The magistrate court in Salima has sentenced a woman aged 66 to jail for four years for having sex with an a young boy aged 17. The judgement was delivered on Wednesday Morning
State Prosecutor, Christina Ning’ang’a told the court that Nelia Gomani committed the offence on August 24, 2021 at Senga Bay when the Young boy went to her house to chat with the woman’s grandchildren. When he found that the grand children were away , Nelia took advantage and enticed the boy into sexual intercourse.
In mitigation after conviction, the woman pleaded for leniency saying she is too aged to serve a jail term. She said she also suffers from high blood pressure.
But Senior Resident Magistrate Joana Kwatiwani, threw out the pleading and ordered Gomani thrown into jail for four years.
The Football Association of Malawi( FAM) says the Airtel top 8 will soon resume and games are scheduled to start on October 30, 2021 up to December 18, 2021.
According to FAM, the K78 million cup will be participated by eight teams that finished in the top 8 of the 2020/ 2021 TNM Super League season and below are the teams that managed to finish top 8 of the 2020/2021 TNM Super League season and eligible for this year’s Airtel top 8.
Nyasa Big Bullets,Silver Strikers, Wanderers, Civil Sporting Club, Karonga United, Moyale Barracks, TN Stars,MAFCO
On the cup format and qualification, FAM says the cup will be played on knockout basis from the first round ( quarter finals) on a home and away basis, where away goal and goal aggregate score rules shall apply.
The semifinals and final shall be played on knockout basis in single feature, and in the first round of the competition ( last 8) the clubs finishing in the top four ( 4) position of the 2020/2021 Super League Season will be the home teams in the first leg. FAM further says there will be no draw for the first round and clubs will play against each other as follows : Firstly, the club finishing in position one(1) for the Super League will play against the club finishing in position eight (8) and similarly position 2 ( 2) will play position seven (7), position three ( 3) will play position six(6) and position four (4) will play position five ( 5). In the semi-final, a public draw will take place to determine which clubs will play against each other.
On the prizes, the prizes for the competitions will be distributed as follows: The first winner national will walk away with K17,500,000.00, Runner up with K 5,000,000.00 and all participating teams will walk away with K1000,000.00 each.on individual prizes category, top goal scorer will walk away with K500,000.00, player of the tournament will receive K500,000.00 while the man of the match in each game will walk away with K50,000.00.
On the match calendar, the quarterfinal first leg will start on October 30 to November 7, 2021 and quarterfinal return leg will be from 20 to 28 November,2021. From 4- 5 December, the first semi-final( semi-final 1) and from 11-12 December, the second semi-final ( semi-final 2). The final will be played on October 18, 2021.
The Airtel Top 8 is a National knockout cup organized by Football Association of Malawi ( FAM ) and is sponsored by Airtel Malawi to the tune of K78 million. The 2021 edition will be played between October and December,2021.
As part of celebrating Mother’s Day which falls on October 15 every year, UK based female Afro-beat artist Lissa Mikana popularly known by her stage name CrazyLi is set to drop a special mother’s day tune titled Mama on October 13, 2021.
In a separate interview, Mikana said the song is all about appreciating mother’s love during this mother’s day cerebration. ” A mother is a very important person in life and deserves love and attention all the time. This song is all about appreciating mothers for the good moments they do in our lives. I hope many will enjoy it as well just as it has good message. Let us show love to our mothers and make them feel they are not alone”, Said Mikana.
CrazyLi
She said the song is both Audio and video that has been shot in United Kingdom( UK) and Malawi. ” I will release both video and audio of the song. I have done the Video in UK and Malawi and it is a great Video people will enjoy watching” she said.
The Tseketseke hit maker revealed that she is also working on her new Extend Playlist ( EP) which will be released on her birthday this year. ” This is a year to drop more and good music. I promise my music followers to give them best music of their choice. Currently, I am also working on my new EP which I will drop on my birthday this year, just get prepared”, said Mikana.
Asked on who inspires her in music, Mikana said her mother who is a gospel singer Mrs. Florence Massea inspires her a lot and wish to be like her in a near future. ” I always feel inspired by my mother Florence Massea. She is a very good gospel singer and she me a lot. I love listening to her gospel song and wish to be like her in future ” tetezeni” Mama Audio is being produced by Pon G and the Video by VJ Ken
Musician Joseph Alfazema has resurfaced with his fourth album titled Chipasupasu. Based in Lilongwe, Alfazema, who made headlines with his debut album chonena ife tilibe just over a decade ago, which also had other hits such as ‘Maphunziro’, has been out of the limelight for some time.
Speaking about his break from the Music scene Alfazema said that he has been silent as he was monitoring the market. “It was just a matter of time but the production of music needs proper preparation and that is what I had to do. Some quarters have had the feeling that I am done with music but this is a career that made me and opened doors and so I am still in it,” Alfazema said.
The new alsum has recorded at CL Touch Studio in Lilongwe by Viwe Chibwana, younger brother to Limbani Chibwana,. Music Videos of some of the songs have already been uploaded on Youtube “It’s been hard work and I am thankful that I am through with this project. Of course two songs were recorded by Limbani Chibwana,” Alfazema said.
Musician Joseph Alfazema
Just as he has done in his previous albums tackling various issues affecting society, Alfazema has done the same in this album.
“We as artists, are the voice of the voiceless and we are also advisors and, so, there are songs that are touching on different areas. The album overall talks about God’s love for us and in turn we are also supposed to show each other love,” he said.
Alfazema said there is no love amongst people these days.
“People are jealousy of each other’s successes but God wants us to love one another,” he said.
There is a track titled ‘Zikomo’ in which Alfazema has taken time to thank God for peace in the country.
“Our land is blessed, we have beautiful mountains, rivers, lakes and, on top of that ,we have peace. Our friends in other countries do not know peace because there are wars and so this is reason enough to say thank you God,” he said.
With corruption rampant in the country, Alfazema has also taken time to talk about the issue in the track ‘Chinyengo’ and blames individuals and government departments for being corrupt, saying this has ended up retarding development.
“As I have indicated, I have tackled different issues and I have not avoided love which is paramount,” he said.
Other songs in the 10-track album include ‘Wamnzako’, ‘Ulendo’, ‘Mapenyapenya’, ‘Sitype Yako’, ‘Kapolo’, ‘Mindset Change’ and ‘Mlungu Wathu’.
Alfazema’s other previous albums include Mutchuke Ndinu and Nkhalakadzi.
Karonga District commissioner Paul Kalilombe has warned Karonga market users against disposal of rubbish in drainage systems of the market saying it is puts the market at risk of floods.
Kalilombe’s remarks come in reaction to the District’s downscaled seasonal forecast for 2021 to 2022 by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological services that has predicted that rainfall amounts exceeding 245mm are expected around town in March. “People’s habits of dumping rubbish in drains of our market is continuing and this shows that we might again have problems when rains begin, so this must be stopped if we are to prevent flood related problems that might come due to poor drainage system and we need the support of the people on this matter,” he said.
Karonga DC Paul Kalilombe
Kalilombe has since urged media practitioners plying their trade in the district to help in sensitizing people on negative effects of dumping rubbish in the drains. On his part, Karonga Market Chairperson, Goodwin Ghambi hailed the DC saying the warning is timely as his committee is also committed to making sure that drains are clean. “As of now, the council is cleaning the drains in the market, so the warning has come in good time as it will make people abide to the rules, our market committee is also committed to working with the council in making sure that the drainage system is clear,” he said.
Karonga district is one of the flood prone districts and poor drainage system has been one of the causes of flooding in the market during the previous rainy season.
