The Balaka First Grade Magistrate Court in eastern Malawi has ordered a 25-year-old man to pay a fine of K15, 000.00 or in default serve 30 days imprisonment with hard labour for running a pharmaceutical business without license. Police Prosecutor Sergeant Anthony Mtambo told the court that the suspect Wilson Makupe was on May 28 […]
Coming under intense pressure from the public, the opposition and civil society on the controversial sale of the state-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) to only preferred bidder FDH Bank of Thom Mpinganjira, President Peter Mutharika has decreed that the process should be halted to allow for continued debate on the matter. In a statement delivered […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) junior ranked officers are demanding cash-strapped government to consider salary hikes of up to 70 percent for the solider to match with the rising cost of living. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times, soldiers are asking government to increase their allowance, improve their accommodation and transport facilities and enhance their […]
The High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application by f ormer Malawi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ralph Kasambara, one of the suspects in the shooting of former Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, seeking recusal of Judge Michael Mtambo from the hearing the case. Mtambo said he has no reason to recuse himself placing […]
Malawi government risks being declared bankrupt if it goes on to grant civil servants salary increase as the country’s public service salaries and wages are set to slide over the internationally recognised standard cut-off point of eight percent of gross domestic product (GDP), experts have warned. The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) has given the […]
Malawi will continue finding it difficult to fight corruption if the battle is left to the graft-busting body alone, the Anti- Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Lucas Kondowe has told lawmaker. Kondowe who led his ACB team which appeared before the cluster of Public Appointments, Legal Affairs and Statutory Authorities committees of parliament, said graft-busting […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Paul Chibingu has urged Buildings Department staff not to be intimidated by politicians during their course of duty. Speaking during the familiarization tour of the department on Tuesday, he said, politicians can affect the staff’s working environment by bringing in fear and confusion among workers. “Fear can affect end results of any job in the department therefore […]
After President Peter Mutharika’s call for university lecturers to “concentrate on research [and] not commenting on public trivia” attracted a barrage of criticism from the academia, Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa has clarified that in making the remarks, Mutharika was simply underlining “the contribution that research universities brings to the socioeconomic development of a country.” […]
Blantyre City Council has warned property owners with City rates arrears to immediately settle their bills or risk losing their property. The chairman of the council’s finance committee, Councillor Alinane George Chipwete told a new conference on Monday that property owners were told about a month ago to settle their taxes through the daily gazette. […]
Mayors from over 90 countries have gathered in Accra, Ghana to discuss among other issues how the Cities could adopt the Fast Track Approach to the fight against HIV/Aids. Blantyre City Mayor Noel Chalamanda and his Lilongwe City counterpart Mayor Willeeward Chapondera are attending the meeting under the sponsorship of the UNAIDS and National Aids […]
Pastor Hastings Salanje, leader of Wells of Revival Ministries in Johannesburg, has rebutted claims that he left Malawi at the thicket of allegations that he was a “Satanist” and a “human private parts dealer” warning orchestrators of such talk to always “be careful about what they say about pastors.” The South Africa-based controversial pastor told Nyasa […]
Police in Thyolo have arrested Thokozani Banda, a 23 year old commercial sex worker for allegedly killing Bizwik Macsonji who failed to pay up for sexual services. Thyolo Police Publicist Edith Kachotsa said 36 year old Macsonji went to sell mats at Khonjeni market and after a good business day, he went to treat himself […]
President Prof Peter Mutharika has received a barrage of criticism over his remarks that the academia must not waste their time commenting on trivia in the public domain, but should instead invest their time in meaningful research. After Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) swiftly accused Mutharika for attempting to gag University of Malawi […]
Police in the North say they have registered a 100% increase in the number of defilement cases across the region in the first quarter of 2015. According to a consolidated first quarter police report, a total of 69 defilement cases have been recorded. The figure compares with 31 cases recorded during the same period last […]
Despite Indigenous Businesspersons Association of Malawi’s (IBAM) request to suspend the National Competitive Bidding (NCB) tenders, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has awarded contracts to companies owned by Malawians of Indian origin, NCB results have shown. The development has further irked local business persons who are accusing the Corporation of flouting procurement procedures […]
National AIDS Commission (NAC), an institution entrusted with the responsibility of leading and coordinating the fight against HIV and AIDS has been rocked with massive resignations in the last few months, Nyasa Times has estblished. According records in Nyasa Times possession the following people have resigned from NAC with their corresponding date of resignation: Tamani […]
Pastor Hastings Salanje, who is the leader of the Wells of Revival Ministries in Johannesburg continues to dominate headlines and social media chats over his bragging of riches as his son Gift has joined. Gift Salanje has also hit headlines in the Sunday World newspaper of South Africa for joining his father in bragging about […]
Malawi health watchdog has issued an unprecedented warning about public hospitals ward staffing levels, saying the high nurse-to-patient ratio is “a ticking time-bomb” for the country. Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director, Martha Kwataine, has warned that the understaffing of health workers is unsafe. Kwataine said research has shown the risk of harm and […]