JAMES shopping centre

10/06/2025

i know my redeemer lives.

31/03/2025

Too many people take failure personally - as if it's proof they are not good enough. But here is the truth: failure is an event, not an identity.
If something fails, that doesn't mean you are a failure. It just means it didn't work this time. So what do you do? You pick yourself up and keep moving forward. Think about it - how many times have we seen people who seemed 'successful' only for the truth to come out later?
You might think that person has it all together, but you don't know what they are really going through. So when things don't go your way, don't let it define you. Take the lesson, not the label.
Keep pushing forward, and don't let someone else's 'success' make you feel like you are losing.

17/02/2025

28/01/2025

The snake bit the hen, and with the poison burning in her body, she sought refuge in her henhouse.

But the other hens preferred to expel her so that the poison would not spread.

The hen limped away, crying in pain. Not because of the bite, but because of the abandonment and contempt of her own family at the time when she needed them most.

So she left... burning with fever, dragging one of her legs, vulnerable to the cold nights.

With each step, a tear fell.

The hens in the henhouse watched her go away, watching her disappear on the horizon. Some said to each other:

— Let her go... She will die far from us.

And when the hen finally vanished into the immensity of the horizon, they were all sure that she had died.

Some even looked at the sky, hoping to see vultures flying.
Time passed.

Much later, a hummingbird came to the henhouse and announced:

— Your sister is alive! She lives in a cave far away from here.

She recovered, but lost a leg from the snake bite.
She has trouble finding food and needs your help.

There was silence. Then the excuses began:

— I can't go, I'm laying eggs...

— I can't go, I'm looking for corn...

— I can't go, I have to take care of my chicks...

So, one by one, they all refused the request. The hummingbird returned to the cave without help.

Time passed again.

Much later, the hummingbird returned, but this time with painful news:

— Your sister has passed away... She died alone in the cave... There is no one to bury her or mourn her.

At that moment, a weight fell on everyone. A deep lament filled the henhouse.

Those who were laying eggs stopped.

Those who were looking for corn left the seeds.

Those who were caring for the chicks forgot about them for a moment.

Regret hurt more than any poison. Why didn't we go before?, they asked themselves.

And without measuring the distance or the effort, they all set off for the cave, crying and lamenting. Now they had a reason to see her, but it was too late.

When they got to the cave

25/01/2025

Remember the Kodak company? In 1997, Kodak had about 160,000 employees.
And about 85% of the world's photography was done with Kodak cameras. With the rise of mobile cameras over the past few years, Kodak Camera Company is out of the market. Even Kodak went completely bankrupt and all his employees were fired.

At the same time many more famous companies had to stop themselves. Like

HMT (clock)
BAJAJ (स्कूटर)
DYANORA (TV)
MURPHY (RADIO)
NOKIA (Mobile)
RAJDOOT (Bike)
Ambassador (car)

None of the above companies had bad quality. Why are these companies out yet? Because they could not change themselves over time.

Standing in the present moment you probably don't think how much the world could change in the next 10 years! And today's 70%-90% jobs will be completely over in the next 10 years. We are slowly entering the era of "Fourth Industrial Revolution".

Check out today's famous companies-

UBER is just a software name. No, they have no cars of their own. Yet today the world's largest taxi-fair company is UBER.

Airbnb is the largest hotel company in the world today. But funny thing is they don't own a single hotel in the world.

Similarly, examples of countless companies like Paytm, Ola Cab, Oyo rooms etc can be given.

There is no work for new lawyers in America today, because a legal software called IBM Watson can advocate much better than any new lawyer. Thus, almost 90% of Americans will not have any jobs in the next 10 years. The remaining 10% will be saved. These will be 10% experts.

The new doctor is also sitting down to work. Watson software can detect cancer and other diseases 4 times more accurately than humans. Computer intelligence will surpass human intelligence by 2030.

90% of today's cars will not be seen on the roads in the next 20 years. Leftover cars will either run by electricity or hybrid cars. The roads will slowly become empty. Gasoline consumption will decrease and oil producing Arab countries will slowly become bankrupt.

Move with the

21/01/2025

Bad borrowing!

1. Borrowing from a loan shark or Katapila
2. Borrowing from a village bank where you are forced to get as part of investment.
3. Borrowing from a friend it ruins relationships
4. Borrowing to compete with friends for consumption like phones and cars.
5. Borrowing to pay off a sister or brothers mistake.
6. Borrowing to buy chickens and ndiwo at the office
7. Borowinh to buy nice clothes, better layby.
8. Borrowing for lunch to be paid at the end of the month.
9. Borrowing to buy a car to compete with people that don’t even know you are competing
10. Credit card borrowing, it’s sweet to swipe but painful to repay.
11. Borrowing for life style upgrade.
12. Borrowing to start a building project without clear cashflow.
13. Borrowing to service chibwemzi
14. Borrowing to go on vacation, vacations are supposed to be planned.
15. Borrowing amongst church members or a church fund- church chitha chimenecho
16. Pastor borrowing from members
17. Boss borrowing from juniors
18. Man lending money to his female juniors
19. Dad borrowing from son consistently.
20. Mother borrowing from mkamwini or mpongozi
21. Borrowing to buy a very nice coffin for the departed.
22. Borrowing to organize talk of the Town wedding.
23. Borrowing amongst boy friend and girl friend.
24. Inheritance of someone’s debt
25. Borowinh so that you can multiply money or play bet! Iwe ulira.
26. Borrowing to use for the salon or beautify yourself- zoona jaribu mpaka ngongole
27. Borrowing to invest in a political career or supporting a party.
28. Parents don’t borrow to make your child’s wedding bigger.
29. Don’t borrow in order to send your kids to expensive schools kuti akuwoneni, akuwonanidi!
30. Don’t borrow to host a great birthday party, baby shower, bridal shower.

10/01/2025

SIX (6) WAYS MEN CAN ESCAPE POVERTY.

1. Get the right woman - Forget the slay queens and women with looks but zero brains. Get a woman who will not only support your vision but will also push you to achieve more. A woman who will inspire you to work hard and not a woman who just makes you hard. He who finds a real woman finds a good thing and obtains favor and power to create wealth.

2. Stop Taking Cheap Drinks - I have no problem with having drinks during social interaction and networking. However, when you drink cheap drinks or drink in cheap places, you hang out with cheap people who have cheap ideas and a cheap future. Big business opportunities are found in places where the drinks are expensive. In fact, in places where they sell cheap drinks, the only people you will find there are people who will be asking you for money. They even clap when you come knowing 'big buyer' has come.

3. Stop being Lazy - "Man ooh Man, why art thou Lazy?" You are too lazy for your own good. You sleep the whole day and blame the government for your poverty. "A Little Sleep, a Little Slumber, poverty shall overtake you like a political cadre in overalls." A lot of men are just lazy when it comes to making money. They have enough energy to give a woman five or***ms, but have no energy to start one organization, that's why it is so easy for men to manufacture children than it is to make even pegs for putting children's clothes on the line..

4. Know Productive Things - If you keep too much junk in your head, you get a junk life. I know a lot of men who are so sharp when you are talking about girls, about soccer and about street politics, Who is Rich who is not,Who has a good house but you can't bring a topic about investment, innovation and business, they start looking at their phone, yawning or saying bye.. Useless things, videos, and memes go viral fast than constructive things.. A man must know how to do at least one productive thing (have one skill) even without having gone to c

29/10/2024

List of bad debts
1. Debt from a loan shark or Katapila
2. Debt from a village bank where you are forced to get as part of investment.
3. Debt from a friend it ruins relationships
4. Debts to compete with friends for consumption like phones and cars.
5. Debt to pay off a sister or brothers mistake.
6. Debt to buy chickens and ndiwo at the office
7. Debt to buy nice clothes, better layby.
8. Debt for lunch to be paid at the end of the month.
9. Debt to buy a car to compete with people that don’t even know you are competing
10. Credit card debt, it’s sweet to swipe but painful to repay.
11. Debt for life style upgrade.
12. Debt to start a building project without clear cashflow.
13. Debt to service chibwemzi
14. Debt to go on vacation, vacations are supposed to be planned.
15. Debts amongst church members or a church fund- church chitha chimenecho
16. Pastor borrowing from members
17. Boss borrowing from juniors
18. Man lending money to his female juniors
19. Dad borrowing from son consistently.
20. Mother borrowing from mkamwini or mpongozi
21. Debt to buy a very nice coffin for the departed.
22. Debt to organize talk of the Town wedding.
23. Debt amongst boy friend and girl friend.
24. Inheritance of someone’s debt
25. Debt so that you can multiply money or play bet! Iwe ulira.
26. Debt to use for the salon or beautify yourself- zoona jaribu mpaka ngongole
27. Debt to invest in a political career or supporting a party.
28. Parents don’t borrow to make your child’s wedding bigger.
29. Don’t borrow in order to send your kids to expensive schools kuti akuwoneni, akuwonanidi!
30. Don’t borrow to host a great birthday party, baby shower, bridal shower.

09/10/2024

The Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ), a leading training institution for professional journalism, is inviting applications for the January 2025 intake from both practicing and aspiring journalists into its full time and weekend journalism programmes.

Programmes and Entry Requirements

𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦

Applicants should be holders of a Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE), with at least four credits, including English.

𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦

Applicants should be holders of a Certificate in Journalism or its equivalent or any related higher qualification from a recognized institution.

Applicants with a tertiary qualification must also provide a proof of their journalism work, such as an article in a publication and a recorded TV or radio program.

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺

Applicants into the degree programme must have a Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent, with a minimum of six credits, including English and at least a pass in Mathematics, to start in Year 1.

Those with a Diploma in Journalism or related qualification from a recognised institution with a minimum of two years of work experience in relevant field and MSCE with a minimum of four credits, including English, to start in Year 2.

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Application forms can be collected from our centers (Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu) or be downloaded from our website: www.mijmw.com

A non-refundable application fee of MK10,000.00 must be deposited into MIJ bank account as follows:

Account Name: Malawi Institute of Journalism

Bank: National Bank of Malawi, Chichiri Branch

Account No.: 1002872637

Account Type: Current

Remember to attach the bank deposit slip of the application fee with copies of your certificates from a recognised academic institution.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬

You may also apply online by following the link below to upload your certificates along with the bank deposit slip for the application fees.

25/07/2024

One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a man financially maintaining a woman who is not your wife is to think she loves you. It is possible. But it is more likely that she loves your money. The only way to know which of the two it is, is to stop maintaining her financially. Romance that comes after finance is like a politician's promise before an election. Unreliable. Do not give any woman money for anything at any time in any way for any reason, unless she is your wife. If she stays, she will be with you for life. If she strays, you have saved your life. There is no exception to this rule.

16/07/2024

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS

1= MESSENGER GRADE P.
Ref.No.C/HRM/400/1/5

Qualifications
: JCE
: MSCE
:25-45yrs
: National ID

2: SECURITY GUARD GRADE P
Ref. No. C/HRM/400/1/5

Qualifications
: JCE
: MSCE
:25-45yrs
: National ID

Send to:
The Secretary for Transport and Public Works
Private Bag 322
Lilongwe 3.
Closing date is on 22 July 2024.