October 2020 | Page 2 of 22

Motorcycle taxis to stop operating at 6PM

Oct 24, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Tonse Alliance Government says motorcycle taxis will not be allowed to operate on the roads of Malawi after 6PM. Homeland Security Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda announced the curfew on motorcycles taxis in Parliament. Chimwendo… ...

Mwase names local squad for Burkina Faso ties

Oct 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi National Football Team Coach Meck Mwase has named a 23 man local based players squad to go into camp on Sunday October 25, 2020 to start preparations for back to back 2020 AFCON qualifying… ...

MEC engages religious leaders, schools over voter mobilisation

Oct 24, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Steven Duwa on Thursday engaged religious leaders and some schools in Chikwawa urging them to be in the forefront in voter mobilisation to prevent voter apathy in the November… ...

Fire destroys 70 hectares of sugarcane at Salima Sugar

Oct 24, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Fire allegedly started by community members has destroyed 70 hectares of sugarcane and irrigation infrastructure worth K330 Million at Salima Sugar Company Malawi. The company said on its Facebook page today that the arson attack… ...

MEC urges chiefs to be nonpartisan

Oct 24, 2020 Joshua Mphanda - Contributor 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has urged chiefs not to engage in politics as the campaign is underway in Lilongwe North West Constituency. MEC Commissioner Jean Mathanga said this on Friday when she presided over an… ...

Son gets 2-year jail term for assaulting his mother

Oct 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced 36-year-old Limbani Banda to 2 years in prison with hard labour for assaulting his own mother. Sub Inspector Evelyn Ntenje, a prosecutor at Zomba Police… ...

UNIMA graduands petition Chakwera over delayed graduation

Oct 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka University of Malawi graduands have petitioned Malawi's President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to intervene on the delayed graduation which was supposed to be held last year. This follows the standoff which is there… ...

Parliament concludes 7-week long budget meeting

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The first Budget Meeting in the 49th Session of Parliament has ended today. Speaking with reporters, Leader of the House Richard Chimwendo Banda said that the meeting has gone according to plan as they have… ...

Stop disrupting traffic for hours to clear way for me – says Chakwera

Oct 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says motorists should not be stopped for hours to clear way for him whenever he is travelling. Speaking when he opened Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre on Friday morning, the president said… ...

Chakwera tells govt officials to stop following him around

Oct 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered senior government officials to stop following him around, saying they are preoccupied with the president than with the country. He made the remarks when he opened Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel… ...

Greeeeeeeeeeat Weekend for Bushiri: Major 1 to spend weekend in custody

Oct 23, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

This weekend is gonna be "a greeeeeeeeeeat weekend" for Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife Prophetess Mary Bushiri as the couple will spend their weekend in custody following the postponed of their bail hearing to Monday… ...

I am ready to resign as DPP president – Mutharika

Oct 23, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former Malawi leader, Peter Mutharika, says he is ready to step down as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president but it will be irresponsible to resign now. Mutharika made the remarks at a press conference held… ...

Mutharika pledges support for Chakwera

Oct 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former President Peter Mutharika says he will give President Lazarus Chakwera all the support to develop Malawi. Speaking at a press briefing today, Mutharika said he wishes Chakwera well for the benefit of the country.… ...

Nankhumwa tells Chakwera to take action against corrupt officials in Tonse

Oct 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has urged President Lazarus Chakwera to ensure that action is taken against corrupt officials in the Tonse Administration. He was speaking in Parliament today at the end of the first… ...

I have never been convicted before – Bushiri

Oct 23, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has said he has never been convicted of any crime before and that his children are too young to be separated from their father as he fights alleged fraud and money laundering… ...