NATIONAL NEWS (5372)
NBM Supports BCC in Donate a Mask Campaign
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has embarked on a Donate a Mask Campaign in a quest to help vulnerable learners to be safe from COVID-19 in school.
Road Accident Kills 3 at Zalewa
Three people have died while six others have sustained serious degrees of injuries at Zalewa road block accident on Monday when a salon vehicle driven by unknown driver lost control and hit pedestrians and two mobile money bureaus.
Community Child Protection Structures Challenged to Protect the Elderly from Witchcraft Accusations
A three day training for Community Victim Support Units (CVSUs) from Mulanje in supporting victims of any sort of violence has started at Luchenza with a call for community child protection structures to consider including protection of the elderly in their activities.
Southern Africa’s Dream to Women’s Access to Land; Dead in its Track
“It is trite that customary law has a disproportionate discriminatory impact on women when compared to men,” writes a Zimbabwean international human rights lawyer and researcher, Dr. Makanatsa Mokonese.
President Chakwera for Depoliticization of MEDF Loans
Among the issues tackled in the first-ever Weekly Brief hosted by the Presidential Media Directorate that lasted for about an hour was the talk of the moment, Malawi Enterprise Development Fund, MEDF.
Boy, 2, Dies after Drowning in a Well
A 2-year-old boy has died in Mangochi after drowning in a well within his parent’s compound.
Child Killed in an Inferno
A seven-year-old boy has died in Mangochi after sustaining severe burns following fire that gutted down his parents’ house on Friday.
30, 000 COVID19 Test Kits Expected in the Country on Sept 29
As the developed countries compete to acquire scarce medical equipment to combat the coronavirus, another troubling divide is also emerging, with developing countries losing out to wealthier ones in the global scrum for testing materials.
Ntcheu Road Accident Kills one, Injures Several Others
One person has died while several others have sustained injuries of various degrees after a bus they were traveling in was involved in a road accident Sunday morning, around Bilira area along Balaka-Salima M5 road in Ntcheu.
Govt to Probe MK600 Million Funds For PWA Houses
Minister of Lands Kezzie Msukwa says government will institute an investigation to probe how funds meant for the construction of houses for persons with albinism during the DPP led administration were used.
