A young mother in Philippi sits nursing her baby while operating a foot-cranked washing machine. Across the city, a student in digs is studying for a test while pedalling away to get his week’s washing done. And in an off-grid home beyond the urban sprawl, laundry has become a win-win for a green householder – […]
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, has welcomed the increase in government funding for research and development (R&D) activities. However, he expressed concern about the general decline in R&D funding from other stakeholders, as reflected in the latest national survey. According to the latest results contained in the 2019/20 National […]
MEDICAL interns employed by the Ministry of Health and Social Services have lodged a dispute over unfair labour practices against the ministry and other governmental stakeholders with the Office of the Labour Commissioner. First applicant Sikunawa Ndoroma lodged the dispute on behalf of 75 other applicants in Windhoek last Tuesday. The interns lodged the dispute […]
MANUFACTURING is slow, some countries have no truck drivers, and clearing at ports is constantly delayed. These are some of the reasons why the price of basic goods is perpetually on the increase – mercilessly slapping consumers with high prices. It appears this trajectory is not going to subside soon, which means local factories, retailers, […]
ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (ACC) director general Paulus Noa says he has instructed two senior officials at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform to refund the government after it was discovered they unduly profited from their housing benefit. Noa last month said he had given retiring executive director of agriculture, water, and land reform, Percy […]
THE Namibian Lives Matter Movement (NLMM) believes the Namibian and Botswana governments never conducted a joint investigation into the deaths of the Nchindo brothers and their Zambian cousin on 5 November last year. The late Tommy, Martin, and Wamunyima Nchindo, and their cousin Sinvula Muyeme were shot and killed by the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has ended a week of self-isolation which followed his positive test for COVID-19 on 12 December 2021. The President thanks all South Africans and leaders and friends internationally who conveyed their good wishes during this period. In turn, the President wishes all persons infected with COVID-19 a safe and speedy recovery. The […]
“For us there is no rational narrative behind terrorist actions. What we are facing is pure banditry driven by others’ greed against a nation that is about to make the qualitative and quantitative leap”, President Filipe Nyusi told parliament (AR) 16 December in his State of the Nation address. He rejected out of hand research […]
The national carrier, RwandAir, has announced the resumption of flights to Southern Africa starting December 23. The decision to temporarily ban flights between Kigali and the Southern African region as part of the new measures to control the Omicron variant of Covid-19 from spreading into the country was announced on November 28. However, two weeks […]
Senior Business Reporter NMB Bank Limited says it will raise up to $2 billion through a private placement of a 12 month Agro Bill for onward lending to farmers for the 2021/22 agriculture season. Agriculture is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy, which sustains the economic, social and political lives of the majority of the people […]
South Africa conducted 50 377 COVID-19 tests on Sunday, with 15 465 new cases detected. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the majority of new cases in the past 24 hours were from KwaZulu-Natal (4 135), followed by Gauteng (3 582), Western Cape (2 849), Eastern Cape (1 303) and Free State […]
Senior Agric Reporter A bumper harvest of maize and small grains, good rains, guaranteed food security and a projected agricultural sector growth rate of 34 percent — all combined to cheer the nation’s farming spirit in 2021. The bumper harvest improved the country’s Gross Domestic Product growth, food security, national grain stock levels and significantly […]
A selection of photos we took this year President Cyril Ramaphosa was one of the first recipients of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in February 2020. Photo: Jeffrey Abrahams Masixole Feni photographed a child doing backflips on a mattress in “Covid” settlement, Cape Town. In March 2021, Feni captured daily life in this informal settlement […]
The largest conglomerate in the country, Press Corporation Plc – one of the country’s Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE)-listed companies – says it is expecting that its 2021 profit after tax will be higher than the previous corresponding period by 50 percent. However, the Company Secretary Benard Ndau, in a statement issued on 14th December 2021, […]
The Malawi Scotland Partnership (MaSP) and Scotland Malawi Partnership (SMP) have expressed their commitment to continue implementing projects that benefit vulnerable communities, particularly young people from the two countries. MaSP Board Chairperson Dr. Ann Phoya and SMP Chief Executive Officer, David Hope Jones, said the partnership between the two organizations will continue being a platform […]
Children from selected districts in Malawi on Friday adjourned the First Session of their National Children’s Parliament with a litany of demands to the authorities at the Capital Hill. The children members of Parliament (MPs), who were 80 in total and drawn from selected districts across the country, raised concerns over the deteriorating education standards, […]
The Centre for Agriculture Transformation (CAT) has awarded grants to the second cohort of companies that will implement business incubation and commercialization initiatives in Malawi. Speaking during the awarding ceremony in Lilongwe on Thursday night, CAT Executive Director Macleod Nkhoma said that the first parameter that was considered for the groups to be considered was […]
Salima Sugar Company has donated maize seeds to 400 farmers in Salima district. The seeds were valued at K4 million. The company’s secretary Charles Thupi said that the donation is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to the communities around where the company operates. “We are complimenting the government’s effort through the Affordable Input […]