Month: February 2021 Posts

Final year nursing students allowed to continue studying

Feb 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Nursing and midwifery training colleges have been allowed to continue classes for final year students during the two-week closure of schools. The Ministry of Health Students has granted a waiver to training colleges to continue… ...

Man aged 20 rapes 66-year-old woman in Ntcheu

Feb 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man aged 20 has been arrested in Ntcheu for raping a 66-year-old woman. The man identified as Chifundo Ndala is suspected to have raped the woman on January 28 at Kaziputa village, in the… ...

1,106 returnees arrive from South Africa

Feb 08, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

A total of 18 buses carrying Malawian returnees arrived in the country through the Mwanza border formation yesterday. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was Mwanza border public relations officer Inspector Pasqually Zulu who said in… ...

Former Macra boss Itaye denies charges of fraud, abuse of office

Feb 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Former Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) boss Godfrey Itaye has denied charges of fraud and abuse of office. Itaye was arrested last year over fraud and office abuse at Macra where he worked as Director… ...

SMEs welcome policy rate reduction

Feb 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Indigenous Business Association of Malawi (IBAM) has welcomed the central bank’s decision to have the current policy rate maintained at 12 percent, with a plea for government to prioritize indigenous businesses in awarding contracts… ...

Chakwera demands reports on K6.2 billion Covid funds

Feb 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has demanded reports from Covid-19 cluster committees and government departments on the K6.2 billion Covid funds and has warned controlling officers that they will be fired if the reports are not submitted.… ...

Malawi getting Covid-19 vaccine which is less effective against SA variant

Feb 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Oxford/AstraZeneca, the Covid-19 vaccine which Malawi is getting, offers limited protection against the Covid-19 variant which was first detected in South Africa and has also been found in Malawi. South Africa has since suspended rollout… ...