Malawi has been ranked 17 in the African-wide governance survey released on Monday by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF), the organisation committed to supporting great African leadership. The Ibrahim Index is Africa’s leading assessment of governance, established to inform and empower the continents citizens. Assessing all 53 African countries, the MIF index compiles rankings of […]
Parents to the late seven-year-old Etienne Nkwanda have bitterly complained against alleged clinical negligence by Malawi’s largest private hospital, Mwaiwathu Hospital medical personnel in Blantyre that they suspect must have led to the death of the young boy. In a letter dated August 24, 2011, addressed to the hospital and copied to Malawi Blood Transfusion, […]
Malawi’s vice captain Elvis Kafoteka has announced his retirement from the national duty after the team failed to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations by a thread, saying he was to concentrate on his Rwandan based club. The Flames right back, who stars for Rwanda’s APR Football Club, said immediately after their exit […]
The Chinese owned Malawi Cotton Company (MCC) has said that its core interest is not to make more profit for itself but rather to make cotton production more profitable to the common Malawian farmer and the Malawi government in the process. Assistant Manager of MCC Xin Jia said that the company generated over 20 million […]
Workers at the Blantyre City Council have threatened to sue their Director of Financial Services (DFS) a Mr. Kasamba for allegedly infringing on their personal life. The workers also want the DFS out of the council for lacking professionalism in the manner he executes his job. Some disgruntled members of staff have told Nyasa Times […]
Capital Radio and Radio Islam are reported to have been disturbed with the position taken by the Malawi Communications Reguratory Authority (Macra) for publicly warning them for alleged breach of licence conditions. Sources from the both radio stations told Nyasa Times in separate interviews that the issues at hand was already sorted out during private […]
A tobacco tenant who worked at Choma in Mzuzu will spent the next 10 years in the cooler after the Mzuzu Magistrate Court convicted him for defiling a four year old girl (name withheld) in March this year. Last month the same court sentenced another HIV positive Tobacco Tenant to 16 years imprisonment with hard […]
All is not well at the Immigration Department with production of passports is low due to the incapacity of the hired Asian contractor. The department at times produces only 50 passports in a day in all the three regions forcing many passport applicants fail to travel abroad. “The problem is that the contractor is dictating […]
Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody three employees working for the accounts department of the Mzuzu Court registry on allegations that they stole close to MK1 million cash, Nyasa Times has established. Police nabbed Rogers Tembo, Chifundo Mwase and Dorothy Mwale and charged them with theft by servant. Sources told Nyasa Times that the […]
Minister of Education George Chaponda and deputy minister of presidential affairs Nicholas Dausi on Sunday turned Calvary Family Church in Nottingham, UK as a political ground to campaign for ruling DPP amongst Malawians in Diaspora. The ministers were accompanied by Ben Phiri, personal assistant to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Mutharika, the DPP presidential candidate. […]
Malawi Police said they are investigating a fire-attack on offices of Catholic Church secretariat in Lilongwe on Sunday. The offices in Area 11, which are headquarters of Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), suffered an extensive damage in the fire attack.Father Michael Useni house was the most affected. Father Emmanuel Chimombo, who was present at the time […]
“Epiphania Bonjesi – shot by Police – you will be avenged yet, The July 20 martyrs – shot by Police – you we will never forget, Robert Chasowa – murdered by regime agents – your killers cannot rest, To all of you, for your murderers, let there be no respite!” Part 1: History, Ancient […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has issued warnings to Capital FM Radio Limited and Radio Islam for airing programmes it said breached their Licence terms and conditions and section 52 (2) of the Communications Act. Macra said Capital Radio insulted Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika during their ‘Day break Malawi’ Programme of April 28th, […]
A 23-year-old Malika Tamara Chitanda, holder of Diploma in Information Technology from Shareworld Open University is the newly crowned Miss Blantyre beauty queen for 2011. Malika, a resident of Naperi in the city, came top of eight other contestants to win the crown during the beauty pageant that took place at Shire Highlands Hotel on […]
The recent address by Dr. Mathews Chikaonda as a guest of honour at the Society of Accountants gala left a lot people speculating about his intentions. Does he want to get back into politics? He once served as a finance minister before being appointed to the present position as CEO of Press Group. His speech made some […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika has named Catholic Bishop emeritus Felix EugenioMkhori to head the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the death of 19 people killed in cold blood during the July 2o nationwide demonstrations. Mutharika promised to form the commission and also probe into the death of Robert Chasowa, a Polytechnic student, who was murdered […]
Four people died on the spot on Friday evening and two others are nursing serious injuries at Rumphi District Hospital after a taxi they were travelling in overturned due to over speeding. Mzuzu Police Station Spokesperson Edward Longwe confirmed the development to Nyasa Times saying the accident happened at Luwazi Bridge on the Mzuzu to […]
Zambia’s President Michael Sata on Saturday rejected an invitation by Malawian President Bingu Mutharika to attend the COMESA Heads of State summit in Lilongwe because his counterpart had failed to apologise for having him expelled five years ago. According to Zambia Watchdog, President Mutharika sent Malawi’s envoy in Zambia, David Bandawe to deliver the invitation […]