Minister of Transport and Public Works Francis Kasaila has assured Ntchisi North independent Member of Parliament Boniface Kadzamira that Ntchisi-Malomo Road is a priority of government and will be given necessary attention. Kasaila made the assurance after the MP had written the minister a letter dated July 22 2015, copied to the chief executive officer […]
Andrew Kumbatira has been removed as boss of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) reportedly for being critical to political pressure on bootleg deals and a thorny working relationship with the board of directors, Nyasa Times understands. Chief Secretary to the Government George Mkondiwa has confirmed Kumbatira, a former executive director of Malawi Economic Justice Network […]
The social media site, Facebook is abuzz this week with Malawian women urging each other to assist in the tracking down of one ruthless con-woman, Temwa Lisa Utonga. Utonga, whose appealing beauty disguises her bizarre behaviour, is believed to have conned her direct cousin in Blantyre named Wongie Kamanga to believe that she was is […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM), the biggest commercial bank by assets say Malawians should brace for the tougher times for Malawi’s economy in the coming months due to high inflation, high interest rates and a depreciating kwacha. It its lasted unaudited interim results released this week, the bank says the depreciating kwacha and food prices are likely to […]
President Peter Mutharika and his government are clueless on how to use the K12 billion realised from the controversial sale of Malawi Savings Bank and Inde Bank. Spokesman for Finance ministry Nations Msowoya told a local radio station Wednesday that his ministry is yet to consult on how to use the money which is already […]
Catholic Church in Malawi has emphasised the importance of enactment of all legislations that may support in mitigating the continued effects of climate change. Malawi has this year experienced worst climate change effects following erratic rainfall and floods in most parts of the country. The Bishop Chairman for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) His […]
A distinguished and well known economist and academician, Prof. Benson Kandoole, passed on around noon on Tuesday at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. A family relation, Sophie Kandoole, who works for the National Registration Bureau as Deputy Director, told Lilongwe News Agency (LINA) that the family was in great shock at the death of their […]
President Peter Mutharika has booted out Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) Director General Andrew Kumbatira. According to Malawi NewsNow, Kumbatira has been redeployed to Malawi Postal Corporation as Post Master General. Kumbatira previously held the position of Post Master General before he was posted to MACRA. According to the report, the current Post Master General, […]
Catholics in Dedza will on Saturday join Bishop Emmanuel Kanyama and two priests in celebrating Silver Jubilee of their ordination to priesthood with a solemn Eucharist celebration which will take place at St Martin Deporress Parish. The two priests to celebrate the silver jubilee together with His Lordship are Fr Gerald Bwebwa and Fr Gracian […]
Christ Citadel International Church (CIC) will hold a four day Holy Spirit led gospel bonanza at its Nottingham prayer house in United Kingdom, the organisers have announced. Under the theme, “that time of refreshing,” the spiritual Annual Summit windfall, which has attracted international speakers from Malawi, UK, Zimbabwe and among others, and congregants across the UK […]
The Balaka First Grade Magistrate’s in court in eastern Malawi has ordered a South African driver to pay a fine of K100, 000, for causing death due to reckless driving. The court heard through the state Prosecutor Sergeant Lawrence Mchalisoni that the 21-year-old Sibiya Mulungusi hit a 26 year-old pedestrian Steven Alfred last Friday due […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s Enlightened Christian Gathering Church has been reported to be seeing an influx of people from all walks of life of late. This is attributed to the South African based church’s purported growth. However, there has never been any clear insight as to the exact rate of the ministry’s rising from Bushiri’s inner […]
Malawi business community has been robbed K920 million through armed and violent robberies in a year, according to a report of Malawi Police Service. The report seen by Nyasa Times indicated that the amount of money was stolen at 31 different incidences which happened across the country from July last year to July this year. The records […]
Former First Lady Madam Callista Mutharika who is also President Peter Mutharika special Advisor on HIV and Aids and Safe Motherhood, on Sunday called for more compassion and love to people living with HIV and Aids, saying shame and stigma prevent many people from getting help and “from protecting themselves in the first place.” The […]
Convicted businessman and chief cashgate defendant Oswald Lutepo will be sentenced and start serving jail while application for confiscation and pecuniary penalty orders has been postponed. Lutepo, who was convicted on his own plea of guilty on charges of conspiracy to defraud government and money laundering of K4.2 billion ($9.3 million) between April and September […]
Dead bodies are decomposed and stinking at Chitipa hospital in the northern Malawi due to lack of functional mortuary at the facility, a mortuary attendant said. The hospital is filled with decomposing corpses piled together and there are fears for an epidemic to break out as a result of this development. As a hospital official […]
Archbishop Tarcisious Ziyaye of the Lilongwe Archdiocese on Saturday, August 1, 2015 laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multi-million Kwacha office complex at St Patricks Catholic Parish in Lilongwe’s Area 18. Speaking after laying the foundation stone for the project, which is expected to cost over K60 million, Ziyaye hailed Christians from […]
Businesswoman Caroline Savala who was recently convicted of cashgate affair, wept in the High Court in Lilongwe on Friday when Judge Fiona Mwale revoked her bail that saw her staying at home waiting for her sentence on theft and money laundering charges a fortnight ago. When Judge Mwale ordered Savala’s bail to be revoked, her shoulders were […]