We will not be afraid against Cameroon, we will play to the fullest—Gambia coach Saintfiet

Maravi Express Ahead of their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarterfinal match against hosts Cameroun, Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet takes cognizance that the Indomitable Lions are one of the greatest nations in African and even world football, and are the hot favorites but they too are prepared for the big tussle this evening from 18:00hrs CAT. “I give my team a 20% chance,” he is quoted by saying by CAFonline. “But we are used to it and since…

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Malawi Relief Fund appeals to well-wishers to join it in assisting Cyclone Ana flood victims

* Hardest hit was the Lower Shire to which all rivers in the upper highlands flow * Over 220,000 people have been left homeless with thousands of hectares of crops destroyed * MRF-UK is reaching out to Nsanje, Zomba and Mangochi with relief food, clothing, blankets, safe water and shelter By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Relief Fund (MRF) UK has stepped up its humanitarian assistance to vulnerable people by responding to the plight of thousands of people, who have been…

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OPC makes major error on Cabinet announcement by leaving out Agnes Nkusa Nkhoma

Nkusa Nkhoma when she was deputy Agriculture Minister * Reported to be in the initial appointment as deputy Minister of Gender, Community Development & Social Welfare By Duncan Mlanjira Secretary to the Office of the President & Cabinet, Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi has expressed “regret for any confusion caused” over the omission of Agnes Nkusa Nkhoma from the second set of Cabinet Ministers released on Thursday. Nkusa Nkhoma was formerly deputy Minister of Agriculture and now is deputy to Minister of…

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Welcome aboard Hon. Richard Chimwendo-Banda; Reminder — you are Sports Minister, not football minister

Welcome to the world of sports, Honourable — you have some honourable young men and women you have to serve and you have to do so across the board. The citizenry has always been proud when our athletes do well both locally and internationally just as the Flames made us all (and am sure including even yourself, Honourable) to swell with honour when they qualified for their first-ever knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroun…

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Major Cabinet shake up as Mlusu, Msungama, Rashy Gaffar are dropped

Mlusu replaced by Sosten Gwengwe as Finance Minister * Eisenhower Mkaka moved to Natural Resources * Replaced by Nancy Tembo as Foreign Affairs Minister By Duncan Mlanjira In his further appointment to the new Cabinet made on Thursday, President Lazarus Chakwera has also dropped three more prominent figures that include Felix Mlusu as Minister of Finance. Mlusu has been replaced by Sosten Gwengwe, who was Minister of Trade but now heads a merged Ministry of Finance & Economic Affairs….

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FDH Bank Plc to buy special bus for the Flames

A replica of the coach to be bought and branded * FDH Holdings Group CEO William Mpinganjira visited the Flames at their base in Djeunga Palace in Yaoundé * We have been with the team for six years now and we are happy with the progress that we have made together along the way * In our discussion with FAM leadership, we noted that the Flames bus is aging and we will buy you a brand-new coach * The…

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Ministry of Agriculture assures of speedy continuation of construction works of Shire Valley Transformation Project after floods damages some construction structures

State of the intake foundation  * The foundation of the intake structure is intact but the 750-meter siphon has been partially damaged * All critical structures are intact including the flume, siphon, culverts and the main canal * The Ministry will carry out detailed assessment of the damage once the water levels drop and the site is accessible By Duncan Mlanjira Extensive floods that wreaked damage in the Lower Shire did not spare construction works of Shire Valley Transformation…

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MERA set to adjust pump fuel prices

* As CAMA implores on Clerk of Parliament to consider reviewing the many levies that are added on the fuel prices * That if removed could led the price of petrol at K950.00/ltr and diesel at K931.00ltr * The levies in question are Road Levy; Malawi Rural Electrification (MAREP) and the Malawi Bureau of Standards CESS By Duncan Mlanjira Key economic factors, mainly due to the exchange rate of the Malawi kwacha against the United States dollar — coupled…

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Chakwera appoints 12 as new Cabinet; other portfolios yet to be announced

Mark Katsonga Phiri appointed as Minister of Trade & Industry, replacing Sosten Gwengwe * One of the left out is Minister of Finance formerly held by Felix Mlusu * DPP asks Chakwera to reduce size of his entire cabinet from 31 to below 20 — including the President and his Vice-President * This is also being suggested by Consumer Association of Malawi’s Executive Director John Kapito By Duncan Mlanjira Owing to his preoccupation of the national disaster that the…

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Mo Salah scores the all-important penalty to steer Egypt into 2021 AFCON quarterfinals

Hero for the Pharaohs * To face fellow north Africans Morocco * Equatorial Guinea beat Mali to face Senegal * Gambia v Cameroun; Burkina Faso v Tunisia * AFCON is the most important competition to me—Mo Salah By Duncan Mlanjira Egypt’s Mohammed Salah — who prior to the Round of 16 match played on Wednesday said the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was a trophy wants to win most — scored the all-important penalty to steer the Pharaohs into…

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