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Athlete Shantero Davie celebrates Christmas with orphans and elderl

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Athlete Shantero Davie celebrates Christmas with orphans and elderl

By Chisomo Phiri

As one way of making everyone feels happy about Christmas celebration, one of the renowned athletes in Mulanje Shantel Davie on December 25 organized a Christmas party with orphans and elderly in Kumponda and Nchathu villages in Mulanje where over 250 kids and elderly enjoyed plenty of soft drinks and delicious foods.

Speaking during the party, Shantero said as a God-fearing person who believes that giving is a blessing, he feels not good to have something to eat or enjoy with while others are struggling to find even a little.
” As a human being who fears God, I do not feel good when I have something to eat while others are struggling to find a little to eat. You will find that those who are struggling to find food also have no shelter, a relative or anyone else to support them which is very painful. I hope this party will relieve such pains in them and make them enjoy the day too,” said Shantero.

He said he has been in the similar situation for years where he had no one to support him and he knows how it feels to be in the situation.
” I have been in the similar situation for long and I know how it feels when one has no one to support him or her, it pains a lot. Therefore, as an athlete, I take this as an advantage to use the talent in helping the poor through the funds I raise after my running competitions.

When enjoying Christmas such as playing games, visiting new places enjoying expensive foods and drinks, we have to know thet there are some who are suffering and need help,” he said.
Shantero thanked United Kingdom national Mary Davidson who always supports him in all his charitable works for the financial support to organize the party and urged her to continue supporting him.
” I wish to thank Mary Davidson who is a UK national for her financial support to have this party tody. It is not only this party, the lady is my sponsor in all my charitable projects. I do every project because of her support and I thank God to have her in life. I urge her to continue supporting me in all the next projects,”said Shantero.

In her remarks, one of the party beneficiaries who is an orphan Mphatso Williams thanked Shantero for his loving heart to organize the party saying without him they could not enjoyed the day.
” Am very happy today. We have enjoyed the day and I did not expect this to happen. We thank Shantero for organizing this party for us to enjoy. To say the truth, we could not enjoy the day without Shantero. May the good God bless him for the generosity,” said Mphatso.
In her words, Mai Likhuwa who is an elderly invited for the party also thanked Shantero for organizing the party and urged him to do the same with others who are in the same situation next year.
” We are very thankful to Shantero for the party. We have eaten expensive foods that we have never eaten before. We will never forget this year’s Christmas celebration. We urge him to do the same to those who are in the same situation next year and this should just be a beginning,” said Lukhuwa.

Being a person who is well known by his charitable works in the area, Shantero has also recently repaired 3 broken boreholes in the area where people are accessing safe water for domestic use in their homes.

Veterans FC win K3 million in Grace Kwelepeta football league

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Veterans FC win K3 million in Grace Kwelepeta football league

By Chisomo Phiri and Mike Godfrey Temboh

In celebration of this year’s Christmas boxing day, on Sunday, thousands of people in Malosa Constituency in Zomba gathered at Domasi ground to watch Grace Kwelepeta football league finals between Veterans FC and Naming’azi FC, which ended in favour of Veterans FC by thrushing out their opponents by 2 goals to 1.

Former player for Malawi’s national football team, the Flames Joseph Shakira Kamwendo who was the event guest of honor went away with five players from both teams who will be signed for his football academy in Blantyre.
He said” I have observed these five players to be great players. I will sign them in my football academy to extra improve their talents”.

Hon Grace Kwelepeta ready to present the trophy

In her remarks, Honourable Kwelepeta said she is always delighted with her people in football fraternity and the entire constituency at large and encouraged the youths in the area to stay away from immoral be behaviors.
” As a leader, I always believe that sports is a one of preventing youths from engaging in immoral behaviors. I am delighted with how people from my area do in sports. This trophy is just beginning and I have more to do for the people to enjoy,” said Kwelepeta.


Other notable public figures who witnessed the event were Member of Parliament for Mangochi Masongola Ishmael Grant, ward councillors for Malosa constituency, traditional leaders, Zomba council officials and DPP party officials.

From China with Love, Former State House Press Officer Brian Banda organises football bonanza

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By Staff Reporter

Just days after it was confirmed that Brian Banda has lost his role as State House Press Secretary to Anthony Kasunda, the former TV host who has recently just returned from studies in China organised a football bonanza in Blantyre.

The football bonanza that was organised to coincide with Christmas celebrations saw the climax of it on Christmas day when Chileka Stars emerged winners after defeating Be Part FC by three goals to two.

After completing six months of further studies at Peking University in China, Presidential Press Officer Brian Banda come back to be welcomed with news that he will no longer be the main man at the state house. Anthony Kasunda who was drafted in to temporarily hold the role in Banda’s absence has performed so good leaving President Chakwera with no choice but to give him the role permanently.

It is not clear which position Brian Banda will be given since his post is no longer available. It is rumoured that he might be posted to OPC as another role at the state house would come as a demotion since all the high media roles are already covered

Iran announces travel ban on 12 European and African countries including Malawi

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Iran announces travel ban on 12 European and African countries including Malawi

Just a few days after UK lifted its ban on some African Countries, a move that has been followed by USA, Iran has decided to do the opposite and announce that it is banning people from 12 African and European Countries from entering the country due to the surge in Omnicron Virus

Iran Interior Ministry, in line with instruction from the National Taskforce For Fighting Coronavirs  has announced that they will block the direct and indirect entry of passengers from eight African countries, including Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa, and four European countries including the United Kingdom, France, Norway and Denmark, Ali Asghar Shalbafian said. 

Deputy Minister for Tourism of Iran , Ali Asghar Shalbafian

He further said the ban on travelers from those 12 countries will be in place for 15 days.

The Iranian official also added, “The land and sea borders are closed to tourists for 15 days according to the decision of the National Taskforce For Fighting Coronavirus.”

According to him, the travelers and passengers from other destinations will be allowed to enter on condition that they present a certificate that they have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine or they have negative PCR test results that have been taken within the past 48 to 72 hours.

He further pointed out that travelers who seek to enter Iran via air must pay for a new PCR test at the airports.

Joyce Banda pays Tribute to Icon Desmond Tutu

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Joyce Banda pays Tribute to Icon Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu changed the world, the former Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda has said following the death of the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa.

In a message posted on her official Facebook Page, Dr Joyce Banda expressed her sadness at the loss of Tutu whom she described as a distinguished son “Today the 26th of December, 2021, South Africa, the continent and the entire world has lost a distinguished son. A Man of God and a gallant fighter for Human Rights”. said Banda

She went further to say “In September of 2014, I was invited by the Starky Hearing Foundation based in Minnesota, USA to speak at their Annual Conference on Disability Matters particularly the Deaf. I was privileged to have a meeting with him at the Starky Hearing Foundation over lunch. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and myself were speakers. He was a man gifted with great wisdom. I will never forget how a single meeting over lunch impacted me forever”.

Dr Joyce Banda and the late Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Tutu was one of the driving forces behind the movement to end apartheid, the policy that saw racial segregation and discrimination against the black majority in South Africa by the white minority government.

He was credited with coming up with the term Rainbow Nation to describe the ethnic mix of post-apartheid South Africa, but in his latter years he expressed regret that the nation had not come together as he had hoped.

Many South Africans today will remember Tutu’s personal courage, and the clarity of his moral fury. But as those who knew him best have so often reminded us, Tutu was always, emphatically, the voice of hope. And it is that hope, that optimism, accompanied, so often, by his trademark giggles and cackles, that seems likely to shape the way the world remembers, and celebrates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Ordained as a priest in 1960, Tutu went on to serve as bishop of Lesotho from 1976-78, assistant bishop of Johannesburg and rector of a parish in Soweto. He became Bishop of Johannesburg in 1985, and was appointed the first black Archbishop of Cape Town the following year. He used his high-profile role to speak out against oppression of black people in his home country, always saying his motives were religious and not political.

After Mandela became South Africa’s first black president in 1994, Tutu was appointed by him to a Truth and Reconciliation Commission set up to investigate crimes committed by both whites and blacks during the apartheid era.

He was also credited with coining the term Rainbow Nation to describe the ethnic mix of post-apartheid South Africa, but in his latter years he expressed regret that the nation had not coalesced in the way in which he had dreamt.

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