Malawi’s well-known gospel singer Wycliffe Chimwendoh will this month tour South Africa where he is expected to hold shows in Cape Town. The musician, who has in his music career recorded seven successful albums, disclosed this to Nyasa Times, saying he will hold six shows during the Easter holidays. “I would like to celebrate Easter […]
If you are a fan of hip-hop music and given a chance to come up with a list of music icons, Sungununu crew would not miss out on the list. The record of accomplishment for the Lilongwe-based Sungununu crew of Miyambi fame, which started operating in 2006, keeps ascending each day. The three-member crew, comprising […]
Every once in a while a music star is born. Such stars are few and far between, but when they come along; they shine for all to see. Malawi has such a star in the name of Armstrong. He has emerged as one of most exciting young artists out of this generation and it was […]
One of Malawi’s firebrand politicians, Brown James Mpinganjira, on Saturday evening shed tears as watched Nanzikambe Arts Theatre launching ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’, a 2012 thriller that rekindles Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda tyrannical rule. The play, an adoption of Dr Jack Mapanje Memoirs and directed by Kate Stafford, set into life the struggle and […]
Lilongwe’s Thoko Kamanga (22) was on Friday night crowned Malawi News Model of the Year. Kamanga, participating in a beauty contest for the first time, is currently studying Business Management at Malawi Polytechnic. She took over the title from Gladys Kumbatira (20). Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), publishers of the Daily Times, Weekend Times, Malawi News […]
Plannet Communication has organized a Heroes Party which will take place at Lilongwe Community Center Ground on, Monday March 5 as part of Martyrs Day commemoration. Director Mac Urack Mkumba said it is high time Malawians start cherishing the freedom they have. “The freedom we have is rich and if we start cherishing it, nobody […]
It’s fun for Capital City as Ndefeyo’s Nthumwi Pixy and currently dancehall icon Blakjak alongside former Big Brother star Lomwe invades Lilongwe in what is termed as Bhumpa L-City Zanzi showdown. Under the newly established The Movement label, Pixy, Blakjak and Lomwe are set to mesmerize central region audience this Friday March 9 evening in […]
Malawi’s flag carrier Air Malawi has offered to fly gospel musician Geoffrey Zigoma who is battling with cancer to Tanzania for him to access good medical treatment. Speaking while handing over two air tickets one for Zigoma and the other for a guardian to accompany him, Air Malawi Commercial Director Temwachi Changwa said, it is […]
There was drama at Warehouse, Blantyre on Saturday evening when some music artists and Music Association of Malawi (MAM) top officials nearly got into a fight over money collected during a game between Big Bullets and musicians. The artists led by the Maloto hit maker Mlaka Maliro, bass guitarist Peter Likhomo and Saul Chembezi took […]
In readiness for this year’s Big Brother reality show dubbed as Double-Up, the country’s MultiChoice will host a grand party on Saturday at Chez Ntemba, Blantyre with a line-up of celebrated artists to entertain patrons. The party to start at 8pm will carter as an opener for those interested to know and participate in the […]
Fikisa, by far the hottest music group in Malawi right now, are set to launch their self-titled album this weekend in Lilongwe, their management company Nyimbo Music Company has said. The group, famous for their hit singles Walume Wawiwu and Ademwiche (Akamwile) have taken the music industry by storm since they released their chart busting single Ademwiche (Akamwile) whose video is […]
Jack Mapanje’s memoir ‘And Crocodiles are Hungry at Night’, for some ordinary folks, could be any notes, any narration about ones experience within the walls of Maula prison and his struggle to probe the hidden motives behind his arrest. But a pick on one or two scenes of its theatrical display as adopted by Nanzikambe […]
Blantyre on Friday crowned new big mama beauty queen, Madalo Chimalizeni, 29 in a glamorous event of the renamed Miss True African Queen contest. Chimalizeni, a student of Human Resource Management at Malawi Polytechnic, took over from the former queen, Joyful Paliani of state Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Formerly known as Miss Matofotofo, the pageant, founded by Lwazi Mbowa, aims […]
Done and sealed. Lions Theatre has curtain-closed public viewing of its play, Semo, with loud applause and cheers. Semo-a political satire-returned to Nanzikambe Arts Theatre base, Naperi, on Sunday, where it first marked its theatrical journey and imposingly gave Blantyre theatre lovers a last laugh. The play was written by late Robert Chasowa and Thlupe […]
Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) has rebranded its Model of the Year in a bid to make it more competitive and effective as a 2011 contest sets for a showdown next week Friday. With 12 models ready to battle it out for the crown on Friday evening (March 2, 2012) at Mount Soche Hotel, the organizers […]
Armstrong, Malawi’s brand new singer who has taken the country’s airwaves by storm with hit singles ‘Ndamusowa’ and ‘Sinditha Kumvetsa’, will first release a mixtape before his highly anticipated untitled album, his record label has announced. Nde’feyo Entertainment said the 22-year-old Blantyre-based artist’s 10-track R&B mixtape titled ‘BrB’ (Be Right Back) will be released on […]
Malawi’s flag carrier’s in this year’s Southern Africa Music Crossroads contest, Conquerors Band have emerged winners after outclassing other contestants to become a fourth group from the country to win the championship. The Lilongwe-based band represented Malawi in a three-day competition held in Maputo Mozambique between February 16th and 19th and managed to beat other […]
The country’s musicians have formed a football team that will play Big Bullets FC in what is billed to be an exciting encounter at the soccer mecca Kamuzu Stadium this Saturday. According to the organizing committee, the game has been organized to raise funds for the Musicians Association of Malawi (MAM), among others. Chairperson of […]