January 14, 2021 Rudo Tariro -Nyasa Times 16 Comments
I love Malawi. I write to try and influence a bit of positive thinking and change in our politics. But this week all that energy has been drained. Malawi is bleeding, losing its bright and energetic, the wise and the ordinary.
Malawi just like the rest of the world is facing a huge crisis. A crisis that has been in making for over a year now. Nobody has energy to fight. Nobody has power to pretend to have answers. Every morning we are greeted with very bad news. News of death.
Its like the angel of death is flying over our nation every night and choosing who to choose to take back home. The Prophets and religious leaders have absolutely no idea what to tell the congregation. One truth has come out, most of money or miracle claiming prophets were not send by God.
As the debate whether to have schools closed or not amid the second wave of Coronavirus has sparked, at least 10 students have also tested positive for the virus in Neno district at Chiwale Secondary School.
Neno District Health Office Public Relations Officer, Ganizani Mkwate, says the ten are part of 19 new infections recorded in the district over the last 24 hours.
According to Mkwate, all boarding students have been told not leave campus while day scholars are being sent back home to allow health workers carry out contact tracing to contain further spread of the virus.
Meanwhile, lessons at the school have been temporarily suspended to pave way for further tests of students and teachers.
January 14, 2021 Synd Kalimbuka -Nyasa Times 8 Comments
Students from Chilunga Community Day Secondary school, chiefs, teachers and some members of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) on Thursday defied authorities order not to protest but went ahead to demonstrate against Zomba City Council decision to sell part of their school land.
Chiefs also took part. during. demonstrations
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Students during the demos
They held peaceful demonstrations from Chilunga CDSS to the office of Zomba District Commissioner where they presented the petition to President Lazarus Chakwera on alleged illegal sell of land.
The students and other members of community are demanding the district council to rescind its decision to sell some land in the district.
January 13, 2021 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 23 Comments
The flamboyant chief executive officer for Pacific Group of Companies , Faisal Aboo, has apologised to Parliament’s ad-hoc Privileges Committee for the statement his private company issued on Blantyre City South East member of Parliament (MP) Sameer Suleman in November 2020.
Faizal Aboo: : Owns big plots but apologises for issuing statement
MP Suleman: I have a petition from the people of my area called Chiwembe Housing, where this guy [Aboo] is so arrogant that he has gone to build a fence right on the main road. No one can touch him.The larger-than-life businessman Aboo, appeared before the committee on Tuesday after being summoned as Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara, set the ad-hoc committee which the House approved to summon him.
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Dziko lokutha kale ndi njala, matenda a Hiv, tb, dirty unclean water, corrupt officials, no medicine and equipment in hospitals. Economy yoti even gawd himself cant fix. You want to force lock down. You want anthu oti akufa kale to continue dying and starving over a fake pseudo virus. People will die just from breathing their own VOMIT IN THE MASK. God made you to breath oxygen and here you are locking down as if mukagula ma coffin when people start dropping like leaves. Why dont you fake busas and fake ministers take a leaf out of Mwagafuli, out of… Read more »