Month: August 2020 Posts

Zimbabweans fooled by Chakwera’s fake account: Malawians call on Twitter to verify President’s account

Aug 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A fake Twitter account purportedly belonging to President Lazarus Chakwera has fooled Zimbabweans after posting tweets supporting Zimbabwe’s anti-government protesters. The Twitter account using the handle @LazarusChakwara (which has Chakwara rather than Chakwera) in its… ...

Malawi Govt to make wearing masks mandatory

Aug 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Lazarus Chakwera administration is working on regulations that will make wearing masks mandatory and punish those in violation. President Chakwera said on Saturday that the regulations will enforce the Coronavirus prevention rules which include… ...

Cost of data in Malawi is prohibitive – Chakwera

Aug 03, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says the high cost of data in Malawi is one of the challenges affecting the implementation of online learning programmes at this time when schools are closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.… ...

Atupele questions Chakwera’s COVID-19 commitment

Aug 03, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi has questioned if COVID-19 is indeed a priority under the Lazarus Chakwera administration. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Muluzi said leadership is seen through the commitments made… ...

Chakwera introduces presidential award for health workers

Aug 02, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 1 &

The President of Malawi, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, says he will introduce an award called  'Zikomo Presidential Award' as  a token of appreciation to health workers for their dedication. Chakwera said the Zikomo presidential Award, upon… ...

Millions in Malawi’s cities ignoring coronavirus prevention measures – Chakwera

Aug 02, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed concern that millions of people in the country’s cities and border districts are behaving as if there is no pandemic. During a national address focusing on Coronavirus on Saturday, the… ...

23 computers stolen at Malawi audit offices

Jul 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thieves have stolen 23 computers at Central Internal Audit Unit offices, days after President Lazarus Chakwera claimed that over K1 trillion was stolen from government coffers. Director of the office, Dickson Chasambira, said the thieves… ...