NATIONAL NEWS (5382)
FEATURE: Design Outreach Changing Lives Through 'Life Pumps'
Water is life so they say. But for communities around Mathamanda primary school in Nkhata Bay, the situation has been unpalatable.
CMD Condemns Intolerance Ahead of By-Elections
Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has condemned reports of deliberate provocation and political castigation which are happening in some constituencies ahead of the March 30, 2021 by-elections saying such actions have no space in democracy.
Germany Bishops Inject MWK161 Million to Fight Gender Iniquities in NU & DZ
MISEREOR, a grouping of German Bishops has given the Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace (CCJP) of Dedza Diocese 161 Million Kwacha for the next three years to fight against gender inequalities and domestic violence in Ntcheu and Dedza districts.
CCJP Aim For Financial Prudence in Local Councils
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of Dedza Diocese says unless local governance structures are empowered to track expenditure of public funds at local councils, issues of accountability will remain a far-fetched dream in the country.
Catholic Church Endorses Covid-19 Vaccination
The Catholic Church in Malawi has endorsed the Covid-19 mass vaccination exercise and encouraged its faithful and Malawians at large to receive the vaccine describing it as a safe and sure way to fight the pandemic.
Breast Cancer Patient Sends SOS
A 28-year-old Chikondi Kazembe who was receiving breast cancer treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre has been referred to India for further treatment.
EGPAF, FAST Urge Health Workers to Scale Up TB Mgmt
Two well-known health organizations have asked medical practitioners to scale up management of tuberculosis during this Covid 19 pandemic in order to ensure that citizens, mainly children, are protected.
Chingale People Go 8 Years Without Safe Water
People of Chingale in Zomba have taken a swipe at authorities for failure to address water challenges, years after a contractor abandoned rehabilitation works of a gravity fed water scheme in 2013.
Woman in Police Custody for Concealing Birth
A twenty-year-old woman has been arrested in Mangochi for concealing birth of a child and dumping her newly born baby in a pit latrine.
Controversial Magistrate Chisakamile Discharged
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed two magistrates including beleaguered Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Benedicto Chisakamile, who surprised many when he freed business magnet Dr Thomson Mpinganjira last year, for the unethical discharge of judicial functions.
