MaraviPost : most recent significant obituaries in Malawi and those affecting the Malawi Diaspora all over the world.
Malawi’s powerful Lhomwe Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa dies
By Grace Dzuwa
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-On Sunday, Malawi lost powerful Lhomwe Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa.
Ministry of Local Government Spokesperson Muhlabase Mughogho confirmed the death of Chief Ngolongoliwa.
Mughogho said the Paramount has died at Mwaiwathu Hospital in Blantyre.
More details of his death will be communicated late.
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Prince Dammy Eke
By Nenenji Mlangeni
LAGOS-(MaraviPost)-As we all know Nigerian movies industry has produced many Nollywood actors and actresses over the years and at the same time lost most of them to the cold hand of ‘Death’.
The Nigerian movie industry has lost icons within the short period of the year 2019 and it’s been a sad occurrence.
Here are 10 Nollywood stars that have died this year, according to thenationonlineng.net
Funmilayo ‘Ijewuru’ Ogunsola
Funmilayo ‘Ijewuru’ Ogunsola passed away on Monday, February 4 in Ibadan at the age of 58. She was a popular actress and was married to the late movie star, Ishola ‘I show Pepper’ Ogunsola.
Gbenga ‘Burger’ Akintunde
Gbenga ‘Burger’ AkintundeGbenga ‘Burger’ Akintunde died on Thursday, January 3 at the age of 47, after visiting the hospital to complain of malaria.
Adewale Olanrewaju
Adewale Olanrewaju popularly known as ‘I show Larry’ died on Monday, January 21 at the age of 36. The actor was also a movie producer.
Abe Ishola Monsurat Olabisi
Abe Ishola Monsurat Olabisi passed away on Saturday, March 30 at age 39. Her death was announced days after she delivered a baby girl.
LinChung Duke Oliver
LinChung Duke OliverDuke ‘LinChung’ Oliver passed away on April 2 at age 45. He passed away after a car crash on his way to Lagos from his mom’s burial. He is famous for his role as Sylvanus in the sitcom, ‘Do Good.’
Alfred Rotimi Popoola
Alfred Rotimi PopoolaAlfred Rotimi Popoola passed away on Thursday, February 27 in Abeokuta, Ogun state. He died at 51. Popoola has featured in several Nollywood movies including ‘Aiye Foreign,’ and ‘Ropo Ijogbon.’
Prince Dammy Eke
Prince Dammy EkePrince Dammy Eke died on April 28. He died at age 41. The actor reportedly slumped and was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
Adio Majester
Adio MajesterAdio Majester passed away on Tuesday, May 7 in the intensive care of an undisclosed hospital. He died at age 50. He featured numerous movies and a number of stage plays in his career as an actor.
Henry Okoro
Henry OkoroHenry Okoro died following injuries sustained during a fatal accident that occurred on May 11. He was an actor before taking a backseat to work as director and producer after a decade. He died at 36
Eddie Ugboma
Eddie UgbomaEddie Ugboma died on May 11 after a health challenge. He would be remembered for his role as Oyenusi in a film of the same title. He died at 78.
SOURCES: thenationonlineng.net
DOWA-(MaraviPost)-Seven people have been killed in a road accident on Saturday while dozens others have been seriously injured.
The tragic accident happened after a three-tonner lorry registration number DZ 2576 they were travelling in plunged into Mkalaro River at Bowe in Dowa district.
Dowa’s Mponera Police station spokesperson Kondwani Kandiado told The Maravi Post that the vehicle had 45 passengers on board and were going to attend a funeral ceremony in Ntchisi district.
Kandiado added that upon arrival at Nkalalo bridge, the driver of the vehicle failed to control it and later plunged into the river.
“Five (5) people died on the spot while two (2) others were pronounced dead upon arrival at Ntchisi district hospital.
Other 3 passengers sustained serious head injuries and were rushed to Ntchisi district hospital where they are receiving treatment while other passengers escaped with minor injuries and were treated as out patients at the same health facility,” he said.
By Dyson Kamwana
A 90 year-year old man has been killed after he was struck by a tyre that came loose from a moving truck trailer.
The accident occurred on Sunday at Jonasi village near Nkhamenya trading centre.
According to Kasungu Police Station Spokesperson, Harry Namwaza the deceased was identified as Vita Phiri.
He said a motor vehicle registration number CK3884/BU5480 Freight Liner truck was being driven by Solomoni Matsekanjala, 39 and was coming from Mzimba heading towards Kasungu Town.
“Upon arrival at Jonasi village near Nkhamenya Trading Centre a tyre detached from the trailer and hit Phiri who was walking on the right side of the road heading the same direction,” Namwanza explained.
Following the impact Phiri died on the spot due to severe head injury.
The deceased hailed from Ofesi village in the area of Sub Traditional Authority (STA) Kalikokha in the district.
Malawi Media mourn MBC’ Journalist Ackimu Kaingana
Gloria M’bwana
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi broadcasting station ( MBC) has lost its fruitful and hard-working journalist Ackimu Kaingana on Friday morning.
According to various media WhatsApp groups, Ackimu today prepared to go to his work but he was later attacked by Asthma and died.
Akimu was one of greatest and hard working media personnel Malawi has ever had.
He has been in the media since 2004.
The late Kaingana survived with a wife and two children
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
Mzuni student Malanda drowns in Lake Malawi
By Richard Kayenda
MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-A third year student from Mzuzu University has drowned to death at Chintheche where he went with fellow students at the weekend.
The student, identified as Innocent went to the lake side together with his fellow students as a Catholic Community of the College to bid goodbye to fourth year students who are completing their studies this year.
Reports indicate that Innocent, who was studying a bachelor’s degree in Forestry, was swimming in the lake together with his friends. Suddenly, his friends lost sight of him.
After a thorough search, they found him unconsciously lying under the water.
When they took him to Chintheche Health Centre, it was too late for it was discovered that he was already dead due to suffocation.
Innocent Malanda was until his death hailing from TA Chakhaza in Dowa.
Lately, Mzuni has been losing students through such tragic accidents, the most recent one being two fourth year students who were both hit to death by a vehicle in Zomba where they were doing their clinical attachments.
By Victoria Picardo
An 87-year-old granny from the area of Senior Chief Nankumba in Mangochi was Monday morning brutally murdered allegedly by irate community members on accusations of witchcraft.
Police in the district have confirmed the incident, identifying the deceased as Alista Makondetsa from Chizula Village in the area of Senior Chief Nankumba in Mangochi.
Mangochi Police Station Deputy Public Relations Officer, Sub-Inspector Amina Tepani-Daudi said three suspects have been arrested in relation to the murder while two others are on the run.
Daudi said since 2014 the mother of the suspects had been battling with a neck tumour and that after seeking medical treatment from public hospitals and traditional healers, one of the suspects confided in the others that Makondetsa was behind the ailment.
The police publicist said on Monday morning, the suspects, who are all related, mobilized themselves and went to confront the old woman who denied the allegations before she met her fate.
“Wrangles erupted which resulted into beating the old woman until she fainted,” said Daudi, adding: “The matter was reported to police who rushed to the scene and took her to Monkey Bay Health Centre where she was pronounced dead upon arrival,” explained Daudi.
Daudi said postmortem conducted at the hospital revealed that death was due to severe head injuries and internal bleeding.
The first three suspects who have been arrested immediately are Lifa Wasili, 20, Emily Michael, 20 and Amina lssah, 32, while the other two, Kassim Chinseu, 35 and Michael Chinseu, 42, are on the run, according to Daudi.
Daudi said the suspects are expected to appear before court to answer murder charges contrary to section 209 of the penal code.
Meanwhile, the police have appealed to the general public to report to any nearest police any information on the whereabouts of the two suspects on the run.
She said all the suspects hail from Chizula Village in the area of Senior Chief Nankumba in Mangochi where the deceased also came from.
AFP;Morsi was detained after being ousted by the army in 2013Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, who was ousted by the military in 2013, has died after fainting in a courtroom, officials say.
A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi collapsed in a cage after speaking at a hearing on charges of espionage.
Morsi, who was 67, had been in custody since being ousted following mass protests a year after he took office.
Officials then launched a crackdown on his and Muslim Brotherhood supporters.
Morsi’s hearing in the capital, Cairo, was related to charges of espionage emanating from suspected contacts with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
According to BBC, the late Morsi collapsed moments after addressing the court from a cage some defendants are kept in during sessions, Egypt’s public prosecutor said, adding that a medical report showed no apparent recent injuries on Morsi’s body.
For a long time, there have been concerns over the former leader’s prison conditions. Last October his youngest son, Abdullah, told AP news agency that his father was being held under constant solitary confinement and denied treatment for serious conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Five months earlier, Abdullah said in a Washington Post op-ed that the Egyptian authorities were “doing this on purpose, since they want to see him dead ‘from natural causes’ as soon as possible”.
The death of a leader, remembered by many as Egypt’s first democratically elected president, is certain to inflame passions among his supporters and allies in Egypt and beyond. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been quick to describe him as a martyr. Others are certain to do the same.
There has long been concern about the politicised trials which have kept him in prison, as well as his conditions of confinement. Morsi had a history of ill-health.
But last year, a British parliamentary panel reported he was being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, which they concluded could be classified as torture. They warned this could lead to premature death.
His sudden collapse comes at a time when the United States, reportedly at the request of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation. The death of one its most senior figures will deepen the anger and anxiety in this global Islamist movement.
Morsi was born in the village of El-Adwah in the Nile Delta province of Sharqiya in 1951. He studied Engineering at Cairo University in the 1970s before moving to the US to complete a PhD.
GETTY IMAGES;Morsi was ousted by the army in 2013 after mass protestsHe was chosen as the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate for the 2012 election after the movement’s preferred choice was forced to pull out.
Critics complained that, as Egypt’s president, he had failed to deliver during his turbulent year in office, accusing him of allowing Islamists to monopolise the political scene and mishandling the economy.
Public opposition to his government grew and millions of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Egypt to mark the first anniversary of the day he took office, on 30 June 2013.
On the evening of 3 July, the army suspended the constitution and announced the formation of a technocratic interim government ahead of new presidential elections. Morsi, who denounced the announcement as a coup, was taken into custody by the army.
Kasungu, June 17, 2019: One of the longest serving Chiefs in Kasungu, Traditional Authority (TA) Kapelula has passed away.
According to Kasungu District Commissioner (DC), James Kanyangalazi, the late TA Kapelula died of low blood pressure.
“Late TA Kapelula whose real name was Moses Thomas Wilima, died Saturday at Kasungu District Hospital of low blood Pressure after initially being admitted Tuesday because of a fractured left hip,” he said.
The late Chewa Chief was born on November 16, 1923 and is survived by a wife and two children.
Fourth in chieftaincy lineage, the late TA Kapelula was installed as chief in February 1944.
Burial is expected to take place Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his Ndonda Headquarters.
#RIP
Reported by Vincent Khonje, Malawi News Agency (Mana)
South African show runner, screenwriter, film producer, director and script editor Thandi Brewer is dead.
Thandi Brewer often called the “Shonda Rhimes of South Africa” has died after losing her third battle against cancer.
She also launched many careers in script-writing, directing and acting. She was also the founder and first chairperson of the influential and growing Writer’s Guild of South Africa (WGSA).
Harriet Meier, chairperson of the WGSA, told Channel24 on Monday: “[Thandi Brewer] passed away this morning at around 02:15 after a long battle with cancer. She was in tremendous pain over the last year, but fought and was our pillar of strength until the end”.
“Thandi touched so many lives during her time with us, not only as an extremely talented writer, producer, director, teacher and mentor, but also as a friend. Her love embraced all who met her, and she will be greatly missed by many, many people.”
“While we desperately miss her, we will also celebrate her life and legacy by continuing her work and her vision. Thandi leaves behind her daughter Cody and an extended family of wordsmiths throughout the world.”
Beyond TV and film, she was also a writer and director of numerous stage productions over many years.
In 2018 on Facebook Thandi wrote: “I am in the midst of the third round with cancer.”
“The breast cancer metamorphosed into bone cancer attacking the back. Remember the back pain I used to moan about? That wasn’t just ‘writers back’. It was cancer, which obviously loves me and wants to live with me on a permanent basis. I’ve no idea how those actresses manage to look palely interesting when playing someone with cancer because I look like hell.”
Thandi was responsible for the film screenplays of movies like Story of an African Farm with Richard E. Grant, De Gerrie for Hugh Masekela and The Chemo Club, which marked her directorial debut.
Some of the shows she created for the SABC or steered as showrunner range from Dynamite Diepkloof Dudes, 37 Honey Street, End Game, Keeping Score to Usindiso, Sticks and Stones and many more.
As a script editor, she wrote and improved text from shows from SABC1, SABC2, to e.tv and M-Net, as well as worked on scripts for international films and more than 24 documentaries.
In March the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) honoured her at the 13th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) with a special industry achievement award.
The outpouring on Wednesday following news of Thandi’s death was swift with Thabang Moleya, co-founder of Seriti Films and director of the film Happiness in a Four Letter Word, saying “A true leader and a legend. Thandi Brewer. Rest in power”.
“She was someone who would believe in you and challenge you to push yourself. I salute her and the impact she has had on the industry and the people whose lives she touched.”
