Temwa Chawinga scored twice in a space of two minutes as Malawi national women’s football team, the Scorchers came from behind to beat Mozambique 2-1 in the HollywoodBets Cosafa Women’s Championship at Lucas Moripe Stadium in South Africa on Friday afternoon.
Lonica Tsanwane had put Mozambique ahead in the 37th minute in the first half but Chawinga equalized for the Scorchers in the 77th minute after beating Mozambican goalkeeper and her two defenders.
Chawinga scored her second goal of the match two minutes later to give Scorchers a 2-1 lead and they managed to defend it to the final whistle.
The win means that the Scorchers will face the Copper Queens of Zambia in the finals on Monday October 15 at Lucas Moripe Stadium.
Zimbabwe and Mozambique will fight for the third place at the same Stadium.
The Centre for Human Rights Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) has asked President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to pardon female inmates that have children in prisons, as part of Mothers’ Day celebrations.
In a letter, CHREAA Executive Director(ED) Victor Mhango,says it is impressed with the progress that the president has made in reducing sentences and pardoning prisoners over the last few months.
He says the high office has demonstrated willingness to enhance the rights of prisoners in Malawi.
Victor Mhango
Mhango, however, says he would like to bring to the attention of the president the plight of mothers, who are primary caregivers and are incarcerated in the prisons, some with their children and some who have left their young children with no care outside the prisons.
“It is no secret that the prison situation is not conducive for prisoners, let alone children.
“The prisons are characterized by severe congestion, water shortages, poor sanitation, poor ventilation and food shortages which are affecting the children currently in prison with their mothers.
“Due to the living situation, some of the children are suffering from recurring malnutrition and others illnesses that have continuously been transmitted to them within the prison,”says Mhango in a statement.
He adds that Mother’s Day pardon will not only be a gift to the mothers, but also signify the importance of the national holiday in honouring mothers in Malawi.
The Malawi Prisons Service estimates that there are currently between 15 000 and 16 000 inmates in the country’s prisons against a holding capacity of 5 000 prisoners. Of this figure, female inmates constitute 1.1 percent.
A Malawian human rights activist based in South Africa Charles Ben Longwe, says activists are not shaken and that they will continue to fight so hard until poor Malawians who are dying of hunger and meeting tough economic problems in the country are rescued.
He said currently, their plans to deliver the petition to President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera at the State House over what they call failure by him to run the state of affairs are still on and not blocked at all.
Longwe said on October 18, 2023 there is an appeal of the demonstrations failure in Lilongwe as slated on 11th October, 2023 saying this appeal will be heard before Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda alleging him that he is MCP and part of the Judiciary is MCP too.
He claimed that there is selective application of justice in Malawi observing that government released defilement suspect Agape Khombe deliberately and is being used to frustrate activists and demonstrators so that they don’t hold demonstrations in Lilongwe.
Speaking through an audio clip circulating in various social media platforms, Ben Longwe said while the Human Rights Ambassadors (HRAs) is waiting for an outcome of the appeal case before Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda, the organization will be holding demonstrations in Blantyre at a date to be announced soon.
Longwe said the Blantyre demonstration will be a massive one, those in Limbe will meet in Limbe so too, those of Chilomoni, Mbayani, Zingwangwa, Chilobwe, Bangwe and Ndirande to start demonstrations in their respective locations to present a petition to Sanjika Palace.
He said since Lilongwe District Commissioner Lawford Palani and the Malawi Police Service (MPS) have declared Lilongwe a no-go district to activists and demonstrators, Malawians will remove all MCP offices in the Southern Region to relocate to Lilongwe.
The Activist has claimed that they have followed all the laws but the MCP led government is seeming to have its own laws from the Republican Constitution to be blocking all demonstrations citizens wants to share their concerns and grievances to President Chakwera.
He said as all the protocols have been observed and landed into deaf ears of the country’s leaders, patriotic citizens will not allow the MCP to be given space to have their offices in all other regions of Malawi apart from Lilongwe.
Quoted Longwe in his audio clip:“We will hit back, the war has just started, demonstrations are in the constitution of the Republic, from Blantyre, HRA crew members will be in Mangochi while 25th October, 2023 we are going back to Lilongwe in no retreat and surrender.”
He has since reminded the authorities in Malawi that no one has power over the Republican Constitution saying Malawi is for all, if some other people are eating good other Malawians especially the poor are in pain and suffering.
Meanwhile, Longwe has announced that the HRA will deliver a notice for demonstrations for the hungry Malawians to be provided with food at the house of Lilongwe District Commissioner Lawford Palani reminding him that Malawians will not allow him to be treating activists as fools.
The Human Resource Society of Malawi (HRSM) says it will from October 26 to 28,2023 hold its Annual General Conference (AGC) at Sigelege Beach Resort in Salima.
Speaking in an interview with 247 Malawi News, HRSM Secretary General Robin Kajasiche said the AGC has been organised with an aim of empowering those working in the same profession to play their roles towards fulfillment of the Malawi Vision 2063.
He said the AGC will be held under the theme ‘Leveraging Human Resource (HR) Society of Malawi’s presence as a Catalyst and Partner for Malawi 2063’.
Robin Kajasiche
According to Kajasiche, among those who have been invited to attend the conference include Minister of Labour Honourable Agnes Nyalonje who will be the guest of honour,the Malawi School of Government Director General Professor Asiyati Chiweza,the Registrar of Industrial Relations Court Honourable Peter Kandulu, and Garton Kamchedzera, an associate professor of Law at the University of Malawi.
The GS concluded that the AGC’s thematic areas shall include; Nurturing efficient and coherent governance systems at work places, comprehend emerging trends in employment laws to be held by Professor Asiyati Chiweza and Honourable Kandulu respectively and Taming corruption at the work place, an HR perspective by Professor Garton Kamchedzera.
HRSM is a professional body that was formed to advance HR excellence among trained human resource management practitioners in Malawi through capacity building.
The body ensures that HR specialists are up to date with emerging trends in the HR space.
Jewel Starfish Foundation has on Wednesday announced offering scholarships to 20 needy students at Lilongwe Girls Secondary School.
According to the foundation,a scholarship package of K174 thousand per student will cater for school fees for the whole year, uniform, and transport.
Speaking when she visited the school, National coordinator for the foundation, who is also the minister of tourism, Vera Kamtukule said for now, the focus is on Lilongwe girls secondary school but they want to expand and reach out to as many girls as possible.
“You heard when the headmistress was speaking that there are more needy girls here, so from my own side I will take on board 5 girls,” Kamtukule said
On her part, Headmistress of Lilongwe Girls Secondary School Bridget Nungu, disclosed that this is the 3rd cohort since 2021 and that the school is greatful for the initiative.
“Apart from the scholarships, the foundation is also helping us with various items like sewing machines and other school equipments,” Nungu explained.
Jewel starfish foundation was founded by Liberian vice president Jewel Taylor and is operating in four countries namely Malawi, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana.
