Limbe Leaf donates books to Lilongwe Girls, Mwankhundi schools

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) has donated books and other learning materials for libraries at Lilongwe Girls Secondary School and Mwankhundi Primary School in Lilongwe rural to improve learning conditions and after school activities. Presenting the donation at Lilongwe Girls Secondary School, Limbe Leaf Corporate Affairs Manager Leah Hez said it is the […]

Limbe Leaf donates K40m school equipment to Mzimba: ‘Corporate social responsibility’

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) has  donated various school items worth K40 million to a rural Majiga Primary School in Mpherembe in Mzimba District as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The school items included 130 desks, two toilet blocks and washing facilities for both boys and girls, writing materials, books […]

Qualified Malawi citizens bypassed for high positions in multinationals: Immigration corrupt on ‘work permits’

There is an unspoken of evil labour practice that continues to consume the working spirit in most international companies  operating in the country and some organisations with strong links to international interests, Nyasa Times has established. Qualified Malawians and others with more high-grade and internationally recognised skills and papers are left-out in preference to international […]

Limbe Leaf hands over K28m library to Lilongwe rural school

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf)  has handed over a library stocked with various books worth K27.6 million to Mwankhundi Primary School in the outskirts of Lilongwe rural. Limbe Leaf Corporate Affairs Director Febbie Chikungwa said the donation to the school follows one of its social responsibility policies of improving education standards in the […]

Limbe Leaf donates K6m sports equipment to Dowa School

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) on Friday donated various sports equipment worth K6 million to a rural school in Dowa to boast after school activities. Presenting the equipment, Limbe Leaf Area Supervisor for Lilongwe East Tonic Langwani said Mbalame Primary School in Dowa is one of some schools identified by the company for […]

Limbe Leaf hands over K23 million CBCC to Dowa community

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) has handed over a K23 million worth Community Based Child Care Centre (CBCCC) to Chipeni community in Dowa District. Speaking during the handover ceremony on Friday at Chipeni Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Mponela, Limbe Leaf Agricultural Labour Practices National Coordinator Ndidza Ngoma said the company decided to […]

Limbe Leaf organising tobacco farmers’ spouses into VSLAs to lessen financial constraints

Grace Dzuwa is a well-to-do woman by local village standards. She is economically independent – with eight cows to her name, four of which produce milk. Her home flows with milk, literally. For this, she has Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited to thank for ‘opening’ her eyes through the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) […]

Limbe Leaf launches three year Dzalanyama project

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) Tuesday launched a three year Dzalanyama reforestation project where it will plant trees and through using new technologies, care for the trees to achieve a survival rate of above 90%. Managing Director  for Limbe Leaf, Don McAlpine said during the launch that his company has for the past […]

Limbe Leaf donates K26 million library to Kasungu rural school

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) on Friday donated a school library and books worth K26 million to Kanjoka Primary school in rural Kasungu. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Traditional Authority Kaomba in Kasungu, Limbe Leaf Corporate Affairs Manager Leah Hez said Limbe Leaf decided to construct the library because it believes that […]

Limbe Leaf donates K21 million school facilities

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) Friday handed over facilities which included a borehole, teachers toilets, books and a rehabilitated classroom block  at Mwankhundi Primary School in Lilongwe rural worth K21 million. Speaking at the handover ceremony, Limbe Leaf Corporate Affairs Manager Leah Hez said the company started helping Mwankhundi Primary School in Traditional […]

Limbe Leaf hands over K20m school block, materials in Kasungu

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited on Friday handed over a school block furnished with desks and some school materials worth K20 million to Chikazimasika Junior Primary School in Kasungu. According to Limbe Leaf sustainability manager Lloyd Barker,  the donation will enhance learning and ensure that the quality of education at the school improves. “The students […]

Limbe Leaf football and netball trophy finals Saturday

The Limbe Leaf under 12 and 15 netball and football Trophy finals for Lilongwe urban and rural primary schools takes place Saturday at the Area 30 Inspector General’s Ground in Lilongwe. Minister of Sports Francis Kasaila is expected to grace the event which will attract eight teams from both Lilongwe Rural and Urban primary schools. […]

Limbe Leaf donates computer tablets to Namitete Secondary School

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited (Limbe Leaf) Tuesday donated 180 computer tablets to Namitete Secondary School in Lilongwe as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). Presenting the computer tablets, worth about K10 million, Legal and Corporate Affairs Director for Limbe Leaf Febbie Chikungwa said Limbe Leaf takes issues of education seriously and under their […]

Limbe Leaf donates K6.5 million learning materials to Mangochi schools

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited on Friday donated learning materials and sanitary pads worth K6.5 million to selected schools in Mangochi to facilitate better learning and promote girl education. Limbe Leaf positively responded to a request by DREAM project implemented by One Community, a project focusing on reducing vulnerability of adolescent girls and young women, […]

Limbe Leaf hands over health equipment to Queens Hospital

Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Limited Thursday handed over health equipment worth K2.2 million to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. The health equipment include two theatre trolleys, an Oxygen Concentrator and a 5000 litre water tank. These were donated to the hospital through The Nation Publications’ Mother’s Day Fun Run initiative. Speaking at the […]

Suspended Limbe Leaf staff spill the beans: White bosses working without permits, Malawians being exploited

A group of 45 employees, recently suspended by Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company have exposed shabby deals and bad management practices by expatriate bosses at the company, describing their conduct as not different from that of the colonial masters. The employees, who were working as field technicians have vowed to challenge the bosses’ decision to suspend […]

K22 million ‘cashgate’ at Limbe Leaf Tobbaco: Police quiz suspects

Fiscal Police has opened an investigation into Limbe Leaf Tobacco over  abuse od K22 million budgeted for construction of school blocks, bridges and other related social responsibility activities  which is suspected to have been “cashgated”. A source close to the audit says the legal section of Limbe Leaf Tobacco submitted the formal complaint to Malawi […]