Month: September 2022 Posts

Passion Center for Children builds houses for needy children in Zomba

Sep 17, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Passion Center for Children has built and handed over three houses to orphans and children of parents with disability at Jali, Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba. Handing over the houses, Passion Center for Children, Executive… ...

Zomba Malosa MP cheers 361 inmates at Domasi Prison

Sep 15, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Member of Parliament for Zomba Malosa, Grace Kwelepeta, cheered and provided lunch, body lotion and tablets of soap to 361 inmates at Domasi Prison.. Speaking to the inmates, Kwelepeta said she visited them and provided… ...

Electricity blackouts frustrate family’s dairy farming business

Sep 11, 2022 Raphael Banda 0 &

Ntawila family from Makungula Village, Traditional Authority Nkagula in Zomba say electricity blackouts have greatly affected their dairy and poultry farming businesses. Gloria and Lovemore Ntawila told Malawi 24 that they started daily farming in… ...

Parents urged to enroll children in CBCCs

Sep 10, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Future Vision Ministries International, Country Director, Newton Sunday Sindo, has called on parents in Zomba to enroll their children in Community Based Child care Centers (CBCCs) saying the facilities are crucial for early childhood  development.… ...

Fire damages police officer’s house at Police College in Zomba

Sep 10, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Property worth millions has been destroyed by fire which hit the house of one of the Assistant Commissioners of Police at Police College in Zomba around midnight on Saturday. The police sounded a fire alert… ...

Linda Kunje admitted to Zomba Central Hospital

Sep 08, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Linda Kunje, who was convicted on 31 August, 2022 for blocking President Lazarus Chakwera's convoy has been admitted at Zomba Central Hospital (ZCH). Kunje is at the paying ward,… ...

Qadria Women urged to pray for Malawi

Sep 04, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Muslim women with Kwelepeta in pink Member of Parliament for Zomba Malosa, Grace Kwelepeta has appealed to Qadria Women Muslim Association of Malawi to pray for the country amidst hunger and the continued rise in… ...

Chisi Island geared for community festival

Aug 16, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

By Mervis Lodzanyama Group Village Tchuka on Chisi Island says community members are excited to experience the second edition of the Chisi Island community festival slated for 20th to 21st August 2022. Tchuka said the… ...

Third phase of polio vaccination starts in Zomba

Aug 11, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office on Wednesday launched third round of polio vaccination campaign across the district to reach all children aged five years below with oral polio vaccine. To this effect,  Zomba District Council Chairperson,… ...

Shoprite confirms it will retrench staff, close shop

Aug 11, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Government says it has been informed by Shoprite that the company will close its shop in Zomba and lay off 25 employees. Minister of Labour Vera Kamtukule made the remarks in Parliament today while… ...

Zomba DHO says the elderly deserve special medical care

Aug 08, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Council's Director  of Health and  Social  Services, Dr. Alexander Chijuwa, has called on health workers to give elderly persons special attention  to ensure they receive quality care and treatment. Dr.  Chijuwa made the… ...

Zomba DHO bemoans polio vaccine resistance by parents in urban areas

Jul 31, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba District Health Office (DHO) says parents in low density areas and in houses surrounded by brick fences refuse to open gates to let health workers give oral polio vaccine to their children. To this… ...

Mayor impressed with progress of Zomba Stadium rehabilitation

Jul 29, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Mayor for Zomba City, Council Davie Maunde says rehabilitation of Zomba Stadium, which started in 2017, is progressing well. The City Mayor made the assurance on Wednesday when he took a group of concerned citizens… ...

NGO donates reflector jackets to Zomba Police Station

Jul 26, 2022 Raphael Banda 0 &

Action Hope Malawi has donated over 50 reflector jackets to Zomba Police Station which are expected to be handed over to community level crime prevention groups. Action Hope Malawi,  Executive  Director,  Sammy Aaron said the… ...

Authorities in Zomba concerned over child abuse

Jul 25, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Social Welfare Office in Zomba and Future Vision Ministries have bemoaned practices that trigger abuses and eventually disturb children's education. District Social Welfare Officer, Christopher Ndaona expressed the concern during commemorations of the Day of… ...