Press Cane Limited on Friday opened the 2020 ethanol production and sales season with prayers at its distillery in Chikwawa
Press Cane Limited Chief Executive Officer Dr
Christopher Guta said it was important for the company to start the ethanol production with prayers so as to thank God for the successful previous production year and seek guidance and blessings for the current ethanol production year
“We thank God for the fruitful 2019 season where we managed to set a new record of production volume of 17.8 million litres from the previous record of 16.7 million litres set in 2018
Our sales volumes were also at an all-time high of 17.6 million litres
On top of that we received a record setting volume of molasses of 75,695 tons
“We look forward to 2020 season with hope and expectation
We are hoping to achieve sales volume of 19.03 million litres and our expectation is that we should have higher revenues than those we achieved in 2019 and we can only do this with the help of God,” explained Guta
Pastor Roy Joseni of Assemblies of God in Chikwawa led the prayers by basing his sermon on 1 Samuel 18 verse 7 which he dubbed ‘Drivers of Change Generation’
“For you employees of Press Cane Limited to be drivers of change
you must use your talents and skills to provide solutions to the problems in your company and this country
you must go an extra mile in your work and do not be hungry for power
Most importantly you must depend on God for you to be drivers of change,” preached Joseni
Guta also said the opening of the production of ethanol for the 2020 season has coincided with the commencement of the mandatory ethanol fuel blending period which started on Friday 22 May 2020 as announced by the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA)
According to a letter signed by MERA Chief Executive Officer Collins Magalasi dated 15th May 2020
Oil marketing companies are being advised to strictly blend petrol with ethanol fuel as provided for in the law and warned that in case of non-compliance
appropriate action will be taken in line with the Liquid Fuels and Gas Regulations and Energy Laws
Guta also touted the performance of Press Cane Limited
a subsidiary of conglomerate Press Corporation plc
saying in the just ended year the Company got accredited as an ISO certified organisation in addition to successfully completing the establishment of Chisanja Farm Limited
a joint venture (JV) set up with local farmer associations to grow sugarcane
Chisanja Farm Limited sold 5,293 of the 8,584 tons of sugarcane produced on the farm to Illovo Malawi Limited enabling Press Cane and farmers in the area to earn
an appropriate dividend from the subsidiary besides contributing about 210 tons to Illovo’s molasses output,” said Guta
He also said the company is in the process of developing its five year strategic plan which runs from next year
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“Commit your works to the Lord and your plans will be established.”
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The woman identified as Mary Montfort from Joseni Village in Traditional Authority (TA) Chakhaza in Dowa District but lived in her rented house at Chinkhali village
According to Mponela Police Public Relations Officer (PRO)
the neighbours heard a hopeless cry of Montfort’s two year old baby and entered the house where they found all household items scattered
The neighbours proceeded to the bedroom only to find her naked
lifeless and strangled with her own wrapper with some cut wounds on her forehead
They reported the matter to Police who rushed to the scene together with a medical officer from Mponela Rural Hospital
Postmortem results showed that death was due to strangulation secondary to asphyxia
Police is appealing for any information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators
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