After a few days of being centre of controversy over his remarks which had been misinterpreted by a cross section of Malawians thinking that he was calling all malawians “Achule” Ibrahim Matola was back in town on Wednesday morning addressing the press in a session called Government meets the press
Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola, has called on Malawians to be patriotic and avoid vandalizing transformers and other ESCOM machinery.
Addressing the media in Lilongwe on Wednesday under the Government Faces the Press platform, Matola said vandalism is costly and affects the economy of the country.
He added that the country is still recovering from the 129 megawatts lost due to Cyclones that hit Malawi a few months ago.
The Ministry of Tourism has this morning closed down Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre. The Ministry officials together with Minister Michael Usi stormed the hotel premises on Wednesday morning to demand the closure of the hotel
The closure follows its failure to pay the annual Tourism and Hotel Licence fee.
According to tourism officials, the hotel has failed to pay the fees despite several reminders.The licence expired in 2021.
Minister of Tourism Michael Usi accompanied by officials from the ministry is conducting a hotel inspection exercise in the city of Blantyre.
The hotel will be required to pay a fine of K50 thousand before it reopens.
Having been nominated to telecast 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers, with the very first match involving Malawi National Football Team against Ethiopia, Mibawa television chose not to disappoint.
The Station did its job very well; where most Malawians have expressed satisfaction with everything especially picture quality.
It did not only end in Malawi alone as the Station also fed one of world’s biggest sports beaming channels, Super Sports with signal of the same match.
The game ended 2-1 in favour of the hosts, courtesy of hitman Gabadidho Mhango who scored both goals on the spot after he was fouled in all occasions.
Both goals for the Flames were netted in the first half, and the visitors pulled the consolation in the second half after demonstrating a superb possession.
However, regardless of the efforts, soccer gods ended up smiling for the Lazarus Chakwera boys who did not disappoint at the end of 90-plus minutes.
Mibawa will keep beaming the matches, with another one coming this Thursday, June the 9th, between the Pharaohs of Egypt and the same Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, music lovers have not been left out as this weekend, Saturday precisely, Skeffa Chimoto will be dazzling at the Station’s Multi-purpose hall.
Barely weeks after visiting the Malawi government’s administrative headquarters, President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera returned to the Capital Hill on Tuesday where he engaged heads of public institution including ministers, ahead of the launch of the launch of the Public Sector Labs.
Writing on his Facebook wall, the President said the Tuesday’s meeting is one of the preparatory meetings for the launch of the long-awaited Private Sector Labs to be launched in July. “I have spent a better part of my working day at the Presidential Delivery Unit at Capital Hill to align various public institutions to our agenda for private sector and investment growth ahead of the launch of the Private Sector Labs in a couple of weeks’ time” said president Chakwera.
President Chakwera further highlighted that the Private Sector Labs will focus on identifying and addressing persistent impediments to foreign investments and business growth in the country. The Malawi leader also hinted that the Private Sector Labs will scale up government’s efforts on job creation and food security in the country. “These efforts will resultantly put us on a track to achieve our priority focus area up to 2025; job and wealth creation drive and food security,” said the President.
The meeting pooled together heads of institutions that are critical to the success of the private sector growth. Present at the meeting were the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Principal Secretaries to Agriculture, Finance, Justice among others. End-
India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan is paying an official visit to African nations of Zimbabwe and Malawi — a trip that started from June 6 to 9.
During his visit to Malawi, the Minister will call on Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, and will meet other senior leaders of the country.
He will also hold talks with Nancy Tembo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malawi on matters of mutual interest and cooperation. He will also meet a wide cross-section of the Indian community in both the countries and participate in events marking “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations during the visit. Muraleedharan will also review the progress of the development assistance projects under the Government of India Lines of Credit (LoCs) and Grants in both countries.
V. Muraleedharan
India shares excellent bilateral relations with both Zimbabwe and Malawi ranging across political, economic, cultural, and development assistance fields, which have particularly strengthened in the past few years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian leadership maintained close contact with the leadership of both the countries and supported them in their fight against the pandemic. The visit of the Minister of State for External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar would add further momentum to the multifaceted relations with these countries. (ANI)
