Welcome to the CFAO Malawi Web Site. We trust you will find our pages informative and interesting. Please forward your comments on our company or it's website at any time using the feedback page contained on this site. During November and December we are running a free suspension  inspection campaign. Book your vehicle in now to any of our Service Centres in Blantyre, Lilongwe, or Mzuzu for a free inspection report. Special promotional offers on vehicle prices this month. Contact Peter Khamisa or Burnett Evans in Blantyre, Mark Van Niekerk in Lilongwe or Ahab Kafansiyanji in Mzuzu for further details.

               
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Text Box: Mandala Managers House circa 1882 Note: the thatched roof Text Box: Mandala Managers House circa 1884 Note: the corrugated iron roof and the altered chimney pots Text Box: Mandala Managers House in 1996.Restored to use as the main motors office headquarters building in 1985 Text Box: Above on the left is the Mandala motors head office building as it was around 1929. At that time however the building was utilized as a general trading store and offices. On the right is the same building as it is today which was actively used as the CFAO motors head office, prior to moving to new facilities in 2006. Text Box: Mandala Managers House in 2003 Note: The Malawi & French Flags Text Box: The original Mandala Automotive “Morris Cars” showroom on the left circa 1925, and on the right the Ford showroom in 1946. The later Ford showroom and office complex in the centre as it was in 1997. CFAO Malawi have now built a new Ford showroom and service reception area on this site which was commissioned in November 2006. Text Box: 1997. Mandala Motors Service Reception Area. The Corporate Headquarters building can be seen in the distant background. Text Box: 1997. Mandala Motors Ford Showroom complex and offices. Text Box: Fred Moir one of the two Moir brothers the founders of the African Lakes Corporation. (Mandala Ltd) Text Box: Mandala Motors Blantyre circa 1946    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: CFAO SA and Mandala (the previous owners) both have long associations with Africa. CFAO entered West Africa in 1888, Mandala entered Malawi (Nyasaland) in 1878. Here are some photographs showing the movement in time between our past and present. The Mandala Managers House (below)  is the oldest building in Malawi and is a grade one listed building. This building was the first double storey house in the country. It is currently home to the “La Caverna” Art Gallery on the ground floor and the Historical Society of Malawi, a local library museum, housing many original transcripts and publications on the upper floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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