25-year-old Malumbo Mtonga has been crowned Miss Culture Malawi, during an event that was held last night at Amaryllis Hotels in Blantyre.
Mtonga who is a model at Star Modeling Agency, beat up 9 contestants who reached the finals.
Mwasalipa Mfune came up as the 1st Princes while Murimu Kachitsa finished as the 2nd Princes.
The event was spiced up by performances from Sangie, Wendy Harawa and Macluther
Speaking after the event Miss Culture Malawi marketing and public relations director Chimwemwe Buleya thanked all the participants and the partners for making the event successfull.
Miss Culture International Cheif Executive Officer Lorraine Kljajic was one of the notable guests who took part in the event and said she was impressed with how the event was managed.
Mighty Wanderes and Nyasa Big Bullets had to rely on penalties to edge out their round of 32 opponents in the inaugural FDH Cup.
Wanderes beat Karonga United 5-4 on postmatch penalties at Mzuzu Stadium following their 1-all draw in regulation time.
The Lali Lubani boys scored all their penalties through Alfred Manyozo Jnr, Stanley Sanudi, Vincent Nyangulu, Babatunde Adepoju and Francis Mulimbika.
Josaya Duwa missed the only kick for Karonga United while Anthony Mfune, Khumbo Msowoya and Adeleke Kolowale converting their penalties.
On the other hand Bullets secured a had-fought 5-4 victory against their reserve side Nyasa Big Bullets Reserve at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. The match ended 1-1 in regulation time following goals from Luke Chima for Bullets and Kesten Simbi for Bullets Reserve.
Yamikani Mologeni missed the last penalty to give The People’s Team a chance to cruise through to the round of 16.
There were also wins for Moyale Baracks and Blue Eagles FC who also cruised into the round of 16 after beating TN Stars and Ekwendeni United respectively.
Below are the full results of the round of 32 games played on Saturday June 26
Lilongwe-based gospel outfit The Great Angels choir on Friday cheered the ailing renowned musician Lucius Banda at his home Andiamo, in Balaka district.
Led by music director Ephraim Zonda, the group went to Lucius Banda’s home on it’s way to Blantyre where they are expected to perform at Robin’s Park on Sunday.
Great Angels Choir with Lucius Banda
According to Zonda, the group felt it wise to cheer Lucius describing him as a Farther in music.
He said Lucius and his elder brother Paul who is also sick, are some of the artists who have shaped Malawian music and influenced many musicians in the country.
“You cannot talk of Malawian music without mentioning Paul and Lucius Banda. These two have contributed a lot towards the music industry in the country. We are here as Great Angels today because of the influence of these brothers; So we are in Balaka today to pray with Lucius and wish him and his brothers well,” said Zonda.
In his remarks Banda expressed gratitude saying he is very thankful for the support he has been receiving from well wishers.
” I am very grateful to ‘The Great Angels’ and to all Malawians for being their for me and my brothers in these difficult times. May the good Lord bless each and every one of them,” said Banda.
Lucius, his brothers Paul and Francis have been sick for some time now and they are all in need of medical help abroad.
The song titled ‘Get There’ has been produced by BFB while the video for the song has been directed by Sukez and it is expected to be out at 10 o’clock in the morning on Monday.
Gwamba
According to Gwamba, ‘Get There’ is a song of hope which is encouraging people passing through difficult situations to continue trusting God and he will provide according to their prayers. The Lilongwe-based musician believes that the new song will be a big hit. ” I am so excited about the song that I am dropping on Monday. I haven’t been this excited in a while. My brother Maskal did an amazing job and as always Sukez and BFB did a very good job too,” said Gwamba.
The Zizakhala Better hit maker who is signed to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Major 1 Records, says he has spent about 3 million Malawi Kwacha in producing the music video for the song, making it the most expensive video he has ever shot in Malawi.
Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says schools will remain open amidist rising cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The minister was speaking at a Press briefing in Lilongwe where she said Government is continuously monitoring the situation on a day to day basis.
The minister disclosed that so far, 13 cases have been registered in universities, 3 cases in primary schools, 23 cases in secondary schools and 19 cases in Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs).
According to Chiponda, all cases are being managed in isolation centres within the schools.
In the past 24 hours, Malawi has registered 104 new Covid-19 cases taking the total number of cases recorded to 35,219.
1,178 people have so far died in the country since the start of the pandemic last year.
