Feb 08
Princess Elizabeth at a year old, in 1927, learning to wave to the crowds; with her mother and Princess Margaret, arriving at Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland, in March 1935 The Queen is the most visually represented non-divine person in human history. her whole life has been hungrily and lovingly documented in photographs, many of them …
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Jan 18
Malawi has been reaping bumper maize harvests for the last five years thanks to the donor supported seed and fertilizer subsidy programme. but this may not be sustained if the subsidies behind the success dry up. Malawi is expected to harvest 3.8 million tonnes this year, up from the 3.5 million the previous year, despite …
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Jan 05
Welcome to the fascinating world of stamp collecting. everyone has different reason for collecting, some enjoy collecting according to specific themes, others to learn about history, others still as an investment. whatever your reasons, starting a new hobby can be a little intimidating at first and you may feel you need help getting to know …
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Dec 22
Malawi’s BBC correspondent and Sunday Times ‘Muckraking’ columnist, Raphael Tenthani is hospitalised after a car crash. Seasoned journalist Felix Mponda wrote on his Facebook page that Tenthani was involved in an accident Thursday night in Liwonde. Mponda said Tenthani was transferred to Zomba Hospital for medical attention. He then updated the status on Friday that Tenthani …
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Dec 20
The road to Denmark – part 3 * BOTSALO NTUANE Proposals for Budget 2012In April 2012 the house will consider the estimates for revenue and expenditure tabled by the Minister for Finance and Development Planning. Article Tools Comments E-mail a friendPrint We note that the ministry has made laudable efforts at democratising the budget …
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Dec 15
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has comprehensively responded to issues raised by Reserve Bank od Malawi Governor, Dr Perks Ligoya, saying contrary to the cricisim the Kayerekera uranium project in Karonga is bringing more benefits to Malawi exceeding K825 billion (about US$500 million.) Ligoya criticised Paladin saying Malawi rushed through the process of the Kayelekera uranium …
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Dec 14
There seem to be government commitment to see Mulanje Mountain prescribed a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). If successful, this will increase the number of world-recognised heritage sites in Malawi, which meanwhile has Lake Malawi National Park in Mangochi and Chongoni Heritage Centre in Dedza to three. …
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Dec 08
God (or whatever benevolent figure you look to) was smiling on us tonight, race cases. how else do you explain the second consecutive Double U-Turn that resulted in Team Ma & Pa (Cathi and Bill) essentially herding bunny rabbits? Amazing, indeed! To my reckoning, this was the greatest Race challenge since the Great Cheese Roll of ’09. …
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Nov 29
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Johannesburg) For the first time since independence, Malawi has implemented something called a zero Deficit Budget (ZDB). in a nutshell, ZDB means that instead of receiving the usual 40 percent of its annual budget from donors, government would cover this amount by sourcing funds from elsewhere – namely through …
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Nov 26
Malawi News Model of the Year, Gladys Kumbatira and renowned Afro rapper/singer Evans Zangazanga aka Nthumwi Piksy have opened up and confirmed they are dating. The pair, who have been linked for about two months, publicly declared they are in love on social network site Facebook, flashing their lovey-dovey photos. they also updated their relationship …
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