By Garvey Karvei, Nyasa Times It is official: the wider grouping of Civil society groups in Malawi will hold demonstrations, vigils, a stay and, if necessary, a general strike starting from September 21 should President Bingu wa Mutharika continue dillydallying in acting on the issues raised in the July 20 petition. Council for Non-Governmental Organisations […]
By Charles Kufa, Nyasa Times Malawian worker, who was severely beaten by his Chinese employers for allegedly failing to account for business funds, has withdrawn the assault charges in court. Police in central region district of Kasungu arrested four Chinese nationals who assaulted Henry Kazembe on suspicion that he misappropriated K290, 000 from Damao Shop […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter President Bingu wa Mutharika is implementing quota system in the appointment of “high government positions”, a senior journalist at state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has revealed. Mzati Nkolokosa, a controversial journalist who is second in command at MBC tv, made the revelation in his tribalistic analysis of the July 20 […]
By Makhumbo R. Munthali, a Correspondent Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) spokesperson Austin Misoya has revealed that the University of Malawi Council is yet to respond to the petition which was presented to it on Monday over the continued absence of normal classes at the institution. In probably one of the highest patronized and […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times The Blantyre Synod of the CCAP has elected top synod officials with Reverend Alex Maulana becoming the new secretary-general amidst reports that he was sponsored by Malawi Government and the ruling DPP. Maulana, however denied being financed by DPP, saying I t was because he is a Lhomwe from Mulanje […]
Strike threats by employees at the state Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) compelled President Bingu wa Mutharika on Monday to summon chief executive officer Bright Malopa and director of programmes and chairperson of the MBC radio and TV merger Chimwemwe Banda to his private Ndata Palace in Thyolo. Malopa, Banda and a third officer went to […]
By Judith Moyo, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika’s brother, Peter, is earmarked for the post of the country’s second vice president in the forthcoming cabinet, according to well-place sources, but a legal expert has warned that the move will be against the law. A Lilongwe-based lawyer said a legal battle would ensue if President […]
By Courtex Nzima, Nyasa Times Students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba on Monday started an indefinite vigil to force University authorities to resolve the academic freedom stand-off as they have not been learning due to the impasse. The students marched to the University Office, located about two kilometres away, to present […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika’s close aide, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma has defended the Head of State for his multi-million kwacha mansion at Ndata Farm in Thyolo, saying it is only “five-bedroom” and a modest residence. One of the 20 demands in the petition the civil society organisations presented to the President […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has appealed to Malawians to desist from hurling insults on President Bingu wa Mutharika through social networking sites like Facebook and other media outlets. The call was made by DPP secretary general Wakuda Kamanga and campaign director Dr Ken Zikhale N’goma when they addressed a […]
By Andrew Nyayah, Nyasa Times Some unscrupulous Prison Officers at the Central Region Prison Office led by Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Robert Sambakusi , have turned government monthly funding of MK1.5 million from Treasury into personal use by allocating each other non- existent allowances and false claims, Nyasa Times can reveal. “For instance, they indicate […]
By Nyasa Times Repoter Management at the state broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), is under panic ahead of the impending August 23 strike by members of staff over the issue of merger between the radio and television (TVM). The workers have planned for a nationwide strike to press authorities to come out plainly on the […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi lawyer Professor Peter Mutharika has been forced to resign from a three-member tribunal set up to hear the case in which groups of foreign investors are contesting alleged seizure of its land by the government of President Robert Mugabe, it has been reported. The Paris-based International Center for Settlement […]
A Malawian rights group fighting abuses against people accused as witches said on Saturday it had launched a donor-funded study on witchcraft violence and will also lobby for new legislation. “The project, which is currently in progress, is in the form of a study aimed at assessing the extent and nature of witchcraft-based violence against […]
By Makhumbo Munthali, a correspondent It was unplanned yet ‘expected’ when Chancellor College students went ahead to turn the campus into an arena of entertainment as a diplomatic way of expressing their dissatisfaction and frustration at the authorities’ decision to bar them from staging their planned vigil on Thursday. Clad in the ‘traditional’ red attire, […]
By Dillinger Soko, Nyasa Times The Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) radio has fired its reporter Jospeh Mwale for allegedly recording a conversation in which ruling DPP presidential candidate Peter Mutharika was captured slandering other DPP members and playing stinking tribal politics. Mutharika was also heard making comments about his own candidacy for president in […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has dissolved his bloated cabinet. State broadcaster MBC reported on Friday evening that Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has directed that all former minsters must return government assets entrusted to them due to the portfolio. “His Excellency the President Ngwazi Professor Bingu wa […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times The Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) executive members and trustees on Thursday evening received K50, 000 each from Professor Peter Mutharika for what is seen to be lobbying the Muslim community to support his 2014 presidential bid, Nyasa Times can reveal. There were over 30 members, which translates to about […]