Month: July 2021 Posts

Chakwera mocks ‘ugly’ independence decorations

Jul 06, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the Independence Day decorations placed on roundabouts are “ugly”. The Malawi leader was speaking today in Lilongwe during the National Service of Worship to commemorate Malawi's 57th independence. “When you see… ...

Chakwera pardons 156 prisoners

Jul 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has granted pardons to 156 prisoners, the Ministry of Homeland Security has confirmed. The prisoners have been pardoned as a show of goodwill by the president as the country is celebrating 57… ...

Govt cuts Independence celebrations budget following backlash

Jul 02, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Tonse Alliance Government has reduced the budget for the Independence Day celebrations after Malawians protested on social media. Government yesterday said it wanted to spend K244 million on Independence Day Celebrations which were slated… ...

Chakwera faces wrath of angry Malawians over K0.2 billion independence celebrations

Jul 01, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

Malawians have expressed anger that the Tonse Alliance Government has chosen to spend K244 million on Independence Day celebrations in the midst of an economic slowdown and the threat of Covid-19 third wave. Chairperson of… ...

Malawi to waste K0.2billion on independence celebrations

Jul 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Tonse Alliance administration has come under fire over its plans to spend K244 million on July 6 Independence celebrations. Chairperson of the organising committee Richard Chimwendo who is also Minister of Homeland Security has… ...

Chakwera, the Malawian Martin Luther King Jr: Fuels Malawians into action

Jul 07, 2020 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday delivered a speech that has inspired the country with the same zeal of American revolutionary Martin Luther King Jnr. Speaking during his inauguration as Malawi's 6th president, Chakwera touched the… ...

Chilima, wife test negative for COVID-19

Jul 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima and his wife Mary Chilima have tested negative for COVID-19. Chilima revealed about the tests in a Facebook post today. “Yesterday, Madam Mary Chilima and I went for COVID-19 tests and… ...