Minister of Disability and the Elderly, Reen Kachere hired her daughter as a Personal Assistant. Mphatso Ndasowa, Kachere’s biological daughter was employed as Personal Assistant Grade G (P7). But Kachere said there is nothing wrong for her to pick the daughter to be a Personal Assistant. “There is nothing wrong,” said Kachere, arguing that a personal assistant […]
People with Disabilities manifested in Lilongwe on Tuesday as they = gathered at the Ministry of Disabilities and the Elderly, demanding that they be assisted with grants to run self-sustenance businesses. Lilongwe Chairperson who is leading the group, Elifa M’bwana, has vowed the group will not budge until they are positively addressed. The group claims […]
John Kafodya, a physically challenged businessman left Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) a bitter person and cursing officials when they prevented him from meeting Minister of Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly Reen Kachere during her visit to the place. Kachere recently visited Macoha headquarters in Limbe to announce a K10 million donation from […]
Barely a week after authorities prevented the country’s Vice President Joyce Banda from donating relief items to flood victims in Nsanje district, First Lady Calista Mutharika was on Sunday in the area distributing the items before holding a rally where she lambasted opposition leaders. The estranged VP was refused access to visit the flood victims […]
Women activist have threatened that they will mobilise women to the streets to perform a naked protest if streets vendors will continue harassing them for wearing trousers, miniskirts or see-through leggings. Vendors in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday vented their anger for being removed from the streets by attacking women who wore trousers, miniskirts and […]
The country’s First Lady, Calista Mutharika on Friday night failed to attend the 2011 Miss Malawi beauty pageant, contrary to an earlier announcement that she would grace the occasion. Miss Malawi 2011 event started at 9:00pm at Sunbird Capital Hotel Marquee in Lilongwe instead of the scheduled time, 7:30pm. Nyasa Timesunderstands that the First Lady […]
A 22 year old girl from Salima who returned to school after she had given birth to a child sired by her step father has asked the Minister of Gender, Rene Kachere to help her finish The girl – who cannot be named for ethical reasons – presented her request to Kachere when she gave […]
Malawi Minister of Gender, Child and Community Development, Rene Kachere has told women who are forced to sleep with relatives of their deceased husbands in traditional cleansing ceremonies where the men performing the cleansing acts are known as Fisi (hyenas) to resist the rituals and if need be use physical violence to hurt the ‘hyenas’. […]