Government says it will quarantine a Malawian who is arriving from China for 14 days to screen and monitor him if he has the deadly corona virus or not. Ministry of Health principal secretary Dan Namarika said the Malawian, whose identity has been deliberately concealed, was studying in Wuhan, the epicentre of the disease. “He […]
At least 50 Malawians are stuck in Wuhan, ground zero of China’s coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 170 people and close to 7,000 people have been infected. Unlike countries such as the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom that are evacuating their citizens, the Malawi government has not made such arrangement. This has caused […]
Ministry of Health (MoH) says it is on high alert and taking preventive measures against the highly contagious outbreak of a pneumonia-like virus in China called Corona Virus which is dangerously spreading and has already killed at least two dozen people with hundreds affected. Although no cases of the deadly virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China, […]
A Chinese national has been slapped with a two-year jail term for possessing protected species. The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court has jailed the Chinese national for possessing pangolin scales. The convict, Jiang Cheng, 54, was convicted on Monday, January 20 of illegal possession of listed species, contrary to Section 86 of the National Parks […]
On its African tour, a Chinese cultural troupe and dance theatre from the Sichuan Province treated Malawi University of Science & Technology (MUST) students, staff and other invited guests to a mesmerising performance as a celebration of this year’s Chinese New Year held on Tuesday, January 14. Over the years, the Chinese Embassy to Malawi […]
A controversial Chinese owned gemstone mining firm in Chitipa District has put 21 local chiefs on a monthly pay roll of K20 000 and has justified the payments as gifts symbolizing what it called “the chiefs good relationship with the company”. Malawi government pays Group Village Headmen K10 000 per month and it means these […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Board Chairperson, Daniel Gunya has hailed the People’s Republic of China for its tireless support towards the MBC innovation awardees from all the four editions. Gunya made the remarks Friday at this year’s MBC Innovation Awards ceremony that took place at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. “For the past four editions, China […]
A magistrates’ court in Rumphi has fined three Chinese K7 million each or serve a three and half year jail term each for illegal mining practices. A Malawian, who was arrested with the Chinese in the district last week, has been acquitted of his charges. The court has also ordered that the minerals which were […]
The Chinese government has provided US$1 million (about K740 million) to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to help Malawian families recovering from the effects of the March 2019 floods in the country. The financial aid includes funds for water treatment chemicals, nutrition therapeutic treatment supplies, iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementary tablets for adolescent girls, child […]
The hearing of Malawi’s most wanted suspected wildlife trafficker and notorious king pin, Chinese national Lin Yun Hua’s case has started at Lilongwe Magistrates court. Appearing alongside Malawian James Mkwezalamba,, Lin Yun Hua is answering charges of money laundering offense and dealing with government trophy. Presided by Chief resident magistrate Violet Chipao, both the defense and the state […]
After our Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Wednesday, commonly referred to as AA amongst alcoholics whose chief aim is to manage their alcohol abuse, we decided to have our lunch just by the Karonga-Chitipa bus terminus afraid that we would miss our bus. Actually, we have been in the uranium town of Karonga for about a […]
A magistrates’ court is on Monday expected to give its verdict on bail application for four Chinese nationals who were arrested on Sunday for allegedly fishing on endangered species in Lake Malawi. Magistrate Joshua Nkhono on Friday heard the bail application statement from the suspects lawyer Jai Banda and opposition to the bail by the […]
Environmental Affairs department on Thursday confiscated tons of the banned thin plastics from a Chinese manufacturer. The ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining spokesperson Sangwani Phiri said this exercise follows impounding of a Chinese vehicle by the police on November 18 in Lilongwe. “The confiscation of such a large quantity of the contraband consignment […]
The Department of National Parks and Wildlife this week arrested four Chinese nationals for being found illegally fishing one of the endangered species, Cichlid fish (Mbuna), in Lake Malawi National Park. The accused are Cui Xu (51), Wu Zhou (40), Hong Peng (38) and Hai Jang (29). All the suspects are staff members of Furen […]
The Chinese government has handed over 500 villages satellite TV project to Malawi which has seen the country receiving 500 sets of slar digital TV integrated with decoders, 1000 sets of solar projector TV system and 10000 sets of digital decoders. The program is under the “access to satellite TV for 10000 African Villages” project […]
Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Council Chairperson Andrew Daudi says the university has secured US$2 million (about K1.5 billion) worth of teaching, learning and research equipment from the Republic of China. Daudi made the pronouncement on Tuesday during the first ever graduation ceremony at MUST campus in Thyolo which saw 195 students graduating […]
Ministry of Energy has confirmed that the Kam’mwamba Coal-fired Power Generation project has now been given to Energy Generation Company (Egenco) to implement it with government as the sole financier after dumping Chinese financier China Gezhouba. The Kam’mwamba Coal-fired Power Generation project was to be implemented jointly by the Malawi Government and China Gezhouba Group […]
Described by government as ‘Malawi’s most wanted suspected wildlife trafficker and notorious king pin”, Chinese national Lin Yun Hua on Monday October 21 2019 pleaded not guilty in the ongoing rhino horn smuggling case at the Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe. Appearing alongside Malawian James Mkwezalamba, Lin Yun Hua is answering charges of being […]