President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday evening gave a national address despite opposition spreading rumors regarding his health including one South Africa based Saunders Juma of the social media grouping called Maenga circulating audios claiming the Head of State had died. The opposition through its social media calpers have been claiming Mutharika’s health was in grave danger. And rumours were […]
Some people in the country have always wondered why government has, strongly and repeatedly, resisted every call for an all-inclusive approach in managing novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Well, this is it. The revelations that ministers and selected members of Parliamentary Health Committees will, each, be pocketing a hefty K450 000 and K350 000 respectively is […]
The High Court has prolonged an order barring the government from implementing a 21-day lockdown applied by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) despite a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. In his determination, Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has ruled that the injunction against the lockdown be maintained until government had put the necessary socio-economic protection […]
Some police officers are threatening to withdraw security during the ongoing voter registration exercise in some parts of the country due to coronavirus attack fears. The voter registration exercise is currently underway in some parts of the central and northern regions. Central region is the worst hit with the coronavirus, bringing fears to the police […]
Cabinet Ministers Jappie Mhango and Mark Botomani lied to the people of Malawi that top government officials including members of Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus do not get allowances when on duty, as it has emerged they have been pocketing “tokens” financed by the tax payer. When Vice President Saulos Chilima raised the issue, the […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has put in place a special Relief Fund as an economic relief for elite players and officials who rely on football in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by FAM president Walter Nyamilandu at Mpira Village on Tuesday, saying among those to benefit are Super League […]
The US government has provided Malawi K3.4 billion to help in the fight against coronavirus pandemic in the country. The money comes amid concerns of abuse of the money through allowances by Cabinet ministers and members of parliament as they get K450,000 per day and K350,000 per day respectively when out on allowance seeking trips […]
President Peter Mutharika sent his aide Apostle Timothy Khoviwa to apologise to church goers in Balaka over the shut down of churches on Sunday by police as a preventive measure against coronavirus. The presidential advisor on religious affairs Khoviwa has confirmed making the apology on behalf of Mutharika over the incident. “At the moment, there […]
Social distance remains a challenge amongst vendors at Mzuzu Central Market and some local markets in Mzuzu City, putting more people at risk of contracting the coronavirus. In an interview on Monday, a vendor who sells vegetables at Zolozolo Market, Florence Mwafulirwa attributed the challenge to limited space in the market. “We are aware of […]
Cabinet ministers are drawing allowances for coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic assignments, it has been revealed after government spokesman had denied the matter but an internal communication at Capital Hill has revealed the taxpayers are financing travel allowances for the ministers and their travel party. “May controlling officers submit this morning [Monday] to the Ministry of Disaster […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima graced our eyes and ears Sunday night with a televised national address that failed to provide answers, or clear direction, to two critical issues that have trapped this country in a stalemate. One, the secrecy surrounding the management of COVID-19 by government is becoming a serious public concern, as such, Chilima should […]
German has partnered with National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfam)) and the Malawi Government in its efforts to strengthen prevention, early diagnosis and containment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among smallholder subsistence farmers in Malawi. Nasfam has a membership of over 100, 000 of smallholder farmers spread across 22 districts of Malawi. Speaking […]
Lafarge Cement Malawi has joined the country in the fight against coronavirus pandemic through donation of liquid soap and hand sanitizer to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. The company on Saturday presented 200 bottles of liquid soap and 200 bottles of hand sanitizer valued at K750, 000. Lafarge Chief Executive Officer, Geoffrey Ndugwa […]
Malawi’s influential and leading daily newspaper The Nation on Monday April 27 backed the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima address on the National Situation and Response to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, saying his input “makes sense.” In its extended coverage of Chilima’s televised address which he dared President Peter Mutharika to demonstrate leadership in the fight […]
Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has said on Monday that Malawi now has 36 cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) global pandemic following the confirmation of two new cases, one in Blantyre and the other in the hotspot Lilongwe. Briefing the media in Lilongwe, Minister Mhango said since the last reported third death to the virus pandemic […]
A coalition of youth-led organisations and networks has penned the Malawi government and development partners, expressing its disappointment over exclusion of the youth in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The coalition, which is calling itself Youth Platform on Covid-19 (YPC), argues that lack of consultation with civil society organisations (CSOs) and meaningful […]
Malawi Police have swiftly sprung up to their defence over stinging attacks on their decision to close churches on Sunday, saying this was done in public interest. Police closed down some churches in Balaka as a preventive measure against coronavirus. Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said this was done to enforce the government order of suspending […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has called for an all political party inclusiveness in the fight against the raging novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes at a time when Minister of Health Jappie Mhango said on Sunday that the country registered its first case of the virus in the north, bringing the number […]