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Young business leaders from seven countries in Southern Africa have agreed to establish a new Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs to promote entrepreneurship and trade across the region.
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Young entrepreneurs regional alliance with Malawi Rachel Sibande of mHub (second from right)[/caption]
The decision to form the alliance came this week at a workshop organised in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Commonwealth Secretariat for representatives of national youth entrepreneurship organisations from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia.
The alliance, which will formally launch later this year, will support young African entrepreneurs as they seek to boost youth employment, contribute to trade, and support the Sustainable Development Goals, recognising that young people play an important role in wealth creation and poverty reduction.
Katherine Ellis, Director of Youth at the Commonwealth Secretariat, stated that the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-Southern Africa (CAYE-SA) will play a role in building human capital, unleashing the economic potential of young people and promoting sustainable growth and development.
“As well as driving trade within and across borders, this new coalition will give the young entrepreneurs a voice with policy-makers to enhance the youth entrepreneurship environment, and a peer network for support and sharing of experiences and good practice,” she said.
“The Southern Africa region has so many passionate and talented young entrepreneurs, all hungry to grow their businesses and contribute to their countries’ prosperity,” Ms Ellis added.
Lynette Ntuli, founder of IgniteSA, a youth entrepreneurship organisation from South Africa, who was appointed Interim Chair of the Alliance, said: “It is an honour to be selected by my peers to lead the interim board as we prepare to get on with the critical work of co-ordinating and collaborating on entrepreneurial development programmes and enterprises.
“It is my hope that the work we have set out to achieve will gain traction and make the necessary impact for the greater good of both our economies and the young entrepreneurs who operate within them.”
The move to establish the new association follows the establishment of Commonwealth Alliances of Young Entrepreneurs in Asia, the Caribbean and East Africa, all with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat. Leaders from these associations assisted with the workshop in Nambia this week, sharing their experiences with the young entrepreneurs from Southern Africa.
In many countries across the Southern Africa region, young entrepreneurs have limited access to capital, lack skills and experience and have limited exposure to business networks.
Mfundo Mohammed, the Interim Deputy Chair of the from the Innovators Association of Swaziland, said: “Young entrepreneurs face serious challenges when trying to pursue their ideas and start up successful businesses. CAYE-SA is a great chance for us to network, learn from each other, and collaborate, in an effort to achieve real progress in youth entrepreneurship and innovation in Southern Africa.”
Participating organisations in the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-Southern Africa (CAYE-SA) include:
Rlabs - Botswana
National Youth Entrepreneurs Forum - Lesotho
mHUB - Malawi
Youth to Youth Empowerment - Malawi
Junior Chamber International - Namibia
GEN - Namibia
Young Entrepreneur South Africa - South Africa
IgniteSA - South Africa
Innovators Association of Swaziland - Swaziland
Junior Achievement - Swaziland
Young Entrepreneurs Association - Zambia
Junior Achievement - Zambia
Mercy Ali dumped her baby in a toilet[/caption]
Police says the suspect Mercy Ali of 26 years of age gave birth to a baby girl on the night of 30thApril, 2016 and then dumped her into a pit latrine.
“The incident came to light after the neighbour to the suspect Mr Andrew Kalima heard a baby crying from the toilet when he went to answer a call of nature; and this made him to alert his neighbors and after confirming that it was really a baby, they called the Police who rushed to scene and managed to take out the baby alive with the help from the community,” says police spokesperson inspector Joseph Sauka.
They then took the baby to Balaka District Hospital for treatment and safe custody.
Sunday morning, Police revisited the scene of crime and made a conclusion that the suspect did not come from a far and this made them to pick Mercy Ali for questioning.
Upon interview, Mercy confessed to have committed the offence saying that she did this for fear of her husband who is in South Africa.
She said her husband went to the Republic of South Africa in 2012 and seeing that he has taken long, she fell in love with another man who impregnated her.
Mercy said no one and not even her neighbours knew that she was pregnant and that she gave birth in her house and later dumped the baby into a pit latrine to die.
Meanwhile, the suspect Mercy Ali is on Police bail and is admitted to Balaka District Hospital where she is taking care of her child and is expected to appear before court soon where she will answer a case of concealing the birth of a child which is contrary to section 232 of the Penal code.
Mercy Ali comes from Sosala village, in the area of Senior Chief Msamala in the same district of Balaka but was residing at Mangerengere location within Balaka Township.
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Speaking in an interview after a sermon to the congregation, Apostle Ndovie said Malawians, especially those in the North, need to be development conscious and move with the change that is taking place in the region.
“The North needs to rise up. Already things have changed. When I look around, I see so many things are changing. Therefore, all the people just need is to move with the change.
“I know that if people don’t change quickly they might lose out on what God is doing in the Northern Region,” Apostle Ndovie said.
The site for the cathedral is about a kilometre from the Reserve Bank of Malawi branch and two kilometres from Grand Palace Hotel, some of the recent infrastructure that have changed the shape of Mzuzu and spurred the city’s economy.
In his sermon during the service dubbed Mega Sunday, Apostle Ndovie preached against the tendency by some people to be contented with what they achieve at a particular time instead of striving for more or bigger things.
“When some people have a success, they don’t want to move from there; they keep on staying in the same place doing the very same things all the time,” he said.
The sermon was based on Deuteronomy Chapter 1 verses 2 to 6 which talks about God’s command to the Israelites to leave Horeb after they had stayed long enough at the mountain instead of moving into the Promised Land.
“Now I want you to know that if you take long in your assignment before God, it will not be the problem of God or somebody else, it will be your problem because what you are assigned can take very short time for you to prosper.
“It doesn’t have to take you too long. I will ask every one of you who has vision, those of you who want to accomplish things: why don’t you study the problems of Israel?” Apostle Ndovie said.
Bishop Runwell Jimmy Kilembe of Mzuzu Living Waters Church said the current church building has proved small following the growth of membership over the years hence the new project.
“Mzuzu as headquarters of the region, we want to build a cathedral that should accommodate a lot of people. Currently, the one that we have has become too small to accommodate us all,” said Kilembe who is also overseer of all satellite churches in the region.
He said Mzuzu City alone has about 5, 000 members of which 2, 000 congregate at the Mzuzu main church where the cathedral will be built.
“Our projected cost is around K200 million. God’s work is not done by one person. So we want all [satellite] churches and well-wishers to join hands so that this project is done,” said Bishop Kilembe.
Kelvin Zalimba insert right and the car prize with contestants clapping hands for his win[/caption]
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Some of the contestants in the E-Wallet[/caption]
Zalimba battled it out with Sigele Akimu, Shanice Tandwe, Eunice Mhango and Jeremiah Chikhwaza to win a lucrative K3 million Nissan Tiida.
“I couldn't believe it when the named me the winner," Zalimba told Nyasa Times.
“I am very happy. It’s a dream come true,” Chilomoni-based youngster added.
Zalimba who performed the reindition of Luther Vandross’ Buy Me a Rose had to emerge winner in a tie breaking mechanism when contestants had to vote for each other. He is the only one who got two votes.
Earlier, Zalimba got the node from one of the judges, Dumisani Mfune.
He said: “Musical aptitude is one of the key attributes I look for in a musician apart from interpretation. We don’t want copycats like what we have in the gospel music scene where most music is copied from South Africa, no disrespect but this is true. That unique voice is Kelvin.”
But judges Marvin Hanke settled for Eunice Mhango and Rudo Mkukupha-Chakwera picked Shanice Tandwe who emerged a runner up.
Rudo said about Shanice: “Recording her voice, will give you goose bumps.”
Shanice was gracious in defeat, calling her rival "unique".
She said “the best guy won. Kelvin deserves it.”
Eunice Mhango, who is the main vocalist at Mizu Band was announced as the second runner-up.
The road to the E-Wallet season six started with auditions in Mzuzu where two were picked Mwayi Matiti and Kennedy Burton followed by Lilongwe where they picked namely three namely Sigele Akimu, Ruth Kulaisi and Shadreck Amos.
In Blantyre, nine were selected and they are Enerst Masi, Rita Kalonga, Eunice Mhango, Shanice Tandwe, Jeremiah Chikhwaza, Annie Kapanda, Khumbo Manda, Kelvin Zalimba and Jeremiah Chigwenembe.
Match of the Monday: Wizards and Red Lions[/caption]
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Fight for the ball Lions and Wizards - Photo Jeromy Kadewere.[/caption]
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Red Lions complaining to the referee...Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Peter Mponda guides Wizards to first victory -Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Man of the match ....Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Wizards players on cloud nine....Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Margaret Chaika Kubwalo and Francis Matseketsa[/caption]
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Fr. Nkhata speaking to the media during the Labour Day celebrations at St. Augustine Cathedral Parish in Mangochi. Pic Arnold Namanja (MANA)[/caption]
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Fr. Sichinga talking to the media on the activities to mark Labour Day. Pic Arnold Namanja (MANA)[/caption]
Vicar General for Mangochi Catholic Diocese, Fr. Andrew Nkhata gave the encouragement on Sunday during the commemoration of World Labour Day which the church also observes as the day for St. Joseph the patron Saint of workers.
Nkhata observed that Catholic Christians were supposed to follow Joseph’s example who despite being a carpenter strived for excellence while doing his not so decent job.
He said Joseph used to spread the word of God through his work.
“Everyone is being called upon to propagate the good news of salvation through the work that he does be it employed or self employed. We need to advance obedience, love for justice and above all else to expunge an aroma of Christianity through our faith in the catholic teaching,” the monsignor added.
Nkhata emphasized that Joseph teaches people that work is not just about earning money or a salary but that it was meant to enhance the growth of the church and the development of the country as a whole, noting that faith without good character was as good as dead.
“It would be a plausible thing for members of the church to be in the lead in taking part in various development activities taking place in the church through payment of tithe and everything else the church demands from us,” he pointed out.
He, therefore, encouraged the catholic flock to follow different labour related principles especially those that promote justice and equality in the labour industry to avoid disputes and oppression.
He added that every kind of work was first and foremost meant to assist God to recreate and protect the world.
On this note, Nkhata advised the church’s followers to thank God for the gift of employment whether employed or self – employed by demonstrating commitment to the same for their daily survival, noting that the benefits were supposed to trickle down to the less privileged.
“The biggest question that we must all attempt to answer today is; how do I serve God in my capacity as a worker,” Nkhata said.
In his homily, Nkhata who derived his sermon from the Gospel of John 14: 23 – 29 said Christians’ identity was supposed to be displayed through love for one another.
“People will identify you as true disciples through your deeds, words, actions and more importantly on how we care for those underprivileged in our community,” Nkhata observed.
Mangochi Diocese Vocations and Youth Chaplain, Fr. Christopher Sichinga said catholic workers across the country were not supposed to be motivated by earning a salary instead they were supposed to get satisfaction out of what one does.
Sichinga appealed to young workers to join Young Christian Workers organization whose objective was to deepen the catholic faith among its members besides advancing the social and economic development of the country.
“It is my prayer, therefore, that many young people will join YCW to serve God in that capacity,” Sichinga said, adding that YCW has a vision of promoting the Catholic Church’s values and ideologies.
Sichinga indicated that work was meant to transform and improve the status of the church and that of the world in its entirety.
“My message to the rest of the Catholic fraternity is that we need to commit ourselves to whatever work we do in order to contribute to the integral development of the world,” he said.
Bishop Kalemba of Anglican[/caption]
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Cobbe players mark Wadabwa - Photo By Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Chande is joined by Nomads stars after debut goal - Photo by Jerom Kadewere[/caption]
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A goal by Cobbe[/caption]
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Wanderers players celebrate - Photo by Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Nomads signature celebration[/caption]
Chande who has been the centre of attention amongst soccer lovers recently following his move from Nyasa Big Bullets to their bitter rivals Wanderers came on as a second half substitute when the two teams were level at 1-1.
Wanderers began the match as the better side. No wonder veteran Peter Wadabwa scored the competition’s quickest goal so far with his first touch within the first minute of the first half after receiving a through ball from Rafiq Namwera.
However despite starting the match on a high, the Southern region premier league outfit were level sixteen minutes later with Fanuel Fukizi registering his name on the score-sheet.
Fukizi’s strike gave a glimmer of hope amongst Cobbe Barracks players who took the game into Wanderer’s half on several occasions but failed to convert their chances into goals.
Pressure started mounting on the Nomad’s bench and few minutes later they pulled off their Nigerian import Amos Bello for Jabulani Linje.
The early substitution didn’t bother Cobbe who finished the first half on a high.
However, soon after the recess, the long wait for Chande to make his Wanderers debut was due and Ted Sumani made way for the former Bullets mid-field mate. A few minutes later, Chande’s name became the toast amongst Wanderers supporters as he reminded them how he used to punish teams at the Kamuzu stadium while in Bullets colours last season.
The diminutive Chande jumped passed tall Cobbe defenders to score Wanderer’s second goal from an Isaac Kaliati’s cross setting celebrations amongst Wanderers supporters in the stands.
Peter Wadabwa then put the game to bed ten minutes before time scoring after a series of passes between Nomads players.
Despite making several efforts towards the last minutes of the game, Cobbe could not get the goals needed to keep them in the competition and it was 3-1 the final result in favour of the Wanderers to the delight of their Coach Jack Chamangwana who was full of praise for his players.
“My players deserve the victory because they fought from onset. Yes we had fatigue considering the game we played on Saturday against Bullets but we showed we are a better side and deserve to go through to the next level of the competition. We are focusing on the next game now and its CIVO in the TNM super league,” said Chamangwana.
Commenting on Chande’s performance, Chamangwana was full of praise for the former Bullets star.
“Everyone knows what he is made up of. He is dangerous both in the air and on the ground. The only thing remaining for him is match fitness and we are working on it during our trainings but overall he is very skillful,”Chamangwana said.
In his remarks, Cobbe Barracks Coach Tione Mhone congratulated Wanderers for winning the tie.
The former Zomba United Coach also said he was not bitter with the result but it will be homework for him as he prepares his team for the Southern region premier league kick-off.
Remains of late Dvais Fletcher of Machinjiri, a victim of albino attacks[/caption]
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Brutally attacked person with albinism in Malawi[/caption]
The victim, Jennipher Namusiyo of Gwembere village, T/A Mkhumba in the district was attacked and killed in the wee hours of Saturday morning while on her way to seek medication from a traditional healer in a nearby village.
Police have since arrested husband to deceased James Namusiyo, 30, Piason Damson 63-year-old and Mabvuto Mukohowa on murder charges contrary to Section 209 of Penal Code.
“She left her home around 2:00am of Saturday April 30th to seek medication from a traditional healer in the nearby village. Later around 10:00am her body was discovered by passersby in a semi-bushy area in Mwambeni village,” explained Phalombe police Public Relations Officer, Gresham Ngwira.
A visit to the scene by the police discovered that deceased had multiple stab-wounds in the abdomen, on the elbow of the right arm and in the back.
“Her eyes had been deflated and both her breasts removed probably by a sharp object. Her bicycle lay close to her body”.
Postmortem results at Mkhwayi Health centre indicated death was as a result of accumulation of blood in the Peritoneum due to multiple stab-wounds in the abdomen.
Motive behind this brutal attack is yet to be established. Police have since instituted investigations into the matter.
Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jappie Mhango has insisted that government is doing all it can to protect citizens including people with albinism in the country.
“We will tighten security,” said Mhango, adding “government is currently running various programmes to sensitise the public to the evils of killing people with albinism.”
Death sentence
Meanwhile, commentators are calling for death sentence penalty for all convicts involved in killing people with albinism in the country.
“I am strongly advocating for use of death penalty, which is already in our laws, for people murdering our brothers and sisters with albinism,” Stanley Onjezani Kenani, a Malawian social commentator and poet said.
Economist Association of Malawi president and motivational speaker, Henry Kachaje took to Facebook that death penalty should be executed on those convicted on albino murderers to deter others.
Despite having death sentence in the laws, the country has not carried executions since 1994.
The country is struggling to curb a wave of violence against people with albinism - a condition that affects the production of skin pigment.
Witchdoctors say potions made from albino body parts can bring good luck and wealth.
The international community has sicne condemned the Malawi Government for failing to protect people with albinism, with both the United Nations and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI), giving damming verdicts on the country’s systematic failures to protect the minority group.--Additional reporting by Green Muheya, Nyasa Times
Student Pregnancy: Depressing statistics in Nkhatabay[/caption]
Magistrate Alexander Gomba heard how 16 boys at Hoho secondary school in Chintheche impregnated the 16 girls just four weeks into the new term.
The magistrate said it was only proper and good to suspend both the boys and girls to give them ample time to look after the pregnancies, the worst pregnancy scandal at a school in living memory.
Gomba said after the girls had delivered, all the 32 were free to return to school and continue with their education.
This was after the magistrate had charged the boys with defilement as the girls looked younger than 18 years which could have taken them to jail.
However, the head teacher John Msowoya told the court that the girls were all 18 years old, saving the boys from going to jail for defilement.
Primary Education Advisor for Chintheche Peter Chirwa welcomed the ruling but parents of the children pleaded with the court to remove the suspension and accused the curriculum for fuelling sex amongst the youth saying the children are taught sex issues that they are not supposed to hear.
The 32 parents now risk K10, 000 fine for each student because of a standing rule in the area which prohibits school girls from getting pregnant and boys impregnating girls.
Reports indicate that the head teacher is receiving threats for disclosing that the girls were pregnant as this will force the parents pay the K10, 000 fine to the elders of the area.
The case was brought to court by a child protection NGO, Maranda Child Protection Committee.
Vice President Dr.Chilima accompanied by the Ministers of Sports inspectsm Bingu National Stadium[/caption]
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Chilima is being briefed at the Stadium (C) Stanley Makuti - Mana[/caption]
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Chilima speaking to reporters after touring the Bingu National Stadium - Photo by Nyasa Times[/caption]
Construction of the 40,500-seater stadium completed on November 30, 2015 but President Peter Mutharika is yet to perform the official opening of the facility due to failure by the Ministry of Sports to raise about K500 million for completion of some facilities, which were not covered in the construction agreement between Malawi government and Chinese construction firm Anhui Foreign Construction Company Limited.
Amongst the facilities the Ministry is expected to put in place include a sewer system, electricity, an MTL fibre cable and furniture. The stadium does also not have an evacuation system.
Presently, the stadium is using electricity power used for the construction, which is not enough for other functions requiring power including floodlights.
But speaking when he toured the stadium on Wednesday, Chilima felt the outstanding elements were very little to hamper the stadium opening.
“From what I have seen, the sewer system remains the crucial issue since there are over 800 toilets at the stadium. Once the sewer system has been installed, I think H.E can open the stadium. We should not be worried about playing football at night. In the state it is, the stadium can host a football match or any other activity during the day as long as the critical issue has been addressed.
“We can look at the other elements after opening the stadium,” said Chilima, who took over an hour inspecting the facilities and being briefed by Sports Ministry officials.
On safety of spectators, the Vice President admitted safety was of paramount importance and assured government would ensure there is maximum safety at the stadium. He gave an example of the 76,000-seater Old Trafford Stadium- home to English giants Manchester United, where he said all spectators can be evacuated within eight minutes in case of an emergency.
Sports Minister Grace ‘Obama’ Chiumia, who invited the Vice President to visit the stadium expressed optimism that the stadium would open soon.
“My wish is to see the stadium opened before July 6 but that all depends on the availability of funds at Treasury. The stadium could have been opened by now but there are other critical issues that government is addressing at the moment like the food shortage, shortage of drugs in our hospitals, the natural disasters and other economic problems that the country is experiencing.
“But I am hopeful that Treasury will find a way before the 2016-2017 budget is approved,” by Parliament,” she said.
Chiumia said there were few things which are needed to be finalised such as solar lights, Malawi Telecommunication Limited (MTL) cables and Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (Escom) main cable need to be connected.
She said this will cost government about MK500 million, after the completion the stadium will be opened.
Chiumia said: “The construction of the sewer line will depend on the availability of the funds, if available it can be started as soon as they can be installed.
“As we all know that priority is sewer line, yes we have generators which can be used as electricity for a one day function. But there are issues which we need to sit down as a cabinet and discuss”.
She said government prioritises sports and the evidence of its commitment is the construction of the Bingu National Stadium and the support that it gives to the teams of the country.
Young entrepreneurs regional alliance with Malawi Rachel Sibande of mHub (second from right)[/caption]
The decision to form the alliance came this week at a workshop organised in Windhoek, Namibia, by the Commonwealth Secretariat for representatives of national youth entrepreneurship organisations from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia.
The alliance, which will formally launch later this year, will support young African entrepreneurs as they seek to boost youth employment, contribute to trade, and support the Sustainable Development Goals, recognising that young people play an important role in wealth creation and poverty reduction.
Katherine Ellis, Director of Youth at the Commonwealth Secretariat, stated that the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-Southern Africa (CAYE-SA) will play a role in building human capital, unleashing the economic potential of young people and promoting sustainable growth and development.
“As well as driving trade within and across borders, this new coalition will give the young entrepreneurs a voice with policy-makers to enhance the youth entrepreneurship environment, and a peer network for support and sharing of experiences and good practice,” she said.
“The Southern Africa region has so many passionate and talented young entrepreneurs, all hungry to grow their businesses and contribute to their countries’ prosperity,” Ms Ellis added.
Lynette Ntuli, founder of IgniteSA, a youth entrepreneurship organisation from South Africa, who was appointed Interim Chair of the Alliance, said: “It is an honour to be selected by my peers to lead the interim board as we prepare to get on with the critical work of co-ordinating and collaborating on entrepreneurial development programmes and enterprises.
“It is my hope that the work we have set out to achieve will gain traction and make the necessary impact for the greater good of both our economies and the young entrepreneurs who operate within them.”
The move to establish the new association follows the establishment of Commonwealth Alliances of Young Entrepreneurs in Asia, the Caribbean and East Africa, all with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat. Leaders from these associations assisted with the workshop in Nambia this week, sharing their experiences with the young entrepreneurs from Southern Africa.
In many countries across the Southern Africa region, young entrepreneurs have limited access to capital, lack skills and experience and have limited exposure to business networks.
Mfundo Mohammed, the Interim Deputy Chair of the from the Innovators Association of Swaziland, said: “Young entrepreneurs face serious challenges when trying to pursue their ideas and start up successful businesses. CAYE-SA is a great chance for us to network, learn from each other, and collaborate, in an effort to achieve real progress in youth entrepreneurship and innovation in Southern Africa.”
Participating organisations in the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs-Southern Africa (CAYE-SA) include:
Rlabs - Botswana
National Youth Entrepreneurs Forum - Lesotho
mHUB - Malawi
Youth to Youth Empowerment - Malawi
Junior Chamber International - Namibia
GEN - Namibia
Young Entrepreneur South Africa - South Africa
IgniteSA - South Africa
Innovators Association of Swaziland - Swaziland
Junior Achievement - Swaziland
Young Entrepreneurs Association - Zambia
Junior Achievement - Zambia
Diverson Mlozi in action...Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Almost kissed the net....Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Dave Ng'ambi on the ball...Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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Franco Ndawa praised his charges...Photo Jeromy Kadewere[/caption]
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A goalkeeper that refused to put gloves....Photo Jeromy Kadewere.[/caption]
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A dejected Sable player[/caption]
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Henry Kabichi scored....Photo Jeromy Kadewere.[/caption]
Chiukepo Msowoya opened the scoring for the people’s team 15 minutes into the first half before Henry Kabichi made it two nil 17 minutes later.
Soon after the recess, Bullets made triple substitution with Muhammad Sulumba, Diverson Mlozi and Kondwani Kumwenda who came on for Msowoya, Mussa Manyenje and Mike Mkwate.
This was Kumwenda’s first game in Bullets colours since crossing the road from rivals Mighty Be Forward Wanderers.
The trio made immediate impact into the game and a few minutes later Sulumba scored through a header after lashing through a weak Sable defense.
However, despite conceding a third goal, the Mapanga based club orchestrated a move few minutes later that resulted into a goal with Hector Limau registering his name on the score-sheet.
It was a move that saw Bullets keeper Owen Chaima frustrated as he failed to dive when the ball fell through the goal to the delight of a few section of Sable supporters who came to watch the game.
Soon after Sable scored a consolation goal, Kabichi completed his brace this time from a short corner, a move which he started.
Sulumba completed the scoring 11 minutes before time sealing Bullets progress to the next round of the competition – which is the national phase.
It was a game that saw Sable Farming goalkeeper Benito Sabola playing without gloves. When Nyasa Times tried to check on the development, the response from Football Association of Malawi’s Competitions Manager Gomezgani Zakazaka was that Sabola did not want to despite officials pleading with him.
Speaking to reporters, Bullets Coach Franco Ndawa said he was happy to see his team through to the next round of the Presidential cup.
“Am very happy with the result considering the changes we made. The boys put up a good fight no wonder we got the five goals and the focus now is on the next game. Sable is a good team and gave us a good game,” said Ndawa.
In his remarks, Sable F.C Coach Itaye Kachala congratulated Bullets for winning the tie. He said Bullets is a good team and playing them at the Kamuzu Stadium was somehow difficult for his boys.
“Playing in front a large crowd is somehow difficult and you saw how my boys were taunted by the supporters. But we have learnt a lot from this game and competition in particular. We are out and life has to move on,” Kachala said.
Bullets next assignment is a TNM Super League match in Salima against MAFCO at the Chitowe ground on Sunday.
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President Mutharika: Do not sell your maize to vendors[/caption]
In a statement posted on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, President Mutharika discouraged those depleting their household food stocks from continuing with such tendency.
“It has come to my notice that some families across the country are already selling the grain they have harvested to vendors let alone at very low prices. As such this sad trend of letting go our food stocks this early does not augur well with our desire to ensure that every household has enough food up until the next harvesting season,” wrote the President.
Media reports have indicated that vendors are rushing to villages to buy maize capitalizing on low real income of desperate people.
Following two farming seasons of drought, the President early this year declared Malawi a state of national disaster and called upon the international community to intervene.
His call has already yielded results with many stakeholders giving Malawi money to buy extra maize
from neighbouring countries.
While remaining optimistic with the help Malawi has so far received, the President emphasized that there is no need to be careless with the food already in homes.
“We must jealously guard our food stocks at household level. My government will surely have enough food for you but that does not give us a leeway to sell the little we have,” he said.
Malawi and other countries in the Sub Sahara region have for the past three years been hit by El Nino spell which has affected the pattern of rainfall in the region. This pattern has brought little or destructive rains across the board.
Minister of Health, Peter Kumpalume: Abuse of resources in Ministry of Health[/caption]
Spokesperson for Ministry of Health, Adrian Chikumbe said the NAO report has implicated director of finance, human resources and HIV in the ministry as well as rank outsiders from the ministry who connived with staff to plunder the resources mercilessly.
“A total of K399, 421,090, 00 was given to individuals whose names could not be traced [and ] a total of K1,045, 068, 020,00 was issued to officers whose designation wa snot indicated,” reads part of the NAO report
Chikumbe said fiscal police will “investigate further” the scam.
The report also indicated there was poor fuel management which resulted in abuse of K277, 114, 171, 62.
Chikumbe, however, said all employees implicated have since been interdicted.
In December 2015, Malawi Government suspended 63 workers from the Ministry.
These included the Director of human resource, the Director of finance and two chief accountants to pave way for a thorough audit investigation over unjustified withdrawal of allowances and fuel abuse.
The dismissal of the health officials followed the complaint which the US-funded Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had made to the Malawi Government where it suspected that some officials were dipping their fingers into CDC coffers which were meant to address HIV and Aids problem.
Ministry of Health Dr Peter Kumpalume told media that the stolen money were in “millions”, adding that the US-
funded Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had written the ministry to complain that they suspected civil servants from the HIV and AIDS project were to be defrauding the said funds.
Kumpalume admitted that abuse of resources in his ministry.
“A few greedy individuals who want to benefit out of the poor are embezzling money in the health system, projects have stalled. We need to jointly come up with a monitoring mechanism, follow ethics and be patriotic.
“It is sad to note that for an individual to carry out a project the cost is reasonable but for the same project to be carried out by government the figures multiplies,” lamented Kumpalume when he toured College of Medicine (CoM) in Blantyre .
He noted that most projects are abandoned or ignored due to bloated figures.
US ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, expressed the hope that the authorities “will identify those responsible for the looting and that they will be held accountable for the misuse of funds intended to improve the health of Malawian citizens.”
Jailed albino hunters[/caption]
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Muluzi: Malawi former president case falling apart, his lawyers asks for discharge[/caption]
The surprise turn of events happened when the court met Thursday at the High Court in Blantyre.
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) deputy director Reyneck Matemba who is the lead prosecutor and his colleague State lawyer Chrispin Khunga who were prosecuting the case asked Judge Kamwambe to stand aside from the case just as the court session was to start.
Since trial resumed on April 11 2016 over K100 million has been deducted from the K1.7 billion Muluzi and his co-accused, Lyness Violet Whiskey, are accused to have fraudulently acquired.
Whiskey is a former personal assistant to Muluzi and was handling bank transactions like deposits of the former president when he was in power.
Government initially claimed Muluzi’s corruption case stemmed from donor money in his account but former president has always denied wrong doing saying no foreign country would deposit donor money in a personal account.
He claimed the case was trumped up for political reasons.
Since the nine-year-old case resumed on April 11 2016, the defence expressed optimism that the figures will be deducted to zero from the K1.7 billion.
After prosecutors asked to quit the case, apparently due to lack of objective material evidence, Judge Kamwambe went ahead and granted them the application, signalling that the state has abandoned the case.
Judge Kamwambe pointed out that the state prosecution “ is in total disarray in this case.”
“Before I make my own opinion on the matter let me ask the defence the application it wants to make,” he said.
Tamando Chokotho private practise lawyer for the former president Muluzi applied to the same court to discharge Muluzi and his co-accused Whiskey.
However, the judge said he would make the ruling another day.
Chokotho said it was senseless to proceed with the case when the state had abandoned the case.
The case has been dragging for 17 years now and the move by the state to pull out of the case will bring in mixed reactions on the government fight against graft.
Bushiri and South African's Home Affairs minister[/caption]
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Churchgoers at Bushiri church in Pretoria[/caption]
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Members congregating during Diplomatic Service including Chri Daza (first from right) at Bushiri's church[/caption]
Banda, Malawi's top musician, who is also Balaka North legislator for the United Democratic Front (UDF), said on a private visit to South Africa, said he stopped by to fellowship with Prophet Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) in Pretoria on Monday night and was impressed with the respect accorded to the Malawian prophet, according a report in The Nation newspaper.
“We live in our world as Malawians and that has not helped us. After fellowship, I realised we have been somehow unfair to Bushiri by viewing him with a negative eye instead of being rational,” the paper quoted the iconic secular musician as saying.
He added: “It is worth noting that thousands of people are converging at one place because of a son Malawi. I admire him for that.”
Banda, who is a devout Catholic, said he has not joined Bushiri’s ECG as he remains a Catholic member but appreciate the prophet’s Christian way of leadership.
“Just like the Bible says that ‘out of the eater comes something sweet’ I was touched by the gesture of giving out food to the poor during that hunger in January and February. Through the criticism he has been going through, I took interest in seeing his side of the story,” Banda is quoted as saying.
The legendary musician said Prophet Bushiri is “successful, in terms of congregation and as a businessman.”
He added that “success brings about haters” hence Bushiri courting many attacks against him.
“ As someone who has been criticised, at times unfairly, and faced the wrath of people over rumours, I tend to be sympathetic towards people who are treated harshly, especially when it’s based on unfounded rumours.”
Bushiri’s church is one of the fastest rising in Southern Africa.
Banda said he was impressed with the Monday fellowship at Bushiri’s church.
“They call it a diplomatic service. I like the teachings and the ideas shared to the gathering.The beauty about it is that it happens on a day that I, as a Catholic normally don’t go to church. Otherwise I can’t say more than that. Issues of faith are supposed to be private.
“Actually, I came here for personal reasons. And I just thought of going there to fellowship. I have attended two Monday services where about 10 000 people gather for prayers. It was during that first time that I took a picture with BJ [veteran politician Brown Mpinganjira] and Ralph Kasambara. But I must say that when I went to ECG, I felt proud as a Malawian to note that it was a son of our soil who makes thousands of people around the world come together and pray,” he said.
During Sunday services, people line up just to enter the church, he said
“The queues are long, with 45 000 plus people attending services, according to the information I have gathered. How I wish it was happening in my country,” he explained.