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CHAKWERA'S ECONOMIC PLAN FOR CHANGE

 President Lazarus Chakwera unveiled the curtailing all his travels plans until March next year as one way of improving the economy. He announces that he will not attend the 28th United Nations Conference of Parties on climate change and environment (CoP28) in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates later this month.

The President has ordered all Cabinet members currently abroad on public-funded trips to return home with immediate effect.

Meanwhile, the President also said he has ordered the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Simplex Chithyola Banda to include provisions in the upcoming Mid-Term Budget Review for cushioning small and medium enterprises (SMEs) so that “we can protect the jobs that they create”.

Chakwera has also ordered the Minister of Finance to also include in that Mid-Year Budget Review provisions for a reasonable wage increase for civil servants.

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The Malawi National Netball Team, ‘The Queens', lose all six games at Fast 5 Netball Serie in New Zealand.

STUDENTS SHOWCASING PASSION FOR FOOD PRODUCTION

 

In a celebration of their studies and passion for food production, students at Phwezi Women’s College in Rumphi launched a new T- shirt design that showcase their dedication to the field.

The launch event took place at the campus where students gathered to learn more about the inspiration behind it.

The T-shirt features a graphic of a spoon and a folk (cutlery), crockery and a double-breasted chef jacket. The students had an opportunity to share their insights on the future of food production.

Phwezi Women’s college offers different courses like Food Production, Brick Laying, General Fitting, Tailoring and Designing and many others.

The Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocation Education Training (TEVET) provide funds to different technical students including those studying at Phwezi Women’s College.    

THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF INTERNET TO MALAWIANS

 

   

Internet is one of the common channels of communication here in Malawi. The advancement of technology and the internet has transformed the way of life of Malawians in terms of access to information, business activities, academic issues and many others.

                                

 The internet has facilitated interactivity among individuals within Malawi and across the border. People are able to interact with those in diaspora. They discuss issues of common interest like politics, economics, culture through different social media platforms for instance Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and WhatsApp just to mention a few.

The internet has also improved the education sector in such a way that students are able to access information and other educational materials easily through Google, Opera, Chart GPT and many more.

Zithembire Shaba, a student at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) says the internet offers information in different kinds, for example, text, audio, video, images, charts which are easily understood other than reading books only.

She further says, the internet offers links that help them to access more information and other related information on a certain topic.

The internet also help business individuals to sell there products online. Annes Phiri, one of the business individuals says internet has helped her to reach mass audience from different districts within Malawi.

“Once I display my products on the internet, a lot of customers place orders hence expanding the customers base beyond our local communities,” Phiri says.

She further says, the internet makes her to communication easily with customers, she is able to send products from Nsanje to Chitipa through the internet.

Although the internet has altered the way people access information and other activities, it has contributed to negative factors that has led to arrest, job loss, stress, conflict, laziness and loss of trust.

The internet has also limit other individuals from accessing information due to lack of technical skills, money to buy internet bundles, access to technological devices such smartphones and Laptops.

Juliah Seyani, a Malawian citizen explains that most of the stories and information posted through social media is fake.

 “I have lost trust in online purchasing because what we see on the post is totally different from what we get in terms of quality of the product,” Seyani says.

Reacting to the matter concerning academic purposes, MUBAS introduces a software called “Turnitin” to control plagiarism as most of the students were coping ideas directly from the internet and paste them on their assignments and project.

COMMUNITY BENEFITING FROM BYPASS ROADS

some years ago, there was poor construction of by-pass roads in the locations, towns and cities.

                                                       

Condition of the roads make pedestrians and motorist delaying reaching destination.

Malawi government showing its interest in this bypass roads has brought gratitude to the road users.

Kanjedza-Chinyonga bypass road is one of the roads which is being constructed to ease the congestion in the highway.

Fortune Kafuzira a student at the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) residing in private hostels in Chinyonga express his gratitude over the new road constructed.

“As a student I have benefited because now I can reach the campus without any traffic jams,” Kafuzira says.

He further says the problem of missing morning classes because of long queue is now solved."

Gabriel M’dyamizu, a minibus driver expresses his satisfaction over the newly constructed road as he is able to use shortcut to connect with highway from Chichiri to Limbe.

 “Nowadays we can reach passengers in time because this by pass roads are shorter than using highway,” M’dyamizu says.

He added that passengers are increasing because some people live near the road like MUBAS students hence making more profits than before.

Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jacob Hara says the roads constructed should withstand all weather patterns.

He further says government is engaging engineers to come up with designs that will situate where the bypass road will be meeting a main road.