Month: February 2019 Posts

South Africans threaten to boycott elections over Bushiri’s arrest

Feb 04, 2019 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 2 &

Followers of South African based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri have threatened to boycott the country's 2019 general elections slated for August. The horde of his followers flocked the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court where Bushiri appeared on charges… ...

Bushiri cleared: ECG to resume services in South Africa

Jan 29, 2019 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church services will resume this weekend at the Tshwane Events Centre in Pretoria after a month-long- suspension following a stampede at the church had killed three. The stampede ignited a series… ...

Malawi bans meat imports from South Africa

Jan 26, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Government has banned importation of meat and meat products from South Africa following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the rainbow nation. In a statement released yesterday, Principal Secretary in the… ...

Malawi CSOs demand retraction from SABC over terrorism claim

Jan 22, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Malawi are demanding South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to retract the defamatory remarks by an analyst linking Malawians to terrorism. A South African analyst Izak Khomo claimed on SABC that… ...

Malawian professor appointed University of Cape Town’s Dean of Law

Jan 21, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has appointed Professor Danwood Chirwa as its Dean of the Faculty of Law. The South African institution of higher learning announced the appointment last week. Chirwa told UCT news… ...

ANC comes gun blazing in defense of Bushiri

Jan 14, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga deliberately lied in the aftermath of the Pretoria church stampede when he said the premises of the Shepherd Bushiri-led Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church was noncompliant with fire and emergency by-laws,… ...

Chilima’s plane makes emergency landing, no foul play suspected

Jan 14, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A plane carrying Malawi Vice President, Saulos Chilima, made an emergency landing at OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa today. According to Malawian Airlines , a tire deflated on the plane while it was… ...