Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe had to apologise to the national assembly on Tuesday for not appraising the House of latest developments developments surrounding the controversial disposal of the wholly State owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB). Gondwe said he had not informed parliament because of the court injunction which some MSB […]
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)are expected to take to court former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander general Henry Odillo (retired) and his then deputy Clement Kafuwa on Wednesday to enter plea for their charges following their arrests on Monday as they spend a second night in custody on Tuesday. Odillo and Kafuwa are being held at Area […]
Mzuzu Prison Officers on Monday this week recaptured a 23 year old fugitive who escaped from custody about two years ago. The recapture of the fugitive followed a tip from well-wishers about his whereabouts in the city. Joseph Chirwa, 23, of Maona Village, T/A Mtwalo in Mzimba District, escaped from Mzuzu Prison on May 4, […]
Hardly two weeks after jointly handing over a classroom block at Chitipi LEA School with the Rotary Club of Northampton, Rotary Club of Lilongwe at the weekend extended its warm hospitality to three hospitals under Christian Health Association of Malawi (Cham) by donating a total of 54 mattresses worth MK1 million. The hospitals that received […]
The Blantyre City Council (BCC) has shelved off its earlier plans to spend K75 million in buying vehicles for its Chief Executive Officer and Director of Administration after a backlash from the public. The new development has pleased many city residents calling it sensitive to the wishes of people and a true reflection of their […]
Police in the commercial city of Blantyre Monday shot dead three criminals. The Police officers from Limbe station cornered the criminals who were about to stage a robbery in Mudi residential area and killed three of them in a gunfire exchange. National police spokesperson, Rhoda Manjolo said the law-officers cornered the criminals following a tip-off. This is […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) General Henry Odillo and Lieutenant General Clement T. Kafuwa over suspected fraudulent payments suspected to be part of Capital Hill Cashgate. The two were arrested in relation to payments that were made to Thuso investments without supplying services to the Malawi Army. According to a […]
Police in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are keeping in custody two Malawian men for kidnapping two children aged seven and nine on their way to school with intention to sell them to a Tanzanian witch doctor based in Kaporo, northern part of the district. Chilumba Police Officer-in-Charge, Billy Chimbonga says the two are Mzondi […]
A Zambian national Isaac Nyirongo has been arrested by police in Mzimba for being alleged to have been in the gang of five people who attacked and removed the private parts of Kumbukani Kumwenda in Edingeni in traditional authority Mmbelwa last Thursday. According to Mzimba police station officer, Assistant Commissioner of police Luis Chigadula another […]
Malawi’s former President Joyce Banda has said the serious challenges women face, especially in the developing countries, include being caught up in the vicious cycle of poverty resulting from lack of income, education, poor health, maternal mortality and HIV/aids, among others. Banda made the remarks during a high-level interactive panel ‘armchair discussion’ in Buenos Aires […]
Malawi government says it has set aside measures to address the impending hunger in the country. Agriculture Minister Dr. Allan Chiyembekeza said this last Friday during the commemoration of the Global Day of Action (GDA) for Nutrition in Mulanje. Malawi faces looming hunger following dry spells torrential rains and floods experienced in some parts of […]
Former fierce human rights activist Undule Mwakasungula, who went into oblivion after making a bold decision to serve God, has maintained his earlier position on same sex marriages, saying the LGBTI (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) community needs protection and support. Mwakasungula disclosed this in a local newspaper interview after being asked his stand […]
High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has ruled in favour of government to proceed with the controversial sale of State-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) but the MSB employees, through their lawyer Lusungu Gondwe, have said they will consider an appeal against the ruling. MSB employees obtained an injuction stopping Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC)to complete the […]
Archbishop Thomas Msusa of the influential Catholic Church in Malawi who led a memorial mass of late president Bingu wa Mutharika at Ndata Farm in Tyholo said the late Mutharika was a visionary leader. The memorial was attended by hundreds of DPP sympathizers led by Malawi President Peter Mutharika, senior party officials as well as […]
Malawi’s Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked President Peter Mutharika to commission special investigation over the death of his elder brother, the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed by immediate past president Joyce Banda. Nankhumwa made the shocking remarks during the […]
The Blantyre City Council (BCC) Trade Union is under attack for failing to get management position on why the BCC is failing to pay half of its employees their April salaries. Employees are wondering if it is an issue of financial problems or mismanagement. Nyasa Times sources have indicated that the BCC has only paid […]
Malawi Police are keeping in custody a 15 year-old pupil for gaining access to this year’s national Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE) examination at Likhubula Primary School in Blantyre. The pupil, name witheld on legal reasons gained the access by using examination number 25016/229, but had no Identity Card, which is issued by the […]
Malawi Congress Party lawmaker Peter Dimba picked the controversial recapitalisation of state-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) to parliament and described it as one of the most heinous corruption scandals, saying government has shielded loan defaulters with tax payers money. Government has come under intense criticism for injecting K6 billion into MSB to clear off toxic […]