By Chisomo Phiri
President Lazarus Chakwera will on Friday September 24, 2021 conduct an inspection of Nsanje-Marka Road in Nsanje district.
According to the statement dated 23 September 2021 and signed by the Secretary to the president Zanga-zanga Chikhosi, the function will start from 12:00 noon.
On Saturday September 25, 2021 from 8:30 am , President Chakwera will preside over the 19th congregation of the Catholic University of Malawi ( CUNIMA) at Nguludi in Chiradzuru district.
By Staff Reporter
Mkango Resources Ltd , one of the mining companies in the country have said its management team and two geotechnical engineering firms are on site at the Songwe Hill rare earths project to start a major drilling and pitting programme.
The geotechnical programme will obtain samples from about 150 five-metre-deep pits and 22 twenty-metre drill holes and is being undertaken to confirm the soil and ground characteristics of the Songwe Hill project area.
“This major geotechnical investigation programme is currently employing and training over 120 local Malawian skilled and unskilled personnel,” said Mkango president Alexander Lemon.
“We are very proud to be working with leading Malawian companies such as Geoconsult and also Torrent a local Blantyre-based plant hire company, promoting Malawian local content and community participation in the ongoing development of this exciting Rare Earths project.”
It expects to complete a definitive feasibility study in the first quarter of 2022.
By Emmanuel Moyo
Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) has asked journalists plying their trade in Karonga District to conduct themselves professionally when reporting on issues surrounding Gender Based Violence (GBV) with an aim of avoiding harm to GBV victims and survivors.
EAM project coordinator, Dumisan Nungu made these remarks during a two day workshop that EAM conducted with journalists from Tuesday to Wednesday at Lusubilo Community Care Hall.
Speaking in an interview after the workshop on Wednesday, Nungu described the media practitioners as a double edged sword that can cause harm as well as good on GBV issues.
“As EAM is implementing Timazge Nkhaza project, we take the media as a double edged sword, it can transform dominant norms in communities hence the need for us to conduct the training with media practitioners in Karonga since these are the people that will disseminate information.” He said.
He has since said the association expects journalists to go out and work with integrity after acquiring knowledge on gender based violence.
“We now expect these journalists to work with integrity and adequate knowledge in ensuring that dominant norms in communities are transformed.” He said.
On his part, Vice Chairperson for Karonga Press Club, Moses Kamanga commended EAM for the workshop saying it has enlightened media practitioners on many aspects of GBV.
“EAM has done a very commendable job because this is what we as journalists have been longing for and the topics that we have looked at here are so helpful and now we are better placed to report on GBV.” Kamanga said.
The workshop had 30 journalists from different media houses within Karonga and those facilitating were from the departments of health, social welfare, Malawi law society and executive director of FOWOGE.
By Staff Reporter
Nyasa Big Bullets hopes of defending the super league title suffered a major blow as they were held 1-1 by the Salima based soldiers Mafco FC at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
The People’s team went into the game three points ahead of second placed Silver Strikers with a game in hand but the draw means the gap has been reduced to a point after the Central Bankers thrashed Ntopwa FC 3-0 at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe.
Mafco’s Stain Malata opened the score sheet 9 minutes into the game but Bullets equalised at 35th minutes through Babatunde Adepoju who scored after receiving a cross from Hassan Kajoke.
With Wednesday’s result, Bullets remain top with 56 points from 27 games, a point behind Silver Strikers but the people’s team have a game in hand.
Bullets are expected to play Be Forward Wanderers FC on Sunday at Kamuzu Stadium.
Below are the full results of the games played on Wednesday
Tigers FC 0-1 Mighty Wanderers FC
Peter Cholopi
Nyasa Big Bullets 1-1 Mafco FC
Babatunde Adepoju-Stain Malata
Silver Strikers 3-0 Ntopwa FC
Stain Dave
Frank Banda
Blessings Tembo
By Staff Reporter
The Malawi Defense Force ( MDF) says on Wednesday September 22, 201 it will conduct Vehicle Testing and Road Tests exercise for its United Nations ( UN) marked military vehicles in Lilongwe city and the surrounding areas.
In a statement dated 21 September, 2021 and signed by its Public information officer Emmanuel Kelvin Mlelemba, the exercise will be conducted from Kamuzu Barracks through Chidzanja Road to Mitundu area starting from 9 O’Clock in the morning.
However,MDF is advising the members of public in the mentioned areas to take note and not to feel disturbed as this is just a routine exercise and that all necessary measures have been taken to avoid inconveniences.
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