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Sports, Top News

2018 Carlsberg Cup up to MK45m-Castle Group

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French beverage company, Castel Group, which acquired a controlling stake in Carlsberg Malawi Limited last year, has reportedly guaranteed continued sponsorship of Carlsberg Cup.

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) Head of Competitions Sub Committee, Jabbar Alide, confirmed that Castel have also hiked the sponsorship of the cup, whose holders are Nyasa Big Bullets.

“I would like to confirm that the changing hands of Carlsberg have not affected the cup. Castel have confirmed sponsorship of the competition this year.

They have further raised the total sponsorship package to K45 million, up from K40 million last year,” Alide said in a written response.

Castel official, Twikale Chirwa, had not responded to written questions as we went to press.

Bullets won the cup last season after seeing off rivals, Be Forward Wanderers, 4-3 on postmatch penalties, following a 2-2 draw in regulation time at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.

The cup is synonymous with Bullets assistant Coach Elia Kananji, who has won it for an unprecedented fourth consecutive times, including with Wanderers.

Kananji won the cup with Bullets in 2014 then with Wanderers in 2015 and 2016, before returning to the People’s Team and claim it last season.

The youthful coach last Friday said he was determined to extend his amazing cup run to five in a row.

“We welcome the development [that the cup will be back]. If cup competitions decrease football also goes down. If there is an assurance that the cup is back this year, it makes planning easier for us the coaches,” Kananji said.

Fam interim Competitions Manager, Casper Jangale, though not confirming Castel’s assurance of continued sponsorship, Friday said they had, for planning purposes, included Carlsberg Cup on the 2018 calendar of events.

Apart from Carlsberg, teams also fight for honours in TNM Super League, Fisd Challenge
Cup and Airtel Top 8 Cup.

Business, Top News

MBS chides Castel over substandard Sobo Squash

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A privately-owned French beverage company, Castel Group, the new shareholders of the Sobo brand has been taken to task by Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) for supplying substandard Sobo Orange Squash last month.

The bureau has therefore ordered the company to recall, reconcile and issue an apology to consumers within seven days.

In a published statement on Monday, MBS director general Davlin Chokazinga said failure to oblige to the order would result in withdrawal of the manufacturer’s certification marks, consequently suspending production of the product.

It was reported last month that the product under batch numbers B284, B285, B286 and B287 manufactured on December 3 2017 had become “unfit for human consumption” and consumers complained to MBS.

In some cases the Sobo had started to show signs of fermentation – a process that converts sugar to acids, gases, or alcohol.

MBS boss Davlin Chokazinga said the bureau undertook thorough investigations on the products and laboratory results show that the product had high microbiological counts of yeast and mounds.

“The investigation revealed that the cause of the problem was that the production crew on that date erroneously added low quantities of preservatives [sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate] to the production batches, about one third of the required amount,” reads the MBS statement in part.

Castel Group bought 59.48 percent stake from Carlsberg Malawi last year while Press Corporation Limited remained a minority shareholder with 39.65 percent.

Business, Health, Malawi

Warning; Stop drinking SOBO Orange Squash!!- Malawi Bureau Standards

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BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Sobo Orange Squash drink has been recalled from the market for reportedly being ‘unsafe’ as it has defects in its composition.

Consumers who have said the product had become “unfit for human consumption” and complained to Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS).

The bureau boss Davlin Chokazinga confirmed about the complaints and said they running tests “to find out what went wrong.”

Some people, who have consumed the Sobo drink, said they had some stomach upsets.

In some cases the batch had started to show signs of fermentation – a process that converts sugar to acids, gases, or alcohol.

A privately-owned French beverage company, Castel Group, the new shareholders of the Sobo brand was unable to confirm reports that some of the product had already turned to alcohol.

But the company confirmed it has recalled two batches of the product for precautionary measure.

The company said it has withdrawn batches number 286 and 287 of the drink from the market which targets 18 000 bottles.

Castel Group bought 59.48 percent stake from Carlsberg Malawi last year while Press Corporation Limited remained a minority shareholder with 39.65 percent.

Business

Carlsberg sells stake in Malawi business, ‘Will continue to make Carlsberg in Malawi’

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Carlsberg Malawi Accused of Pollution in Blantyre

Danish brewer Carlsberg A/S (CARL-A. KO) Wednesday announced the sale of its stake in Carlsberg Malawi Limited to Castel Group for an undisclosed fee, as it executes its strategy to slim down the company and focus on core businesses. Continue reading Carlsberg sells stake in Malawi business, ‘Will continue to make Carlsberg in Malawi’ →