High Court in Lilongwe has adjourned a case involving convicted former tourism assistant Leonard Kalonga to 2nd March, 2016. On August 26, 2015 the court convicted Kalonga on his own plea of guilty for stealing K3.7 billion ($6.3 million) in the ongoing Cashgate trials. On Monday Director of Public Prosecution State Mary Kachale asked the […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has sealed the offices of Mike Appel and Gatto Limited in Blantyre and Lilongwe. The car dealer owes government over K1.2 billion in unpaid taxes. MRA has also seized a number of cars in the showroom. “We have sealed the offices of Mike Appel and Gatto Limited in Blantyre and […]
United States Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer has announced an additional donation of US$27 million (20 billion kwacha) of food assistance from the US Government to support vulnerable, food insecure communities in Malawi. In a media statement emailed to Nyasa Times from the US Embassy to Malawi, Palmer announced the donation following the discussions she […]
Malawi will import 50,000 tonnes of the staple maize from Tanzania to avert hunger after a drought that affected 2.8 million people in the southern African nation, state officials said on Monday. Agriculture is Malawi’s mainstay, accounting for a third of the economy and providing livelihoods for 80 percent of the population of about 15 […]
Malawi’s kwacha is expected to stabilise in the next few days after it broke through a series of record lows against the dollar, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has said. The minister said this on Friday in Lilongwe during the presentation of the Mid Year Budget Review Statement in Parliament. “It […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Karonga Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church has stopped the laity from contributing to church projects in “paper Sunday” to allow them utilise the little cash they have to buy food in their homes. Bishop Martin Mtumbuka made the announcement on Saturday February 27 during the launch of the diocese’s […]
The Managing Director of Times Group took to Facebook to defend his company’s decision to retrench nearly 70 employees saying that during “the past five years since 2010, Times Group has recorded the best financial returns for shareholders and this sound financial performance was the basis for major investments in TV and radio broadcasting” Times […]
Department of International Development (DFID), has written Malawi Government on behalf of Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) development partners to announce suspension of funding to the procurement of three Digital X-ray Machines process, following Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) issuing prohibition order on the same contract. The x-ray machine in some public hospitals, like Kamuzu Central, are […]
First grade magistrate for Chitipa, Julius Kalambo has said more and more women are coming forth to report cases of gender based violence happening within their communities. Speaking during field tour aimed to assess the impact of the Gender Equality Empowerment Programme (Gewe ) being implemented by the ministry of gender through UNFPA, Kalambo said […]
The SADC Secretariat says it is ready to provide regional coordination with all its partner institutions in order to alleviate the socio-economic challenges we are facing as a result of the current climatic situation. SADC Deputy Executive Secretary for Regional Integration, Dr Thembinkosi Mhlongo made the remarks at the SADC Consultative Meeting on Preparedness and […]
Malawian lawyers have yet again entrusted youthful private practice lawyer John Suzi-Banda with the responsibility of overseeing the affairs of the Malawi Law Society (MLS). He was re-elected unopposed for another one-year term during the society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in the resort town of Mangochi also attended by, among others, Minister of Justice […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume declined to name and shame drug suppliers who failed to deliver after being asked to do so un parliament. Kumpalume was asked by a legislator to name the drug suppliers when the minister said in a statement in Parliament that public hospitals have nearly exhausted most of their drug budgets, […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika says good road infrastructure in the country is a catalyst to efficient service delivery and vibrant economic activity which culminates into transformation of livelihoods. He was speaking in Blantyre on Saturday when he officially opened the upgraded Masauko Chipembere Highway. “We also need good road infrastructure to ease access to public services such […]
Malawi Government has developed national diaspora engagement Policy , Minister of Foreign Affairs and International corporation George Chaponda has confirmed to Nyasa Times. Chaponda said the Malawi diaspora has always longed to get involved in the development of their homeland and help with effective resource mobilization to develop the nation successfully.. “Over the years some […]
In an interesting twist to the calls for President Arthur Peter Mutharika to resign have cropped up. Snr Chief Kalonga of Salima says it’s ‘sin’ and climate change that must be blamed for Malawi’s social-economic woes. In a second phase of the senior traditional leaders meetings to dismiss calls that Mutharika resigns, Snr. Chief Kalonga […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza East member of parliament, Juliana Lunguzi has said the Peter Mutharika government should stop living a lie that no one will die of hunger in the country, saying already four children have starved to death in her constituency. Lunguzi said in parliament that four “kids” have died with hunger-related illnesses […]
Nobody should underestimate the economic crisis facing Malawi; Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe has admitted in parliament that the country is still passing through “turbulent times.” Gondwe said when he tabled his mid-term budget review statement, announcing a reduction of a financial plan by K23.7 billion from an approved figure of K929.7 billion to K906.0 billion “Our […]
Member of Parliament for Karonga central, Frank Mwenifumbo told the House his appreciation to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church International (ECG) for his relief support to people affected by hunger in the country. Bushiri, who is based in South Africa, has been distributing maize across the country to starving villagers. “ […]