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“I was so happy when I saw the advert because I knew my dream was only a sniff away, my suffering was on its way out of my life”, he explains with a somber look. Rabson, a father of one dropped out of school when he had just completed his junior certificate exams. Samuel Rabson at work “I had no plans of dropping out school”, Rabson narrates, “it was around 2003 when both my parents died in a car accident”, when you hear this, most of you have already known what      Rabson says next; he had no one to pay for his school fees and could not be supported by his relatives. After staying for a year out of school, one Sunday in 2003 he went to church at Lunzu Catholic Parish in Blantyre. Here is where he came to see a vacancy that the priests and some German missionaries were looking for J.C.E holders to be trained as electricians, plumbers and shoe makers. “I segmented my market, I knew who I would provide my services to the students and I have been working hard at what I

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Funny how life is a chameleon huh? But who does not know that life is like a game, where you win and you lose the other hour. Perhaps Arsene Wenger understands this, he loses and he wins, nonetheless, he always remains confident about himself. Z Allan Ntata is a previous advisor to the fallen Bingu WA Mutharika. Z Allan Ntata was part of the team that tried to prevent JB from assuming power. Z Allan Ntata is the man who went to do his PhD soon after the demise of the late Bingu WA Mutharika. Z Allan Ntata is the man who used intellect in trying to convince the then cabinet that it was possible to prevent JB from taking over the presidency. Z Allan Ntata is the man who has come back from the UK after completing his “PhD”. On that I must say congratulations. I am an ardent follower of Allan and he inspires me a lot. But one thing I did not know about Allan is that he is like life itself, changing colors like a chameleon. This I did not know. And then there is one thing I know, Alla

 A GIFT WORTH   MORE THAN A MILLION KWACHA   Its 8 in the morning and it’s another lovely day. The day is 22 March 2015. As I walk into the FMB car park in Blantyre, one thing is clear; there are people all with a common goal; to make blood available for transfusion. For Raphael James, it is not just donating blood that drives him to always take part in blood donation exercises. For Raphael, it is his realization that every donation he makes saves lives. Although he is faced with many setbacks such as hearing stories of blood being sold in hospitals, James is not held back, his passion remains, to save lives. Did you know that with one donation you can save as many as 3 lives? “We separate the blood into various components, and such blood is used on different patients according to needs”, explains Charles Nyangulu, the Chief Lab Officer at the Malawi Blood Transfusion Services office in Blantyre. “Blood can be separated into plasma, red blood cells or platelets”, he adds. 22