Death has been announced of one of the country’s popular local musicians Jimmy T real name James Tsamba.
According to his cousin, Jimmy Zikuthera, Tsamba died on Wednesday morning after a long battle with pneumonia.
The musician stormed the airwaves in early 2000 with his ‘Mukanva zii ndatsikira kumanda’ and ‘Usathawe Ngozo’ songs.
He took a break from mainstream music industry to focus on his role as a pastor for Divine Assemblies.
Bereaved family members say burial ceremony for the musician will take place on Thursday at Mkanga Village in the area of senior chief Kapelula in Kasungu.
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has today received an award from a global movement called Unashamedly Ethical, a global movement,for his leadership in championing the fight against corruption in Malawi.
The award was presented by Unashamedly Ethical Chairperson Boshoff Grobler in Lilongwe on Wednesday during the Global Leadership Summit underway in the capital city of Lilongwe
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The award gives a clear indication that the Malawi leaders is not sleeping to make Malawi a corrupt-free nation.
Meanwhile, several people have congratulated Chakwera for being recognized as the true corruption fighter.
Unashamedly Ethical is a movement which consist of individuals and organizations guided by a founding vision to transform society by taking a stand for ethics, values and clean living.
The goal of the movement is to develop an ‘unashamedly ethical’ culture among this generation of leaders and the next.
Government of Malawi has given Illovo Sugar Limited, a one week ultimatum to have price of sugar reduced on the market, failing which, Government will be compelled to issue more import licences to more industry players to help cushion the price of commodities that use sugar as raw materials using relevant provisions in the *Control of Goods Act 2018*
From the Press Release we have in possession dated 14th June, 2023, and signed by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Simplex Chithyola Banda, the engagement meeting which was held on 11th June 2023, centered on the pricing of Sugar by Illovo Sugar Ltd and resolved that the price must be reduced withing a period of one week effective 14th June.
Reads part of the Press Release; “The discussions centered on Pricing of Sugar (PoS) by Illovo Sugar Ltd where the company is the sole producer of the commodity (Industrial Sugar). Government wants Illovo to reduce the price of sugar within a week for the benefit of both consumers and industries that use sugar as a raw material. In this regard, Illovo Sugar Ltd committed to reduce the price within a week (7 days effective from the date of this Press Release).
During the engagement meeting on 11th June, government was represented by Minister of Finance, Sosten Gwengwe, and Minister of Trade and Industry, Simplex Chithyola Banda, while Board Chairperson for Illovo, Jimmy Lipunga represented Illovo alongside the company’s Managing Director, Lekani Katandula.
Recently the social media was awash with news that Illovo expects to make profits of about 702% in the year, the news that did not go well with consumers of the commodity in the country.
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has appealed to all the three arms of government to use power cautiously for the benefit of Malawians that they serve.
The Malawi leader was speaking at the closing ceremony of a two – day National Conference on Separation of Powers in Lilongwe on Tuesday 13th June, 2023.
Chakwera
In his closing remarks, Chakwera reminded the gathering that all powers office bearers hold are for service to Malawians and as such it must be used with humility consideration, wisdom, courage, caution and vision for the good of Malawi.
Chakwera appealed to all public office holders to continue adhering to the constitutional imperative of independence and accountability if Malawi is to realize desired national development in line with the Malawi Vision 2063 Agenda.
The president expressed gratefulness to the two arms of government for the solidarity that has allowed the conference to take place in the successful manner it did.
The two – day conference was convened under the theme; Separation of Powers: A Development Catalyst or Hindrance?
One of the country’s renowned law Professors, Professor Edge Kanyongolo has been elected as a member of the United Nations (UN) Committee on Enforced Disappearances(CED) during the Seventh Meeting of State Parties held in New York on Monday.
According to a statement in circulation and seen by 247 Malawi, Kanyongolo is among five elected members of the committee replacing those whose terms expire on June 30, 2023.
Edge Kanyongolo
The other members elected are Matar Diop from Senegal, Barbara Lochbihler from Germany, Carmen Rosa Villa Quintana from Peru and Olivier De Frouville from France.
In brief,CED is a body of independent experts which monitors the implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance by the States parties.
Edge Kanyongolo is a Malawian national who has taught at the University of Malawi since 1986.
He obtained his LL.B (hons.), LL.M and Ph.D degrees from the Universities of Malawi, Cambridge and East Anglia.
He is Professor of Law specializing in constitutional law and legal theory.
His research interests focus on the interplay of law and politics, especially in the framework of constitutionalism, democratic governance and development.
Kanyongolo has also participated actively in human rights advocacy programmes in southern Africa, including in his capacity as a trustee of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, a member of the Advisory Board of the Africa Programme of Article 19 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA).
