Northern region side Baka City will play in the TNM Super League next season following their promotion into the elite on Saturday.
The Karonga- based side has been promoted after finishing as Champions of the 2023 SIMSO- Innobuild premier league.
Baka won the league following their 2-1 victory against Ekwendeni United on Saturday.
The team has managed to collect 28 points from 12 games with 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, scoring 22 goals and conceding 9.
Baka City
The promotion of Baka means that Karonga district will have two teams playing in the TNM Super League from next season
Currently, the Northern region has four teams playing in the top flight league namely Chitipa United, Karonga United as well as relegation bound Ekwendeni Hammers and Moyale Barracks.
Mighty Mukuru Wanderers are through to the Castel Challenge Cup quarterfinals after recording a 1-nil victory over Red Lions at Balaka Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Wanderers started the game on a very high note creating a number of scoring opportunities but failed to convert them into goals with Vincent Nyanguru and Lawrence Chaziya among the culprits.
The home side who were on the back foot for a good part of the first half, came the closest to scoring in the 24th minute when Deus Mkutu’s strike outside the 18-yard box was fumbled by Wanderers goalkeeper William Thole.
In the second half, Red Lions came a changed side after the introduction of Brown Gondwe who came in to replace Mike Kaziputa in the 52nd minute.
Gondwe could have put his side ahead in the 59th minute when his shot missed the upright by a whisker.
On the other hand, Wanderers replaced Vitumbiko Kumwenda with Fransisco Madinga and Chiukepo Msowoya came in for Vincent Nyanguru.
The Nomads then broke the deadlock in the 69th minute through Gaddie Chirwa who headed home from a well taken corner-kick by Madinga.
Red Lions tried their best to find an equalizer, but the Nomads led by Lawrence Chaziya and Miracle Gabeya in defense, managed to defend the lead up to the final whistle.
It was another painful day for the Zomba-based soldiers this season as they have exited the cup after also being relegated from the TNM Super League.
Speaking after the match Wanderers coach Mark Harrison congratulated his boys for the victory but bemoaned missed opportunities by his side.
“We played very well today and we could have finished the game at half time. My boys could have scored three or four goals by half time but they failed and this has been a very big problem on our side. We had seven clear goal chances but failed to utilise them,” he said.
Red Lions Assistant Coach Chifundo Masapula accepted defeat and said they did all their best in training but Wanderers came strong as well.
He said, “It was a good game, they had a number of chances and we had our chances as well. We failed to defend the corner-kick and they utilised that chance to punish us.”
The Castel Challenge Cup is a National Knockout Cup organised by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and sponsored by Castel Malawi.
The K1 billion three-year sponsorship has seen Castel pumping in over K320 million towards the cup this year alone.
Musicians Sangie, Black Nina and Coziwa were among the winners during the Malawi International Film Festival awards ceremony held on Saturday at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe.
Songstress Sangie and rapper Black Nina won Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively in the People’s Choice Category while Coziwa, real name Miracle Ndonani, won the Best Sound award.
Below is the Full List of the Malawi Film Festival Awards
1. Best International Feature Film : The Passanger
2. Best International Director : Hadijah Nakanjako form The Passanger
3. Best Cinematographer International : Andrew Mungai in the film Chaguo
Malawian Categories
1 Best DOP cinematography : George Nyale in School Days
2. Best Short Film : Nancy
3. Best Director : Mildread Mulindiwa in Lisa
4. Best in Sound : Miracle ‘Cozizwa’ Ndonani
5. Best Screenplay : Lisa
6. Best supporting actor: Raphael Ndabaga in Lisa
7. Best Editor : Curthbert Max Kharika in Brave
8. Best in Makeup: Its possible
9. Best Feature Film: Lisa
10. Best Supporting Actress: Desire Namachitsa as judah “Bully girl” in School days
11. Best Actor : Amosi Filisa as Mphatso in school days
12. Best Actress : Joyce Mhango Chavula in Nancy
Jury Award Categories 1.Best upcoming Actress: Alertha Banda as Tadala in Eclipse 2.Best Upcoming Actor: wheel chair
The New Apostolic Church says it will on December 8,2023 hold a classical concert at Bingu International Convention Centre(BICC) in Lilongwe.
In an interview with 247 Malawi News, one of the event organisers Innocent Kaunda said the aim of the concert is to raise K15 million for the establishment of a music school in Lilongwe and repairing equipment.
Said Kaunda:”Many people in the country are not familiar with classical concerts but after this one, they will begin liking it because we are organising it in a way that will attract many and later we will make it an annual event.”
Kaunda
He added that the event is expected to be attended by different local artists in the country for their performances.
Kaunda said currently, people can buy standard tickets for the event at K10 000, VIP tickets at K40 000 and corporate tickets at K200 000 directly from the New Apostolic Church in Area 14 in Lilongwe.
He said the event is being organized in conjunction with Music Crossroads and the Festival Institute who are providing trainings and mentoring to the performers.
Ministry of Homeland Security in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has repatriated 77 Burundian refugees from the Dzaleka camp.
The 77, which is the third cohort of Burundian refugees to leave Malawi under the voluntary repatriation initiative, in which the refugees voluntarily apply to be repatriated, left Malawi through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) today at exactly 2:25 hours.
Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the repatriation, Senior Administrator in the Department of Refugees under the Ministry of Homeland Security, Hilda Kausiwa described voluntary repatriation as one of the most durable solutions that the government is enforcing now.
“Noting that the situation in most of the countries of origin for the refugees that we host in the country has changed, we are encouraging refugees who feel that it is safe for them, to go back home, and we are facilitating this as government,” she said, adding they verified with Burundi before the repatriation and got assured of safety in the country.
Kausiwa said the Ministry of Homeland Security has pending applications from refugees from countries such as Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and once resources are available, they too will get repatriated.
One of the repatriated refugees, Niyera Evelyn who has stayed in Malawi for 14 years said she was excited to go back to his original home.
She encouraged other refugees to take her path.
With the repatriation of 77, a total of 224 Burundian nationals have so far been repatriated, 38 were repatriated in July 2023 and 109 were repatriated in October 2023.
