TNM Super League side Creck Sporting Football Club has reinstated Macdonald Nginde Mtetemera as team’s Head Coach.
According to a brief statement on the team’s Facebook page, the former Chitipa United mentor has been reinstated by the team’s board with immediate effect, following a comprehensive review process which was held on Friday.
Macdonald Nginde Mtetemera
Mtetemera was suspended a couple of months ago pending performance review and the team’s assistant coach Joseph Kamwendo was leading the team as an interim coach.
Mtetemera’s first assignment from suspension will be a fixture against Premier Bet Dedza Dynamos at Dedza Stadium.
Water for People, an international not for profit organization with a vision of a world where every person has access to reliable water and sanitation services organized a two- day training workshop on WASH Systems Strengthening index analysis for its partners from Chikwawa, Lilongwe and Dowa District Councils. WASH systems strengthening involves taking actions and supporting interventions to strengthen the factors, the capacity of actors, and their inter-relationships (i.e improved access to information and the political economy of decision-making) that can improve the quality and sustainability of WASH services and ensure that all populations are served.
Kate Harawa-WASH system is about long-term support
During the workshop, Water for People shared WASH index analysis tool of an ideal district with strong systems, the District Councils and their partners used the WASH index tool to analyze their systems and estimate their score/ status later each council presented their WASH systems status based on the tool. Councils made their own presentations as to what the communities are doing in their districts and the impact of WASH Systems strengthening contributing to a global learning on approaches to strengthening WASH systems.
WASH Systems for Health programming is led and funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) supporting governments in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to strengthen the systems needed to establish reliable, resilient and inclusive WASH services.
Speaking during the workshop held at Chikho Hotel in Mponela-Dowa, Water for People’s Director of Influence and Scale Kate Harawa, said WASH system is about long-term support and investing into the systems to create an enabling and conducive that allow people access, lasting WASH services.
Harawa said these WASH systems strengthening include supporting both local and National Government to have functional system with the necessary building blocks like relevant policies, regulation, institution arrangements, infrastructure, monitoring and planning frame works, coordination, finances, water resources, and management in place.
She said WASH services are provided through different service delivery models such as Assets +management model +level of service saying this is only possible if there are a strong enabling facilitating and regulating systems in place.
“Only a strong system can deliver services that last, WASH systems strengthening are interconnected to the system factors such as technologies, markets, cultural and social norms, and aid mechanisms, all of which are complex and interlinked in systems context of Health, Agriculture, Education and Ecological system,” said Harawa.
One of the workshop participants Willard Chirwa, Director of Planning and Development for Lilongwe District Council, said the WASH systems strengthening workshop is an eye opener for councils to do better in WASH service deliveries.
Chirwa said the councils will do a self-WASH systems assessment in line with the building blocks later each council will produce a District WASH systems action plan based on the identified gaps of which they will work with all district partners to address the weak building blocks and improve/maintain the strong building blocks, the assessment results will form a baseline for the FCDO funded project.
“As a council, the preliminary indicators basing on scoring percentages, things are better but there’s room for improvement,” he said.
Water for People is implementing WASH systems for Health programming from March, 2024 to December, 2027 with funding from Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) amounting to 2.5 million Great Britain Pound.
Cross – border traders and travelers that use the old Songwe border say they anticipate security and improved efficiency once the new Songwe One Border Post is completed.
Kelvin Montfort, a Blantyre based Truck Driver said in an interview that his expectation is that the new border post will help reduce time for processing of imports and exports. “I am a regular user of this border post but we normally have problems in processing clearance of our goods. Sometimes it takes the whole before we get cleared, we rarely experience this in other borders,” he emphasized. “I am hopeful that the new border post will help ease out some of these problems.”
Concurring with Montfort, another Truck Driver Gilbert Anganile said spending more time at the border waiting to be cleared also contributed to high levels of prostitution at the area thereby encouraging the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Jimmy Mwakasungura who works as a Guard at the new facility said the coming in of the new border post has created job opportunities to the people of the area. “We thank President Chakwera for this development. Many youths in this area have managed to secure jobs, please keep it up,” he said.
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services Songwe Border Public Relations Officer (PRO) Sergent Tilipo Ng’ambi said the new border will have new security features and that would enable them to detect security threats. Ng’ambi expressed optimism that the new border post will also help iron out the current office space challenges. “The old building has a small space so when we are helping people who are exiting and those who are coming in this country. We are hopeful that the new building will have security, as a new structure it is obvious that it will be equipped with security cameras which will be used to detect any illegal activities happening at the border,” she said.
King, Project Manager Assistant for Jiangxi Construction Engineering Company said his company is working hard to ensure that the project finishes in good time as agreed.
South African rapper ‘Maya Wegerif’ known by her stage name Sho Madjozi on Monday released her much anticipated Chichewa song titled Kadigong’o.
The new song which she performed at the just ended Lake of Stars Festival, was officially premiered on Joy Nathu’s ‘Made On Monday’ program following a radio interview which the artist had with the multi-award winning radio personality.
Popular for her hit song ‘John Cena’ , Sho Madjozi also surprised Made On Monday followers with a brilliant Chichewa freestyle on a Hyphen’s ‘Kuusumana’ Instrumental.
The 32-year-old artist also paid homage to legendary rapper Hyphen saying he is one of the coolest rappers she has ever came across.
Apart from Hyphen, Show Madjoz said she is a big fan of other Malawian artists like Zeze Kingston, Fada Moti as well as Temwah and said she was looking forward to working with some Malawian artists and help push their music further.
Sho Madjoz was in the country where she came as one of the headliners at the just ended Lake of Stars Festival held in Nkhotakota last weekend.
In an electrifying display of speed and endurance, South Africa-based runner Mphatso Nadolo and Mzuzu-based female athlete Nalicy Chirwa on Saturday emerged victorious in the 6th edition of the Blantyre 42.195 km race, held at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
Nadolo blazed through the 42.195 km marathon in an impressive time of 2:22:05, securing first place.
He was closely followed by Ndacha Mchelenje of the Malawi Defence Force, who finished in 2:24:20, while Glevasio Mpani of CIVO Sporting Club took third place with a time of 2:26:33.
In the women’s race, Nalicy Chirwa successfully defended her title, crossing the finish line in 2:57:02. Veteran runner Tereza Master claimed second place with a time of 3:02:59, and Doris Fisher rounded off the podium, finishing in 3:04:23.
The excitement continued in the men’s 10 km race, where Chikondi Mwanyali of CIVO Sporting Club emerged as the champion, clocking in at 29:57:62. His teammate, Prince Kalindawako, followed closely with a time of 30:04:93, while George Khanje secured third place in 30:57:54.
In the women’s 10 km race, Moneyi Chigayipe took home the gold with a time of 36:50:22. Mercy Malembo finished in second place with a time of 37:20:14, and Enifa Kaponda secured third place, finishing in 37:54:02.
The men’s 5 km race saw Edison Mwata claim first place with a time of 30:22:63, while Joseph Mwale took second place at 31:00:50. Aaron White finished third at 31:43:05.
Meanwhile, in the women’s 5 km race, Milliam Kachingwe emerged victorious, finishing in 18:53:81.
Lydia Mwenechanya followed in second place with a time of 19:21:15, and Ruth Phiri finished third, clocking in at 19:31:12.
