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Joseph Mwale sets up online chess academy for young Malawians

June 24, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s highest rated player, Joseph Mwale has set up an online Malawi Chess Academy that will be held every Thursdays and Sundays from 17:00hrs. In an interview, the South Africa-based FIDE Master professional player and coach, said the lessons will be conducted on Zoom and Google Meet platforms and there will be tournaments for the students on Saturdays, whose top three winners will get coaching for free in the next lesson. Charges for the group…

Mbakuwaku president Peter Kuwani asks MEC to disqualify Mutharika and Chakwera

June 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) president, Peter Kuwani, has filed a complaint to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), demanding that Peter Mutharika and Lazarus Chakwera should be disqualified for fielding different running mates in Tuesday’s fresh presidential polls. Addressing the media on Wednesday, MEC chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale said Kuwani’s ground of his demand for the disqualification is that in accordance with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal, the candidates ought to have maintained the…

SULOM to fill legal advisor position at AGM

June 24, 2020

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By Mphatso Sam, MANA Super League of Malawi (SULOM) says its forthcoming annual general meeting (AGM) set to be held in Lilongwe in August and among others, nominate a legal advisor. The position fell vacant in December last year following the resignation of Muhammad Selemani, who was elected Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Executive Committee Member at its elective AGM. This, according to a communique from SULOM signed by its general secretary Williams Banda on Monday, follows a resolution…

Women’s Legal Resources Centre demands equal gender inclusion in the next cabinet

June 23, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Women Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) is demanding that the next Head of State that would be voted in after Tuesday’s fresh presidential election should implement to the book that there is equal representation of women in the cabinet as well as other national positions of influence. Executive Director Maggie Kathewera Banda said this on the eve of the poll, saying this is not a request but a demand as this is contained in the Gender Equality…

Airtel Malawi donates K104m for purchase of COVID-19 ventilators

June 23, 2020

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Maravi Express Airtel Malawi Plc has joined the fight against COVID-19 by donating K104m to go towards the purchase of ventilators for hospitals. In a press statement on Monday, Airtel Malawi says it is working with the COVID-19 Presidential Taskforce and the Ministry of Health to make sure that frontline health care workers in the battle against COVID-19 continue their fight against the pandemic using the right equipment. “Ventilators are essential equipment for patients who need assistance with respiratory…

Fresh presidential election campaign ends Sunday June 21

June 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) reminds all candidates, political parties and the general public that the campaign period for the fresh presidential election ends on Sunday, 21 June at 6:00am. The campaign period was opened on March 19 under the theme ‘Consolidating Malawi’s Democracy through Peaceful Campaign’ and has run for two months, ending 48 hours before start of polling. MEC reminding all stakeholders that it is a violation of the law to campaign outside this period…

UK-based charity Cherish International applauds Malawi health workers in fight against COVID-19: Donates oxygen concentrators

June 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira UK-based charity, Cherish International UK has applauded Malawi health care workers in their total dedication in the fight against COVID-19 and thus decided to donate oxygen concentrators and face masks as its contribution to the fight. Cherish International UK was founded by Divya Ganatra, whose family has over the years been involved in philanthropy, especially towards underprivileged children. Speaking through convener, Abdul Mukadam at the presentation of the donation at Namiwawa in Blantyre, Divya said Cherish…

In the fight against COVID-19, Africa is the unsung  continent

June 19, 2020

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By Solomon Zewdu, allAfrica.com Two months ago, when the peak of the pandemic passed in China and moved to the United States and Western Europe, epidemiologists tried to predict where COVID-19 would hit next — and hit hardest. Many thought Africa would become the next high-risk area, but when COVID-19 eventually arrived on the continent, most of the dire predictions were way off. Today, the continent is the least impacted region in the world according to the World…

NICO Life, MASM launch joint funeral scheme policy

June 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s leading insurance service provider, NICO Life and Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM) have launched a joint funeral scheme in which MASM clients will from July 1 enjoy funeral cover of up to K1 million, up from K300,000. Named Dekhani (Keep Calm), the K1 million cover is for VIP Scheme members while K750,000 is for Executive Scheme and K500,000 for ECONO Plan. The benefits will be paid immediately death occurs in the form of a…

Concerned CCAP youths censure Blantyre Synod over touting members to vote for Mutharika

June 17, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Concerned CCAP youths have condemned and censured Moderator for Blantyre CCAP Synod, Reverend Masauko Mbolembole and general secretary Reverend Billy Gama over the statement the two authored that guided its members to vote for the best leader for the fresh presidential election. Last week’s statement by Mbolembole and Gama titled to strongly tout President Peter Mutharika as such leader, saying “Malawians need to choose a leader that cannot only enhance and promote good governance, but also…