Month: October 2021 Posts

Roads Authority fined K6.3 million for felling trees along Kenyatta Drive

Oct 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

The Roads Authority (RA) has been fined K6.3 million following the cutting down of over 1000 trees along the Kenyatta Drive in Lilongwe. The Kenyatta Drive is being expanded to six lanes and this has… ...

Grace Chinga’s tombstone vandalised

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thugs have vandalised the tombstone of late gospel musician Grace Chinga at HHI cemetery in Blantyre. Chinga’s son Steve Spesho has confirmed and has described the vandals as people with bad intentions. According to Spesho,… ...

J&J accused of shielding assets amid baby powder cancer lawsuits

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Johnson & Johnson, makers of baby powder said to contain cancer-causing asbestos, has been accused of hiding its assets and evading liability for compensation by  separating its baby powder from the rest of the company.… ...

Man arrested for poisoning another man’s beer

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police at Mponela in Dowa are keeping in custody a 29-year-old man accused of killing another man by poisoning his beer. The suspect is Cosmas Chiwoko, 29, of Msampha Village while the victim has been… ...

First Lady Chakwera donates to needy Kenyans

Oct 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

First Lady Monica Chakwera yesterday presented a donation of 10 wheelchairs and undisclosed cash to Little Sisters of the Poor, a charity facility that cares for the extremely poor elderly in Nairobi, Kenya. Chakwera visited… ...

Chakwera in Dubai ahead of G-STIC Conference

Oct 22, 2021 Guest Writer 0 &

President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has arrived in Dubai to attend the Fifth Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community (G-STIC) Conference which starts on Sunday. The G-STIC conference, scheduled to take place from the 24th to… ...

MBC launches sexual harassment policy

Oct 22, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Following evidence that its former Director General sexually harassed women, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has launched a Sexual Harassment Workplace Policy. Aubrey Sumbuleta served as MBC Director General from 2015 to 2021 and a Malawi… ...