News In Brief (885)
2025 Polls; Religious Leaders For Peace Promotion
Religious leaders have stressed the need for politicians to promote peace among Malawians, saying without which, unity and freedom cannot exist.
Mchinji Registers Two Cholera Cases
Director of Health and Social Services for Mchinji Dr. Yohane Mwale said the first case was registered at Chimuti village, T/A Zulu on 21st October, while the second case was recorded in Sub-T/A Ndawambe on 25th October.
BREAKING: John Tembo Dies
Former Malawi Congress Party president and veteran politician John Zenus Ungapake Tembo has died.
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Surpasses Target
Preliminary figures for the second round of mass polio vaccination campaign which the country held last week indicates the intended target was surpassed.
Min. of Education to Engage Reps of Unemployed Primary School Teachers
The ministry of education has today called representatives of some 5, 000 unemployed primary school teachers to a round-table discussion pertaining to their demand for recruitment.
MCTU Introduces New Project to End Child Labour
The Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) has introduced a new project to eliminate child labour cases which have become rampant in tobacco growing districts.
Scores of Children Fail to Start School in Machinga
At least 38 children have today failed to return to school in the area of Sub-Traditional Authority Adamson in Machinga because authorities are yet to decommission initiation camps in the area.
Nigerian Woman Arrested for Externalizing Forex
Police have arrested a 59-year-old Nigerian woman, Annie Uzoigwe for allegedly being found in possession of 48 000 US dollars (about MK52 million Kwacha).
Deputy National Police Spokesperson, Alfred Chimthere has told Zodiak today that, the woman was intercepted at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe.
Chimthere said Uzoigwe will answer three charges of attempting to externalize forex, uttering force documents and illegal possession of forex.
“Our officers managed to arrest her, after discovering that she had fake receipts, for her 10 000 US dollars,” said Chimthere.
MANEB Releases PSLCE and JCE Examinations Results
Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has today released results of the 2023 Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) and Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) examinations.
MANEB Executive Director Professor Dorophy Nampota said out of 267 330 learners who sat for the PSLCE, 234 ,644 have passed representing 87 percent pass rate, an improvement over the 83 percent pass rate recorded last year.
For JCE, the board said out of 168 219 candidates, 98 753 have passed. This is a pass rate of 72.06 percent.
Meanwhile, Minister Education, Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima speaking earlier hailed MANEB and other stakeholders for administering leakage free examinations four years in a row.
CDEDI Petitions Parliament
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) yesterday presented a petition to parliament pushing for the tabling of an emergency maize bill.
The bill according to CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa, will address the country's food situation that has seen a rise in Maize prices with price for 50kg bag hitting around MK35 000.
The petition presented to chairperson for Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture Sameer Suleman among others is requesting the National Food Reserve Agency to release maize to ADMARC depots in order for Malawians to easily access the commodity.