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Personal hygiene practices at all times helps from contracting Marburg virus disease—Ministry of Health

March 27, 2023

* An infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans or from humans to animals * Signs and symptoms include unexplained bleeding through the eyes; nose; gums; ears; anus and skin * As well as vomiting with blood; joint and muscle pain; high fever; headache, among others By Duncan Mlanjira As is the case of preventive measures for CoVID-19 of practising personal hygiene; observing social distance and strict hand washing, the same applies for the Marburg…

Ministry of Education appoints interim Board for Saint Andrews International Primary School

March 26, 2023

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Minister of Education, Madalitso Wirima-Kambauwa * Following the High Court Consent Order dated 4th March, 2023 between Sunduzwayo Jere & Naomi Charles * The new Board shall be constituted upon wider consultation with stakeholders * Including all schools under the Designated Schools Board — or at the expiry of 18 months, whichever comes earlier By Duncan Mlanjira Ministry of Education has dissolved the Board of Governors for Saint Andrews International Primary School (SAIPS) and appointed an interim, led by…

Phenomenal UK-based Malawian taekwondo expert Yamikani Guba attains another gold medal

March 26, 2023

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The sky is the limit for Guba * Bags in 4 gold and 2 silver medals in first quarter of 2023 * 2 gold and a silver won at the Army Open Championships last week * First gold medal attained at the Ultimate Taekwondo Championships on January 22 * Fist silver at the 50th Anniversary Dutch Open Taekwondo on March 11 By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s only heavyweight professional taekwondo athlete, Yamikani Guba — who earned 10 medals last year…

Foreign aid is doing more harm than good in Malawi—an OpEd in UK’s The Guardian

March 26, 2023

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* It is time for us all to stop confusing short-term aid with long-term development—Grassroots Malawi director * The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years * This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much aid, which has been misinterpreted as development By Duncan Mlanjira After reading a story by The Guardian about the state of disaster caused by flash floods due…

Incident at Shoprite questions whether Malawi service providers have staff trained in first aid

March 26, 2023

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* After a customer collapses whilst on the till line * Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training for service providers staff can save lives in such situations * What the staff know is going straight to their work places — no daily risk assessments * They assume the way they left the place is still the same By Duncan Mlanjira An incident that took place at Chichiri Shopping Mall’s Shoprite in Blantyre has ignited a debate on whether Malawi’s service providers, such…

Malawians must start thinking of making climate-smart undertakings a way of everyone’s life—President Chakwera

March 25, 2023

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* The aerial outlook of the Lower Shire’s large swathes of land covered in flood waters is a sorry sight * And has given me a more accurate perspective regarding the level of damage to the ecosystem and livelihoods * The aftermath will demand from us a candid discussion on the country’s climate change management and adaptation strategies By Duncan Mlanjira While applauding all stakeholders for offering preliminary support in form of relief items and services to floods affected…

Kamuzu Academy Alumni joins Tigwire Manja campaign; Donates K5m relief items to DoDMA

March 24, 2023

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The Alumni presenting their support to DoDMA * TNM Plc helps Malawi Red Cross Society to physically distribute relief items to Chikwawa survivors By Memory Chatonda, MANA & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association Thursday donated relief items worth K5 million to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) that included contributions to buy 468 blankets, 1,508 plates and 400 buckets to assist the displaced people for the short-term period to assist survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy….

CAMA asks Government to prioritise power generation before investing in additional electricity connections

March 24, 2023

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* Only 12% of Malawians have access to electricity making it one of the lowest in SADC region * Out of the 12% connected, only 6% are able to get real consistent supply of electricity * While the rest can only access electricity for only a day or two in a week By Duncan Mlanjira Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) expresses its concern that resources are being channeled towards massive investment for new electricity connections when the current power…

NGOs, CSOs asked to avoid competition behaviours and scrambling for visibility in reaching out to flood disaster survivors

March 24, 2023

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Tigwirane Manja * Not to scramble for visibility by concentrating their operations in a few easy-to-reach camps * At the expense of other remote communities which receive little support By Duncan Mlanjira In line with President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tigwirane Manja campaign in the wake of the disaster from the effects of Cyclone Freddy, Malawi’s non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the civil society (CSOs) have been asked to avoid competition behaviours and scrambling for visibility by concentrating their operations in a…

UK supports establishment of forestry monitoring unit to credibly monitor Malawi’s tree cover

March 23, 2023

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Minister of Natural Resources & Climate Change, Michael Usi being appraised of the Unit * Despite having the National Forest Landscape Restoration Strategy initiated in 2017 * Malawi did not have a unit, or a system that could effectively monitor forest landscape restoration across the country By Duncan Mlanjira On the commemoration of the International Day of Forests on Tuesday, March 21, the United Kingdom, in partnership with the Malawi Government, launched the national forest and landscape restoration monitoring…