Ugandan comedian Teacher Mpamire has arrived in the country on Christmas day afternoon through Kamuzu International Airport ahead of Vilekeke Night of Laughter where he is expected to perform on boxing day.
The Ugandan comedian will share the stage with another South African comedian Mozisi , who is already in the country, alongside the country’s stars in musician and comedian Patience Namadingo and stand-up comedian Mr jokes and Nya Uyu, real name Felistus Ngwira.
Teacher Mpamire arriving at Kia
The event has been organised by Felistus Ngwira with partnerships from various organisations. Speaking to 247Malawi News, Ngwira says she expects fireworks on tomorrows. Tickets for Vilekeke Night of Laughter are selling at Back benchers tickets K10,000 Standard tickets K40,000 Couple Tickets K70,000 Front roll seats K100,0000 Corporate table K600,000 Corporate section K3,000,000
Tickets available at BICC ,Mbowe Filling station,Area 18 filling station and Acres
A 24-year-old Mzuzu based resident, who has won K24 million in the Online betting Aviator game by Premier bet, has discouraged gamblers from taking betting as a permanent source of income.
Foster Shaba, who is a Bachelor of Education graduate, has therefore tipped gamblers to play the game for pleasure while managing their resources well especially during this time of economic woes.
Premier bet commercial Manager for the northern region Mircko Lukic says this is a good christmas gift the company could give to its clients like Foster.
Foster Shaba
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Nyasa Big Bullets on Saturday night held their first Annual Awards Ceremony at Comesa Hall in Blantyre where among other things they recognized outstanding players in the just ended season with each player winning going home with K750,000.
Right back Gomezgani Chirwa was the biggest winner winning the player of the season award. Despite being a defender, Chirwa who recently won goal of the season award, scored a number of goals for his team this season and created several scoring opportunities.
Bullets’ Nigerian striker Babatude Adepoju scooped the Best striker award. Adepoju scored 24 goals in all competitions this season winning the Golden boot in the TNM super league and FDH Cup with 18 and 5 goals respectively.
Clever Mkungula won the Best goalkeeper award beating Richard Chimbamba and Rabson Chienda
Discovery of the year award went to Patrick Mwaungulu who created 21 assists and scored ten goals in the just ended season.
Other players who received awards are Precious Sambani who won the Best defender award, Ernest Petro for the Best midfielder award and Chikumbutso Salima who won the Player of the year award for the Reserve side.
Bullets’ main team coach Calisto Pasuwa and Bullets Reserve coach Enos Chatama were also honored for their outstanding performance this season.
The team also took time to recognize some of its legends like Kinnah Phiri, Lawrence Waya and Kanjedza Kamwendo.
The People’s team had a successful season this year retaining the TNM Super League, winning the FDH Cup and Charity Shield as well as reaching the finals of the Airtel Top 8 Cup.
Meanwhile, Minister of Sports Richard Chimwendo Banda who was Guest honour at the event has assured the team that government will complete construction of Nyasa Big Bullets Stadium which was delayed in the last financial calendar.
Landscape degradation and deforestation has worried President Chakwera, saying it is detrimental to the livelihood and environment.
He was speaking on Friday, December 23,2022 during the official launch of 2022-2023 National Forestry Season at Mangochi Palm Forest Reserve which is estimating Malawi to plant at least 50 million trees from December this year to April 2023.
Launching the season, President Chakwera said as a nation, Malawi has to accept responsibility for the degradation of landscapes that provide the citizenry with various daily needs.
“As a nation, we must accept responsibility for the degradation of the landscapes that gave us food, oxygen, good weather, and environmental protection. We must acknowledge that the way we have been treating the landscapes has been detrimental to ourselves and to our environment for decades, and most importantly we must take multiple a d sustained actions to reverse the destructive course we have been on, and over collective pursuit of the aspirations of the Malawi 2063 vision, the Malawi national Forest landscape strategy, the charcoal strategy, the UN strategy, and other policies.” Said President Chakwera.
He added that restoration of the degraded landscapes is non negotiable, hence committed to the restoration of 4.5 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030 in all degraded forest areas across the country.
President Chakwera has since commended partners in the restoration of the forest including National Bank of Malawi, FDH Bank, Politicians, politicians, and other stakeholders for their commitment towards restoration of the landscapes.
During his speech, President Chakwera also led Malawians in observing a minute of silence in honor of a Malawian artist, Walycris Wanyengo who has died on the road accident in Zimbabwe on his way back to Malawi from the Republic of South Africa where he went for performance.
In his speech, Minister of Natural Resources and Forest, Eisenhower Mkaka commended President Chakwera for his commitment and interest in the restoration drive of degraded forest areas and landscapes in the country.
Mkaka added that Malawi is blessed with abundant and unique forest resources which if properly managed can drive socio-economic development of the country.
“However the country has witnessed a lot of deforestation. Your Excellency, you might wish to be informed that the country’s forest cover is currently at 24% down from 28% some two decades ago, this is a worrisome statistics as it shows that we are not properly protecting, and managing our trees and forest resources.” Said Mkaka while assuring the nation that under Chakwera leadership, his ministry and other stakeholders are undertaking various landscape restoration initiatives to reserve forest degradation, citing 54 million trees the country planted last year in the similar season.
Taking his turn, National Bank’s Chief Financial Officer, Masauko Katsala whose company has adopted three forests of Mangochi Palm Forest Reserve in Mangochi, Seven Hills Forest in Dedza, and Jembia Forest in Chitipa district.
Said Katsala; “As the bank of the nation, we feel duty bound to contribute towards the preservation and restoration of Malawi’s environment under ‘Adopt and restore a forest campaign initiative which is covering 1,510 hectares, and as we continue managing 1.7 million hectares. National Bank is the green financial institution and committed to building this nation within which it operates.”
The 2022-2023 National Forestry Season is being observed under the theme “Restore degraded landscapes for livelihood security,” And President Chakwera has since planted Coconut and Palm trees during the launch.
President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday December 23,2022 successfully launched this year’s tree planting exercise at an event that took place at Mangochi Palm Forest Reserve in Mangochi.
Speaking at the launch of the exercise which is expected to run up to April next year, Chakwera said the government is committed to restoring the degraded 4.5 million hectares of forests and landscapes in the country.
The president also praised the private sector, donor partners and everyone contributing towards the restoration of the country’s depleted forests.
Natural Resources and Climate Change Minister, Eisenhower Mkaka said the government has earmarked to plant over 50 million trees during this period.
Mkaka faulted human activities such as charcoal burning and poor agriculture practices, among others, for fueling the depletion of the forests and vegetative cover.
Chakwera inaugurated the 2021/2022 national tree planting season in February this year following delayed rains.
The country targeted to plant 40 million trees last season.
