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Guba continues with serious preparations to hit ground running

May 8, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira As Coronavirus lockdown continues, Malawian UK-based Taekwondo Master Yamikani Guba is continuing serious preparations at home in order in order to hit the ground running in life after COVID-19. Guba, a Sergeant in the British Military, was meant to compete for the North East Open Championships that was supposed to held in Newcastle on April 5 but was cancelled when Britain declared its COVID-19 preventive measures by executing the lockdown. “I am using every free time…

MEC in K8 billion deficit

May 8, 2020

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By Glory Msowoya, MANA Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Dr Jane Ansah has disclosed that it still faces K8 billion funding gap in its budget to be used ahead of the fresh presidential election. Ansah said this during a press briefing on Thursday at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre on the sidelines of the presentation of nomination papers by presidential candidates. She said donors like United Nations Development Program indicated that they will not help with the needed money….

President Mutharika insists he won the 2019 elections

May 8, 2020

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By Yamikani Yapuwa & Elizabeth Mandala, MANA President Peter Mutharika urged Malawians to come out in large numbers to register to vote in order to restore the will of the people which was expressed in the May, 2019 election. “On May 21, 2109, you the people of Malawi voted unanimously in an election that was free, fair, credible, transparent and credible,” said the President on Thursday in Blantyre when declaring his interest to run for presidency as well as…

21 make up Presidential Task Force on COVID-19

May 7, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira President Peter Mutharika has released 21 names that make up the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, that replaces the Special Cabinet Committee on COVID-19 that was set up on March 7. The Task Force, to be reporting directly to the President, has two co-chairpersons, Dr. John Phuka of the College of Medicine and Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamveka. Minister of Health, Jappie Mhango, who led the Special Cabinet Committee is just a…

Concern Worldwide pumps in K16.5m to Mangochi COVID-19 fight

May 7, 2020

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By Kondwani Magombo, MANA Concern Worldwide in Mangochi has donated K16.5 million to the district’s health office to help in the sensitisation of communities on COVID-19 and procurement of related consumables for the district hospital and health centres. Mangochi District Hospital Chief Preventive Health Officer, Dr. Kondwani Mamba told the media on Wednesday that Concern Worldwide was among the first partners in the district who came forward to support the district’s COVID-19 response plan. “We got the financial support…

Honouring Jack ‘Africa’ Chamangwana; Two years after passing on

May 7, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira It’s been two years since one of Malawi’s most revered international football player, Jack ‘Africa’ Chamangwana passed on (30 April 1957-6 May 2018). After a long stint with Mighty Wanderers, then known as Yamaha Wanderers, Jack left for greener pastures in South Africa where he marveled his Kaiser Chiefs fans and earned the nickname ‘Black Stone’. The legends he played alongside with in the Malawi national football team included Donnex Gondwe, Clement Mkwalula, Gilbert Chirwa,…

Hiannick Kamba’s alive!

May 6, 2020

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by Chris Bengel CBS Sports A former prominent soccer player has reappeared four years after being pronounced dead in a car accident, a report said. Hiannick Kamba’s former wife is being accused of fraud after she allegedly forged documents and collected a six-figure life insurance payment following the soccer player’s phony passing, German prosecutor Anette Milk told the Bild, a German tabloid. The former defender for the highly acclaimed Schalke 04 in the German Bundesliga was said to have been killed…

Patrick Mboma names Cameroon’s all time best XI

May 6, 2020

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By Angu Lesley, kick442.com Legendary Cameroonian striker Patrick Ndem Mboma has revealed his Cameroon dream XI but surprising he didn’t include himself. The man, who won 54 caps and scored 32 goals for the Indomitable Lions, merged the generation that played three consecutive Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals between 1984-1988 and the generation that appeared in two consecutive finals between 2000-2002 to form a formidable XI. The former PSG forward picked two-times African Footballer of the Year…

ESCOM condemns attacks on its workers on suspicion of being blood suckers

May 6, 2020

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By Peter Kanjere Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited has condemned continued attacks on its employees, especially those assigned to work at night in Northern and Central region districts, over blood-sucking suspicion. In a statement released on Tuesday, ESCOM Public Relations Manager, Innocent Chitosi, cited an incident which happened on May 1 at Kasitu near Dwangwa in Nkhotakota District, where some members of community vigilante groups attacked ESCOM employees at night when they were travelling to work…

MEC to verify eligibility of youths in terms of age

May 6, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) assures the public that it shall invite all new registrants to come to registration centres that have been flagged are registering minors to verify their eligibility in terms of age. This was announced by MEC chairperson Justice Jane Ansah Sc at a press conference in Blantyre on Tuesday where she added that if the registrants shall not avail themselves, they shall be treated as ineligible and will strike them off the voters’…