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Health Secretary Namarika appeals to Malawians to trust COVID-19: tracking system

April 23, 2020

By Loness Gwazanga, MANA Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Dan Namarika has refuted rumours circulating that Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country are being fabricated, arguing that there was no motivation to do so. He made the clarification on Wednesday in Blantyre where he announced six more cases from Kaliyeka and Area 25 townships in Lilongwe that have tested positive to the disease. The new cases take the total tally to 23 registered cases including two…

Prophet Bushiri extends humanitarian hand to most vulnerable

April 23, 2020

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Maravi Express South Africa-based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, who is on a humanitarian campaign to assist people with various food stuffs and sanitation products in the wake of Coronavirus (COVID-19), has also not ignored the most vulnerable in his host country as well as in neighboring Namibia On Tuesday, the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Limpopo branch was a beneficiary where Bushiri donated food stuff to the Vutlhari Simulation Disability Centre in Mamaila Village. The centre is an NPO that looks…

MLS questions legality of Government expenditure on COVID-19

April 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In its evaluation of a number of instructions and measures which Malawi Government has made in containing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Malawi Law Society (MLS) contends that some of these have far reaching implications since they involve the Legislature. In its Legal Guidance Paper on Management of COVID-19 Disaster, MLS notes that President Peter Mutharika instructed some withdrawal of funds from the Treasury but these announcements or instructions do not amend section 173 of the Constitution…

COVID-19 measures used for declaration of state of disaster need to be reduced into law — MLS

April 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Law Society (MLS) is recommending that the measures announced by the President and all civil protection pursuant to the declared state of disaster need to be reduced into law; either as a substantive Act of Parliament, or subsidiary legislation. “Failure to do so is to deny the people of Malawi participation in the response to the declared disaster on two fronts: first, there would be no consultative input from the people of Malawi, and second,…

President Mutharika’s COVID-19 pronouncements were without legal authority

April 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Law Society (MLS), while agreeing that the Malawi President is authorized to make a declaration of State of Disaster, which in and of itself is subsidiary legislation, however the law does not authorize him to make any regulations. “That is for the Minister responsible for disaster relief, in this case, Hon. Everton Hebert Chimulirenji until the Minister responsible for Disaster Preparedness and Relief regularizes the pronouncements that have been made by the President and…

Prophet Bushiri hands over COVID-19 relief food items, health kits to SA’s North-West province

April 22, 2020

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By Ephraim Nyondo, ECG Publicist South Africa-based Malawian, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) on Tuesday handed over COVID-19 relief food items and health kits to his host country’s North-West province’s department of social social development. This was the Prophet’s response for vulnerable families in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and the assorted packages were received by the premier of North West Province, Professor Job Mokgoro at the Department of Agriculture Buildings in Rustenberg. Professor Mokgoro…

John ‘Shoe’ Moshoeu: Five years on since the Bafana legend passed away

April 22, 2020

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By Muambo Edward, kick442.com It’s been five years to this day, since one of Africa’s best football feet and brain left the stage — former Bafana Bafana playmaker John ‘Shoe’ Lesiba Moshoeu, who died after a long battle with stomach cancer, aged 49 on April 21, 2015. The highly gifted native of Ga-Mashashane came through the ranks of Blue Whales and Kaizer Chiefs before playing almost 600 league games, scoring 152 goals for eight clubs in South Africa and…

Emmanuel Adebayor responds to critics, saying he does not donate

April 22, 2020

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Ghanasoccernet.com Togo striker Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor claims he does not donate after being criticized for not being generous to aid the underprivileged amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Many footballers have made donations to the vulnerable people and families in their various countries in order to help them survive the prevailing situation in the world at the moment. But the former Arsenal FC, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur forward thinks otherwise. The former Togo captain, through videos circulating on social networks,…

FAM mourns Msambira

April 22, 2020

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Maravi Express Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has described former 2nd vice-president Steven Msambira, who died on Wednesday morning at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe after a short illness, as a big blow to Malawian football. “He was a very humble and hardworking gentleman,” Nyamilandu said. “He was the first person to serve as second vice-president in my committee when I became FAM president back in 2004. “I learnt a lot from him about FAM and…

Given enough resources, Malawi chess can easily get on the international map — sponsors MyBucks Bank

April 22, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In proudly announcing the roll out of the K1 million MyBucks online chess challenge scheduled for this weekend, the sponsors MyBucks Bank say given enough resources for training and preparation for international tournaments, the sport has the potential to put Malawi on the world sporting map. MyBucks said it believes in creating social impact in Malawi and decided to sponsor Chess Association of Malawi (Chessam) knowing that it is a game that helps in development of…