August 2020

Namadingo: Malawi’s walking statue of humanity

Aug 26, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 0 &

By 8:30am on 25 August 2020. Namadingo, and his Namartist Management Team were already at the proposed site for Mahatma Ghandi statue in readiness to raise funds for musician William Kachigamba who needed 3 million… ...

DPP’s Ben Phiri resigns

Aug 26, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Legislator Ben Phiri has stepped down as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) DPP Director of Elections due to party leader Peter Mutharika’s loss in the 2020 Presidential Elections. Phiri wrote a resignation letter dated 17 August,… ...

UTM turns down Jomo: Chidanti says it is not true

Aug 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

One of the ruling parties, UTM, has dismissed claims that suspected thief, Jomo Osman, requested to join the party. Popularly known as Ntopwa 1, Isaac Jomo Osman is a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) councillor for… ...

DPP fires Secretary General Jeffrey

Aug 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has fired Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey for pushing for party president Peter Mutharika’s resignation. Jeffrey has confirmed about her dismissal and that it relates to her calls for Mutharika to… ...

Minister Chiponda says COVID-19 given highest priority in Malawi

Aug 26, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says Malawi has accorded highest priority to COVID-19 control activities. She was speaking on Tuesday during a World Health Organisation (WHO) regional virtual meeting. She noted that Malawi has… ...

Don’t be too excited over drop in new Coronavirus cases – Phuka

Aug 26, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Co-chairperson of the Coronavirus Taskforce Dr. John Phuka has suggested that the drop in new Coronavirus cases could be due to a low level of testing and has warned Malawians not to be too excited.… ...

Chakwera remains silent on Zimbabwe saga

Aug 26, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera who benefited from public protests has opted to remain silent on the situation in Zimbabwe where people protesting against President Emmerson Mnangagwa are arrested arbitrarily. Malawi24 made several attempts to get… ...