Malawi’s prominent Rights Activist Rafiq Hajat dies of heart attack

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Sad news reaching The Maravi Post indicate that Malawi’s renown veteran rights activist Rafiq Hajat has died on Monday, morning, September 13, 2021 a day before his birthday.

Hajat is said to have admitted on Sunday evening, September 12, 2021 following a heart attack.

The late Hajat was born on September 14, 1955 in Blantyre.

He is the director for the Institute for Policy Interaction in Malawi.

Hajat received a B.A. in political science at Saint Xavier College in India in 1975.

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Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.