Bullets beat Wanderers to win Carlsberg Charity Shield

A bitter rivalry between Bullets FC and Mighty Wanderers eventually tilted in favour of the former as the ‘People’s Team’ won the K1 million (about $4 000) Carlsberg Charity Shield with 1-0 in a match played at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday. Heston Munthali scored in the 70th minute after receiving a fine pass from Gabadini ‘Gabadinho’ Mhango […]

Carlsberg Malawi Cup, sponsorship of Bullets and Wanderers launched

Carlsberg Malawi Limited on Friday unveiled the sponsorship of Carlsberg Malawi Cup and that of sponsorship of the two local football powerhouses Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers. The giant local brewer paraded the K20 million cup in the streets of Blantyre city with Malawi police band playing and matching up to Blantyre Sports Club where […]

Carlsberg Malawi spends K17m on Coke tourney, winners get peanuts

Carlsberg Malawi Limited says it has invested over K17 million into this year’s Coca Cola Schools soccer tournament but both Malawi Schools Sports Association (Massa) and the participating teams are not satisfied with what the company has given out as prizes. Speaking during the finals of this year’s edition of the competition at Zomba Community […]

‘That calls for a Carlsberg’ Nomads keeper relishes win over BB

Mighty Wanderers first choice custodian, Richard Chipuwa  says his teams’ s win over rivals Big Bullets  at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Sunday puts them in good stead to fight for the league title. Chipuwa, who was named man-of-the match, attributed  team work and hard working spirit in their success on Sunday against Bullets in the […]

Carlsberg Malawi Cup back, sponsors Bullets and Nomads

Local brewer Carlsberg Malawi has broken its decade long absence from mainstream football sponsorship by announcing a lucrative K30 million sponsorship deal to be shared between the country’s two football giants Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers. As if that is not enough the company has also announced that it has agreed to sponsor a new […]

Beer bombshell: Guzzlers to dig deeper in their pockets

Several mêlées were reported in most drinking joints in Malawi’s commercial capital of Blantyre on New Year’s Day as imbibers and bar tenders tussled over new beer pricing. Carlsberg Malawi announced price adjustments on all its clear beers, minerals, squashes and spirits with immediate effect. For instance, the new official retail price for the popular […]

Coca-Cola foundation donates drugs worthy $1.5m

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation in partnership with CitiHope International, an international charity that works to prevent disease and promote health worldwide have donated assorted drugs worth US$1.5million  to the Ministry of Health. Between 2005 and 2007, the Coca-Cola Medical relief Initiative also donated medicines worth US$3 million to Malawi. The two organisations have since warned […]

Malawi companies scale-down production

Somecompanies in the industrial city of Blantyre have reduced production outputs due to the ongoing forex shortages citing lack of adequate raw materials to meet production levels. On average, companies have dropped their output by 20 percent as manufacturers don’t have ability to import raw materials, the mainstay of the industry, thereby impacting negatively on […]

Malawi face serious shortage of soft drinks

Despite trying to boost its production capacity and continuous strategies on how to satisfy local demand for soft drinks, Carlsberg Malawi has yet again miserably failed to adequately quench the public’s thirsts. A holding of Coca-cola Malawi, Southern Bottlers (Sobo) and Malawi Distilleries Limited (MDL), Carlsberg Malawi has this time quickly attributed the problem to […]

Carlsberg Malawi tension brewing over pension

Instead of leading the company to greater heights, executive management at Carlsberg Malawi Limited are busy brewing, not beer but, trouble with their employees. Sources at Africa’s only Carlsberg plant confided in Nyasa Times this week that they suspect some members of the executive management to have connived to rip them off their pension benefits. […]