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Courageous Kids Foundation entices the public to buy the farm produce it has harvested

May 23, 2026

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* Available at its premises in Mpemba and offers to deliver by contacting Director Courageous Musasa on 0990 380 229/0888 855 878 * Revenue to be generated is towards the upkeep of 98 children for their food, education, care and hope for their future By Duncan Mlanjira Courageous Kids Foundation has harvested its farm produce and entices the public to support them by buying them off their excess fresh foods that include onions, vegetables, sweet potatoes, bananas and many….

Youth and Society expresses profound concern over growing pattern of politicised appointments in public institutions

May 23, 2026

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* Malawi’s public institutions must not only be independent and professional, but must also be seen to be independent and professional * Public confidence in State institutions depends heavily on the integrity, fairness, and transparency of public appointments By Duncan Mlanjira Civil society organisation (CSO), Youth and Society (YAS), has condemned “the continued perception and growing pattern of politicised appointments within statutory corporations and public institutions”. In a statement addressed to Chief Secretary in the Office of the President…

Malawi’s most famous poet Wokomaatani Malunga appointed Malawi High Commissioner to UK

May 23, 2026

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* Strong campaigner against corruption Rev. Baxton Maulidi heading for Egypt as Deputy High Commissioner * Former Malawi Electoral Commission’s chief elections officer Sam Alfandika to head Morocco High Commission By Duncan Mlanjira Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga, Malawi’s most famous poet born, who was serving as Registrar of the University of Malawi, has been appointed as the country’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). Wokomaatani — also a short-story writer and an essayist, who translated great African writer Chinua…

Education Minister Msaka calls for stronger investment in foundational learning

May 22, 2026

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* As the basis for building 21st century skills and preparing learners for future opportunities * 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey shows that only 18.9% of children aged 7 to 14 possess foundational literacy skills, while only 12.6% have foundational numeracy skills * Malawi’s reforms including the National Mathematics Curriculum Reform and the implementation of the Building Education Foundations through Innovation and Technology (BEFIT) Programme By Duncan Mlanjira In London, UK, where he attended the Education World Forum (EWF)…

Kwezy Buses under fire for nondisclosure of excess baggage until at boarding times

May 20, 2026

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* The bags are not weighed but as long as there are more than one you pay. So if one can come with a big bag weighing 300 kgs, they won’t pay extra * But one passenger with two bags, no matter how small, they are forced to pay extra K30,000 * It looks like they are deliberately hiding information to cash in from customers who are caught unaware By Duncan Mlanjira Kwezy Buses have come under fire by…

Minister of Children deeply concerned that 88% of street-connected children have at least one living parent

May 20, 2026

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Minister of Gender, Children, Disability & Social Welfare, Mary Navicha * While 56% reportedly receive permission from parents or guardians to go to the streets to beg, which reflects a serious gap in parental responsibility and household capacity * As her Ministry successfully reintegrated 325 street-connected children, comprising 141 girls and 184 boys, with their families across all districts in Malawi between January 2025 and January 2026 By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Chifundo Mulekano, Malawi News Agency (MANA)…

Standard Bank supports CARE Malawi’s inclusion of girls in education promotion

May 20, 2026

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Tamanda Ng’ombe presenting the sponsorship to CARE Malawi’s Pamela Kuwali * Malawi’s growth depends on women who can lead, speak, and act. When a woman leads, families eat, children stay in school — and communities thrive By Duncan Mlanjira Standard Bank Plc has invested K20 million towards CARE Malawi in its promotion of inclusion of girls in education and equip women with leadership and entrepreneurial skills essential for driving community-centred economic growth in Malawi. The sponsorship was presented today,…

Vandalism of ESCOM infrastructure relentlessly continues despite every effort to warn of its serious consequences

May 17, 2026

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* These acts of vandalism undermine national development efforts as they disrupt essential services, endangers lives, affects businesses, education, healthcare delivery and economic activities in affected communities * Also place an unnecessary financial burden on ESCOM since resources meant for system expansion and service improvement are diverted to repair damaged infrastructure By Duncan Mlanjira Just this month of May alone, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has reported three incidents of vandalism of its infrastructure, the latest being on…

‘My country’s gatekeepers; History will not only judge those who destroyed the nation, it will also remember those who watched in silence’—Kadyampakeni

May 17, 2026

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* How do we fold our arms and look away while those chosen to guard our nation’s gates instead open them wide to greed, corruption, and destruction? By Duncan Mlanjira Dr. James Kadyampakeni — a prominent Canada-based Malawian economic policy analyst, researcher, and academic — contends that the citizenry should not “remain silent while watching our beloved country being slowly torn apart by the very hands we entrusted to protect it”. In an open statement posted on his Facebook…

MCCCI urges businesses to fully utilise new MBS state-of-the-art testing equipment to boost exports

May 14, 2026

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* The newly installed equipment is a major breakthrough for Malawi, for exports, and for individual entrepreneurs * MBS can now conduct internationally recognised tests locally, removing the need for exporters to send samples abroad for certification By Memory Kutengule Chatonda, Malawi News Agency (MANA) President of Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry (MCCCI), Ronald Ngwira, has urged local businesses to fully utilise the newly-accredited state-of-the-art testing facilities at the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) to secure…