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Mutharika's full cabinet list: Winners and Losers
(Malawi National/District)
... Minister George Chaponda goes to Justice and Constitutional Affairs replacing Mutharika's young brother, Prof. Peter Mutharika. The younger Mutharika, tipped to succeed his big brother, replaces Chaponda. ...
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Bingu fires 4 ministers; wife in new cabinet
(Malawi National/Politics)
... Agriculture as George Chaponda, a lawyer, goes to Justice and Constitutional Affairs. The new appointments are effective Monday and the new ministers and deputies will be sworn in on Wednesday ...
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Incentive pay excludes some rural teachers
(Business and Finance/Investments)
LILONGWE—Not all rural areas are created equal. Some are worse off than others and the government is targeting only those areas that lack basic necessities. Minister of Education Dr. George Chaponda ...
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Honour among thieves: MPs want fuel money
(Malawi National/District)
... out over the issue that refuses to die. As all this went down, there was confusion in the House, with senior cabinet ministers—Goodall Gondwe, Eta Banda, Khumbo Kachali, George Chaponda and Anna ...
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MPs: Turn community to full 2ndary schools
(Business and Finance/Development)
... back to the schools as they say they are yet to be approved,” said Masebo. Education Minister George Chaponda said the government was increasing training of teachers to ensure that all schools have well ...
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Madonna lays first brick for girls academy
(Business and Finance/Investments)
... Minister George Chaponda who thanked Ericsson for choosing Malawi for the launch of the global project. Madonna arrived in Malawi on Monday for what her spokesman said was a mission to inspect projects ...
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DPP ‘wina alira’ answers MCP vote recount cry
(Malawi National/Politics)
... members, Hara and Menyani, were “very correct”. In the end there were three views: The MCP insisting the DPP stole the vote; Deputy Leader of the House George Chaponda saying it was simply sour grapes ...
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Matola hits DPP: You didn’t want Bingu!
(Malawi National/District)
... George Chaponda tried to respond to calls for respect from UDF spokesperson on Finance Mahumdu Lali who said Pres Bingu wa Mutharika’s call for national unity would be impractical if former presidents ...
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Bingu defended, Matola called nutcase
(Malawi National/Society)
... for fabricating lies. Education Minister George Chaponda reacting to Matola’s observation that political leaders were associating themselves with groups whose objectives could be easily misunderstood ...
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Exclusive FOND targets the North
(Malawi National/District)
... only came out recently to say the quota system was only temporary. Education Minister George Chaponda however did not say how long the government plans to have the system in place. How influential and ...
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Suspended DPP MPs in limbo
(Malawi National/Politics)
... as he was speaking on their behalf when he raised the questions in Parliament. Minister of Education George Chaponda recently said the quota system was only a temporary measure but he didn't specify ...
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Bingu-Callista engagement under wraps
(Malawi National/Society)
... minister and legislator, is already being called First Lady. On Tuesday, Chaponda threw Lilongwe Old Town into a frenzy when she went out shopping as people wanted to catch a glimpse of her. Both Chimombo ...
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Teacher-pupil ratio to improve by 2017
(Malawi National/Society)
LILONGWE--Efforts to reduce the class size are underway and by 2017, the ratio between teachers and pupils should meet the international standard of 1 to 40, Education Minister George Chaponda has told ...
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Malawi quota system 'temporary'
(Malawi National/Politics)
BLANTYRE--The controversial quota system in higher education is a temporary scheme and the idea was hatched by the University Council, says education minister George Chaponda. Chaponda who addressed ...
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Mutharika, Banda tie in assessment
(Malawi National/Politics)
... stand: 1 Mutharika: 7 2. Joyce Banda:7 3. Ken Kandodo: Finance Minister : 6 4 Goodall Gondwe: Local Government and Rural Development: 4 5. George Chaponda: Education, Science and Technology:8 ...
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Govt cracks whip on schools under par
(Malawi National/Society)
When Malawi’s education minister George Chaponda late last year announced that government was going to close down private schools whose standards were below par, some did not heed the warning. But as ...
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Chaponda says no quotas used
(Malawi National/District)
... The selection has been normal and I know there are some people who are celebrating [about] the situation," the paper quoted education minister George Chaponda as saying.The synod however concedes that ...
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Malawi Govt shuts down 55 shoddy schools
(Life and Style/Education)
... Education minister George Chaponda recently announced the move to close about 600 schools for either operating without licence or functioning in non-conducive environments. According to the Independent ...