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Bursary saves a girl from early marriage - Nation Online
2025-04-20 10:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Four years ago, Grace Munthali saw her dream of becoming an accountant slip away due to poverty.The girl had worked hard day and night to get selected to Lilongwe Girls Secondary School, but her parents could not afford her educational needs.I reported for Form One three weeks after the opening of the first term. My parents tried their best, but could only find transport money and two tablets of soap. I went to school without fees and pocket money, she recalls.Graces desperation worsened when she lost her father months afterwards, pushing her to the verge of illicit marriages that dim the futures of nearly half of girls in Malawi.The future looked bleak, she says. I decided to just get married after the first term.But her hope was restored when the headteacher informed Graces mother that First Lady Monica Chakweras Shaping Our Future Foundation (Soff) would finance the needy girls education.Last Monday, Grace Munthali narrated her emotional turnaround at Kamuzu Palace when Pl...
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Hey Hey its court day! Daryl Somers latest legal fight
2025-04-20 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
NationalCBDBy Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen BrookApril 3, 2025 4.00am, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.TVs huge star of yesteryear Daryl Somers is rarely seen on the box now. But court cases are a different story.Somers has been busy in the Federal Court fighting for his rights.This latest matter is different to last years court fight, which, regular readers will recall, involved Somers and his IT contractor George Johnson. Somers asked the Victorian Supreme Court to order Johnson to hand back administrator access to the Microsoft infrastructure of his production company Somers Enterprises after a dispute over an invoice.The matter was eventually resolved.The latest court beef is with games manufacturer Basefun over Celebrity Head, the fondly remembered segment on his Hey Hey Its Saturday TV show.LoadingIf you dont remember the segment, Federal Court Judge Elizabeth Bennett expl...
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Trump has dubbed April 2 'Liberation Day' for his tariffs. Here's what to expect
2025-04-20 08:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
NEW YORK (AP) As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday.Trump has repeatedly called April 2 Liberation Day, with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods. To do this, Trump has said hell impose reciprocal tariffs to match the duties that other countries charge on U.S. products. But a lot remains unknown about how these levies will actually be implemented. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Trump would unveil his plans to place reciprocal tariffs on nearly all American trading partners on Wednesday, but maintained that the details are up to the president to announce.Since taking office just months ago, Trump has proven to be aggressive with tariff threats, all while creating a sense of whiplash through on-again, off-again trade actions. And its possible that well see more delays or con...
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