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The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will next week host a conference for Electoral Commissions Forum for SADC countries (ECF SADC) in Blantyre. It was not immediately clear if MEC chairperson Justice Jane Ansah who is also ECF SADC president will attend the conference. Ansah: ECF SADC president In a statement on Friday, Ansah said the […]
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Northern Region Football Association (NRFA) has suspended all Simso League games for this weekend because of anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations. Baka City (in blue) of Karonga Fixture Secretary for the NRFA, Ollens Msonda, said there is tension in some districts following clashes between community members and the Malawi Defence Force during the demonstrations conducted on Wednesday […]
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Northern Region Football Association (NRFA) has suspended all Simso League games for this weekend because of anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations. Baka City (in blue) of Karonga Fixture Secretary for the NRFA, Ollens Msonda, said there is tension in some districts following clashes between community members and the Malawi Defence Force during the demonstrations conducted on Wednesday […]
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The Supreme Court of Appeal has today thrown out an application by the Attorney General to stop the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) from conducting anti-Jane Ansah protests. Justice Lovemore Chikopa rejected AG Kalekeni Kaphale’s application Friday afternoon in Blantyre. Kaphale’s office made the application on Thursday, a day after HRDC conducted demonstrations demanding Ansah’s […]
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The Constitutional Court has adjourned the Malawi presidential elections case to September 30. Judge Healey Potani – one of the five judges hearing the case – said when the court resumes hearing will be done for three weeks. Chakwera (R) was cross-examined During today’s proceedings, Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission […]
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The World Bank has given Malawi and Mozambique U$57 million (about K42 billion) for the Mozambique-Malawi Regional Interconnector Project which will improve access to reliable electricity for Malawians. Out of the total amount, Malawi will get $15 million (about K11 billion). Phombeya substation: one of the projects under the funding The project will interconnect the […]
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Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers on Thursday whipped protesters in Karonga after the demonstrators injured several soldiers. One of the injured soldiers The two incidents occurred during a vigil organized by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) at Karonga Roundabout. Protesters blocked the M1 road and when soldiers who were providing security tried to help […]
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A hospital administrator for Mangochi District Hospital has been suspended for transporting cabbage from Ntcheu to Mangochi using an ambulance. The ambulance was stopped by community members The Mangochi District Council has suspended the administrator John Phiri with pay after residents on Monday caught him using the ambulance to transport the vegetables. Banda’s suspension is […]
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Prophet Shepherd Bushiri is on the ‘run’ to Botswana, the country that had previously banned him for money laundering, for an electrifying weekend conference. According to a statement issued by the Church, the controversial Prophet will be in Botswana in spirit to be with his spiritual children for the Next Level Conference that will run […]
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The Malawi Government has suspended the recruitment of new interns under the Graduate Internship Program. On Tuesday this week, the Malawi Government through the Ministry of Labour, Skills and Innovation released a list of names of graduates recruited under the 2019/2020 program. The government also stressed that it will not recruit any more graduate interns […]
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