October 2020 | Page 3 of 21

Nsanje school transport raises eyebrows, cyclist arrested

Oct 23, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

Police in Nsanje have arrested a bicycle taxi operator (wa Kabaza) after he was captured carrying at least eight children on his bicycle. The bicycle operator was transporting nursery school children at Sorijin in the… ...

Cyclist killed in road accident

Oct 23, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 29 died on Thursday after being hit by a truck at Nkhunga in Nkhotakota. The victim has been identified as Steve Phiri. According to a Police report Nkhunga Police publicist Sergeant Thandiwe… ...

Government still sidelining youth, says YAS

Oct 23, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Youth and Society (YAS) says Malawi Government is still sidelining the youth development agenda as there is inadequate funding towards mainstreaming youth development programs. Executive Director for YAS Charles Kajoloweka said this in Mzuzu on… ...

Parliament approves K2 billion loan for Lilongwe water project

Oct 23, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Members of Parliament on Thursday authorized government to borrow K2 billion for Lilongwe Water Supply and Sanitation project. The parliamentarians passed the loan authorization for European Investment Bank (Additional Financing for Treatment Works III Project)… ...

Scorchers ready to face any team at COSAFA – Kazuwa

Oct 23, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi National Women’s Football team Coach McNelbert Kazuwa says his team is ready to face any team at the 2020 COSAFA Senior Women’s Championship scheduled for South Africa next month. Kazuwa was reacting to the… ...

Malawians want amended taxation bill assented soon

Oct 23, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Malawians want President Lazarus Chakwera to assent to the taxation amendment bill sooner than later so that they can start enjoying its fruits this month. On Monday, parliament passed the act which will see the… ...

30% of IMF aid will be siphoned to 2021 financial budget

Oct 23, 2020 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

30% of the $102 million aid that the International Monetary Fund dedicated to Malawi will be directed towards the 2021 financial budget in order to shore up the issues caused by the recent pandemic. The… ...

Chihana’s grave vandalized

Oct 23, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) founder Chakufwa Simbiyamoto Chihana's grave has been vandalized and some materials have been stolen. Vandals have damaged flowers and removed electrical appliances at the grave in Mzuzu. Chakufwa’s son Enock Chihana… ...

DPP governors don’t want Mutharika to choose Mzomera’s successor

Oct 23, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) district governors in the North say they will not allow DPP president Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to appoint a new regional governor for the North. The new regional governor will replace… ...

Papa wa mathanyula

Oct 23, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Papa Francis yemwe ndi mkulu wa mpingo wa Katolika pa dziko lapansi wati anthu ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ali ndi ufulu omanga banja ndipo mpingo wa Katolika ukuyenera kuvomereza ma ukwati otere. A Papa… ...

Thugs exhume remains of person with albinism: Body parts missing

Oct 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thugs in Ntcheu have exhumed the remains of a woman with albinism and some of her body parts are missing. Ntcheu Police Publicist Hastings Chigalu said the woman with albinism is Edna Zakaria who died… ...

Bribery suspect Mpinganjira offers to plead guilty

Oct 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Former FDH Group boss Thomson Mpinganjira has been remanded to Chichiri Prison after he offered to plead guilty to corruption related charges to save time and resources. When Mpinganjira appeared before court today, his lawyer… ...

Uladi Mussa sentenced to five years in prison

Oct 22, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

The High Court in Lilongwe has sentenced former cabinet minister Uladi Mussa to five years in prison for abuse of office. Mussa who is also of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for Central Region… ...

Chakwera the plagiarist

Oct 22, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera is accused of copying the "work hard and work smart" phrase from a book by the Get Rich or Die Tryn' musician without giving proper acknowledgement. Curtis Jackson popularly known as 50… ...

St Luke’s hospital opens operating theatre, modern mortuary

Oct 22, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka As one way of enhancing health service delivery in the Anglican diocese of Upper Shire health systems, the diocese has constructed a K114 Million operating theatre and a K35 Million mortuary St… ...