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Illovo Sugar MD Katandula urges Malawians to embrace the spirit of ‘Umunthu’ to create a thriving community

March 3, 2022

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Katandula; this is at the very heart of our purpose * The society at large is living in a time where the spirit of ‘Umunthu’ is the only way we are going to overcome all the challenges being faced * ‘Umunthu’ is capacity of the African culture to express compassion; reciprocity; dignity; humanity and mutuality * In the interests of building and maintaining communities with justice and mutual caring as described by late Desmond Tutu Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira…

Norway, IFAD commit to funding Malawi agriculture

March 3, 2022

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| Agriculture, National, News

Chakwera with Anne Tvinnriem and Gilbert Houngbo By Wisdom Ngwira, MANA The Government of Norway and International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) have committed to pumping in more resources to Malawi to develop its agricultural activities. Norway’s Minister of International Development, Anne Tvinnriem and IFAD president, Gilbert Houngbo, made the commitment during their meeting with President Lazarus Chakwera and Ministry of Agriculture officials at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Monday. After the meeting, Tvinnriem said her country highly prioritises…

Illovo Sugar Malawi Plc invests state-of-the-art 1,000 pints capacity blood bank for Lower Shire health services

March 3, 2022

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The state-of -the-art equipment * It cements partnership between MBTS, Illovo Directorates of Health Services for the whole of Lower Shire * To increase access to blood units to hospitals such as Nsanje, Chikwawa, Montfort, Trinity, Ngabu Rural and Kalemba Mission * As MBTS calls on communities to support efforts in blood donation as demand has risen recently By Duncan Mlanjira Responding to a request from Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS) to enhance blood collection for Lower Shire health…

NICO Group supports K27m towards World Vision’s Cyclone Ana response

March 2, 2022

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A mother and her child outside a makeshift tent in Chikwawa.—Picture by Arkangel Tembo, MANA By Duncan Mlanjira In a bid to support Government’s call for assistance towards relief to victims of Cyclone Ana, NICO Group has — through World Vision — donated K27 million targeting the floods’ victims in Chikwawa District. NICO Group has done this in cognizance that Chikwawa was hit the hardest as over 84,000 households were affected by the tropical storm — which is the…

Wanderers FC’s in-fighting continues; players demand immediate resignation of 5 board members

March 2, 2022

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Three of the targeted, (L-R) Mervin Nkunika, Limbani Magomero and Chauncy Gondwe * As directors, you have other means of income thereby able to survive without depending on Wanderers * On the contrary, as players, our survival is football and our team is Wanderers * Which means that your behavior affects us as players and our families economically, socially and morally By Duncan Mlanjira Following their accusations that the root cause of the divisions in Mighty Wanderers Football Club…

Public appalled by traditional chief in Ntchisi who allowed woman accused of adultery be undressed naked during her traditional court hearing

March 1, 2022

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| National, News

The accused after she had just been undressed * The clip shows the woman sitted on a chair bare breasted with a cloth wrapper (chitenje) covering the lower part of her body * Sorrounded by men, women and children who kept jeering and ridiculing her By Duncan Mlanjira Appalled members of public are circulating a video clip of a woman who was stripped naked during her traditional court hearing, imploring on the authorities to take to task the traditional…

Wanderers accuse Humphrey Mvula of dividing and alienating the limited company from benefactor Mpinganjira

March 1, 2022

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Humphrey Mvula under attack * We love Mpinganjira and believe he is the best thing that has happened to the company at the moment * He is a good and generous person. His love for the team is unquestionable * It is our prayer that he rescinds his decision to resign from his position * The root cause of all these problems at the club and cancer that is killing the team is Humphrey Mvula By Duncan Mlanjira Mighty…

CAMA demands for reduction of cooking oil prices following government’s removal of VAT

March 1, 2022

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* We are expecting the cooking oil producers to immediately take necessary steps to reciprocate what Government has done * VAT was the only singled contributing variable that the industry said was the reason for the current high prices * Consumers will not accept any other reasons for failure to reduce prices as they want to see the benefits after the removal of VAT By Duncan Mlanjira Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) is demanding the edible cooking oil refiners…

Justice Madise cautions High Court Registrar against awarding huge monetary damages to former Agriculture Minister Chaponda in defamation case against Times Group

March 1, 2022

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Justice Madise; the media must be protected by the law and the courts * The newspapers to withdraw the said articles and sincerely apologise to Chaponda on the front pages * The Registrar to access damages taking into account the apology that the defendant will make * It is not in the interest of this court to order huge damages which will end up bankrupting the defendants * Responsible media freedom is necessary in a democracy as it calls…

NICO Group launches Innovation Hub to provide innovative and easy access to its products and services for clients

March 1, 2022

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The Innovation Hub housed in part of Ryalls Hotel * Technology and digitization plays, and will continue to play, as a catalyst for development throughout the world * The concept started as a project for the Group’s subsidiary NBS Bank with support from NICO Group partners Rabobank of The Netherlands By Duncan Mlanjira In alignment with part of its digitisation strategy, NICO Group has launched the first of its kind, the Innovation Hub — an information, communication & technology…