Month: January 2022 Posts

African giant rat that hunted landmines dies aged eight

Jan 12, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Tanzanian hero rat Magawa, who found more than 100 landmines and explosives and saved lives in Cambodia during a five-year career, has died at the age of 8. Reuters reported that Magawa died over the… ...

Aunt Tiwo goes to court

Jan 12, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Tiwonge Chimbalanga, also known as Aunt Tiwo, was at a court in South Africa yesterday to show support for a homeless man accused of setting fire to Parliament. Aunt Tiwo was among a group of… ...

High Court to deliver ruling on mandatory vaccine on Thursday

Jan 12, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The High Court will on Thursday make its ruling in a case where freelance journalist Mundango Nyirenda and the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives want the court to stop government from implementing mandatory… ...

We need to improve in the next two games – Banda

Jan 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi midfielder Peter Banda, who had an outstanding game against Guinea yesterday, says Flames need to improve their finishing because they can’t afford to be missing chances as they look to qualify for the knockout… ...

Malawi Police arrest social media activist

Jan 11, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Police have arrested social media activist Joshua Chisa Mbele after he posted on Facebook a document that contains names of government officials. The document, which seem to contain fake information, claims that the listed… ...

Chakwera intervenes over stalled projects

Jan 11, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera today showed up at his office at Capital Hill in Lilongwe where he intervened over two multi-billion kwacha projects which are expected to create over 2,000 jobs. This morning, the president was… ...

Elderly headed families bailed out by Social Cash Transfer

Jan 11, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Burdened by different responsibilities among them taking care of grandchildren, the elderly in Kasungu have found solace in governments social protection programme, Social Cash Transfer (SCT) popularly known as Mtukula Pakhomo. Ekisilida Mwase, 74, of… ...