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4 years in existence: ServiceTouch™ still soldiers on adding great value to business service providers

April 19, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira Entrepreneurship is not that easy to maintain in this country and for one to continue gaining confidence amongst giant corporate companies less than five years in existence, gives testimony that such an entrepreneur is offering the best consultancy business services. That can comfortably be said of ServiceTouch™ in its four years and four months of purposeful existence of its five-year strategic plan in engaging organisations and individuals so that they realise full potential to effectively add…

Minister asks healthcare workers not to take advantage of COVID-19 pandemic to make unrealistic demands

April 18, 2020

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By Chimwemwe Njoloma, MANA Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has called upon healthcare workers in the country not to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by making unrealistic financial demands. Mhango made the remarks this week in Lilongwe when he toured an isolation centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) as he was being briefed about the challenges managers are facing. He said he aware of the situation that many healthcare workers in other countries are saving across…

More non-state actors join Coronavirus control efforts

April 18, 2020

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Malawi News Agency A lot more non-state actors in Malawi are joining hands with the government in containing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has shaken the globe. Ecobank Malawi in conjunction with World Vision Malawi, donated K24 million worth of material aid to Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe as part of Pan African Bank’s social responsibility. Ecobank contributed K5.4 million while World Vision on items that are clinically COVID-19 related in nature. Rehema M’bang’ombe, Ecobank’s senior local account manager for…

COVID-19: Lilongwe NGO Tingathe locally manufacturing face masks

April 18, 2020

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By Andrew Magombo, MANA In the bid to fight the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, Lilongwe-based non-governmental organisation, Tingathe is locally manufacturing protective face masks from an African print design. The masks are made by the alumni of Tingathe’s Vocational Skills Program of Fashion and Design and Tingathe’s co-founder, Aubrey Lindeire said they are working hand in hand with Masks for Malawi (M4M) in mobilising more tailors from inside and outside Lilongwe to manufacture more. “Together with M4M…

Mixed reactions to Malawi COVID-19 Lockdown court injunction

April 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The general public is censuring itself that they should not celebrate that the National Lockdown, which was supposed to be effected from midnight of Sunday, April 19 but has been suspended due to the injunction obtained on Friday, saying the court ruling does not mean it has invalidated the terror of COVID-19. “Be wise,” Ambujeapali Sekeleza writes on Facebook. “I am just afraid people may start downplaying the COVID-19 prevention measures simply because of a…

COVID-19: Journalists too need assistance in basic PPEs

April 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira It’s quite commendable that the general public is responding well to calls for adherence to the rigorous preventive measures in the fight against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has seen some people wearing masks, gloves and carrying hand sanitisers as they do their daily business while at the same time observing social distancing. The sensitization campaign is been propagated by the Government and all stakeholders through the health personnel and the media. The health…

China’s Wuhan city revises Coronavirus death toll up by 50%

April 17, 2020

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Al Jazeera China’s Wuhan City says 1,290 more people died of COVID-19 than previously thought after cases were missed in early days of outbreak. Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the Coronavirus first emerged late last year, has revised sharply upwards its death toll from the disease, admitting people died at home and cases were missed as hospitals struggled to cope in the early days of the outbreak. The adjustment, detailed in a social media posting by the…

MACOHA pleads for involvement in Coronavirus awareness

April 17, 2020

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By Everister Lungu, MANA Malawi Council of the Handicapped (MACOHA) has asked that the stakeholders involved in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive sensitization measures should also target tailor made ways to suit people with disabilities. MACOHA’s Mzimba District Rehabilitation Officer, Jackson Chimowa said in an interview Thursday that COVID-19 preventive messages are vital for all people, including those with disabilities. “My appeal to stakeholders in awareness messages is that when mobilizing people, do not leave out persons with disabilities,”…

COVID-19: MBS recommends five companies to produce hand sanitizers

April 17, 2020

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By Memory Chatonda, MANA Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has recommended specific hand sanitizer products from five manufacturing companies after getting concern on the influx of various types of product on the market. In a press statement on Friday signed by MBS Director General, Symon Mandala said the recommended safe handsanisers are Handshield, Protecto, Purity and Anti-Gervisanitisers. The products are from five companies — Ethanol Company Limited, KenChem, Kadora Enterprises, Purity Sanitary Products Company Limited and Charma Chemicals…

Blantyre City Councillors petition Ministry of Local Government to remove controlling officer

April 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre City Councillors have petitioned the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development for the immediate removal/transfer of Chief Executive Officer/Controlling Officer, Dr. Alfred Chanza for his arrogance not to attend to their interests. The petition, signed by 16 of the 18 Councillors, which we have in possession dated April 15, 2020, says Chanza is working in isolation and is single handedly running the Council without the Councillors’ or the political wing which is headed…