Malawi’s daily newspaper was criticised of “burying” a billion dollar mine scandal on page four instead of lead headline about the order of High Court awarding Rift Valley Resources, owned by South African geologist Michael Saner,$100 million (about K69.5 billion) as compensation for the deliberate acts of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court on Monday sentenced Phulamazira Kang’ombe to 16 years in jail for cutting a man’s private parts in November 2014 in Lilongwe. Speaking in an interview, Lilongwe Police Spokesperson Inspector Kingsley Dandaula identified the victim as Chimwemwe Madeya 25, from Mkwaila village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Njewa in Lilongwe. “The […]
There was pandemonium on Monday afternoon in Mbayani Township, Blantyre when an angry mob descended on one of the residents they suspected to have had a hand in the death of a 17-year-old boy who died of drowning almost three weeks ago. During the fracas, the angry mob stoned and damaged a house of unnamed resident and […]
“Mr Clean”, a private company that collects liquid waste in Mzuzu, as well as five other districts in the northern region of Malawi, has a fleet of five trucks. The Mzuzu City Council, however, has only one truck, which has not hit the road for about five years. The council says it cannot afford a […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has issued a warning that Malawians will have a feast of Eeaster this coming weekend in the dark as there will be blackout following maintenance works they will carry out on its power generation machines. Escom said in a statement that the nation will go dark during Easter weekend […]
People living around Livingstonia area in Rumphi have taken up tools to rehabilitate the Njakwa-Livingstonia Road, saying the pathetic state of the road is making it impossible for them to access certain basic social services. According to some people who spoke to Nyasa Times on Friday, the road has a lot of gaping potholes and […]
Catholic Bishop Emeritus Allan Changwera, the only living 1992 Catholic bishops pastoral letter author has warned leaders that they would not win any battle against the church. In an interview with a local radio aired on Saturday, Changwera said former head of state Kamuzu Banda attempted to fight the Catholic church in 1992 following a […]
South Africa-based Malawian, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church International (ECG) is taking online publication Malawi Voice to court for allegedly reporting that the multi-billionaire prophet was involved in the death of Grace Chinga, among others. In a letter to Malawi Voice, lawyer Raphael Kasambara SC says he had been asked by […]
Malawi’s renowned gospel artists Grace Chinga was laid to rest at HHI Cemetery in Blantyre on Saturday, as thousands gathered at the Robins Park in Blantyre for funeral service and broke barriacades at the cemetery to get near her golden coffin. Chinga one of the country biggest gospel musician was pronounced dead upon arrival at […]
Traffic police officers on Friday raided the roads of Blantyre in a special road safety operation, impounding over 40 minibuses on various traffic offences. Blantyre police Public Relations Officer, Elizabeth Divala told Nyasa Times the exercise was aimed at bringing sanity and reduce accidents on the roads of Blantyre city. According to Divala, some of the offences […]
Press Trust has sought legal opinion on its powers in the hiring of conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL) board and successor group chief executive officer Matthews Chikaonda. Chikaonda is set to retire at the dual-listed conglomerate on December 31 this year after 14 years. There have been press reports that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) […]
Malawi former president Dr. Joyce Banda during a high level thought leadership reception which took place at Claridges Hotel in London on Thursday, made a stronger case for the African women submitting that the world will become a better place if women are economically empowered. “I have always said, why is common sense not common? […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika was in self praise Friday after his charges narrowly defeated the opposition in a vote that could have trimmed presidential powers. Speaking during the official launch of Best Buy Malawi Strategy in Lilongwe, Mutharika mocked the opposition for the defeat in parliament on Thursday. “Yesterday they failed to take some of […]
Sheriffs have pounced on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) offices in Blantyre, seizing refrigerators and desk top computers, the second seizure of property in just a week. Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga confirmed the sheriffs have seized the property on Friday, crippling operations at the pollster as all desk top computers have been seized. “We have […]
Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Minister Patricia Kaliati has underscored Malawi government’s commitment towards ending child marriage which is currently at 50 percent in the country. Kaliati said this during an Every Woman, Every Child high level event at the ongoing 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New […]
Malawi government on Thursday released a scatching statament to dismiss assertions that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government is scheming to snatch Press Corporation Limited (PCL) away from other shareholders by imposing DPP gurus on PCL and Press Trust Boards and went to town accusing PCL led by Mathews Chikaonda of destroying the corporation. Minister […]
A youth health civil society has asked the ministry of Health to transfer five top management at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe on fraud and corruption allegations. In a letter to the ministry of Health principal secretary, board chair of Youth Health Network, Charles Kapichi alleges the district health officer Dr M. Mwale of gross mismanagement. […]
The Blantyre magistrates Court on Thursday convicted and subsequently sentenced two men to six years imprisonment with hard labour for being found in possession of 560 kilograms of Indian hemp locally known as Chamba. Chief Resident Magistrate, Thomson Ligowe jailed Jambo Jambo, 42, and his accomplice Boniface Chinthenga 40 years old after they pleaded not […]