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Malawian Actress ‘Mwai Simbota’ wins an award in Zambia

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Malawian Actress ‘Mwai Simbota’ wins an award in Zambia

By McLloyd Kudzingo


Malawian Actress cum Radio Personality Mwai Simbota has won the Southern Africa Best Actress in Feature Film award at the 10th Sotambe Film Award Ceremony held in Lusaka, Zambia last night.

Simbota who works with the state broadcaster MBC, won the award for her role in ‘Our Misnomer,’ a movie which touches on the plight of persons with albinism and was premiered in Lilongwe and Blantyre on 28th and 29th July, 2023 respectively.



Several guests including Zambia’s Minister of Youth, Sports and Arts, Elvis Nkandu were among the people that patronized the awards ceremony.

Sotambe is Zambia’s biggest film festival which was established to celebrate Filmmakers from the Southern part of Africa.

Chaos in Opposition DPP as Court orders National Elective Convention within 90 days

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Chaos in Opposition DPP as Court orders National Elective Convention within 90 days


By Chisomo Phiri

The High court in Lilongwe on Friday September 29, 2023 ordered the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to hold its National Elective Convention(NEC) within 90 days.

Judge Simeon Mdeza also said they have nullified proceedings and resolutions made at the party’s National Governing Council(NGC) meeting of July 3,2023 at Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi saying the party failed to comply with the court order made on July 5,2022.



In the 2022 order, the court ordered DPP to hold dully constituted NGC and Central committee meetings within reasonable time according to DPP constitution but the party did not comply.

The latest order follows an application by DPP vice president for Southern Region Kondwani Nankhumwa and two others who requested the court to nullify the proceedings and resolutions made at the meeting of the NGC of July 3,2023.

Meanwhile, DPP is yet to comment on the matter.

Kwacha Plummets again with 4.7% depreciation against dollar

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Kwacha Plummets again with 4.7% depreciation against dollar

By Chisomo Phiri

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has announced that Malawi Kwacha will depreciate by 4.7 percent from K1,126 to K1,180.29 against the dollar starting from October 2, 2023.

According to the central bank, this follows a Foreign Exchange Auction that was held on Wednesday, September 27, 2023.

Governor Wilson Banda


In a statement, RBM Governor Wilson Banda says the forex auction was successful as all Authorised Dealer Banks (ADBs) participated.

He says the foreign exchange auctions are aimed at determining the prevailing market clearing price of the kwacha against the dollar and other major currencies.

RBM announced in January this year that it would be conducting forex auctions periodically to facilitate the discovery of a prevailing market-clearing exchange rate for the kwacha against major currencies, thereby promoting transparency in the determination of the exchange rate.

Chakwera returns home on Monday from UNGA

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Chakwera returns home on Monday from UNGA

By Cedric Nkungula

President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera returns home on Monday 2nd October 2023 from a successful 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Conference tour in New York, United States of America.

A statement from Foreign Affairs Ministry released on Saturday 30th September 2023 says the Malawi leader is expected to land at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) at 7 : 30 hrs in the morning.



President Chakwera took advantage of his stay in the US to reach out to a number of institutions to assist the country as it strives to come out of various challenges brought about by Covid – 19 as well as Tropical Cyclone Freddy.

Among the success stories, Chakwera secured K50 billion from a US based non profit organizations GiveDirectly which is meant for national social cash transfer program.

Chakwera also convinced Africa Export Import ( AFREXIM) Bank to release $755 million for the construction of industrial parks in the cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe.

The return of the African Queen!Makhadzi to perform at Sand Music Festival

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The return of the African Queen!Makhadzi to perform at Sand Music Festival

By Staff Reporter


Organisers of Sand Music Festival have unveiled South African musician Makhadzi as another international artist set to perform at this year’s event in Mangochi.

The event which will take place from Friday to Sunday at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi is the 13th edition of the festival.

Making the announcement on Facebook, Impakt Events who are the organisers of the event also revealed that the charges to the event have been reduced from K40,000 to K35,000.



“Like we told you, Sand Music Festival is full of surprises, as Promised yesterday, Today, this moment, right now we unveil to you The African Queen, yessss! MAKHADZI will be performing live at the SANDFest2023 tomorrow Saturday. It’s giving!! And guess what! No more 40,000 at the door, only 35,000,” reads the statement.

The organisers however did come clear on wether Makhadzi was a replacement for Jamaican reggae artist Kenyatta Hill who is also lined up to perform during the three-day event.

This is the second time for Makhadzi to perform at the event and she joins fellow South African artists Murumba Pitch and Boohle.

Boohle who was unveiled on Thursday as a replacement for Nigerian super star Spyro who has failed to make it to the festival due to forex shortage.

The other international artist set to perform at this year’s festival is Zambia’s Organised Family.

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