TNM Super League outfit Chitipa United have revealed names of three players recognized for their outstanding performances in June as they announced nominees for the Player of the Month Award.
Captain Chris Lwemba, midfielder Rajab Nyirenda and goalkeeper George Chikooka made the shortlist for their impressive showings across the team’s super league games.
The team which is currently fourth on the TNM Super League log table, recently beat super league heavyweights Mighty Mukuru Wanderers away and Nyasa Big Bullets at home in a space of seven days.
George Chikooka
According to a statement released by the club, fans will be notified very soon on how they are going to vote for their favorite player.
Mvumba Group of Companies are the main sponsors of Chitipa United’s Player of the Month Award.
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said what Africa needs is investment and not debt for the continent’s economy to be delivered from the shackles it is in.
He said this when he delivered his key note address at the opening ceremony of the Third China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation (CAETE) Forum, where he was invited as the guest of honor.
“It is an honourable thing to bring Africa from the burdens of chronic debt and, instead, invest in the continent,” said Chakwera.
Chakwera in China
The Malawi leader described CAETE as a “defining moment for the global economy” stressing that China and Africa are partners in common pursuit of prosperity hence the need for continued support and partnership.
“China and Africa represent one third of the world population and its consumer market translates into one fifth of global GDP, this is why Africans have come here with dignity as traders and not as beggars but rather seeking their rightful place in the global economic partnerships that already exist,” he said.
He added: “It is time to imagine new partnerships whose economic dividends are exponential to the developing economies and African countries have a lot of catching up to do.”
The President stressed that it is time for Africa to reject and, indeed, do away with deals designed to impede and limit progress of the continent, adding that the growth must be seen and outrun external forces such as economic effects brought by climate change.
In his speech, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Han Zheng, said China has always considered solidarity and cooperation with African countries an essential element of its foreign policy and, as such, it is ready to reinforce mutual support with African countries on issues involving core interests and major concerns for both parties.
“China is a champion of win-win Cooperation and works to put the principle into action,” said Han, adding, “China-Africa friendship has its roots and lifeblood in the people and the goal of China-Africa relations is to benefit the people.”
The Chinese vice president, added that the two sides have, for long, valued people to people exchanges so that Chinese people and African people know each other.
The China Africa Economic and Trade Expo is a 4-day event where African businesses will showcase their products and sell them to Chinese investors. Apart from opening the event, President Chakwera will meet different officials for bilateral talks.
American popstar Madonna has been hospitalized in a New York City hospital. The singer was reportedly found unresponsive in a hotel room with serious bacterial infection. Madonna is not only known for her music to Malawians but for the famous adoption on Malawians babies David Banda, Mercy James as well as twins Stella and Estelle.
The situation has forced a 64-year-old singer to postpone her forthcoming “The Celebration Tour” which had been scheduled to launch in Vancouver on July 15, according to an Instagram post from her manager Guy Oseary.
“On Saturday, June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU. Her health is improving, however she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected. At this time we will need to pause all commitments, which includes the tour,” he wrote.
Madonna: Now out of Intensive care
Friends and famous fans of Madonna have sent messages of support to the star after she was hospitalised on Saturday.
Rosanna Arquette, who co-starred with Madonna in 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, sent “love and good light vibrations” for recovery.
Singer The Weeknd showed his support, along with Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie.
Madonna’s manager said she had been in intensive care due to a “serious bacterial infection”.
Madonna is believed to still be receiving treatment in a New York hospital but is no longer in intensive care
Manasseh Nyirenda, a journalist for Malawi News Agency (MANA) based in Rumphi District is among the lucky winners who on Thursday walked away with K1 million in the TNM Mpamba Kashi-Kashi Promotion.
Nyirenda was unveiled the winner during the promotion’s final draw which was conducted in Lilongwe where 28 grand winners one from each district were also unveiled.
Nyirenda
Apart from the grand winners, 28 Mpamba agents also won K500 000 each in the agents category of the promotion.
Speaking with media, Nyirenda expressed his excitement over the news.
“I am very happy and I did not expect to win this huge amount of money. The win means a lot to me,” said Nyirenda.
Mpamba Kashi-Kashi promotion was launched to share the multiple benefits that TNM mobile company is providing such as enhancement of financial inclusion as well as encouraging digital transactions.
The company conducted the draw four months after the competition was launched.
Two prominent Malawian lawyers Professor Edge Kanyongolo and Chrispine Gwalawala Sibande have been elected into two respective United Nations (UN) committees of global experts established under the human rights instruments.
The two will be sitting with fellow experts at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to hear complaints from individuals, organisations and countries and review human rights reports from across the world.
Kanyongolo
Kanyongolo, a retired distinguished law lecturer at University of Malawi(UNIMA) was elected a member of UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) on June 12, 2023 during the seventh Meeting of States parties.
The elections took place in New York, USA.
He defeated other candidates from Iraq and Burkina Faso, and was elected alongside four others from France, Germany, Peru and Senegal.
They replace those whose terms expire on Friday June 30 2023.
On the other hand, Sibande, a seasoned human rights lawyer, was on June 22, 2023 elected as a member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
He got 121 votes from 181 member countries that were present.
He defeated other candidates from Peru, Burkina Faso, Iran and Sudan.
His committee has members from Greece, Senegal, China, South Africa, Jamaica, Morocco, Liberia and Mauritania.
In an interview, Sibande described his election as an honour to the country to have one of their own in the UN family of experts.
“The fact that we are going there as independent experts speaks volume of how Malawi’s efforts in promoting human rights are being noticed by international bodies like UN,” Sibande said.
Meanwhile, the Malawi Law Society (MLS) has congratulated the two for their global recognition.
“These are positives that we must build on to improve the administration of justice for all in the country.
“This is the trajectory MLS is taking and focussing on, ” said MLS honorary secretary Gabriel Chembezi.
