Malawi Property Investment Company threw 10 million kwacha at vocational programs and just watched 37 people finish electrical installation and plumbing courses at Soche Technical College in Blantyre. Property services head Eliot Jambo said the firm keeps backing skills training for people who need a leg up while college principal Greystone Mabveka thanked the company for funding practical lessons plus financial literacy workshops that taught graduates how to handle money.
Graduate Desire Linje from the electrical program said the training gives students what they need to launch their businesses and make their cash independently. The partnership between private sector players and schools tries to tackle unemployment by giving...
Information Minister Shadric Namalomba dropped promises that the new government will never arrest reporters during the entire five-year term under President Mutharika, while basically asking journalists to cover the country in a better light. The pledge came out when the government launched awards for Southern African media practitioners with Namalomba telling media houses they had better pay their workers properly and let them do their jobs without interference.
Three local reporters grabbed runner-up spots at the regional competition across photo, radio and TV categories. Namalomba pushed journalists to benchmark themselves against places like Singapore and China while pitching more technical training through regional exchange...
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition jumped back into action, telling everyone that political parties cannot block protests after Democratic Progressive Party officials supposedly said they would stop demonstrations from happening. The group got roasted online because they basically vanished during the Malawi Congress Party government after their leadership scored cabinet appointments and stopped calling out corruption.
HRDC chairperson Michael Kaiyatsa tried defending the group by saying the new administration deserves space to govern but people are not buying it since that same excuse got used when MCP faced scandals. Regular citizens lost trust and some even think the coalition became an MCP puppet, which explains why nobody takes...
CARE Malawi just threw over 3 billion kwacha at the hunger crisis hitting the country, after assessment reports showed almost 3 million people are already dealing with serious food shortages that could jump to 4 million when the lean season kicks in. Country Director Pamela Kuwali said her outfit helped nearly a million folks across 20 districts between mid last year and mid this year through cash transfers and programs targeting food security plus climate adaptation. The group worked through their Humanitarian Partnership Platform, which links 11 local NGOs to coordinate responses after cyclones and droughts wrecked harvests.
The vulnerability assessment committee warned that bad weather and sky-high food prices are forcing families...
The Democratic Alliance dropped criminal charges against MK Party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla after supposedly 17 dudes got tricked into heading to Russia, thinking they were getting bodyguard training but ended up stuck fighting on the front lines in Ukraine. Chris Hattingh and Ryan Smith from the DA filed the complaint at Cape Town Central station while the Hawks launched their own probe into whether anyone broke laws against mercenary work. The guys claimed they paid for what seemed like legit security courses and got handed contracts in Russian that basically signed them up for military duty without their passports.
Her siblings turned on her and filed their separate complaints, accusing Duduzile of running the scheme, which has the...
President Peter Mutharika dropped 10 million kwacha on Malawi's netball teams before the African championship hits Lilongwe next month with the Queens and Kings splitting the cash down the middle. First Lady Gertrude Mutharika showed up at Griffin Saenda Indoor Sports Complex to hand over the money and told players to crush it on home turf, while officials said the timing basically saved their prep work from falling apart.
Youth Minister Patricia Wiskes said the government has been upgrading facilities and working with the Netball Association to get everything locked in for hosting duties. Local organizing committee chair Limbani Matola confirmed they fixed up the wooden floors and sorted out power plus water issues at the venue while...
eThekwini Municipality got young people together at King Zwelithini Stadium in uMlazi and basically told them they need to start leading the charge against gender violence and femicide instead of just sitting back. Deputy Mayor Zandile Myeni said cops alone cannot fix this mess without families and churches getting involved because the crisis hits every race and background. Before the stadium event, officials swung by Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital to check out what kind of support exists for abuse victims and spread the word about reporting options.
The push comes after brutal stats showed 957 women got murdered between July and September, with another 14,366 facing serious assaults. South Africa has a femicide rate five times...
The Free State branch of the South African Communist Party went off on national chairperson Blade Nzimande after he dropped a discussion paper calling for a special congress to revisit the decision about running independently from the ANC in the upcoming municipal elections. Provincial leaders slammed the document as divisive garbage meant to undermine party resolutions and accused him of trying to reverse the choice made back in December to break away from contesting under the ANC banner. They said his move threatened unity and ordered their reps to push back against what they called a rebellious tendency.
The drama points to deeper splits inside the party between Nzimande and current general secretary Solly Mapaila, who has been...
Deputy Minister Mimmy Gondwe helped Elangeni TVET College pull in over a million rand at their fundraising gala at the Premier Hotel in Umhlanga near Durban. The event drew 150 people from businesses and education who kicked in cash through pledges, sponsorships, donations and auction bids. Gondwe gave the keynote speech and moderated a panel about partnerships between public institutions and private companies while the whole thing ran under a theme about innovation driving economic growth.
The college scored R1 075 400 total, which goes toward fixing up facilities, buying equipment and running programs that teach practical job skills. Principal TJ Kula thanked Gondwe for showing up and connecting industries with schools. This marks...
