Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda has been ranked number three most powerful African woman according to an index put together by world’s leading business magazine Forbes. The African list is topped by Nobel Prize winner Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia and seconded by Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Forbes named US First Lady Michelle Obama […]
High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction restraining government from implemented the newly introduced “astronomical” fees for obtaining legal interim relief through injunctions. This week government raised the fee for obtaining the court injunction with 41,666.07 percent. In the new fees, the injunction now costs K25, 000 (US$150), from K60.00 (US$0.35. But three parties […]
Zambia’s vice president Guy Scott has warned of increasing strained diplomatic relations with Malawi, if the Bingu wa Mutharika administration will not apologise to Zambia Presisent Micheal Sata for declaring him prohibited immigrant four years ago. Scott told reporters in Lilongwe that he has come to represent Zambia during the Comesa summit as Malawi has […]
Malawi government says it will not arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on an international war crimes warrant as demanded by Human Rights Watch, saying it will allow the Bashir to attend the regional trade summit in Lilongwe. The New York-based group’s senior counsel on international justice, Elise Keppler, urged Malawi not to host Bashir and […]
Airtel Malawi doesn’t only charge highest tariffs in the world but they also pay peanuts to their workers. Customer care department workers at the company has summoned their management to address their grievances “We want management of Airtel to look into the plight of us workers such as salaries and working conditions,” said one of […]
Famous Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) in Mzuzu has prophesied doom and bloodshed in Malawi towards the New Year, saying some forces will attempt to take over government by force. The preacher said Malawians should pray to God, saying the country will be at standstill as it has never experienced before. […]
Kinnah Phiri has revealed his plans to step down as Malawi national team coach after his contract expires in June next year in order to pave way for other coaches to take over from him. He revealed his intention to step down following his Malawi’s failure to qualify for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, but […]
Malawi government has been asked to accept wrong-doing in the manner in which it expelled Britain High Commissioner in April before Lilongwe and London can resume normal diplomatic relations. This is the position of Britain government relayed to Malawi after crucial talks between Malawian Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika and his British counterpart William Hague in […]
Bishop Joseph Bvumbwe, head of the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), a grouping of protestant churches in the country, has said the West should not be allowed to use its financial power to force Malawi to accept homosexuality. In a media statement Bvumbwe co-signed with MCC secretary, Bishop Dr Osborne l Joda‐Mbewe, made available to Nyasa […]
More drama is unveiling in the death of the fourth year Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa. A few hours after Police arrested the whistle blower Duncan Phiri, police were at it again summoning editors of Weekend Nation and Malawi News who published the revealing story on Saturday. Police head of Criminals Investigation Department summoned Weekend Nation […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was heckled and jeered by crowds as he delivered his speech at the graduation of students of the University of Malawi at College of Medicine in Blantyre on Wednesday. Graduates booed Mutharika when he accused four lecturers at Chancellor College ,who have been campaigning for academic freedom, claiming they were […]
Barely four days after it was revealed that top police brass is involved in the death of the fourth year student at the Malawi Polytechnic, Police on Tuesday morning arrested Duncan Nawoza Phiri who spilled the beans. Armed Police invaded the house of Phiri and picked him amid unclear reasons for their arrest. A police […]
Malawi government has directed all its cabinet ministers to immediately relinquish their official Mercedes Benz vehicles so that they are used by the top visiting delegates during the 15th summit of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The vehicles will specifically be used by the heads of State and Government, vice presidents and […]
State witness in the former vice president Cassim Chilumpha’s treason and conspiracy to murder case pocketed K60 million from government to testify. Thomas Elias Ndlovu, a Malawian living in South Africa, and Graham Minnaar, a former South African intelligence operative — are witnesses for the prosecution. Ndhlovu collected the money but said it was not […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has dragged Vice President Joyce Banda to court asking for the judges to interpret that she has resigned as VP. The VP was expelled from the ruling DPP last December and formed her own Peoples Party (PP) early this year. Private practice lawyer Wapona Kita confirmed to Nyasa Times that […]
One Jamaican dance-hall artist Beenie Man once rhymed in a collaboration with compatriot Elephant Man-If I never mama, mi nuh born-(If I never have no mother I would not have born) justifying importance of a mother to life. Its undeniable fact that a mother’s love has played a big role in our upbringing and it’s […]
Operations of different sectors of Malawi’s economy have been paralyzed following the resurfacing of fuel shortage particularly in the country’s major cities of Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu . Since 2009, the country has been gripped by an acute fuel shortage, a development that has forced some heavy industries to cut their production while most motorists […]
Chitipa Magistrate court in northern Malawi has sentenced a husband who burnt his wife’s private parts to seven years imprisonment with hard labour. Francis Sichali, prosecuting, told the court that Siti Sulumbu, 39 burnt his wife’s private parts with hot ashes on September 6 when the woman, Julia Nambeye aged 36 wanted to file for […]