Castel Malawi Limited teamed up with the Malawi Business Coalition on Health to push the country's HIV and AIDS fight forward during World AIDS Day events in Makata, Blantyre. Corporate Social Responsibility Manager Linda Kolomba said that beating the epidemic needs everyone working together, and her company keeps standing with groups that help communities get support and info. She added that healthy workers build strong nations, starting from offices and spreading out to neighborhoods.
Coalition Chairperson Gloria Zimba backed the unity message hard. Partnerships matter more than ever since the health sector is dealing with money problems, and she thanked Castel Malawi for showing up. National Bank of Malawi, MASM, ESCOM, and Blantyre...
Malawi lawmakers went full unity mode and passed a constitutional amendment for the Constituency Development Fund with 199 MPs voting yes and literally nobody voting no. Mzimba South representative Emmanuel Chambulanyina Jere brought the bill forward, which sets up governance rules and transparency standards for how the fund gets used on community projects.
Justice Minister Charles Mhango said he would speed things along once President Arthur Peter Mutharika signs off on it. Dowa East MP Richard Chimwendo Banda argued that representatives need actual control over CDF decisions at the council level to do their jobs properly.
Civil society groups pushed back hard against the whole thing, claiming the bill ignores a court ruling that...
Malawi Gender Minister Mary Navicha told everyone at a disability awareness event in Mzimba that the country needs to stop leaving people with disabilities behind if it wants real progress. She said all public buildings have to get modified by 2029 to make them accessible, and anyone who ignores the deadline will catch legal heat. The government wants schools, banks, and workplaces to actually accommodate people with mobility issues instead of just talking about it.
Federation of Disability Organizations board chair Mapopa Shaba pushed back on the ministry to actually follow through on policies instead of making empty promises. He wants sign language rolled out everywhere so communication barriers disappear. Traditional Authority...
Malawi Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamvekha thinks cement costs should chill out after a $100 million Portland facility opened up in Balaka District with the capacity to pump out 800,000 tonnes annually. The state-of-the-art setup cuts down reliance on imported clinker, and it backs the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, plus Malawi 2063 industrialization targets. Chinese Ambassador Lu Xu said her government will keep funding development work in the country for mutual gains.
Mwanamvekha told the company to keep supply steady, follow regulations, work with local communities, and treat employees right before thinking about exports. Portland Cement Malawi Limited CEO Jianguo Alex Liu promised to help the surrounding areas through...
Malawi is rolling out plans to build over 20 health facilities after the Parliamentary Committee on Health chair, Anthony Masamba, gave props to the government for keeping old projects alive despite less donor money coming in. Health Minister Madalitso Baloyi told lawmakers that most hospitals were built ages ago and can't handle the country's population boom, with some people traveling 30 kilometers when policy says they should only go seven max.
The ministry is teaming up with development partners to throw up new health centers and turn existing ones into rural hospitals where it makes sense. Baloyi confirmed the Presidential Initiative for Maternal Health is backing the construction push across different districts.
Masamba pointed...
Rachel Kolisi hung out with Aimee Kitshoff for horse riding on a Cape Town beach after people said she unfollowed another Springbok wife over drama with her ex, Siya. The wellness influencer posted about their chill day together, which started with lunch before they hit the sand. Aimee is married to retired prop Steven Kitshoff, who stepped away from rugby after dealing with a spinal injury.
The beach hangout happened after Rachel apparently cut ties with a different WAG who got tight with Rachel John, the woman Siya got spotted looking cozy with last month. Word is Rachel John is a decade younger than the rugby star, and photos of them sparked a ton of chatter online about whether they're dating.
South African singer Naledi Aphiwe wrapped up her year by thanking everyone who streamed her stuff after hitting some wild numbers on Spotify. The KwaZulu-Natal artist pulled 4.7 million listeners across 184 countries, with her tracks getting played almost 48 million times total. Her collab with Mawelele called Romeo & Juliet alone racked up 11.5 million streams.
She posted about feeling emotional over the stats and said her music only exists because people actually believe in what she does. The breakout star recently fixed up her mom's place and called this one of the biggest years of her career. She promised to drop even more heat next year for the fans who carried her through all the performances and studio sessions.
South African rapper Da L.E.S opened up about the stroke that hit him after dealing with massive grief from losing his dad and multiple friends within a couple of years. The Love and Hip Hop SA star told an outlet he struggled with mobility and speech after the medical emergency, and he ended up using substances to cope with everything he was bottling up inside. AKA, Riky Rick, and Nathan were among the people he lost during that brutal stretch.
The musician admitted stress was the main trigger behind his health crisis, and he had been hiding how bad things were from everyone around him. Fans responded with support after clips from his interview started circulating online, with people praising him for being real about his struggles. He...
Young Stunna thanked Emtee after landing features on the rapper's DIY 3 album, calling the collaboration a dream come true. The amapiano artist posted about working with someone he used to cover back in the day, and fans are losing it over their chemistry on tracks one and ten. He deleted his initial comment but kept the Instagram post celebrating the moment.
People are comparing their partnership to elite attacking duos in soccer, saying they delivered some of the year's best music together. Listeners keep replaying the songs because of how well their styles mesh, with Emtee handling hooks while Stunna brings his signature flow. The project dropped after years of fans begging for it, and the excitement around this specific pairing has...
