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The AfricaNews articles of FRAZER POTANI
How HIV positive couples can still produce HIV free babies
- Health feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Clad in a white napkin and pretty, little green blouse, barefooted eight-month-old Beatrice crawls on a smooth red-oxide cement floor in a house in Chinsapo Township in Lilongwe City. The little girl moves towards a Mickey Mouse doll in a pink beautiful dress as her mother, Florence is busy, preparing the baby’s food-mixing Cerelac chuffs with boiled milk, water and some sugar. Some minutes later Florence plays some tricks to disrupt her baby from the attractive doll, quickly grabs her to feed her. Baby Beatrice’s story is amazing. She was born without Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes Acquired Deficien…Why a nurse is a friend to everyone
- Health feature Why a nurse is a friend to everyone By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe , Malawi As they prepare to begin caring for the sick, graduating nurses must lift up a hand to recite a vow pledging to respect the dignity of every patient and general service of humanity. Recently however, a nurse was reported beaten and further suspended for allegedly refusing to take care of a patient that led to the patient’s death at Mangochi District Hospital . Some months ago another nurse at Mwanza District Hospital also claimed she was beaten up by a father to one of her patients following alleged misunderstandings on a syringe she wanted to administer a dose of quinine to …Some practices create opportunities to prevent disasters
- Environmental feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Since time immemorial around the month of March in Malawi farmers smile because their maize looks green with healthy cobs promising a bumper harvest. However, Jasteni Chakanika in Phalula area in Balaka District over 200 Km from Lilongwe City is angry and frustrated. Last year he grew cotton but his 30 lint bales were turned into breeding ground for rats and termites after abandoning them because he was irked by poor low prices that were even below cotton production cost buyers offered on the market. Chakanika therefore, decided in September last year to prepare his garden earlier to grow maize. Lucky enough he was amon…Malawian youths weep for destiny,empowerment
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi There is evidence that youths are getting stuck at cross roads instead of getting to their visionary destinations in this country. Linda Edith Zapita is an example of just that. She had a dream to have her office in the airplane as an Air Hostess with the country’s flag career, the award winning Air Malawi Ltd. “In fact I wanted even to be a pilot. My idle was Air Malawi ’s female pilot Felistas Matengo now Mrs. Mkandawire. To boost my ambitions I used to have a chat with her at her house,” says Zapita. She failed to realize her dream and took a Secretarial course at Paem Business College in Mzuzu. …Mutharika conducts surprise crop inspection tour
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika yesterday conducted a surprise crop inspection tour in some parts of central and southern Malawi. “Agricultural experts say we will experience a drop in our harvests this year because among other things the dry spell due to ENino. As an economist and Minister of agriculture however, we will get less surplus than in the past two to three years and still harvest enough maize to feed ourselves,” said Mutharika. He however said to him it was not a crop inspection but rather a trip to appreciate the crop in the field. The inspection was suddenly announced on taxpayers financed but state controlled Malawi T…Malawi:VIPs warned not to evade tax
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi’s revenue collection agency [Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA)] has warned Malawi Government Officials, Members of Parliament not to abuse their Very Important Person (VIP) privileges to evade taxes or risk facing the law. The agency has since reminded the VIPs to honorably declare the goods they import into Malawi as required by law. MRA Commissioner General Llyod Muhara in a statement said would wish to remind all VIPs that mere use of the VIP facilities does not entitle one to be exempted from payment of appropriate duties. “The authority would like to advise that in order to ensure that the law is complied with, that Custo…Malawi: wiping poverty with milk
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi From a humble beginning about four decades ago, Bvumbwe Dairy Farming Cooperative Society (BDFCS), situated at Bvumbwe Trading Centre along Blantyre-Thyolo Road, less than 30 Km from Malawi’s sole commercial city of Blantyre, started its journey of fighting against poverty with milk production and itches for expansion. “Our cooperative society started as a bulking group for five dairy farmers with just 10 cows in 1973. Presently, the number of farmers stands at 500 with 2,350 cows,” says BDFCS Executive Chairman Willard Khungwa. He discloses that during its early days the cooperative produced between 150 and 200 litre…When climate change is witchcraft
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Can anyone handcuff God’s mighty, divine arms restraining Him from turning a heavenly tap of rain from watering farm produce on earth? Yes! God is omnipotent but not in Malawi where some people believe fellow human beings have magic powers to prevent the Creator from opening heavenly gates of rainfall through locking rain. In fact Maria Keyala from Kwanjana Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Bvumbwe in Thyolo is a victim of such beliefs. She even lost her home. An angry mob descended upon Keyala’s hut pulling it down brick by brick on allegations that she was responsible for the dry spell that had scorched maize i…Women still major gender based violence tragets
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi One morning a teenage girl in Mzimba woke up, took a bath and breakfast ready to go to school as usual. However, before reaching her destination a man abducted her and took her to his house where he repeatedly raped her. Later, she fell pregnant and after delivery the man abandoned the girl. In a separate incident, Iness Katondo from Dowa had her health deteriorating. When her husband learnt she was HIV positive and had Tuberculosis (TB) he dumped her. “My first husband told me in the face while I was battling with TB in great pain that he could not continue living with a sick person like me. He married another woman,&#…Malawi warned of imminent floods
Malawi's Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services has issued a warning that floods will hit some parts of the country. The warning comes after some parts of the country including Thyolo, Chikhwawa, Neno, Mwanza experienced drought that has scorched maize in the filed. - On the other hand Salima, Mzuzu, and Rumphi have experienced hail storm while Karonga and Chitipa were hit by an earthquake respectively.
In a statement this year, the department said due to prolonged dry spell that occurred, some parts of Malawi are likely to experience above normal rainfall with persisting El Nino conditions until April this year.
The department said the floods will be due to compensat…Water scarcity wears a woman's face
- Faeture By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe , Malawi 22-year-old Violet M’madi from Mangochi on the shores of Lake Malawi over 300 Km from Lilongwe had both feet. However, she lost her left foot following a recent crocodile attack while washing kitchen utensils in Shire River ’s waters. “We decided to amputate the foot because it was badly injured,” Mangochi District Hospital ’s Clinical Officer Coxley Sawa told The Nation. “This is a third case here since December last year,” he added. M’madi also sustained minor injuries on her right leg before being rushed to the hospital by Samaritans. Some boys had to rescue her afte…Women can do better than just dancing
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi While serving as Executive Director for Association of Progressive Women (APW), Reen Kachere fought for women’s rights and empowerment in all sectors including politics. She believed that if women are supported in Malawi where they are in majority the country could achieve social economic development and eradicate poverty. Kachere encouraged women work extra-harder to be recognized in society in order to rise to the top to occupy decision making positions. Few months before the May 2009 General Elections Kachere decided to demonstrate what she preached by resigning from her position at APW to contest in her home area in Mwan…There are evils in property grabbing
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Soon after his body is buried seven deep in the ground at Henry Hendreson Institute in Blantyre City, a lorry goes to Mount Pleasant Township where the deceased’s relatives quickly sweep the whole rooms and fill the vehicle with all the property from his house leaving his widow and four children empty handed. The man died just few days ago after along time battle with cancer, high blood pressure and diabetes at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre and left no will. He left property including bank accounts that would have otherwise, enabled the woman and children behind live a comfortable life after their breadwinner’s death…Why Mwandama now laughs at hunger
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi’s districts such as Mwanza, Neno, Nsanje, Chikhwawa and Zomba in southern region are struggling to come to terms with the drought and food shortages but not people in Mwandama Village in Traditional Authority Mlumbe in Zomba. Mwandama villagers are all wearing smiles because are both food secure and their lives have been transformed from poverty to prosperity. 40-year-old Rose Lenadi married with three children and also her late sister’s three children living with her, used to, few years ago struggle with her family to just have a single meal daily. This is now history because her family now swims in plenty food, …Human rights activists differ on prisoners education
- Human rights activists differ on prisoners education By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawian human rights activists have differed on university education for prisoners. The development followed after 11 out of 123 prisoners who sat for Malawi School Certificate Education (MSCE) examinations last year qualified for University education. Undule Mwakasungula, Executive Director for Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) [one of Malawi's earliest human rights organizations that played a greater role for Malawi’s political change from one party to multiparty democracy, urged government to find ways of permitting prisoners to access tertiary education while servin…Malawi shuns K3.2 billion power bill
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi is shunning a 46 megawatts power deal worth K3.2 billion to generate electricity through heavy duty diesel generators. The project is facing financial constraints as no financial including Malawi government is showing commitment. The deal was scheduled to kick start in May this year for 12 months to increase Malawi’s electricity power generation from 287 to 333 Megawatts to reduce the country’s frequent blackouts. Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) Chief Executive Officer Dappa Chapalapata said the study of the project was done two years ago and estimated to cost US$ 23 million (K3.2) with implementation period…Climate change could wipe future generations
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Four-year-old Silence Pinifolo, lies on a bed at Nsanje District Hospital located right at the tip of the southern region of Malawi and sharing a boundary with Mozambique. He was rushed to the hospital by his mother, Donatta while very weak after he contracted both Malaria and Cholera in his home village in Chef Nyachikadza’s area in the district. Nsanje is close to Shire River but two diseases that have attacked Silence have been manifested by overwhelming floods due to heavy rains. The rains fell in the upper parts of Malawi under the influence of climate change before huge volumes of water were emptied into Lake Malawi by r…Why India can teach Malawi how to wear a green belt
- Feature By Frazer Potani,Lilongwe, Malawi The huge, imposing billboard features a spectacled man in sleek black jacket,and impeccable white shirt sharing its space cent with bags of maize, steel silos, green maize in the field. This is President Bingu wa Mutharika on a sign post at City Centre round about linking to the New State House in Lilongwe campaigning for the Green Belt to ensure food security in Malawi. Mutharika, who has won awards for transforming Malawi from ‘Gehena of Hunger’ to ‘Paradise of Plenty Food’ wants food produced through ‘Green Belt’ irrigation from Karonga along Lake Malawi in the north down to Lower Shire i…Boosting electricity can save trees
- Feature By Frazer Potani,Lilongwe, Malawi The time was 11:15 a.m. on a Monday and in a mansion in Area 47 Township in Lilongwe City , a house girl fills a pot with some water before gently placing it on a live electric cooker ready to prepare nsima for lunch for her working class employers and their three school-going children at mid day. Suddenly, however, power goes off forcing the maid quickly rushing to a nearby local market to buy some charcoal for energy to still prepare the lunch in the absence of electricity. Electricity blackouts-a common experience and part of Malawian life are due to the country’s sole state controlled electricity supplier, Escom’…Earthquake hits nothern Malawi
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi People in Karonga town situated along the shores of Lake Malawi in the northern region of Malawi over 600 Km from capital city Lilongwe are living in fear after an earthquake hit the area leaving six people wounded, displaced and property damaged. "We are living in fear after the earthquake because after hitting for over 10 times it continued on several times this morning. Two of the six people that were injured , a mother and her child were rushed to Mzuzu Central Hospital," said Sebastian Mwaluwafu, a resident of the town in a telephone interview in the morning hours of Tuesday. The District Commissioner for Karonga Gastem Macheka confirmed to …Malawi can save children from malnutrition
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malnutrition remains one of Malawi’s infant killer despite the good news that the country is on the right route to meet the Millenium Development Goal (MDG) of two thirds reduction in under-five mortality between 1990 and 2015. According to the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)’s statistics last September, one in every 10 Malawian children died of malnutrition last year. Estimates also showed that under-five mortality in Malawi has dropped from 225 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990, to 100 per every 1000 last year. However, Integrated Management for Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) Programme Manager in the Ministry o…Flood disasters can be avoided
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi The nature of the area he hails from forces him and his family change homes due to seasonal changes. During the dry season, he along with his family, live with his ancestors in his home village close to Malawi’s longest river Shire and depends on fishing. “On the other hand whenever a warning comes that we move upland as the rainy season approaches, I leave my village for temporary shelter upland because life is very precious,” said Nelson Njerenga from Nyachikadza’s Area in Nsanje close to Malawi-Mozambique border. “To survive during rainy season I collect firewood and sell it to solicit money for buying food. A…Malawi Government pays back Aids funds on behalf of abusers
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi Government has paid back the missing funds meant for HIV and AIDS programmes from the state National Aids Commission (NAC) allegedly mismanaged by the National Youth Council (NYC). The state has since launched a manhunt for those involved in the missing millions of money to face the law. “Government paid back the money on behalf of the National Youth Council action now awaits the suspected people involved in the case,” NAC Executive Director Bizwick Mwale told delegates to a two-day Joint Annual Review Meeting of the National Response to HIV and AIDS on Wednesday in Lilongwe last week. He was responding to questions on how transpa…10,000 disaster deaths in 20 years
- By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says about 10,000 people in Comoros, Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique have died of floods related disasters in the past two decades. “During the past 20 years, around 42 million people have been affected and almost 10,000 have lost lives in these four countries due to natural disasters,” says the UN agency adding that the mentioned states face hazards and due to their geographical and economic position those hazards cause a relatively high mortality risk. The development was disclosed on Wednesday last week during a two-day regional meeting for the Disaster Preparedness European Com…Tracing United Nations' roots
- Feature By Frazer Potani, Lilongwe, Malawi They were in different attires including t-shirts in various colours and acronyms but belonging to the same family. During their interaction, speeches delivered, snacks eaten, soft drinks swilled and people took the floor to dance. These were members of staff working for United Nations (UN) agencies celebrating UN Day in Lilongwe recently. Reading from UN Secretary General (SG) Ban Ki-Moon’s statement, UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi Richard Dictus said soon after Malawi attained independence, the United Nations opened its offices in Zomba, 45 years ago in September 1964. “Lester Malemia who works at UNDP [Unite…
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