Month: August 2019 Posts

MACOHA concerned with discrimination against the mentally ill

Aug 14, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) has said stigma and discrimination against persons with mental illness remain challenges in communities towards achieving mental health care integration in the country. MACOHA Acting Rehabilitation Manager in Lilongwe,… ...

ETHCO holds career guidance sessions in schools

Jul 31, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Ethanol Company Limited (ETHCO) has embarked on a career guidance program in some secondary schools in Nkhotakota district. The company had a rare opportunity when its senior staff members led by Chief Executive officer, Lusibilo… ...

Social cash transfer beneficiaries affording three meals per day

Jul 07, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Implementers of the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) also known as  Mtukula Pakhomo, says the program has transformed lives of beneficiaries in Nkhotakota district. The implementers said many households have managed to buy livestock and… ...

Chimunthu Banda speaks tough on abuse of public resources

Jul 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Parliamentarian for Nkhotakota North Henry Chimunthu Banda has warned against abuse and theft of public resources in the district. Chimunthu Banda sounded the warning during the first full council meeting after the election of the… ...

Nkhotakota MCP supporters march over election results

Jun 07, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Nkhotakota took to the streets to protest against what they call electoral fraud in the just ended May 21 elections where the party lost to the Democratic Progressive Party.… ...

Muslims urged to continue being submissive to God

Jun 05, 2019 Bright Malenga 0 &

Muslim Sheikh (Cleric) has urged Muslims in the country to continue being submissive to God even after the end of the blessed month of Ramadan. Sheikh Daudi Mselemu made the call during Eid-Ul-Fitr prayers today… ...

Man arrested for attempting to vote twice

May 21, 2019 Juliet Mlowoka Chirwa 0 &

As Malawians are voting today in various areas of the country, a 31-year-old man Assan Kazeze who was a Local Monitor for an Independent candidate for Nkhotakota North East Constituency Francis Kapanda has been arrested… ...