Musician Evance Zangazanga popularly know as Piksy, has arrived in Dublin, Ireland where he is expected to perform at this year’s Association of Malawians in Ireland (AMAI) Gala awards.
The event will take place tomorrow 10 December, 2022 at Maldron Hotel in Dublin Airport.
Piksy arriving in Dublin
The musician will perform alongside Ireland based Malawian artists namely Mike Akitivi, Bingolingo and Brayside Boys.
The red carpet event is expected to start at 6 o’clock in the evening and is going to be hosted by Faith Alufandika and Tamara Harawa.
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Thursday 8th December, 2022 presided over the swearing in of four High Court Judges at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe.
The four justices are; Howard Brighton Pemba, Eddah Ngwira, Etness Chanza, and Allan Hans Muhome.
Speaking after the swearing – in ceremony, Chakwera said the new judges will help strengthen the country’s justice system.
The president also condemned the recent act of mob justice in Mzimba District where two elderly women were seriously assaulted by a mob for being suspected of witchcraft.
“Mob just is a crime and anyone who takes the law into their own hands will find themselves in the hands of the law,” he emphasized.
The Malawi leader noted that the spate of mob justice presents an opportunity for the country to build capacity of the judicial system so that it is trusted by all Malawians.
“The cry for justice is also an opportunity for us to satisfy that cry by strengthening the justice system’s institutions to the point that the public can trust that if anyone violates the rights of another, justice will be done swiftly, fairly and transparently,” he said.
He advised the judicial officers in the country to expedite delivery of justice to the public as one way of averting the vice.
The president said that society today is growing more desperate for justice and therefore, the judiciary must always do the right and do so quicker than before.
This is the second time Chakwera has sworn in new judges since he assumed office.
Two sister nations of Malawi and Zambia have finally commissioned the Mchinji-Mwami One Stop Border Post that will ease the movement of goods between them and facilitate growth of their economies.
Speaking on Wednesday, December 7,2022 during the official inauguration of the OSBP of Mchinji-Mwami in Mchinji, President Lazarus Chakwera described it as good news to many sectors of the Society living in the two countries.
“This indeed is a great day for Malawi and Zambia, presiding over the official opening of this One Stop Border Post with my dear brother, His Excellency, Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia is no mere event. It is an historic mile stone worth celebration. This One Stop Border Post is good news for travellers, good news for traders, good news for our economies, good news for regional cultural and economic integration, it is good news for investors, it is good news for harmony and solidarity.”Said President Lazarus Chakwera.
President Hakainde Hichilema and President Chakwera
President Chakwera further said the OSBP has brought six other benefits to the two nations which include convenience, stream-line processes, professional trust, reduced border delays, promoting coordination in facilitation of trade, and accordance of dignity to the people from the two sister nations.
President Chakwera who said that the relationship between the two countries is so strong and deep that goes beyond the border between the countries told the gathering that the two sister nations enjoy many things in common and that the opening of the OSBP has deepen the relationship as well as bilateral ties between Malawi and Zambia while proposing that there is a need for use of national IDs as a cross-border permit for the people of the two countries.
Malawi leader then outlined plans to have similar facilities at Malawi borders with Tanzania and also with Mozambique at Chiponde and Muloza, as it has been already done in Dedza, saying the newly inaugurated One Stop Border Post in Mchinji is a model for the others to be constructed.
Chakwera then thanked the African Development Bank for credit support to the two countries for construction of the facility, EU, UK and Germany through COMESA, and GIZ for their support towards the development.
Making his remarks, Zambian President, Hakainde Hichilema said the OSBP is of vital importance as a far as growth of the economies for the two countries is concerned.
He added that apart from benefiting the two countries, the One-Stop Border Post will ease the movement of goods from other countries, adding that there is a need to facilitate Non-Stop Border Post so that goods are scanned long way before their destination in the future.
Hichilema further said time has come for the two sister nations to start investing together for the benefit of the citizens from the two countries.
First Lady Madame Monica Chakwera has presided over a High-Level Advocacy Dialogue on Elimination of Infertility Stigma and Associated Gender-Based Violence in Malawi at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe on Wednesday afternoon
In her remarks, the First Lady said there is a need for psychological and financial support for Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors to empower them to be independent.
Madame Chakwera underscored the importance of engaging young girls in issues of Infertility and GBV for prevention. She further appealed to various stakeholders present to join hands in the implementation of programs that support GBV Survivors.
Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati emphasized on the need for a mindset change amongst men and women to work together in fighting infertility stigma and gender based violence.
She said strengthened stakeholder relations, policies and programs being implemented in the country are key to ending GBV. Kaliati urged more women and men experiencing violence to report so they can be assisted accordingly.
In her statement, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative, Nelida Rodriguez reaffirmed their commitment towards holistically destigmatizing infertility and integrating it into Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) programmes.
The Dialogue brought together various stakeholders including Traditional leaders, Religious leaders, Policy makers, GBV survivors and partner organizations.
Malawi Police in Kanengo, Lilongwe are keeping in custody a 29-year-old man, identified as Annock Mbendera for allegedly stealing five bags of NPK fertiliser worth K375,000 from a moving vehicle.
According to Sam Anusa Mkwanda of Peace Transport, on Saturday morning, December 3, 2022, he was driving a Truck heading Jenda in Mzimba, carrying bags of fertiliser under the Affordable Input Programme (AIP).
While passing by Malawi Institute of Management (MIM) in Lilongwe, a tipper overtook his vehicle and stopped in front to inform him that three people have stolen bags of fertiliser from his Truck and that they were sharing.
Hearing this, Mkwanda turned back but as soon as the people saw him, they escaped abandoning the fertiliser bags. However, Mkwanda ran after them until he apprehended Mbendera, one of the suspects.
Kanengo Police Station Public Relations Officer Sub Inspector Gesham Ngwira told local media that after receiving the information, police rushed to the scene where they arrested Mbendera and recovered the stolen items.
He will appear before court soon to answer the charge of theft.
