A 16-year-old male student at Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu Kelvin Moses has reportedly committed suicide in a hostel yesterday January 26, 2023.
According to the Police, Moses committed suicide at around 3pm after being summoned for disciplinary proceedings because he was reportedly found with condoms in his locker.
It is reported that the boarding master found condoms in his locker, contrary to Kamuzu Academy’s rules and regulations and was summoned for disciplinary hearing the following day.
He took his own life at around 1500 hours in the hostel when his friends were in class.
The matter was reported to police who visited the scene in the company of medical personnel and postmortem results revealed that death was due to suffocation.
The late Kelvin Moses hailed from Subi Village in the area of Traditional Authority Khombedza in Salima District.
One of the country’s top private schools, Maranatha Academy has turned down reports making rounds on social media that some students at the school are sick.
The institution has described the reports in circulation as a move by some anonymous people trying to damage its image.
In a statement 247 Malawi News has seen, the school’s Head Teacher Aaron Banda has indicated that the information was shared by some unknown people in a Facebook post.
Says Banda in a statement “On 25th January, 2023, some unknown people started circulating false information about students of Maranatha Girls Academy.
Head Teacher Aaron Banda
“In a Facebook post by Sheilla Favoured Banda, it is alleged that about ten students at Maranatha Girls Academy are opening bowels and vomiting.
“The Facebook post also appealed to parents to go and visit their wards at Maranatha Girls Academy in Machinjiri.”
Banda has however, disowned the reports saying since schools opened on 17th January, 2023, the Academy has not registered any case of bowel opening or vomiting.
He has since advised parents and guardians to disregard the false information circulating in various social media platforms.
Banda added that the school instituted a Task Force on Cholera Outbreak to strictly monitor and implement all cholera preventive measures at the school.
The school has therefore offered a K500, 000.00 fee to anyone who might help in tracking those behind the publication of the alleged false information.
The government of Malawi, through the National Planning Commission (NPC), will on Thursday February 2 and Friday February 3rd 2023 host the third annual National Development Conference (NDC) where the main focus will be to review progress the country has made in the implementation of the Malawi 2063 national vision.
The conference, to be held under the theme: ‘Malawi 2063 One Year On: Forging Concerted Efforts on the Journey to Wealth Creation and Self-Reliance’, will be presided over by President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.
NPC Director General Thomas Munthali
Briefing the media on Tuesday January 24, 2023 ahead of the conference, NPC Director General Thomas Munthali said the National Development Conference (NDC) 2023 is important as it provides an opportunity for reviewing the Malawi 2063 First 10 Year Implementation Plan (MIP-1) a year after its launch.
“We have to take stock of progress, the challenges faced as well as agree on accelerating implementation so that we recover quickly and still meet the MIP-1 targets,” he said.
He cited the COVID 19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the floods that affected many parts of the country during the 2021/2022 rainy season as some of the key challenges that have affected implementation of the MIP-1 but said that does not mean that the MIP-1 can’t be achieved.
“We just have to redefine our priorities and put in more effort, especially on the quick wins. The MIP-1 remains achievable,” said Munthali.
He cited accelerated investments in megafarms, mining and tourism as some of the key ventures that will put the country on the path to economic growth and enable the country achieve the MIP-1 targets of graduating Malawi into a middle-income country and meet most of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The NPC boss further bemoaned the slow pace the country is taking to roll-out projects such as Mega farms as well as improving mining and tourism sectors and since then urged responsible officers to pull up their socks.
” These are areas that the country could have done much faster, and as a nation this is a reflection point to say how do we begin to set very serious targets for ourselves and hold each other strongly accountable.”
The Malawi 2063 is a long term national multi sectoral vision of Malawi for the period 2020-2063.
Its main objective is to transform Malawi into a youth-centric inclusive wealthy and self-reliant industrialized upper middle-income country.
The vision is anchored on three key pillars, namely; agricultural productivity and commercialisation, industrialisation, and urbanisation which are to be catalysed by seven enablers, namely; mind-set change, effective governance system, public sector performance, private sector dynamism, human capital development, economic infrastructure, and environmental sustainability.
The National Bank of Malawi ( NBM) on Wednesday January 25,2023 donated a total of K4.750 million to Beit Cure International Hospital to support its second ‘ Night to Shine Gala’ slated for Friday, February 10, 2023 in Blantyre.
The event is aimed at instilling hope into the people with disabilities, especially those aged between 14 years and above.
Speaking when presenting the donation cheque, the bank’s marketing and corporate affairs manager, Akossa Hiwa, said efforts done by caregivers like Beit Cure Hospital in restoring the hope and confidence in these people cannot go unappreciated hence the donation.
” Beit Cure International Hospital is doing a great job in the country and their caregiving works cannot just go unappreciated,” said the bank manager.
Established in 2002, Beit-CURE International in Malawi is the only hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Located in Blantyre, the teaching hospital comprises 58 beds, three operating theaters, and performs over 1,200 life-changing reconstructive and orthopedic surgeries each year for people suffering from treatable disabilities.
In addition to world-class clinical service, CURE Malawi ministers to the emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their communities.
The hospital also has special expertise in total hip and knee replacement surgery, making it one of the few places where this surgery is available in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Southern Region Football Association (SRFA) have announced that ThumbsUp Premier league outfit Bangwe All Stars have qualified as the region’s representative in the 2023 TNM Super League eague.
The development follows FOMO FC’s 4-0 defeat to Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves last Sunday.
Bangwe All Stars will meet Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves in the SFRA League final on Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre but the result will not change anything as Reserves will not be promoted because it is a feeder to Nyasa Big Bullets main team.
According to SFRA Chairperson Raphael Humba, Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves can be champions but cannot be promoted into the top flight league.
“Whether Bangwe wins or lose on Saturday in the final they will still be the team to earn promotion to the Super league from our region,” said Humba.
