By Staff Reporter
Just a day after a tragic death of journalist Gift Matola Chimulu, death has been announced of another journalist Beatrice Kampango who was working as station manager for the Catholic Church-owned Radio Alinafe in Lilongwe.
She died while receiving treatment at Daeyang Luke Hospital in Lilongwe on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
Kampango joined Radio Alinafe as a volunteer when it was just beginning in 2002.
She was later employed as a full-time presenter and producer, as well as music and production manager . She rose to the position of station manager in 2021.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa-Misa Malawi Chapter has since described the late Kampango as a hard working journalist who used her skills and experience to promote and develop up-and-coming journalists.
Meanwhile, Memorial Mass for the late Kampango will be held on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Maula Cathedral in Lilongwe.
Thereafter the body will be taken to Kampango’s home village, Kasalika, in Thyolo, for burial on Friday, March 18, 2022.
