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New solo Gospel artist Gertrude Malulu tests waters by releasing two tracks from album she is working on

October 14, 2021

* Album is ‘Ndikadzanka Kumwamba’ and tracks released are entitled ‘Banja Lokondwa’ and ‘I have a Longing’ By Duncan Mlanjira Having sang for a long time in Vineyard Family Choir, Gertrude Malulu has now decided to pursue her dreams as a solo artist and is working on a 10-track album which she plans to release early next year. She has now decided to release two tracks from the ‘Ndikadzanka Kumwamba’ album — entitled ‘Banja Lokondwa’ and ‘I have a…

President Chakwera applauds Scorchers for their outstanding performance at the 2021 COSAFA

October 14, 2021

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Chakwera with the Scorchers Fam.mw President Lazarus Chakwera has applauded Malawi national women’s football team, The Scorchers, for their outstanding performance when they managed — for the first time ever — to reach the final match of the Confederation of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Championship. Chakwera hosted the Scorchers at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Tuesday afternoon following their heroic performance in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, saying the team have made the nation proud and has committed…

Flames coach Mwase to seriously focus on remaining World Cup qualifiers to fine-tune for Cameroun AFCON

October 14, 2021

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Coach Mwase By Duncan Mlanjira The Flames are out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying race after going down 1-2 to Côte d’Ivoire in Cotonou, Benin on Monday evening but coach Meck Mwase says he will take the remaining two qualifiers seriously to continue to fine-tune the team ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in January in Cameroun. The Flames are drawn in Group B alongside Senegal, Guinea and fellow Confederation of Southern African Football…

DStv premiering 3 more shows for month of October

October 14, 2021

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Cast for Nurses Season 2 By Duncan Mlanjira As promised in their content showcase that more shows will be premiered on DStv this October, MultiChoice is set to premier of 3 shows — Vigil Season 1; Nurses Season 2 and Insecure. Vigil Season 1 began on Monday, October 11 on M-Net, Nurses Season 2 will be premiered from October 19 at 20:00 CAT on Universal and the highly anticipated final season of Insecure from October 25 at 22:00 CAT on…

Karate Zen Malawi eyeing to resuscitate dormant karate sport

October 14, 2021

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Don Bosco karate club By Moses Nyirenda, MANA Blantyre-based karate school, Zen Malawi has organised a championship tournament set for November 7 at College of Medicine Sports Complex with an aim of promoting the sport that has been dormant in the country. In an interview on Tuesday, the championship’s coordinator, Sensei (instructor) Joseph Kawerama said “karate has been practised in the country for long time but not much has been done to nurture more talent or to expose those…

FDH Bank launches ‘Go Konko’ promotion whose two grand prize winners to be sent to Cameroun AFCON

October 13, 2021

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* Customers to maintain a balance of K50,000 in their FDH Bank savings accounts for one month * New clients to theirs at nearest FDH Bank Plc branch or Banki Pakhomo agent and keeping it for one month * Clients are also encouraged to be transacting on FDH Mobile Banking facilities for at least five times a month * As one way of observing CoVID-19 preventive measures on bill payments or buying airtime top up By Duncan Mlanjira Flames…

Fuel price increase was inevitable—Kazako

October 13, 2021

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By Moses Nyirenda, MANA Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako says government is concerned with the increase of fuel prices in the country but it was inevitable since this is the current global trend and the challenge had to be addressed that way. Kazako said this on Tuesday in Lilongwe at a media briefing which his Ministry jointly organized with Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), saying government could not manage to control the fuel prices. “The fuel price hike is…

Malawian missing in Monday’s cruise boat fire accident in South Africa

October 12, 2021

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The gutted cruise boat By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian Michael Phiri, 51, who is a chef of a cruise boat, Shamayanzi Luxury Houseboat that caught fire on Monday and claimed two lives, is reported to be still missing. A statement today (Tuesday) from that country’s Minister of Tourism, Lindiwe Sisulu confirms that the tragic accident that took place on Lake Jozini near Pongola in northern KwaZulu-Natal, claimed the life of a German tourist and a crew member. In her condolence,…

Old Mutual sponsors K3m towards Insurance Institute of Malawi’s annual conference set for Oct. 28-30

October 12, 2021

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Malaicha (right) receives the sponsorship from Dzowole * The Indaba also set to strategise on how to make the business survive post CoVID-19 * All other financial service provider institutes also brainstorming on growth of business in the midst of CoVID-19 * Such institutes include those for accountants, auditors, marketers, procurement By Steven Godfrey Mkweteza, Contributor One of the country’s leading insurance administration companies, Old Mutual Malawi Plc, has sponsored K3 million as support for the successful hosting of…

NCHE accredits Catholic University’s Bachelor of Law programme

October 11, 2021

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By Duncan Mlanjira After satisfying all requirements through assessments that took place from May 2021, the National Council for Higher Learning (NCHE) has finally accredited Catholic University of Malawi’s Bachelor of Laws (Hons) programme. A circular issued on October 6 signed by the Vice-Chancellor, Rev George Buleya says through their quest to offer quality, holistic and relevant education, the University started a Bachelor of Laws programme in 2013. And ever since its introduction, they were working with relevant stakeholders,…