Malawi vendors are now selling a bag of maize at K13, 000 up from K7,000 two weeks ago, a price that is pushing up inflation steadily as other commodity prices are uncontrollably going up too. Nyasa Times has discovered vendors are deliberating buying off maize from Admarc as soon as it lands in a bid […]
Two Olympic Bakery employees have been arrested for allegedly using Police name to solicit pay from a client. Police Public Relations Officer Edith Kachotsa told Malawi News Agency that they are holding in custody Isaac Kambalame, a salesman and Molosoni Mlambuzi a driver for allegedly trying to tarnish the image of the Malawi Police Service. […]
A man has died in Lilongwe, a second death in two weeks after allegedly been severely beaten by Malawi Defence Force soldiers as the battle over Dzalanyama forest wears an ugly face. Peter Dimba, Lilongwe L South MP told Zodiak radio on Saturday that Daniel Kalendo from Chimkudzi village in the area of chief Masambankhunda […]
Malawi police in Blantyre have launched a special operation to hunt down murderers that have killed some people in the past month, taking out body parts in some cases. Blantyre police commissioner Demster Chigwenembe said this Friday at an executive meeting to review the security of the city following the increasing number of murder cases […]
Robbers have stolen MK 1,432,010 and 257 coupons of Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium (NPK) fertilizer at Khonjeni Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) selling point in Thyolo district. The robbery took place on the night of January 21 to 22, 2016 when a group of unknown criminals attacked the guards on duty that night and tied […]
A woman on trial for murder 17 years ago last Wednesday saw her day in court after getting sentenced to two years in prison. Alice Sinoya pleaded guilty to causing death of Noel Makoko in 1999 contrary to section 208 of the Penal Code. High Court Judge, Dorothy Nyakaunda Nyirenda sitting at the Magistrate court […]
International civil service, the United Nations says it is concerned with Malawi government decision to withdrawal a case against People’s Party (PP) publicist Ken Msonda who was charged with an offence of inciting people to kill gays. In a statement which has been released and signed by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for […]
The Zomba Principal Resident Magistrate Court seating at Phalombe on Thursday convicted four people who were found in possession of human bones suspected to be of a person living with albinism. Phalombe police arrested the four- a woman and three men- on Monday night of 4th January, 2016 following a tip-off from a businessman the suspects […]
A cross section of youth from all districts of Malawi and across all walks of life on Friday came together to attend the first ever National youth Conference in Lilongwe. The conference provided an opportunity for the youth to interact with President Professor Peter Mutharika through panel discussion and present their recommendation on issues […]
A 53 year old man in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu has started serving a two and half jail term for marrying his own biological daughter with whom he has a child. Kasungu deputy police publicist Harry Namwaza said Jelian Phiri married his 20 year old daughter after he divorced his wife. Namwaza […]
Private and commercial broadcaster Zodiak managing director Gospel Kazako was all smiles on Thursday when President Peter Mutharika heaped praise on the youngest media empire. “Zodiak has shown it is independent (from political pressure), good leadership, ethical and professionalism,” Mutharika said promising him and the government would not interfere with the work at Zodiak and […]
Disgruntled bicycle taxi operators, popularly known as Kabanza, on Friday clashed with police in Mzuzu because of what they have described “unfair treatment” from the former. Nyasa Times correspondent in Mzuzu, Chancy Gondwe, says there was “chaos.” He said the “operators blocked the road with logs of wood to express their anger following an operation by […]
Acts of continued tax evasion promoted by dishonest entrepreneurs have angered President Peter Mutharika who has challenged that Malawi can be financially independent of donors if every tax is rightly collected. Over K50 billion in tax revenue is currently stuck in court cases as many of the businesses involved in the practice of tax evasion […]
Mzuzu Civil Society Network (MCISON) has backed a long held demand by lawyers and the populace in the northern region in imploring the government to send at least two more Judges at the Mzuzu High Court registry, saying government’s inactiveness on the issue was a grossly violation of human rights. MCISON, which is a network […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi has said two school going children have died of hunger related diseases in her constituency. Lunguzi said the children, from Lumwira village in traditional authority Kachindamoto’s area in Dedza had gone for days without food because their parents could not access cheap maize from an Admarc market […]
A Lilongwe based youthful self-made flamboyant multi-millionaire Alfred Gangata whose pictures showing him and a woman posing in a bedroom and ridiculously flashing a bountiful stark of hard cash money have gone viral on social media like bush fire with internet trolls claiming that the woman in the picture has pilfered the money off him […]
Malawi Police in Chiradzuru have confirmed the death of a 15 year old boy after an explosive material he together with five others were playing with which later blasted leaving five others seriously injured. Chiradzuru Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Victoria Chirwa told Nyasa Times that the incident happened on Monday 18th January 2015 at […]
President Peter Mutharika will on Friday open the first ever 2016 National Youth Conference at Bingu International Conference Center in Lilongwe which presents an opportunity for young people of Malawi to discuss and provide their recommendations towards the successor to the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MDGS). Minister of Labour , Youth and Manpower development, Henry Mussa […]