State Radio Malawi Broadcasting Corporation announced on Thursday evening that Mutharika (reported to have been 78) was taken to South Africa following a cardiac arrest on Thursday morning.
Redio ya Taifa ya Malawi ilitangaza jioni ya Alhamisi kuwa Mutharika (mwenye umri wa miaka 78) alipelekwa Afrika Kusini kufuatia mshtuko wa moyo asubuhi ya siku hiyo ya Alhamisi.