There was commotion at the country’s fourth telecom company Celcom Limited on Thursday afternoon when its employees staged a strike demanding their fortnight wages. Celcom which, for years, has been failing to rollout is situated in Ginnery Corner in Blantyre and is 100 percent owned by local conglomerate, the Mulli Brothers Limited. The striking employees- majority […]
Global Fund has given a record US $380 million grant to Malawi government to facilitate the fight against HIV/TB and malaria, the largest allocation by the Fund to any country or institution ever. The agreement, which was signed on Wednesday, at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, was witnessed by Malawi President Peter Mutharika and Global Fund […]
High Court Sheriffs on Wednesday afternoon seized a vehicle for Joy Radio Station after its manager, Lloyd Zawanda failed to pay libel damages amounting to K5 million. Zawanda was last year dragged to court by former Peoples Party (PP) Secretary General, Henry Chibwana over defamatory remarks he made in one of Joy Radio’s ‘press review’ […]
Police at Balaka district, eastern Malawi have arrested 14 members of a gang calling themselves ‘Ziwanda crew’ following an assault on a 17-year-old girl at Majiga location in the district. But police say the gang leader, known as Rasta Zibaba and other members are still at large. According to the victim, the suspects who are […]
Malawi Police have arrested 12 Universal Industries Limited workers for stealing the company’s products contrary to Section 278 of the Penal. The company, situated along the Chipembere Highway at Ginnery Corner in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, largely manufacturer and distributes biscuits, confectionery, savoury snacks, baking ingredients, milk powders and beverages They were arrested on Tuesday and will […]
The latest Malawian fake doctor, Blessings Chisale, has strated serving a seven-year jail term after he was sentenced by the Mchinji First Grade Magistrate Court. Chisale, real name Veriano Fungulani, was arrested last week at Mchinji district hospital where he posed as a medical doctor and was charged with an offence of impersonating public officers, which is […]
Malawi’s vocal Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), activists and human rights defenders have claimed government is using a ‘divide and rule, ambush approach’ to dialogue and fanning factionalism in civil society. The vocal CSOs issued a communiqué asking government to clarify on Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), give a status report on the country’s economy, water […]
Government of Scotland says it is set to market investment opportunities that exist in Malawi to Scottish companies. Minister for External Affairs and International Development Humza Yousaf was speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Malawi’s Capital Lilongwe during his meeting with President Peter Mutharika. The Scottish Minister said his visit seeks to cement cordial relationship that exists […]
In a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder ‘cashgate’ case, former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo have advised the High Court that they no longer need former president Joyce Banda as their ‘witnesses’ as suggested earlier, Nyasa Times understands. The two are […]
Malawi Civil Society Organisations have set October 27 for peaceful demonstrations in Lilongwe to demand better health service delivery from government. Billy Mayaya, the architect of the demonstrations, has confirmed that letters notifying the authorities of the planned demonstrations were delivered on Tuesday to Lilongwe police and the district commissioner’s office. He says the demonstrations […]
Former minister Dr George Nga Ntafu has died in a car crash in Blantyre. Nga Ntafu, who served as Minister of Health in the UDF administration, and was neurosurgeon and former president Bakili Muluzi’s doctor, was pronounced dead at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital where he was rushed to after the vehicle he was driving Nissan March […]
Nkhunzo James Bandura Chirwa of Zonzoma civil engineering contractors , who was working as Quantity surveyor in government, a suspect in cashgate scandal, on Monday pleaded guilty to the charges of siphoning government money up to K513 million. He pleaded guilty before High Court judge Ivy Kamanga who convicted him on his own plea. When […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika has reiterated his government’s commitment to see to it that the Greenbelt Initiative GBI) becomes the flagship vehicle for food security, job and wealth creation for Malawians. He was speaking in Salima on Monday when he toured Salima Sugar Factory construction site. “The Green Belt Initiative is key in our achievement […]
Police in Nkhotakota have arrested a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier for allegedly being found with unlicensed Indian hemp, a second incident in two years as in December 2014 two MDF soldiers were apprehended and fined for the same offence. The soldier identified as Andrew Matochi (34) of Kamuzu Barracks was arrested at Kaombe roadblock […]
Vendors in Blantyre have relieved their Union chairperson Thomson Banda for alleged gross incompetence and insubordination, it has been reported. He has since been replaced by Lyson Changaya. Banda, who has for many years successfully fought for the wellbeing of vendors in the commercial city of Blantyre and district of Limbe, is said to have […]
The former 2002 Miss Malawi Blandina Kondowe (Blandina Mlenga) who once experienced the scourge of breast cancer has intensified a sensitization campaign drive to women within and outside Lilongwe city in a bid to provide hope and reduce deaths through mobile screening for early treatment in various health facilities. “In Malawi, while a small population is […]
Malawian citizens have expressed their views on the current economic recession and public service reforms arguing that if the country is to change then the change should begin with the highest office in the land and trickling down to ministers. The sentiments were expressed during a public debate called Bwalo la Nzika which was organised […]
Nation Publications Limited (NPL) on Saturday organised a Mother’s Day Fun Run in Mchinji where they partnered with several organisations in donating various maternal and neonatal health care equipment worth K30 Million to Mchinji District Hospital aimed at promoting safe motherhood. The Mother’s Day Fun run Project an annual event, was launched with an aim […]