FOUL PLAY RULED OUT ON BINGU DEATH

Postmortem results  reveal that there was no foul play on the death of  Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika who died last Thursday after suffering from cardiac arrest.

This was disclosed by Milpark hospital doctors who conducted postmortem on late Mutharika 

According to the doctor the body of late  Mutharika is expected to be sent back home on Tuesday

More to Come 

MILPARK HOSPITAL TO CONDUCT A DETAILED POSTMORTEM ON BINGU

The Body of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika was sent to South Africa for a detailed postmortem  a source at Milpark hospital disclosed this in an interview. The inside source who chose not to be named disclosed that Mutharika was brought at the hospital already dead. "The main reason he was flown to Milpark is for us to find out the cause of the death and as I am talking to you the body is in the mortuary and a postmortem  will be conducted later this afternoon" disclosed the source.  She further said that they received information from the doctor who treated Mutharika at Kamuzu Central Hospital  in Malawi that Mutharika died on Thursday 5th April in the Intensive Care Unit where he was admitted after suffering a cardiac arrest. "We were told by hospital officials that te President was pronounced dead two hours after he arrived at KCH" Said the source  Since Friday night Malawians living in South Africa have been flocking to Milpark hospital to witness the death of their president. " I  can,t rely on the news I  want to see for myself, a lot has been reported about Bingu but now I believe it" said Robert Maseko who drove all the way from Johannesburg.   However there is tight security and no one is allowed to enter the premises including Journalists. The body of Mutharika arrived in South Africa Friday morning at  Lanseria private airport through a private Jet. The Jet landed at Cargo Terminal a development which forced journalists to believe that it carried the remains of Mutharika. Journalist are still camping outside the hospital waiting for the outcome.  Mutharika was flown to South Africa on Friday morning after he was admitted at Kamuzu Central Hospital suffering a cardiac arrest. People started arriving at the hospital Friday night to find out the truth on whether Mutharika is dead or not. However it is not known  as to when the body will be sent back to Malawi.

MUTHARIKA'S BODY TO BE FLOWN TO SA

The body of Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika  is  expected to be flown to South Africa tonight 

Unconfirmed reports say Mutharika was pronounced dead on Thursday evening at Kamuzu Central Hospital were he was admitted  after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Mr Mutharika , 78 died in the intensive care after falling ill on Thursday morning. 

"He was  unconscious the moment he arrived, doctors attended to him for two hours but they failed to save his life" disclosed a source who works at the ICU in a telephone interview 

The source further disclosed that Mutharika's body will be flown to South Africa to examine the cause of the death.

Several family and cabinet members, including his wife Calistar, brother, Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika, were seen at the  hospital. 

MALAWI PRESIDENT FEARED DEAD

Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika is feared dead after suffering a cardiac arrest .

The sad news comes few hours after Mutharika was admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital  in the capital Lilongwe after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Mr Mutharika, 78, died in   in the intensive care unit  after falling ill on Thursday morning.

"Believe you me the president is dead, said a medical doctor who chose not to be named"

He said everyone has been ordered to be quite on the issue.

Several family and cabinet members, including his wife Calistar, brother, Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika, were seen at the  hospital. 

However there is no official report on Mutharika's death. 

Mr Mutharika came to power in a 2004 election, and was re-elected with a large majority five years later.

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The ANC has  slapped the  ANCYL leader Julius Malema  with another suspension for calling  president Jacob Zuma a dictator at a centenary lecture. 

The remark was made during a centenary lecture at  Wits University on last Friday.  
slapped with another suspension  

According to The mail & Guardian newspaper   the new suspension did not form any part of the disciplinary proceedings against the embattled ANCYL leader. Malema is currently appealing against his expulsion.

 ANC National Disciplinary Committee met on Tuesday evening — after the party's top six leaders gave a press briefing — and decided to suspend Malema with immediate effect. The NDC reportedly sent Malema a letter on Wednesday morning, informing him of the decision.

Currently  the embattled Malema is  forbidden from attending any ANC meetings.

On Tuesday, ANC leadership  condemned Malema's remark calling it a  "shockingly crude, disrespectful and un-ANC" .