The installation of Clement Kapote Mwakasungula as Paramount Chief Kyungu 24th of Karonga district proceeded smoothly on Saturday despite a complete boycott of the occasion by government representatives. The colorful and memorable occasion took place at the royal family’s headquarters, Kasoba, in AB Mwakasungula village as per Ngonde tradition and the family members said they […]
Grief has engulfed the family of Feston and Estere Maganiza of Lilongwe following the untimely and brutal death of their two children on Saturday afternoon. The two siblings died at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe where they were admitted to after being seriously burnt by house fire on Friday. Their mother is also in […]
Malawi’s ex-finance minister Ken Kandodo says he has no plans to run for presidency or persuing to become a running mate in 2014 elections. Kandodo has been subject of fevered speculation that he may run for president – either as a ‘dream team’ running mate with ruling DPP’s presidential candidate Peter Mutharika, or for the […]
Two Malawian football rising stars are attending Airtel Rising Stars International Clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania conducted by former England captain and Manchester United player Bryan Robson and two Man U youth coaches. The Malawian under-17 stars are Amidu Mapila and Chimwemwe Billy. Billy was selected from Ndirande Community Girls Secondary school girls football team […]
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Malawi’s renowned gospel musician Wycliffe Chimwendo will this weekend be releasing his latest album ‘Moyo’ [Life]. Chimwendo, who announced mid this year that he was coming back on the music scene with his seventh album after a five-year break, told Nyasa Times “all was set for the launch”. Venue “I’ll be launching the album in […]
The University of Malawi (Unima) has released names of 2,379 students selected into its constituent colleges – Chancellor College, College of Medicine, Kamuzu College of Nursing and the Polytechnic -based on the controversial equitable system also known as quota. The equitable system advocates that the selection be done based on the students places of origin. […]
The decomposed body of a man was found in a Limbe river in Blantyre and police are treating the death as suspicious. Pangani Chibaba, who was working as a security guard at DG neighbourhood, was found dead and his decomposed body lying in the river on Friday October28. He was coming from the populous Bangwe […]
End of the road! Big Bullets and Epac United were shown an exit on Saturday in the knockout stage of the elite Standard Bank Cup. The People’s team dreams to grab the cup after a long dry spell in their camp were shattered by the soldiers of Salima, Mafco FC. Bullets lost in the most […]
Silver Strikers failed to find their winning theory on Saturday in the elite TNM Super League as they went down 2-0 to Blantyre United at Kalulu Stadium in Nchalo. The Bankers were last week frustrated by Azam Tigers on their back yard after a 1-1 draw. In Saturday’s encounter, Blantyre United were a better side […]
One of Malawi’s elite assistant referees Moffat Champiti has been chosen to attend this year’s elite course in Cairo, Egypt and stands a chance to officiate next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon/ Equatorial Guinea, Nyasa Times has details. Champiti told Nyasa Times that he will leave for Cairo on November 13. The course, […]
Malawi has started selling much-needed maize to South Sudan and also exporting some to Zimbabwe and Kenya despites reports that about 10 districts in the country will face starvation due to dry spells. South Sudan Minister of Investment, Commerce and Industry, Garanga Diig Akuong confirmed that they are importing maize from Malawi to pre-empt a […]
(Shortened from a longer academic paper) Even Dr Banda, who was fond of calling Chiume, Chisiza and Chipembere ‘my boys’, did, in polite moments, call Orton Chirwa ‘Mr Chirwa’. And, even when he was ill-treating Orton Chirwa, the ‘Mr Chirwa’ sometimes slipped out (Vera Chirwa, 2007, page 74). Orton Chirwa was born in 1919, in […]
The stubbornness of Malawi leadership is costing the country more with a new stand by the international donor community that they will never release funds unless President Bingu wa Mutharika overcomes political and economic hurdles. This has clearly led to failure of Malawi’s saviour paper, the zero-deficit budget, as donors are not willing to release […]
The so called Pirates, a new entry in the Berlin Federal State Parliament, may have broken the jinx in the Germany political scene by becoming perhaps the only party so far without a clearly defined agenda, ideology or leadership structure. Similarly in Malawi, the 40 or so political parties may borrow a leaf from the […]
Malawi national netball team, popularly known as the Queens, are back on top of the continent’s netball spot following a successful surmount in Australia where they put up a superlative showcase in a four nation tournament and toppled out archrivals South Africa’s Proteas. The Malawi Queens arrived back this week from Australia with smiles across […]
The ongoing fuel availability levels have gone extremely down in Malawi to the extent the country’s largest fuel retailer has declared that it was not doing deliveries since Wednesday. This is contained in Puma’s (formerly BP Malawi) customer updates for October 26 up to October 28, 2010 and other fuel stations do not even have […]
Medical AID Society of Malawi (MASM) Chief Executive Officer Sydney Chikoti is embroiled in a string of illegal deals and practices that seem to be draining resources from the organization, Nyasa Times has established. A rough calculation by Nyasa Times reveals that MASM has lost or is losing close to MK 300 million. This is […]