Silver Strikers midfielder Chimwemwe Idana has become the first player this season to win the team’s player of the month award sponsored by Mika Greenland.
Mika Greenland presented the award which is for the month of April, to Idana on Thursday morning.
To win the award, Idana beat three players namely Emmanuel Kaunga, Chikondi Kamanga and Maxwell Paipi.
The Flames midfielder has since received a plot and cash worth K100,000.
The award is part of the renewed agreement between the company and the central bankers.
A Machinga-based youthful- organization Development Network for Youth Empowerment (DENEYE- has been hailed for its commendable job for bailing out people with disabilities, elders and cyclone Freddy survivors in traditional Authority Mtumbwinda.
The remarks were made when organisation was donating some non food items to the people.
Traditional Authority Mtumbwinda said organisation always act first on any emergencies.
“Although this organisation do not have funds it always come to us when we endengered, so have no word rather appreciating good work that you started long time back,” he said.
He then encouraged youths in the area to emurate what the organisation is doing by taking care of people with disabilities and elders.
“This is good to go I would like to appeal to other youths in the country to start appreciating and honouring these people so that they may live longer,” he said.
One of the beneficiaries Esnart Bround thanked the organisation for the help and asked for support as people in the area are still nursing problems caused by cyclone Freddy.
The organisation’s Executive Director Shalid Ishmael said with the way he has seen how people are suffering, he has pledged to continue lobbying for other resources from well-wishers and stakeholders.
“We have seen that people are starving from hunger,lack of good shelter kitchen utensils and clothes I am asking people who can help so that I can divert to them,” he said.
The ruling party, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has condemned an attack on The Times Group journalist Francis Mzindiko by alleged MCP supporters during the official opening of the 33rd International Trade Fair and inauguration of Malawi Bureau of Standards office complex in Blantyre on Wednesday.
It is said that 15 youthful men in MCP’s green suits assaulted the journalist,accused him of filming the fight between supporters of the party and their UTM counterparts.
Ezekiel Ching’oma
But in a statement, MCP publicity secretary Ezekiel Ching’oma says the party will fully cooperate with law enforcing agencies in investigating the matter.
“It is never acceptable to harass or intimidate journalists or any individuals for doing their job or exercising their right to free speech,” says Ching’oma in a statement.
He adds” It is never acceptable to harass or intimidate journalists or any individual for doing their job or exercising their right to free speech.
“Such actions not only violate the law but also undermine the principles of democracy and respect of human dignity.
“Journalists play critical role in holding those in power accountable,and it is crucial that their safety and freedom to do their work are protected.”
Meanwhile, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter has demanded the arrest of the perpetrators.
It has been confirmed that a chemistry lecturer at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources ( LUANAR) Professor Peter Mumba was poisoned.
Mumba died on April 25,2020 but his death raised suspicions.
On Wednesday, pathologist who helped in conducting a postmortem on the body of late Mumba, told the court that the professor died due to a toxic chemical substance poisoning.
The witness, pathologist Professor George Liomba, was testifying in a case in which Mumba’s wife, Annie is answering charges of murdering her late husband.
The late Mumba
He told the court that he was asked by fellow pathologist Charles Dzamalala to help in conducting the postmortem of late Mumba.
Liomba read out page 3 of his report in court which said there was no evidence of intracranial haemorrhage, meaning there was no evidence of bleeding inside the skull and the brain.
According to Liomba, the liver was estimated to weigh about 1200gm.
He gave out the weights of the lungs as 650gm and 550gm for right and left respectively, which he explained might have been due the infused embalming fluid.
Following this, the late Mumba’s wife Annie has now a case to answer on her husband’s death.
Television personality cum model and fashion designer, Chimwemwe Ngugi Buleya, has donated school uniforms to eighteen needy learners at Chambwe Primary School in Lilongwe.
The donation comes under ‘Wala Initiative’ which was established by Buleya who works with MBC TV 2 On the Go, in the capital city.
According to Buleya ‘Wala’ which was launched earlier this year through her clothing brand N. I designs, is aimed at helping out underprivileged primary school students in rural areas with school uniforms.
Buleya in White
” I saw a growing number of students going to school without school uniforms because their parents cannot afford to buy one. Knowing that uniform is one of the basic requirements for a student, I thought I should use my fashion designing skills to help in this area ,” she said.
Speaking after making the donation, Buleya said she was excited to have delivered the uniforms and said she will work on finding resources to increase the number of beneficiaries.
She said, “Chambwe Primary School has 88 needy students and so far I have managed to deliver 18 uniforms to 18 students which means we have 70 more students to dress.”
Buleya has since appealed to well wishers to support the initiative inorder to reach out to as many needy students as possible.
People can donate to the Initiative using the following details:
