Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has defied request by the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to investigate and provide information to the nation on what happened to the royalties earned from Nigerian crude oil deal and the proceeds from Presidential jet sale. Malawi in 2013 earned US$1,256.081.70 as royalties from crude oil deal […]
Eluby Kamwera, 22, of Karonga is in police custody allegedly for dumping her newly born baby into Lake Malawi and is alleged to have been dating two men at Makunganya Village, T/A Mwirang`ombe in Karonga, police have confirmed. Karonga police publicist Enock Rivason said one of the men promised to marry Kamwera, but she got […]
Hundreds of people have marched in the northern region district of Rumphi to protest against the starvation of patients in Malawi’s public hospitals. The peaceful protestors clad in black attire, organised by the district’s civil society network, blamed government for what they called “death of healthcare system.” The protesters were also angry at what they […]
Chief Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo was on Monday transferred from Zomba Mikuyu prison to Chichiri prison in Blantyre. Malawi Prison Service Public Relations Officer, Evance Phiri could not deny or confirm the issue when contacted by Nyasa Times. But one of senior Chichiri Prison officers confided in Nyasa Times that Lutepo has been moved to the penal […]
A co-accused in the case where a former Malawi police officer, Constable Kondwani Guta is accused of robbery with violence has died, Nyasa Times has established. Geoffrey Kandulu was arrested together with Guta on 13th December, 2014 following their involvement in an armed robbery incident that happened in Kanjedza residential area, Blantyre. The two, whose […]
Minister of Health Peter Kumpalume has told parliament a court injunction obtained by a nurses body and the subsequent protracted court battle might delay the hiring of 200 nurses for public hospitals. Kumpalume said this Tuesday when former vice president Khumbo Kachale, who is also Mzimba south MP, on a point of order, asked the […]
Former budget director Paul Mphwiyo Tuesday walked out to freedom after spending nine days in police custody, temporarily though as the State has hinted he faces several cases which can lead him back to prison. The High Court in Lilongwe granted bail to Mphwiyo in a K2 million bond on Monday but could not get […]
Programmes Manager for Karonga Agricultural Division (KRADD), Wellington Phewa, has been named as the chief orchestrator in the shady sale of a multimillion kwacha government owned tractor to people in neighbouring Tanzania. Police have initiated a man hunt for Phewa suspected to be hiding in Mzuzu, Nyasa Times has learnt. The tractor, registration number MG 647, was […]
Malawi President, Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika is expected to hold high level talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote when he officially visits the United Kingdom later this month. Information from Capital Hill indicates that the President’s meetings will centre around international cooperation and investment among […]
Over 300 nurses who were supposed to sit for interviews Tuesday to get employment in public hospitals will have to wait a little longer as Nurses and Midwives Organisation of Malawi has obtained a court injunction against the holding of the interviews. Dorothy Ngoma, executive director of National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives confirmed Monday […]
Council for Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGOMA) on Monday launched NGO week in the Capital City Lilongwe a mid division locking the NGO fraternity. Addressing reporters in Lilongwe, CONGOMA Executive Director, Ronald Mtonga, said the event is very important because it gives chance to both local and international NGOs to showcase their activities. According to Mtonga, 30 […]
Heavy rains accompanied by high speed wind have blown off house roofs in Blantyre and damaged some vehicles as the onset of first rains start on sad note. The most affected areas are Limbe where a falling tree damaged two vehicles and blew of some roof in Bangwe where a Catholic Church building had its […]
Minister of Transport Francis Kasaila has bemoaned the high rate of road accidents in Malawi, saying it is one of the highest in the region. “Malawi is among the countries where people continue to die on the roads,” lamented Kasaila in Blantyre when Lafarge, a cement company was launching a K50 million road safety initiative […]
US ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has asked for speedy implementation of public sector reforms, saying this is the best way to get Malawi out of its poverty trap. Palmer said this in a special radio interview with Zodiak. She also asked President Peter Mutharika to desist from making political appointments in the public service, […]
Lives of people of Machinga, especially poor women and children are at risk as public hospitals in the district have run out of malaria drugs LA. People in the districts told Nyasa Times that patients are now told to buy the medicine from private hospitals or pharmacies. “We are poor, we cannot afford. If we […]
What started as a simple exercise to harness honey inside Nyungwe Catholic Church in Chiradzulu on Sunday night has led to fire razing down the church Diocesan secretary for Blantyre archdiocese Father Michael Chimwala said a watchman and a cook wanted to harness honey inside the church at night. “Unfortunately the fire spread very fast, […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has argued that Comesa court lacks jurisdiction on the matter in which Malawi Mobile Limited (MML) a mobile phone operator licensed in April 2002 but faced political hurdles against rolling out its services in the country has lodged an appeal at the Comesa Court, challenging the Supreme Court of Malawi’s decision […]
Malawi holds a detailed HIV prevalence rate survey from November 27, 2015 when 33000 respondents will have their blood samples tested for the killer disease. Dr Mathes Joshua of Zomba Central Hospital said during the launch of the survey in eastern region that the survey, the first of its kind in Malawi will also target […]