Malawian boxer Israel Kammwamba on Saturday lost his ABU jnr welterweight fight via Technical Knock Out (TKO) in round one against South Africa’s Xolisani Ndongeni.
The 12 round fight took place at Ingwenyama Lodge in South Africa and was organized by TLB Boxing Promotions.
Xolisani dominated the fight from the word go forcing the Malawian to surrender before the end of the first round
Recently Kammwamba populary known as ‘Money Machine’ retained the Malawi lightweight championship after knocking out Osgood Kayuni in a 10 round title fight that took place in Lilongwe.
Silver Strikers are through to the finals of the Airtel Top 8 cup after beating their city rivals Civil Service United 2-0 in a semi-final match that took place at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday.
The Central Bankers, who dominated possession in both halfs scored their goals through Stain Davie on the 11th minute and Zebron Kalima on 48th minutes
Silver will now face Nyasa Big Bullets who were the first side to reach the final after thrashing Mighty Wanderers 4-1 at Kamuzu Stadium last weekend.
After the match Silver Strikers player Zebron Kalima was voted man of the match and received K50 thousand plus a trophy from Airtel.
The winner of this year’s Airtel Top 8 will walk away with K17 million.
Nyasa Big Bullets forward Babatunde Adepoju is expected to win the golden boot as he is the current leading scorer with eight goals followed by Silver Strikers’ Blessings Tembo who has scored two goals.
In a related development, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) disclosed that Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) failed to beam Saturday’s Airtel Top-8 semifinal because they did not acquire TV Rights.
This is however in contrary to what MBC said on their failure to beam the match
According to the state broadcaster, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) defied court order by not allowing MBC crew who were already at the stadium to beam the match live on television.
On December 7, The High court in Blantyre ordered FAM to give MBC rights to beam the remaining games in the Airtel Top 8 competition.
In his capacity as the Southern Africa Development Community ( SADC) President of the Republic of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera will on Sunday December 12,2021 leave the country for Botswana where he is expected to visit Secretariat Headquarters in Gaborone on December 13,2021.
According to a statement from SADC, President Chakwera will arrive on December 12, 2021 for a working visit and he will be received by the Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Lemogang Kwape, on behalf of Boswana State President Mokgweetsi Keabetswe Masisi.
On Tuesday December 14, 2021, chakwera will pay a courtesy call on President Masisi. ” The SADC chairperson will be appraised on the status of implementation of SADC programs, decisions, and the 41st SADC theme ‘ Bolstering productive capacities in the face of COVID-19 pandemic for Inclusive, Sustainable and Economic Industrial Transformations. The SADC chairperson will also interact with the SADC Secretariat staff, provide guidance, and sign SADC legal instruments”, reads the statement in part.
President Lazarus Chakwera because the chairperson of SADC on August 17, 2021 during the 41st SADC Summit Heads of States and Government held in Lilongwe Lilongwe, Malawi. As is customary, Chairpersons of SADC visit the SADC Secretariat Headquarters during their tenure to appreciate work done by the Secretariat in facilitating the SADC regional intergeneration agenda to provide guidance on the Secretariat’s implementation of SADC programmes.
Chakwera oversees the highest level of the governance structure of SADC, and among others, has the overall mandate of providing policy direction, and controlling the functions of SADC.
SADC is an organization of 16 Member of States in 1992. The mission of SADC is to promote sustainable, and equitable economic growth and social-economic development through efficient, productive systems, deeper cooperation and integration, good governance and durable peace and security; so that the region emergies as a competitive and effective player in international relations and and the world economy.
Midfielder Chimwemwe Idana won the TNM Super League Player of the Season award and received a Mazda Demio as his side who are also the league champions, Nyasa Big Bullets, dominated awards at the TNM Super League awards ceremony that took place last night.
The ceremony took place at Lotus Hotel in Blantyre.
The event saw the Peoples team scooping six awards as some outstanding Journalists and referees also went home with various awards.
At the ceremony, the sponsors TNM also announced the increase in sponsorship of the league from K90 million to K100 million.
The hike means the champions of the next season will receiver K40 million and player of the season will now be receiving K2 million starting from next season.
Below is the full list of winners of the TNM Super League Awards
Player of the season- Chimwemwe Idana
Best Midfielder- Chimwemwe Idana of Nyasa Big Bullets
Top Goal Scorer – Hassan Kajoke of Nyasa Big Bullets
Best goalkeeper- Richard Chimbamba of Nyasa Big Bullets
Best defender- Nickson Mwase of Silver Strikers
Most Improved Player- Lloyd Nyaliwa of Moyale Barracks
Most Improved Team- Karonga United
Most discplined supporters-TN Stars
Fairy play team- Moyale Barracks
Best Team Management- Nyasa Big Bullets
Best Center Referee- Evidence Kananji
Best Technical Pannel – Ekwendeni Hammers
Best First Assistant Refereee- Clemence Kanduku
Best second assistant referee- Clement Kamwendo
MEDIA AWARDS
Best TV Journalist- Amin Musa of MBC
2.Best Radio Reporter- Frank Kandu
Best Print Journalist- Mabvuto Kambuwe of Times Group
Best Online Journalist- Hastings Ndevu of Soccer Malawi
Best Photojournalist
Richard Issa-TV Islam
Best commentator- Bright Buju Kanyama of ZBS
Best Columinist – Garry Chirwa of Nation Publications
The opposition party, Democractic Progress Party ( DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) are demanding the immediate release of Political Activist Bon Kalindo, claiming that his arrest is politically motivated.
In statement issued separately by the two parties, DPP Spokesperson Shadreck Namalomba says Tonse Alliance Administration has always wanted to stop Kalindo from proceeding with the anti-government protests against the high cost of living and unfulfilled campaign promises. He says the arrest itself has potential to fuel more anger in Malawians, whom he has been leading on several anti-government protests. “It is no secret that Mr. Kalindo has been criticizing government for its failure to fulfill campaign promises and the subsequent deteriorating social-economic and on numerous occasions, there have been attempts by government to stop him.
Arrested . Bon Kalindo
The UDF statement says the timing of the arrest can easily be perceived as a ploy by government to silence critics
DPP however claims they find Mr. Kalindo’s arrest as politically motivated and the arrest itself has potential to fuel more anger in Malawians, who he has been leading on several anti-government protests. Government must, therefore, remember that it has social contract with the citizenry and silencing critics will only breed more anger,” says Namalomba in a statement.
Kalindo was arrested on Friday, on allegations that he made false statement on the death of Former Deputy Speaker Clement Chiwaya, who he said was murdered and not committing suicide, adding that the government also knows those behind killings and abductions of persons with albinism in the country.
