Tobi's Files

  This article highlights 4 major talking points football-starved fans need to look forward to ahead of the delayed 2020 TNM Super League season. These points are: 1.       1. T ight Race for the League Title 2019 season Champions: Nyasa Big Bullets Since the Super League became a 16-team league in 2016, competition for the title has always been a tightly contested affair. That year, Kamuzu Barracks’ Leicester City-esque run saw the Lilongwe-based soldiers win the title with 61 points – 1 point ahead of Nyasa Big Bullets. The following season, Be Forward Wanderers claimed the championship after amassing 69 points, 2 points ahead of second-placed Nyasa Big Bullets. The 2018 season turned out a little different in that Bullets ended their 2-year title drought by claiming the top spot with an 8 points gap ahead of second-placed Wanderers. The 2019 title race went back to basics, as Bullets nipped the title on the final day with a difference of 1 point ahead of runners up Wanderers. Ba

  Earlier this month, the Scorchers did Mother Malawi proud by reaching the semis of the Cosafa Women’s Challenge. If you are a keen follower of the Flames and their perennial struggles in Cosafa tournaments, you must be aware that reaching the semifinal stage of Cosafa tournaments is not a mean achievement. For your own information, the Flames last reached this stage back in 2003! Inspired by the dynamic China-based Chawinga sisters, the Scorchers swaggered with style into the Semis, having incinerated Lesotho 9-0 and Zambia 1-0 in their Group B assignments. This run, unfortunately, hit bad luck in the semifinal where they fell 6-2 against the dominant Banyana Banyana. While the Chawinga sisters deservedly got all the credit and limelight for the Scorchers’ exploits at the tournament, I think it is fair to highlight and recognize other members of the squad that held their own throughout the 3 matches that the team played. These are individuals that the country ought to give specia

 In October, Malawi’s constitutional court judges won the 2020 Chatham House Prize for upholding the rule of law when handling the 2019 general elections case. Their professionalism was unprecedented and definitely set a standard to judicial systems on the African continent and beyond. But, as we celebrate the judges’ accolade, it is important to revisit and highlight men and women who trended on social media in relation to the elections. These are men and women who gave people something to laugh or gossip about – on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp – as we approached May 19, 2019. Without following a particular order, these distinguished individuals are as follows:  Ras Chikomeni: Rags to national celeb: the opportunistic Ras Chikomeni His case started like a prank. “A filthy Mzuzu-based Rastafarian plans to revolutionize the Malawian political system,” was the talk of the town. “Did you see his creepy raven? He must be joking.” But as the saying goes, “mbuto ya kalulu inakula