NATIONAL NEWS (5376)
Mwakasungula Retires from Retirement
Retired Human Rights Activist, Undule Mwakasungula, says he wants to fully bounce back into activism, but, this time, use his strong voice and influence to foster peace; tolerance and stakeholders’ engagement through dialogue.
MVAC Response Beneficiaries Cry Foul in Thyolo
Zodiak understands that a whole village of 302 hunger-stricken households in Thyolo has received only five 50 Kg bags of maize to share among themselves for January and February in responding to Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, MVAC report.
JCM Power Hands Over Fever Clinic
JCM Power a company that is producing solar electricity in Salima has on Thursday handed over a 10 million kwacha worth clinic at Katawa Health centre to be used for Covid-19 screening and testing among other things with a call to the community members not to relax on Covid-19 preventive measures adherence.
Start Monitoring New HIV Variant - Govt Advised
Health experts have tipped government to revisit HIV and Aids management systems amid international reports of a new strain of the virus which is said to be more severe than the current variant of HIV.
CCJP Moves in to Check Financial Management in Local Councils
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace says continued abuse of public resources in local councils is due to shunning residents from participating in financial management activities like tendering of big projects.
Rural Communities Gaining Demand Power for Development
Some communities in Zomba, Chikwawa, Machinga and Balaka districts are boasting about utilizing their skill to demand developments from duty bearers according to their priorities, ousting imposition.
DoDMA on Track With Lean Season Response
Commissioner for Department of Disaster Relief Management Affairs DODMA, Charles Kalemba has pleaded with the beneficiaries of maize in the lean period response to make good use of the maize they are receiving so it can take them through to the harvesting period.
Pregnant Mothers Demand Facility Rehabilitation
Some pregnant women around Nchalo in Chikwawa have asked government and development partners to fast-track the rehabilitation of Nchalo health Centre located within Hunger project premises which currently has no water and electricity after being hit severely by the tropical cyclone Ana.
Balaka Farmers Urged to Plant Early Maturing Crops
The Balaka District Council Agriculture Department says 27, 893 families have been affected by prolonged dry-spell and floods caused by tropical storm Ana between October 2021 and January 2022.
Old Mutual Invests K4.5million In Restoring Forest Cover
Old Mutual Malawi says it is sad that the country continues to lose about 32,000 hectares of forest cover due to cutting down of trees for wood and charcoal every year at a time the country is already racing to 2040 which has been predicted that Malawi will have exhausted its off-reserve.
