Month: April 2020 Posts

Malawi Prison officers promoted after protests

Apr 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Prison Service (MPS) has promoted all prison wardens, after the prison officers stayed away from work for two days. According to Prison Spokesperson Superintendent Chimwemwe Shaba, the promotions are with immediate effect. “Government… ...

88 Americans, 17 Britons leave Malawi

Apr 24, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Over 100 American and British nationals have left Malawi today as coronavirus cases have risen in the country this week. The seventeen British national and 88 Americans have used a flight chartered by the American… ...

Police, prison officers clash

Apr 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police and prison officers clashed on Friday in several prisons across the country as the police attempted to disperse the prison warders who were striking. Clashes occurred at Zomba, Mzuzu and Chichiri prisons. At Mzuzu… ...

Asian Business community renovates isolation centre in Mzuzu

Apr 24, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The Mzuzu Asian Business Community taskforce on Thursday donated assorted COVID-19 materials and handed over a renovated isolation facility at Mzuzu Central Hospital. Speaking on behalf of the taskforce, Ash Rashid Bano said the renovation… ...

Judge Kenyatta to rule on anti-lockdown injunction on Wednesday

Apr 24, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has said he will deliver his ruling on the anti-lockdown injunction next week. Nyirenda granted the injunction last week and it restrains government from effecting a 21-day national lockdown. This… ...

Mzuzu City Council workers down tools

Apr 24, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Workers at Mzuzu City Council downed tools on Thursday, demanding their bosses to pay them their three-month salary arrears. The workers held protests outside the council's offices and vowed not to return to work unless… ...

Coronavirus: Authorities at Mwanza border intensify joint border patrols

Apr 24, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

As one way of containing the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, the Malawi government has scaled up joint border patrols involving the Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Police and Immigration in Mwanza . Confirming the development… ...