In the wake of the ‘zero-aid’ budget, Malawi tax payers are coughing millions in a day to President Peter Mutharika’s hangers-on delegation that include a shoe-shiner , chef and waitress from Malawi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York . Mutharika, who is booked at Hitlond Midtown in New York, is travelled with […]
A final investigative audit report that covers July 2012 to December 2014 now obtained by Nyasa Times issued on 4th August 2015 to the recipient of Dr Ronald Mangani, Secretary to the Treasury, has exposed fraud and expenses scandal at the Malawi Electoral Commission. According to the report, MEC were heard and responded to the […]
Many Malawian children will be stunted especially those under five in the coming months because they do not have enough to eat, UNICEF has predicted. Unicef country representative Mahimbo Mdoe said the organisation was concerned over the health and survival of the nation’s youngest citizens in the wake of the report by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment […]
Corrupt government officials at the Road Traffic Directorate and the parent Ministry of Public Works have devised a scheme where an investor has been roped in to monopolize vehicle inspection for issuance of certificate of fitness (CoF) as the directorate will offload this function to private garages and dealers in November with an aim of […]
The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) of Nigeria and the Emmanuel Tv Partners Malawi have distanced themselves from ex-Prophet T.B. Joshua ‘wiseman’ John Chi’s crusade slated for Cctober. Chi is scheduled to hold the Christian crusade at Kamuzu stadium in Malawi’s commercial capital from 7 to 8 October 2015. After years of dedicated service to […]
A special investigation of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), conducted by the Central Internal Audit Unit of the Ministry of Finance, uncovered rampant mismanagement of public resources at the electoral body, Nyasa Times has established. The report Reference No 1A/270/15/0018, issued on August 7, 2015, […]
United Nations (UN) has advised Malawi that its development challenges are too great to afford wasting time on trivia, saying the country should stop “politicking between the polls” and instead focus on working together to build the nation. “When one follows the discussions and media reports, one sometimes wonders if Malawi is still in election […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidential aspirant Wilkins Mijiga took advantage of his sponsored Beach Soccer tournament to donate various items to an orphanage in Mangochi. Mijiga donated to Sara’s Children Home which looks after more than 150 children aged between 1 and 5 years maize flour, clothes and food stuffs. Mijiga’s wife, Rachel, also […]
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) says it is gearing up to respond to the worst food crisis in Malawi in a decade. This follows an appeal to the international humanitarian community made by the President of Malawi Peter Mutharika at the launch of the National Food Insecurity Response Plan on Monday. According to latest […]
Former attorney general and minister of justice and constitutional affairs Raphael Kasambara, remains in a critical condition at Adventist Hospital in Blantyre. A family member said on Saturday that his condition remains “critical but stable”. Kasambara, a suspect in the shooting of former budget director, Paul Mphwiyo who survived assassination attempt in 2013, has been […]
Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to take a leading role in the implementation of post 2015 development programs for the benefit of its people. President Peter Mutharika made the commitment in New York on Friday at the UN general Assembly when addressing the assembly. The member states have gathered to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals […]
Business people in Lilongwe on Friday donated various items and cash amounting to K1 290 000 to Lilongwe Police to improve community policing activities in the district. Speaking when receiving the donation, Commissioner of Police, George Kainja, commended the well-wishers for the kind gesture, saying this donation will go a long way in boosting security […]
Business was on stand still on Friday. Mzuzu city in the northern Malawi was flooded with a sea of people Willingly or unwillingly, all souls wanted to see him. It was Major 1, prophet Shepherd Bushiri back in his genesis town for a once in a million crusade that has attracted thousands of people from […]
Prominent lawyer Ralph Kasambara has been moved from jail to a hospital, where he is being treated under police guard for a heart ailment. Kasambara was remanded to prison on Wednesday after Justice Michael Mtambo ruled that his bail must be revoked because there was evidence that he infringed on the privacy of the judges, […]
Student political activist Robert Chasowa’s fourth murder anniversary has passed by quietly with a lone voice calling on President Peter Mutharika to bring those who brutally murdered him to book. Chasowa, a fourth year mechanical engineering student at the Polytechnic was found murdered and his body dumped at the college campus in 2011 after he […]
Malawi government has vehemently rejected a push by the UN human rights council to legalise same sex relationships and abolish death penalty in Malawi. Secretary for Justice and Solicitor General Jane Chikaya Banda confirmed the government’s stance on the matter. Banda said legalising same sex would be against the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi […]
In a drive to provide reformed and quality service delivery and at the same time improve accountability on public revenue collection, the Malawi Immigration Department says it plans to open a Foreign Currency Dominated Account (FCDA) so that all Malawi foreign missions can be remitting all the finances collected from immigration related services into it […]
Malawi’s most famous prophet Shepherd Bushiri of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church has made a historical home coming when he landed on a private plane in Lilongwe Thursday, on his way to Mzuzu where he is expected to host a Miracle Weekend Crusade at Mzuzu Stadium. The plane , branded “Shepherd Bushiri Aircraft” is […]