July 2020

Mutharika used taxpayers’ money to buy K300 million buses

Jul 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

…lied about using personal money Former President Peter Mutharika used taxpayers’ money to buy buses worth K300 million for Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers. Mutharika bought the Higger buses for Bullets and Wanderers… ...

China donates 100 thousand masks for Malawi independence celebration

Jul 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

China has donated 100,000 masks to Malawi for the country’s Independence Day celebrations and the inauguration ceremony on July 6. The celebrations are held on July 6 every year and this year they will be… ...

Chakwera refuses to cancel inauguration ceremony

Jul 04, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

State President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says the inauguration ceremony will go on but the number of attendees will be reduced to 20, 000 against the Bingu National Stadium's (BNS) 40, 000 capacity, as a control… ...

Covid-19 cases alarming – Chakwera

Jul 04, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the number of Covid-19 cases is alarming and the situation is much worse today than it was three months ago. Chakwera said this at a press briefing which was conducted on… ...

Questions over K3 billion bulbs deals

Jul 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) awarded contracts for K3 billion worth of bulbs to two companies based in Dubai and Mauritius, and this had led to questions over the ownership of the companies. The… ...

Chakwera fires Health Secretary Namarika

Jul 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has fired Principal Secretary for Health Dan Namarika and says he will soon appoint a new Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Health. The Malawi leader revealed this during a press briefing… ...

Coronavirus: Malawi registers 96 new cases

Jul 04, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi has registered 96 new Coronavirus, bringing the number of registered cases to 1,498. Chairperson of the Taskforce on Coronavirus John Phuka announced the new cases on Friday. He said 87 of the cases are… ...