BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Renowned radio personality Jolly Kalero fondly called ‘Osaweta’ during his hey days at the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has passed on this morning at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe.
Family relations say the death of the legendary broadcaster has nothing to do with novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
“On a sad note we have lost our dedicated MCP member Jolly Kalero formerly of MBC and former MP. He was sick but not Covid-19. He has died this morning at KCH,” reads a message on MCP members’ forum.
Kalelo was a darling for MBC listeners in the 1990s because of his jokes during Tadzuka Sitidziwa Anzathu programme.
Kalelo once served as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary and Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City North from 2009 to 2014.
I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University.
I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college.
Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor.
I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).
