Malawi’s Education Minister, Eunice Kazembe on Thursday challenged a claim by American pop queen Madonna that her charity last year built 10 new schools in the developing southern African nation. In December Madonna’s charity – Raising Malawi – announced that its efforts to support vulnerable children in Malawi had led to the construction of 10 […]
A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over Madonna’s recent fundraising drive she said is aimed at raising money to train a young Malawian doctor to follow in footsteps of local pediatrician Dr. Erick Borgstein. Madonna, according to a Sunday Times report, is asking a horde of her fans to donate $5 (MK1, 500) or more to support […]
US pop queen Madonna who adopted two children from Malawi, David and Mercy, says she is “happy” that Her Excellency Joyce Banda is now the Head of State, spurring hopes that her new agenda on helping education in the country will not be frustrated. The administration of late president Bingu wa Mutharika was said to […]
Malawi’s government on Tuesday accused Madonna of not consulting over her plans to build 10 new schools in the poor southern African state and said the singer seemed more interested in promoting her global image than helping with education there. The singer, who has adopted two children from Malawi, announced in January her Raising Malawi […]
Malawi education officials have attacked pop star Madonna for unveiling plans to build ten schools in the country, a year after she was forced to scrap a project to build a girls’ academy. Madonna, who has adopted two children from Malawi, announced last month that her Raising Malawi charity was teaming up with the non-profit […]
Nearly six years after it was created, Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity is set to break ground on the construction of schools in the impoverished country, but they will be run by the local community, not the superstar’s organization. According to organizers, work on the first school will start on March 30 in the Kasungu area, […]
Madonna’s Malawian lawyer has said that the US pop diva is delaying to pay off her sacked staff in a court settlement because of the forex crisis in the southern African nation. Eight people who lost their jobs at Raising Malawi Girls Academy took Madonna to court last year for unfair dismissal and failure to pay them wages when […]
A Malawi court on Tuesday dismissed a legal action by US pop diva Madonna to prevent her charity project from being sued by former employees for unfair dismissal and non-payment of benefits. “It would be premature to remove (Raising Malawi Inc) RMI from the case because several issues of employee-employer relationship, economic realities and group […]