a 130% growth in profit after tax, according to a published financial statement co-signed by the banks Board chairperson Francis Pelekamoyo; Board Director Morgan Tembo; Managing Director Zandila Shaba and Chief Finance Officer Thomson Kumwenda. The financials say the main driver of…

Malawi’s COVID-19 recovery rate passes the 50% mark

August 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Monday’s situation report from co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka, says the country’s data shows that the people that have recovered have surpassed the active cases and that the recovery rate has passed the 50% mark. “This is encouraging as it gives hope in this fight against COVID-19 pandemic,” says Dr. Phuka in his report, while stressing that those that have recovered should continue to strictly adhere to all preventive measures to…