Australia-based Malawian netball star Mwawi Kumwenda-M’mbwana has given birth to a baby boy, faceofmalawi can reveal.

Kumwenda has confirmed of the development in a short statement posted on her official facebook page seen by this publication a short while ago.

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“Here he is,” wrote Kumwenda M’mbwana.

Earlier this year, her club announced that Mwawi will not be part of the team for the better part of the season since she was pregnant.

Kumwenda got married two years ago to Wanangwa.