Sunday’s FDH Bank final; Chatama warns senior Nyasa Big Bullets that it won’t be an easy stroll in the park

* The players are waiting for this moment to showcase their talent and they will play our usual game—Chatama * In their previous knockout competition against Nyasa Big Bullets they lost through post-match penalties * This is no longer a reserve side — it’s an excellent stand-alone side from the lower league—Pasuwa * The Golden Boot chase is between Pasuwa’s Babatunde and Chazama’s Chikumbutso Salima at three goals apiece By Duncan Mlanjira Ahead of Sunday’s FDH Bank Cup final,…

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TNM unveils upgraded Smart App merged with Mpamba mobile money service

* The increase in smartphone usage is having a massive impact on telecommunication and financial inclusion drive * We understand that we are living in new technological era that our offerings strive to align customers to the world’s digital trends * The App augurs well with our strategy where we are becoming very aggressive in terms of digital appliances By Duncan Mlanjira TNM Plc, Malawi’s mobile network and information & communications technology (ICT) services provider, has unveiled updated TNM…

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CFTC inspection exercise exposes serious breach of Contract Farming Strategy by industry players

* Some farmers indicate that they did not sign contracts with contract buyers * Some contracts were in English, and used difficult legal language which the farmers could not understand * Specific prices for inputs were not indicated * Loans were in foreign currency (US$), not in local currency By Duncan Mlanjira Following up on its mandate, the Competition and Fair Trade Commission (CFTC) conducted inspections on contract farming in which it engaged over 60 farmers’ clubs across the…

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Bill prepared to constitutionally amend several areas of the Electoral Commission

Justice Kachale, current chairperson * It is also to prescribe the period for holding by-elections * To provide for the minimum and maximum number of members of the Electoral Commission *To provide for a change in the intervals for the review of existing constituency boundaries * To provide for more clarity on the conduct of second poll in presidential elections where majority of more than 50% is not obtained by any candidate in the first poll By Duncan Mlanjira…

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Sycamore Consult to host retirement planning training on November 29-30

* The majority of people get so scared of ever going on retirement — not because they don’t want to relax after working for years * But it’s because they know that once the salary ends, they will have very little money to live on * There is need to get skills of how one can prepare for a good retirement where money is not a problem By Duncan Mlanjira After a successful wealth creation conference in Lilongwe in…

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Mchacha disowns negative Facebook posts under his name

For close to 3 years, Mchacha says he has not manage any Facebook page By Mayamiko Phiri, Correspondent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the Southern Region, Charles Mchacha has disowned a Facebook page purportedly under his name and picture, who is posting negative and damaging reports — ranging from political and social issues. In an interview, the Member of Parliament for Thyolo West constituency — who is also former Cabinet Minister in the DPP administration — indicated…

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Advance tickets sales opened for Sunday’s FDH Bank Cup final between Nyasa Big Bullets against its reserve side

* Outlets opened from today, Thursday at Kamuzu Stadium * And filling stations of Ndirande Energem; Limbe Market Total; Limbe Puma Hardware * As well as Limbe Puma Post Office and Blantyre Speedy’s Total opposite Kios Restaurant By Duncan Mlanjira Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has released list of outlets in Blantyre where fans can buy advance tickets for the Sunday’s FDH Bank Cup final between Nyasa Big Bullets against its reserve side at Kamuzu Stadium. The advance tickets…

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Globe Internet Limited lady employees donate food and non-food items at Queens Hospital

The group getting set to cheer the patients * We engaged the hospital management who enlighten us on the areas needed to be assisted in the wards at the hospital * We chose the two wards because they have patients that need special care * Ward 2A cares for cancer patients, 2B for chronic renal diseases and 3A for TB * At the TB ward, we mostly gave the gifts to patients that were referred to Queens from district…

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Two customers win 60 seconds shopping dash worth K300,000 as first 10 winners are drawn in FDH Bank’s Swipe & Dash promo

* Four won shopping vouchers worth K60,000 and four more earned fuel vouchers, also worth K60,000 * Launched in August, customers are encouraged to swipe on FDH Bank’s point of sale (PoS) * Whether they hold an account with FDH Bank or not and they write their names at the back of the receipt * Which are deposited in a box placed at the exit of the supermarket By Duncan Mlanjira First 10 winners have been drawn in FDH…

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Babatude scores four goals as Nyasa Bullets thump relegation-bound Sable Farming 5-1; Overtakes Sulumba by 2 goals in TNM Super League Golden Boot race

Babatunde, Man of the Match and kept match ball for his hat-trick * The defending champions now just need two wins — or one win and two draws in their remaining five matches * Following a 0-1 loss by Blue Eagles at the hands of Kamuzu Barracks as they reduced their maximum points to 65 Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira Babatude Adepoju was in devastating form when he scored 4 goals for Nyasa Big Bullets to clobber relegated Sable Farming…

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