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Gabadinho Mhango
Hellings Frank "Gabadinho" Mhango (born 27 September 1992) is a Malawian international footballer who plays for South African club AmaZulu and the Malawi national team, as a striker. Club career Mhango has played club football for Brave Warriors, Big Bullets, Bloemfontein Celtic, Lamontville Golden Arrows and Bidvest Wits. In June 2019, he signed for Orlando Pirates. He moved to AmaZulu in June 2022. International career He made his international debut for Malawi in 2012. In September 2012, Mhango was called to the Malawi squad for the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ghana. In May 2013, it was announced that he would be unavailable for two forthcoming World Cup qualifying matches due to his school exams. Mhango scored twice in Malawi's first 2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiweta
Chiweta is an area in Rumphi District, Malawi. It is located north of Rumphi. Politically, it falls within the north constituency. It has a number of villages and each village is managed by a village headman. It is undeveloped area with a high proportion of inhabitants doing small businesses. The majority of local villagers earn their living by fishing and subsistence farming. Chiweta has an estimate population of 45,000 people. The area is within the bound of (M1) Mzuzu Karonga road. The nearby area of Livingstonia is located 19 km away from Chiweta. To the east of chiweta is the boundary with the beautiful Lake Malawi Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the fifth largest fre ....chiweta covers three important coal mines namely, chombe(rukuru coal mine), mnchenga coal mine and kaziwiziwi. Info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blantyre
Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, Lilongwe. It is the capital of the country's Southern Region as well as the Blantyre District. History Blantyre was founded in 1876 through the missionary work of the Church of Scotland. It was named after Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, birthplace of the explorer David Livingstone. The site was chosen by Henry Henderson, who was joined there on 23 October 1876 by Dr T. T. Macklin and others. Dr Macklin took over the leadership of the mission and began the work of building; but it was not until 1878 that the first ordained minister, Rev. Duff MacDonald, joined the mission. The original missionaries, for various reasons, faced local opposition and three of them were recalled. From 1881–1898 the mission was run by David Clement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliph Osman made it a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca, and to serve Muslim travelers for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently by air. With a population of about 4,697,000 people as of 2021, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the second-largest city in the Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), and the ninth-largest in the Middle East. It also serves as the administrative centre of the OIC. Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world and the second-largest and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium ( ar, استاد الأمير عبدالله الفيصل) is a stadium in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The stadium is located in the south east of Jeddah, between King Abdulaziz University and the industrial city (Al Waziriah District). It is bound in the east by the Jeddah-Makkah expressway and in the south, Stadium street. The stadium was constructed in 1970, and has a capacity of around 27,000 spectators, and is part of a municipal sports complex that includes an indoor arena and an aquatics center. The stadium consists of two main stands. The covered west stand, is fully seated and has an enclosed VIP box and media suites in a central tribune. The arch shaped east stand is terraced, and curves along the running track. A single large scoreboard is located on the northern edge of the east stand. It is only now that the whole stadium will be seated. The exercise will reduce the capacity to 20,000 spectators and it is projected that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification Group B
Group B of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Burkina Faso, Uganda, Malawi, and South Sudan (winners of the preliminary round). The teams played against each other in home-and-away round-robin format, originally scheduled between November 2019 and September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches of matchdays 3 and 4 scheduled for March 2020 were postponed until further notice. FIFA recommended that all June 2020 international matches (matchday 5) be postponed, and also postponed the September 2020 window (matchday 6) for CAF. On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final tournament had been postponed from January 2021 to January 2022, without announcing the new dates of the remaining qualifiers. On 19 August 2020, the CAF announced the new dates of the remaining qualifier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KwaMashu
KwaMashu is a township (South Africa), township north of Durban, South Africa. The name is in honour of Sir Marshall Campbell and means ''Place of Marshall''. KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma to the north, Phoenix, Durban, Phoenix to the north-east, Mount Edgecombe to the east and Durban North to the south-east. Arts KwaMashu is notable for its lively performing arts scene, which includes Maskandi, hip hop, pansula dancing, dance, drama, football. Through performance the young people of KwaMashu are raising the cultural profile of KwaMashu, aided significantly by the skills, resources and direction of eKhaya Multi Arts Centre for Arts and Performance. Uzalo, a South African telenovela is shot and set in kwaMashu as well as the drama series eHostela that's on Mzansi Magic. The township also boasts a community radio station at the eKhaya Multi Arts Centre, called Vibe 94.70 FM, which has been in operation for more than 4 years. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Magogo Stadium
Princess Magogo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in KwaMashu, a township near Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was utilized as a training field for teams that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ... standards. The stadium is named after Princess Constance Magogo, a Zulu princess who spent much of her life as a singer and composer while developing an understanding for Zulu tradition and culture. References Soccer venues in South Africa Sports venues in Durban {{SouthAfrica-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 COSAFA Cup
The 2019 COSAFA Cup was the 19th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament was originally to be hosted in Zimbabwe but they withdrew in February 2019. In April 2019, Durban of South Africa was announced as the host city. Venues Match officials Referees *Celso Alvacao (Mozambique) *Abdoul Kanoso (Madagascar) *Nehemia Shoovaleka (Namibia) *Eugene Salas Mdluli ( South Africa) *António Dungula (Angola) *Audrick Nkole (Zambia) *Lebalang Martin Mokete ( Lesotho) *Ganesh Chutooree (Mauritius) *Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe) *Ali Mohamed Adelaid ( Comoros) *Brian Nsubuga Miiro (Uganda) Assistant Referees *James Emile (Seychelles) *Lesupi Puputla ( Lesotho) *Athenkosi Ndongeni ( South Africa) *Mogomotsi Morakile (Botswana) *Zamani Simelane ( Swaziland) *Nanga A Chalwe (Zambia) *Luckson Mhara (Zimbabwe) *Bajee Ram Baba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umlazi
Umlazi is a township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, located south-west of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and its South Municipal Planning Region. It is the fourth largest township in South Africa, after Soweto, Tembisa and Katlehong. Umlazi is the only township in the country that has its own registration plate, which is NUZ. It is divided into 26 sections, A through to Z, with the exception of I, O and X, but with an addition of AA, BB and CC. Etymology According to legend, the name Umlazi comes from "umlaza", the Zulu word for the sour acid produced from fermented or sour milk. It is believed that when King Shaka was passing through the area, he refused to drink from a local river claiming it had the taste of "umlaza". The area was called Umlazi after this incident. Geography Umlazi is situated on a series of undulating hills at an average elevation of 101 metres above sea level between the uMlaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Zwelithini Stadium
King Zwelithini Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Umlazi, a township south-west of Durban, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was initially set to be utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2010 and brought up to FIFA standards. However, since teams would be residing in the north of Durban, it was decided that King Zwelithini Stadium was too far away for practice sessions. The stadium's capacity was expanded from 5,000 to 10,000 as a lasting legacy of the World Cup. The stadium is named after the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was the reigning King of the Zulu nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. He became King on the death on of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Pr .... References Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C. Soccer venues in South Africa Sports venues in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 COSAFA Cup
The 2016 COSAFA Cup (known as Castle Lager COSAFA Cup Namibia 2016 for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). Originally, it was to be held in Windhoek, Namibia during May 2016, however the tournament was rescheduled to avoid a clash with the South African Premier Soccer League and took place in June 2016. Participating nations Venues Draw The draw was originally scheduled to place on 25 April 2016. It was rescheduled for 28 April 2016 and televised on SuperSport's ''Soccer Africa'' show. Squads Group stage Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage The two group stage winners qualified for this round. Quarter-finals ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Plate The losing quarter-finalists qualified for this round. Semi-finals ---- Final Goalsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Stadium (Namibia)
The Independence Stadium in Windhoek's Olympia suburb is the national stadium of the Republic of Namibia. Owned by the Government of Namibia it holds 25,000 spectators and is mainly used for association football events. , the stadium has been described as "dilapidated". The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decommissioned the stadium in 2021 for it being sub-standard. No other Namibian stadium meets CAF's requirements. As a result, international games of the Namibia national football team will have to be played abroad. See also *Sam Nujoma Stadium, the other large football stadium in Windhoek References Football venues in Namibia Athletics (track and field) venues in Namibia Buildings and structures in Windhoek Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
