February 2021

ESCOM employees attempt to steal transformer in Balaka

Feb 08, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Two ESCOM employees and one ex-employee are on the run after their attempt to steal a transformer was foiled by alert residents in Balaka. The ESCOM employees wanted to steal a transformer at Khwisa Trading… ...

Lack of border patrols fueling smuggling

Feb 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Failure by security forces to conduct border patrols in Ntcheu is fueling smuggling of items such as cooking oil from Mozambique which borders the district. Tsangano, a Mozambican district, shares boundary with Ntcheu, a Malawian… ...

Coronavirus: 320 new cases, 248 new recoveries recorded

Feb 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has registered 320 new COVID-19 cases, 248 new recoveries and 19 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Of the new cases 317 are locally transmitted: 206 from Blantyre, 65 from Lilongwe, six each… ...

HRDC demands accountability on K6.2 billion Covid funds

Feb 07, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has demanded Tonse Alliance Government to provide the nation with a detailed expenditure report for the K6.2 billion COVID-19 funds. In a statement on Saturday, HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence said… ...

Talking Blues: Chakwera’s premature dumping of campaign promises

Feb 07, 2021 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

To beat Covid-19, we should follow public health officials’ advice while looking forward with hope; the same ebbing hope that President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chakwera kindled on 25 May 2020 at Njamba… ...

Chanco Principal Professor Tambulasi dies of Covid-19

Feb 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Principal of Chancellor College, Professor Richard Tambulasi, has died of Covid-19 at Zomba Central Hospital. Tambulasi has died this morning, two days after being admitted at the hospital over Covid-19. His remains will be buried… ...

Coronavirus: 587 new recoveries recorded

Feb 07, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has registered 515 new COVID-19 cases, 587 new recoveries and 38 new deaths. All new cases are locally transmitted including 190 from Zomba, 102 from Lilongwe, 91 from Blantyre, 22 from Balaka, 21 from… ...