February 25, 2021 Patrick Botha-Mana 3 Comments
Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has challenged faith leaders to own the fight against child marriages.
Director of Infomation, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi: Child marriages have not spared any region in Malawi
He made the sentiments during the official opening of a Message Development Workshop on Ending Child Marriages at Mponela in Dowa on Wednesday.
“Child marriages have not spared any region in Malawi. At times parents and guardians force young people into marriages for economic gains.
“We need to stop this as faith-based actors and communication stakeholders,” said Mtumodzi.
He said he was aware that some people were hiding behind the economic downturn in terms of household income brought about by COVID-19.
February 21, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 4 Comments
Media fraternity in the country is mourning the death of veteran journalist Cheu Mita who died on Saturday in Accra, Ghana where she was airlifted from Nigeria after suffering from Covid-19.
Cheu Mita: Mourned
Family members say program for her funeral will be announced later.
Until her death, Mita was working for World Food Program in Nigeria, a job she picked after years of working as a journalist with Nation Publications.
Her former colleagues and friends are describing her as an ever smiling personality who has mentored many upcoming journalists in the country.
New Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has refused to occupy the usual office which his predecessors used.
Sources at the Department of Information say since his appointment by the Tonse Alliance government, Mtumodzi has never gone into the office and has been operating from a vehicle, and sometimes in the central office of information at the Ministry of Information headquarters in City Centre.
But reports say he now got a new office last week; he is now renting an office that was used by an insurance company near Malawi News Agency.
Sources say Mtumodzi has directed the department to cover rental charges for the new office.