Month: March 2023 Posts

Talking Blues: The folly of treating the symptoms but not the disease

Mar 27, 2023 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

“The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years. This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much Aid, which… ...

Government told to fast track disaster risk management bill

Mar 27, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Following the devastating effects of Cylone Freddy which has claimed lives of people in the country as well as damaged infrastructure, Civil Society Network on Climate Change (Cisonecc) has asked the Government of Malawi to… ...

Zomba Diocese Catholic Women Organization donates to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Mar 26, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) in the Zomba Diocese has donated assorted relief items to internally displaced people currently camping at Sekwere Primary School at Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba. The donated items included maize flour,… ...

Grand Palace donates clothes to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Mar 26, 2023 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

As one way of responding to the call of assistance to Cyclone Freddy victims in 15 southern region districts, Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu has donated four bales of children and women’s clothes worth 1.4… ...

Malawi to introduce Cyclone Freddy levy

Mar 26, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Minister of Finance Sosten Gwengwe says government will introduce Cyclone Freddy levy to finance reconstruction following the devastating impact of the cyclone in the southern region. Gwengwe, said this yesterday when the Japanese Government was… ...

Communities in Nsanje request for relocation

Mar 26, 2023 Contributor* 0 &

People from disaster prone area of Group Village Head (GVH) Mpomba, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Nsanje, who had been reluctant to relocate to safer places, have now called on  government to have them relocated. The… ...

NBS Bank assists Cyclone Freddy victims in Southern Region

Mar 25, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

NBS Bank has donated 200 million under NICO Group as well as beef, maize flour, sugar, cooking oil, plastic cups and plates and other assorted relief items to people who are currently in camps in… ...

Tanzania sends soldiers to Malawi

Mar 25, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Tanzania has sent 59 field combat engineers to Malawi to assist the country restore and rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by the impact of Cyclone Freddy. The combat engineers are part of 94 military personnel deployed to… ...

I have lost everything due to Cyclone Freddy, says Gogo Aggie

Mar 25, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Life has taken a difficult terrain for Gogo Agnes Magombo who is living at Thundu Primary School in Balaka as she has lost everything due to floods induced by Cyclone Freddy. ''Gogo" Aggie, as she… ...

Cyclone Freddy: Zamba sets minimum donation amounts for civil servants

Mar 24, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba has asked civil servants to donate to survivors of Cyclone Freddy and she has set minimum donation amounts for the civil servants depending on grades. In a… ...

WHO donates medical supplies worth K165 million to support Cylone Freddy response

Mar 23, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

As one way of supporting Government in responding to the effects of Cyclone Freddy in the Southern Region, World Health Organization (WHO) has donated life-saving medical supplies worth K165 million to Ministry of Health. WHO… ...

Chakwera meets Muluzi, Joyce Banda

Mar 23, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Chakwera (C) with Banda (L) and Muluzi President Lazarus Chakwera has met former presidents Bakili Muluzi and Joyce Banda in Blantyre today over Cyclone Freddy. According to Chakwera, he organized the meeting to tap into… ...

Airtel donates K100 million of airtime to Cyclone Freddy communities

Mar 23, 2023 Macmillan Mhone 0 &

Airtel Managing Director Kamoto (2nd from L) with Red Cross officials Airtel Malawi has donated talk time minutes worth K100 million to over 600,000 Airtel subscribers from the cyclone affected areas to facilitate communication with… ...

Nature is fighting us back — Chilima

Mar 23, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has described the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy as a total revenge for the damage caused to the environment. Speaking at Chingale Primary School in Zomba on Wednesday, Chilima said it… ...

Bushiri disburses cash to 200 households

Mar 22, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has today started disbursing cash to flood survivors in eight camps which he adopted in the area of Traditional Authority Juma in Mulanje district, with a 72-year-old granny getting K2 million. Prophet… ...