CSOs working with Early Childhood Development feel hopeful about the new ECD Bill. They believe it will fix many problems in early education and help Malawi reach its 2063 goals. The bill wants to create a separate ministry just for ECD, similar to what Botswana has done.
The proposed law aims to recognize caregivers as professionals with government salaries and establish rules requiring the government to keep its promises about spending at least 12% of the national budget on ECD programs. ECD centers across Malawi currently struggle with poor buildings, untrained staff, and not enough money.
Mzimba South District Social Welfare Officer Bernard Nangwale praised the government for giving K32 million to ECD projects in M'mbelwa District...
Old Mutual gave a new classroom building worth K115 million to Katete school in Rumphi. The school can teach all primary grades with these rooms instead of just grades one through six. Children used to walk far away for the upper classes, but can stay closer to home. Trust chairman Tawonga Manda said this marks their third school project across Malawi. They picked Katete after Care Malawi showed how students struggled with long walks.
The classroom block helps fill gaps in rural education facilities. Education director Fiddes Msowoya thanked the group but mentioned Rumphi still lacks enough schools. Many areas need similar help from companies like Old Mutual. The new building creates hope for both Katete students and other villages...
A citizens' group claims that top people near the president create fuel shortages by blocking payments to suppliers. Malawi owes $72 million for fuel, way above its credit limit, which stops trucks from delivering gas. Long lines form at pumps everywhere as cars run dry. Some companies have fuel ready, but can't send it because money rules block them. These issues started years ago.
The group wants officials to check the money spent at the fuel company NOCMA since 2018. They want updates about government fuel deals, or the energy minister should quit his job. President Chakwera must end his special fuel teams since NOCMA already handles buying. People should push for lower prices since Dubai deals cost much less than current rates. The...
Students packed Bunda Campus for the NBM Mo626 College Social Weekend. The school grounds turned into a music party where young people made friends across different colleges. Top stars kept everyone dancing all night long.
Patience Namadingo sang his hits Tuli and Maury as crowds sang along with every word. Bee Jay and Ace Jizzy heated things with their song Fast. Sean Morgan played 2fa, which moved many students to their knees as they swayed together. DJs Classic, Prince, Faith, and Vampire kept music flowing between shows.
NBM manager Weruzani Kunkwenzu said they wanted to create special times for students, not just offer bank services. Student Edith Chirwa from NRC felt the night brought magic through all the singers. The event...
Medical leaders found the health office in Mangochi guilty of neglect after a patient died without ambulance service. This comes right after singer Patience Namadingo tried to fix broken ambulances but faced paperwork hurdles from local officials. The council wanted him to write formal plans first, which made him help a school in Machinga instead.
The Medical Council blamed Mangochi health leaders for the death. They must pay part of the investigation cost and make sure more ambulances work soon. The council also suspended two medical workers and fined five others for breaking the rules. A clinical officer named Pearson Mlendo lost his job for one year because he treated someone in his bedroom. Another worker, Henry Mvura, cannot work...
India attacked Pakistan on Wednesday, hitting what it called terror bases across Pakistan. The military named it Operation Sindoor after 26 people died last month in Indian Kashmir. India says Pakistan helped those killers. Pakistan denies any part in those deaths.
Pakistan reports that eight people died from Indian bombs, some of them children. Prime Minister Sharif called this act war talk. His military claims they shot down five Indian planes. India has not said anything about the lost aircraft. Both countries want all of Kashmir, but control different parts since 1947. They already fought three wars about who should rule there.
The land sits between two nations with nuclear weapons. Many fear these strikes might start something...
AMD released its Adrenalin 25.5.1 driver with eight new games supporting FSR 4 upscaling. These games can run faster with better graphics on Radeon RX 9000 cards. The update brings better Fluid Motion Frames with less ghosting for RX 6000 series cards. It adds support for Doom: The Dark Ages and F1 25 and works with the new RX 9070 GRE card.
Players can try FSR 4 in Ghost of Tsushima, Frostpunk 2, and The Finals, among others. The HYPR-Tune feature is available in more games, such as Spider-Man 2 and GTA V Enhanced. AMD fixed camera problems on Ryzen AI chips and memory leaks in SteamVR. The company updated its FidelityFX SDK to version 3.1.3.
Some issues remain unfixed. The Last of Us Part 2 might crash at times, VR games may stutter...
UNESCO added the Windhoek Press Freedom Paper to its Memory of the World list for helping democracy worldwide. The recognition saves these ideas for later generations. Gwen Lister, who chaired the 1991 meeting that created it, spoke about its importance yesterday in Brussels. She said many African people wanted democracy through free news despite their governments' disliking it.
African reporters wrote this statement asking for free news organizations in 1991, making it the first such document. It inspired similar papers across Asia, Latin America, Arab nations, and Europe. The honor celebrates forward-thinking journalists who protected news reporting in democratic places. It shows how essential the free press remains for holding...
Political expert Sakaria Johannes worries about Namibia naming more women to top jobs than men. He thinks former diamond company leader Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi might not deserve her new agriculture minister job. He says women should earn positions through skills rather than gender. President Nandi-Ndaitwah picked Zaamwani-Kamwi yesterday to replace Mac Hengari, who faces bribery charges. Johannes fears an imbalance with the female future slogan.
Former lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune wants people to give the new minister a chance since she has no known problems. Zaamwani-Kamwi ran Namdeb Diamond Corporation for sixteen years until 2015. She later served as presidential adviser on business matters for nearly ten years. The president...
