As the Public Accounts Committee of parliament has resumed it's inquiry into the purchase of Amaryllis hotel by the Public Service Pension Trust Fund ( PSPTF) Former registrar of financial institutions Dr Mafuta Mwale says the controversial Amaryllis Hotel transaction went ahead despite strong objections and warnings from the financial regulator.
Vision Fund Malawi has emphasized its commitment to child-centered development by hosting its annual Bring Your Child to Work initiative, a program designed to strengthen family bonds while inspiring the next generation to dream beyond boundaries.
Until she got to the age of 14, Memory Zakaliya was a puzzle in her village.
She was perpetually sick.
Her father, Zakaliya Chiputu, actually lost all hope that Memory would survive.
Children are a natural source of joy. Joy for no reason. Just joy.
Parents envision their babies grow into normal adults. But did you know?
There are cases of children who grow features of adulthood before age 9. Girls as young as eight growing breasts, menstruating.
Boys as young as nine growing body hairs and abilities for fatherhood.
Such cases are now being identified among children in Malawi.
Every year in Malawi, three billion Kwacha is lost in vandalism of Escom equipment.
And that loss comes with disruption of essential social services such as hospitals, every day businesses and water supply. Vandalism of Escom equipment targets transformers and cables, often copper, resulting in chronic power outages that stop these essential services.
In this report, Eamon Piringu discusses how destruction of Escom infrastructure is choking the economic development of Malawi and national efforts to expand access to electricity in a country where close to 75 percent of the population is yet to have access to the public power grid.
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