Kukoma Ntopwa Women’s football club are the champions of the Southern Region FAM Women’s Football League following their 6-0 win over Red Lioness at Kamuzu Stadium on Sunday.
With a game to play, Ntopwa have so far accumulated 39 points while FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women, who are second on the log table have 34 points.
The Amaghettoh Kids have so far managed to win all the 13 games that they have played this season and they have scored 65 goals and only conceded 3.
Ntopwa will face FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women’s Football Club in their last match of the league where they will also be officially crowned as this champions.
Misheck Botoman scored two first-half goals as Mighty Mukuru Wanderers beat Moyale Barracks 3-0 to book themselves a place in the Ibongetse Castel Challenge Cup semi-finals.
Botoman opened the scoring in the 42nd minute, heading home from a Stanley Sanudi’s well taken corner-kick.
Three minutes later, Botoman completed his brace with a powerful strike after receiving a pass from Wisdom Mpinganjira.
In the second half, Wanderers continued to dominate play and with just six minutes before the end of the match, Vincent Nyangulu scored the third goal for the Lali Lubani boys.
In action, Wanderers vs Moyale
Nyangulu scored for the Nomads with a beautiful header from a corner-kick which was also taken by Sanudi.
In the 89th minute, Moyale’s Robert Mphezi was shown marching orders by referee Kondwani Kamwendo following a dangerous tackle on Wanderers midfielder Felix Zulu.
The win mean that the Nomads will face the winner between Nyasa Big Bullets and Ekwendeni Hammers in the semi-finals.
Bangwe All Stars who progressed to the semi-finals after beating Chitipa United on post match penalties on Saturday, will face the winner between Silver Strikers and Blue Eagles FC.
Members of Parliament (MPs) have been commended for passing the long-awaited Data Protection Bill.
The legislators passed the Bill on Thursday, November 7, 2023,which seeks to provide for a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of the processing and transfer of personal data, in compliance with internationally accepted principles of data protection.
The African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection defines Personal Data as “information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person by which that person can be identified, in particular by reference to an identification or to one or more factors specific to his/her physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity”.
Matonga
In an interview, MISA Chairperson Golden Matonga says the world becomes more digitized and systematic and unsystematic collection of personal data online and offline becomes widespread, the passing of the Bill was long overdue.
“In the past decade or so, we have seen government agencies such as the National Registration Bureau (NRB) and private institutions such as telecommunication companies collecting and processing personal data without any legal framework safeguarding such data,” says Matonga.
He adds that MISA believes that the data protection law will promote responsible handling of personal data by government agencies, private institutions and individuals.
“The law will also be a big plus to section 21 of the Constitution of Malawi which guarantees the right to personal privacy.
“MISA Malawi therefore, would like to agree with the Media, Information and Communications and the Legal Affairs Committees of Parliament that the temporary housing of the Data Protection Authority by Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) should be for a period of not more than twelve months to ensure separation of powers by the respective Authorities, “he says.
One of the country’s renowned entrepreneurs, Kondwani Kachamba Ngwira, has advised new graduates to embrace entrepreneurship as an alternative to the prevailing job scarcity in the country.
Ngwira was speaking on Friday in Blantyre when 125 students were awarded with various certificates and diplomas in different areas of specialisation under the Soche Technical and Vocational College in Blantyre.
Ngwira stressed that it is not only paid jobs that matter in today’s livelihood, but that it is also important to sustain lives through entrepreneurship drive.
“Today’s livelihood is very competitive as we have a huge number of school leavers looking for jobs. The companies that we have cannot absorb the numbers. Therefore, Entrepreneurship is another way to sustain one’s life,” he said.
Ngwira observed that the economic shocks affecting the country are making it hard for the private sector to strive and employ school leavers, a situation which he said is contributing to the job scarcity in the country.
The entrepreneur further appealed to authorities to support the school leavers with seed capital and training so as to encourage them to venture into entrepreneurship industry.
Ngwira advised the graduates to be flag bearers wherever they go and endeavour to make a difference.
In his remarks, head of the construction department for the college, Paul Malunga said graduation is an affirmation of the collective mission to build capacity of the public and private sectors through training, research, consultancy and advisory services for enhanced performance.
“Our courses are designed in such a way that students can stand on their own to prosper in life,”said Malunga.
He added that the college has made it easier for more malawians to pursue studies and careers in various disciplines and that the course contents have been designed to suit the local environment making it easier for graduates to easily assimilate into the industries in Malawi.
The graduation ceremony also witnessed a number of well-performed graduates getting job contracts with the Project Innovations Centre(PIC) to boost their seed capital and venture into entrepreneurship thereafter.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday fired its Secretary General Grezelder wa Jeffrey for holding a National Governing Council meeting at their purpoted Central Executive Committee meeting which took place at Page House in Mangochi.
In a memorandum released soon after the meeting DPP has fired Wa Jeffrey and replaced her with Dr Clement Mwale.
Jeffrey
But in a twist of event, the same DPP has illegally appointed Wa Jeffrey as Central region Vice President ironically the region has already a sitting vice president who is Uladi Mussa (Change Golo).
“In accordance with Article 9 of the DPP Constitution, His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, the president of the party called for a meeting of the Central Executive Committee and all the members were invited. The meeting was held today and resolved as follows:
“Confirmed the appointment of Hon Grezelder Jeffrey and Hon Dr Clement Mwale as Vice President Central Region and Secretary General of the Party respectively, ” reads part of the memo.
The meeting has set the date of 13th December 2023 for what they call properly constituted National Governing Council meeting to be held at Nkopola Sunbird in Mangochi.
The meeting has also directed the newly appointed Secretary General to consult the President and thereafter call for the meeting of the National Governing Council.
Meanwhile senior NGC member Ken Msonda has challenged the appointment of and subsequent firing of Wa Jeffrey as illegal.
Msonda said the SG can be removed through convention since it is the highest office in the party hierarchy.
