High Court has granted an injunction to employees of the state broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), stopping the merger of the television and radio stations, retrenching and redeploying staff to other government departments until the judicial review. The order was granted by Justice Rowland Bvundula in Blantyre on Tuesday. “It is ordered that leave […]
A dark cloud has fallen on Malawi’s oldest newspaper’s newsroom, Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), after management laid off eight journalists , who were given their retrenchment letters last week Tuesday and reports are rife that more heads will roll. BNL, a subsidiary of Blantyre Print and Publishing (BP & P), publishes four newspapers which are […]
The recent reunion between the two United Democratic Front (UDF) ‘warring’ factions that had agreed to ‘burry the hatchet’ and work together “for the good of the larger party”, has more to it than hears the ear or than sees the eye, a senior politburo member has revealed. One of the issues behind it is […]
Miss Malawi Faith Chibale to star in Zimbabwe’s latest action film titled, The Gentleman, which also features one of South Africa’s leading actors, Presley Chweneyagae and Zimbabwe business tycoon Philip Chiyangwa. Rufaro Kaseke, the movie producer, said the Joe Njagu production is a tale of twin brothers whose worlds had gone drastically wrong. The Gentlemanis […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander, General Henry Odillo has thanked the British Government for sponsoring the Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context (MDWSC) course currently underway in Salima. “My thanks go to Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom for sponsoring the course as part of f its Africa Conflict Prevention Pool Security sector reform,” […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of president Bingu wa Mutharika and newly formed northern region based People’s Development Movement (PDM) on Tuesday officially protested that Aford candidate Enock Chihana was tactically campaigning while voting is in the process on Tuesday in the Rumphi Central constituency by-elections in defiance of the electoral law. According to […]
Green Rangers FC has intensified its campaign for the title in the K3.2 million Chipiku Central Region Football League (CRFL) as they thumped Mtsiriza United 4-1 at their backyard this week with two goals each from Captain Sousah Kashoni and Kondwani Zaona. Rangers’ combination of Kinsley Siwelo, Kashoni and Victor Mussa were marvel to watch. In […]
Kingsley Mulewa, an auditor at Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperative (Muscco) has been elected Institute of Internal Auditors Malawi (IIA), a national registered professional body dedicated to the promotion and development of the internal audit profession in Malawi. Mulewa was ushered into office during the 2011 Internal Audit Annual Conference held in Mangochi […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of president Bingu wa Mutharika continues to campaign in various ways while voting is in the process on Tuesday in the Rumphi Central constituency by-elections in defiance of the electoral law, Nyasa Times can reveal. According to the electoral law, campaign is supposed to stop 48-hours before polling hence […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has not received any major complaint from Rumphi Central Constituency, where voting took place on Tuesday for an MP. “Of course in any election there bound to be conflicts but in this case there very minor complains which were ably solved by the local Multiparty Liaison Committee,” MEC […]
Paladin Africa, the company that is running Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga district has reportedly started buying food stuffs from Tukuyu in Tanzania depriving hardworking locals of income. The development has since irked local suppliers, who blame the procurement shift to the departure of the Australian born Chris Mattinson, who used to buy from locals […]
Creativity and versatility must be the underlying factor behind Young Kay and Cyclone’s Pauchidolo mix-tape. On second thought, it might be maturity and diversity on the part of the two MCs to release such philosophy similar to the Kanye West and Jay-Z’s ‘Watch the Throne’. With main act being Young K and Cyclone, the 15 […]
Blantyre Print and Publishing managing director Leonard Chikadya has challenged internal auditors to play their rightful advisory roles in organisations and consider themselves as drivers of business sustainability in addition to their usual role of protecting corporate resources. “As accountants and auditors either in leadership or as advisers, we have a responsibility to bring sanity […]
South African police have arrested five Malawians in connection with a consignment of counterfeit money valued at more than R1.5 million. According to Independent Online, the Malawian nationals – aged 16, 20, 24, 25 and 33 – were arrested Sunday night as police barged into their Chatsworth home following a tip-off from a yet-to- be […]
Chikhwawa police station on Sunday arrested a 36-year-old man for sexually assaulting his own biological daughter and broke her virginity. The police spokesperson, Sunday Nguluwe identified the man as Maxwell Migano of Mafumbi Village Village, T/A Makhwira Chikhwawa district. He defiled her 13 year old daughter. The father is reported to have shared with his […]
AMBUJE’S DIARY 2011 PART 2 Where have all the pangaboys gone? Long time passing! Where have all the pangaboys gone? Long time ago! Where have all the pangaboys gone? Gone disappearing everyone! When will they ever learn? 2x – (Paraphrased from the lyrics of Pete Seeger (1955)) A few days into my vacation, I decided […]
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Malawi’s biggest selling icon, Lucius Banda, the self-styled Soldier of the poor, says his 16th album under the title ‘Life’ has sold out over 10,000 CD’s and remains top selling album. The celebrated musician told the audience at his show on Sunday at Warehouse in Blantyre that he was grateful to Malawians. “I want to […]