Malawi public broadcaster MBC apologizes over TV insults on Chilima
The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has “unconditionally apologize” to all Malawians for a picture containing vulgar language against Vce President Sulous Chilima which it carried on its news bulletin on television of Monday 11 May 2020.
MBC management say in a statement made available to Nyasa Times that the picture was erroneously used.
“The beaming of the said picture with such vulgar words was not a deliberate action on our part, but a serious oversight on the part of the those responsible for editing and quality control,” reads the statement in part.
The state broadcaster says its editorial policy does not in anyway condone the use of vulgar language in any mode on any of its platforms.
“This serious mishap is sincerely regretted. Steps are being taken to remedy the same. ”
It says the broadcaster usually does a thorough check of its content before it is brought on the public platform.
“As public broadcaster we would like to state that the vulgar language and the views expressed in the picture were not ours. They don’t represent the values we stand for, or promote. The inconvenience caused by the picture is deeply and sincerely regretted,” concludes the statement.
However, members of the general public feels something very important is missing in the apology: an apology to Chilima who the vulgar language has targeted.
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I feel like they want to fool malawians. The apology isn’t like the way it was supposed to be. Those guys needs to be taken to court.They talk trush these guys of MBC. They forget that it’s a public Television. They act like Party TV.
MBC TV employees,count yourself fired. During election process pajatu Kulibe kuwonjezera mafigures Ku DPP and UDF alliance chifukwa zipani zimenezi pakuba pokha zili mzawo.No tippex,no fake tally sheets,no dublicates to be used and no under age citizens to vote.Dpp and UDF alliance it looks like you are cornered at last, chowulukadi chimatera.
Vindere !!
Heads need to roll , people need to get fired!
Apology not accepted! SKC is going to sue these MBC tv officials…apeze polekela! Eish.MBC tv should stop using taxpayers money. Let Cadets fund it!
Kodi kweni kweni amatukwana Kuti chani
ku MBC ko za a Vice President chilima enafee zinatiphonya Moti apanso trying kumva zotukwana zakekezo Aya, ena Amati chilima watukwana former president bakili muluzi which I which open up my eyes plz
The DPP vice president is no way near half in cation le ot merit or wits to chilima.. the state president himself is not physically and mentally agile enough to computer and factor ideals and proxess complex solutions to solve Malawi’s problems which all DPP member dont know 1. Corruption. 2Lack of jobs..3. “Density” or the density populated population. 4. Poor med facilities. 5.poor education. Lack of manufacturing and technology capability 6. Nepotism ignoring merit 7. The government leadership and political machinery embazzeles half of every projects money carelessly and fraudulently .8 award of co tract to part members and families 9. Unfair unprofessional broadcasters which cant sustain itself commercially due to unfair coverage. 9. 9th problem is muluzis family and its I influence on its leader being a puppet to them something which BINGU taught against. 10. Selfish party official want to use peter in his last days old age to cling to power so that they can remain in jobs and avoid corruption charges this is typical of mugabe who was clearly abused and overworked by atidyenawo. 11. Malawi’s problem is stupid people celebrating when someone from their part of the country wins forgetting that they just need freedom and economic growth from a apart le individual who doesnt have have to be from the same region as them..trust me when I was In south africa working as a senior buyer at Shopright i realised moto umasintha and you can enjoy life even if the president is not from your clan. Jacob Zuma’s wasnt mmang’anja but my life was happier there so it doesnt matter who rules what matters is how one rules.
A publicly funded broadcaster…funded by the government which is funded by OPPOSITION and rulings party members taxes and also non partisan malawian taxes decided that it was funny and proper to Broadcast a message insulting the State Vice President. 1. Remember when Bingu died we all learnt that at Vice President can take o er therefore he should be respected just as any other malawian but also even more 2. REMEMBER elections are way too close and there is a high chance that chakwela will win with State Vice President Being Chilima.. he is such an energetic young man who will even rule the country on his own ticket one day so why risk all your career to support someone who will be 85 years old in 5 years time in a party which will split over a suc easors issue as they cany even agree on running mate.
3. Lesson three MBC has always been abused and let itself get abused and enjoys unproffessionalism. However this time malawians are making a list of things which need to change for good and become fair. Police…mBC.. passports..city land plots…hospitals …govt jobs.. chairman or parastaros..power to appoints.. all these will be stream lined and changed if mcp will not change these we will vote then back into opposition. As DPP has lost trust and popularity due to…a reason which mbc does t know but malawians know. We will come and visit u at chichiri board asting house soon after election results..u have a few months of salary coming after than you will be lockdown without food in your house just as peter wanted just as you support him.
A group of journalist were suspended last year for making a genuine mistake when they called late Peter Mutharika which some politicians like Vuwa Kaunda also did. Why not take action on this planned offence? The punishment must begin with the Board Chair of MBC, and down to the Director General and the reporter and his editor. They must pay for their shameless actions.
YOU HAVE SAID A LOT OF BAD THINGS FOR OUR VICE PRESIDENT….WHAT MBC SHOULD KNOW IS THAT DR CHILIMA IS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR MALAWI NATIONAL…
THIS MBC SHOULD BE CLOSED FOR GOOD…IT HAS BEEN MISLEADING THE MALAWI NATION FOR LONGTIME AND IT WILL A VERY BIG PROBLEM ONE DAY JUST LIKE IN RWANDA.
Let’s wait and see if MACRA will take action on this.
It was viewers’ comments not MBCs. If Chilima has half intelligence, then he needs to know that people see him as an idiot because of his actions.
Eish Cadet, chonsechi kulephera kuteteza MBC. Ngati zinthu zalakwika zalakwika basi. Tangopepesani. Ndalamazo landirani idyani pa miyezi iwiri yasalayi
Chilima should now learn that people are fed up with his militant speeches and foolish accusations.
which people? you and your grandmother basi uziti people hate him. Die if you like
A VP who goes on podium and accuses people of all sorts of things has only invited this upon himself.
Tonse Alliance moto kuti buuu!!! Mukumva pheni ma cadet
Its only fine calling APM MALISECHE but Chilima is saint?? well, pachakuti pake!! and whosoever thinks he is above reproach. Infact pa Chakweranso!!
wait a second, Its BEN PHIRI who called APM Maliseche, do you want us to play you the video clip??????
For your information, it was that dry and dehydrated Ben Phiri who called APM ‘Maliseche’, not Dr. Chilima. .
SKC deserves every respect that all of us yearn. He is the State Vice President for that matter.
Uzonya nge elinye ilanga.
Misomali, Nawenso, pachakuti pako padati mkuti.
Bwanji osatchula pako or pa bambo ako padasosoka sosoka chifukwa chosetera dzitsonongo dza chimangapo, chifukwa cha umphawi omwe APM akukupatsaniwo.
Watsala madzi angati ndi mmene ma ARV akusosoleramo.
Munthu wochakachika ngati iwe, mpakana kukatukwana Dr. Chakwera osalakwa?
Mukukanika mkugula toilet paper yomwe, milomo ili gwaa ndi ulova, mwazipeza kuti mphavu zotukwanira anzanu?
Ndebvu zako zowerengeka, ndiponso pachakuti pako pa dzilondapo wamva.
This man is the vice president of the country!!!! I pray he takes serious action against MBC…he was already insulted enough by MEC who kept him waiting for 1 and a half hours!!!!
Shame on you all news room staff at mbc. What you do at mbc is something else not journalism.You will never enjoy your job as journalists and will never get job satisfaction derived from doing great work. What you are doing is merely a propaganda to admonise opposition leaders.Mind you, the management at mbc is not remitting your pension money to companies which manage pension funds. One day a reality will catch up with you when you retire and realise that there is little money or no money to get after being used all along by politicians to advance their selfish political agendas. Because you are not wise you can not realise that you are just being used by certain dunderheads. Lastly, take heed of these words; pakhalekhale muzazindikira bwino patsogolo and you will have no time to change your situation.Muzanong’oneza bondo.
Ndizemene timanena Kuti quota ija sikuthqndizani, kulembana Alomwe nokha nokha mkulembana mbuli zokhazokha, sizi mwanyoza, umbuli ndi matenda inu. Chotsani kuzikonda kwanu ndipo kusankhana mitundu
I am a Lomwe but i do not subscribe to issues of Nepotism. Avoid generalizing, Lomwe is not equal to DPP
An error that was repeated (rebroadcasted), that was planned. If I were SKC, you would all have been fired and payed high price
Bloody mbuzi..biased and idiotic
@ Libra
I pitty you
MBC never cease to amaze me ( oh, in a negative way for that matter).
As our forebears narrated, ” Chikumbutsa nkhwangwa ndi chisanu”.
MBC is now trying to start singing a different song, with a different tune, as they know that their time to taste their own salt is literally coming soon.
There is no point of trying to apologise for this or that, or even condemning any of your disparaging remarks you have been making particularly towards those in the opposition parties, and especially Dr. Chilima and Dr. Chakwera for some years now.
MBC programs and broadcasters ( the likes of Hope Chisanu, Kakhome any many other rogue and unprofessional, dry and un groomed news anchors) have really been distasteful.
MBC, your work has long been nuanced , and it has lamentably been found with many traces of impurities, unprofessionalism and without any candour.
MBC is supposed to be for the interests of all Malawians, and apolitical, but unfortunately, they have been dancing to DPP’s profane songs.
Come 02 July, 2020, you are all going to perish together with your DPP and the decadent President.
Hope Chisanu and Maseya ( Raw degree?) must be jailed in August 2020 for insulting the State VP and Dr Chakwera.
You will apologize in Court, you IDIOTS
Yes they need to be dealt with!!!
Foseki
They must be suid as Individuals and must pay fine from their own pocket
First apologize to the state Vice president even if you don’t like him.Just a reminder you only have two months to go.Anything can happen,so don’t throw stones at a glass house.
Amen!!!
Awawa a dpp wa akupanga politics yau savage. Its high time opposition iyambe kubweza.
ai tisaonetse umbuli asiyeni atumidwa azitukwana.
tisaonerse usaveji. alandila ndalama akigawa Dausizi
Mukapanda kupepesa momveka bwino, ifenso kuyambira mawa tiyamba kumutukwana, kutchula maliseche a PETER president wanu yemwe amakutumani zauchitsiruyo. Mbc ndinu anthu amtundu wanji oguritsa umunthu chifukwa cha ndalama, ndipo tindalama take mumalandira zingati amphawi achabe-chabe odya nkhoko ngati mphemvu. Chakwera ndi Chilima akawina pa 2 july, kungopanda kukuchotsani ntchito sindidzavotanso moyo wanga onse.
I feel sorry for DPP…The strategy you are taking mighty not help you win the election..,,,
The way you handled those who assaulted the MEC staff and destroyed the NRC equipment
The way your followers beat Mr Muyaya.
The beating of UTM followers and Petrol bombing of their car, office and kuwotcha family ya Tambala…and kupha Mai ndi mwana
Now with this chilima issue..,,. People can see this, it’s send fear not to associate with you and anger not to vote for you…. pokafunsira mbeta sumenya anthu..,,you portray yourself as a good man…
Do you know that whatever you are doing is spreading the whole country
You are not selling yourself as a good party.,,,Professor Peter your boys are de-campaigning your party
To all UDF AND DPP nec ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS
I think the post is very demeaning and i urge all men to react and particularlry Mr Chilima should take MBC to task.dont accept the apology this was deliberate.
Such an apology can never be accepted. Why repeating the programme if it was not intentional?
Whoever was responsible for this stupid behaviour, will surely pay for it. If not today then tomorrow.
MBC thinks it’s lecturing Idiots. Someone wrote a derogatory remark about the VP. This is the issue. Whether the remark was inadvertently not editted is neither here nor there. To most of us MBC knew what the remark was intended to achieve.
Your apology is therefore no accepted. You need to come clean and please don’t give us the usual nonsense about “………. steps being taken to……..,the situation”
Where was Godfrey Itaye and his Macra switch off button when this vulgar content was being aired?
asiyeni akudziwana. this is an organized deal.
It hasn’t been a public broadcast for too long.In Malawi we tend to forget that these public institutions are for everyone in Malawi.What belongs to everybody belongs to nobody,dedicate your work to malawians and be happy,rather than used as a tool.You will grow one day, with no dignity for what is sweet now.Shame the puppet,shame the Master.
We all know that MBC is an expired product that can not be reedmed .2July MBC will be closed or funded by its self,
why cant you rename yrslf be called Dpp radio it will make more sence.
What shocks me is that most of you at mbc are educated people and Christians !but i know like father like son.
Education anthu ena does not help them .,,,,,Ask Ansah she is in hiding
Apology rejected. Apologies to SKC . Then all the mothers in malawi. Then if we are serious as malawians the CEO and his boys must be fired.
People who are painting a bad picture about Mutharika are these bafoons.
The minister must also go.
well ncifukwa kamuzu always said; GUIDE THE YOUTH.Otherwise ndizimenezi zina ndiizi amalemba nazo ana kuti azavoye. what legacy are we leaving to the young generation. Pitala grew up in a culture where ma moral like we have here are absent.. like its no deal in those countries for a young person even within the family for them to say the F or S word.no matter who is saying or to whom.
so as it says charity begins at home, no surprises here but its absurd. you will be cursed in your own mind and dont think you have broken the record. you have just stamped your brain that you may die with stress with the news. its already on the international news. SEE!!!!!!!!!!!
kuno tili ndi miyambo. so MUSOVA UGOGODI WANUWO.
You mean the Minister of Information? KKKKKKKKK he is another idiot just like his friend Jappie Wakuda Mhango since Mtuwa can’t be so useless and heartless
Zanziiii. Mutavala man blue anu. Shameless lots!!!
I hate this mentality!! does it mean as a Malawian who supports no party, I cant wear orange, green, red, black, yellow and blue because they belong to different party colors??? This is very stupid and myopic thinking
Usatinyase iwe
Really should a colour define people?
Imvetsetseni commentyo abale anga
@Msowoya. I think you are jumping the gun. Gumede is talking politics and as far Malawi politics is concerned the color blue is associated with dpp. You can wear your blue clothes. Am sure they don’t have ‘maize cobs’ and the face of Bingu printed on them. Don’t sweat.
Kikkkkk let him not to run away,he is a Cadet! Or because he lost the case, he is changing the colour?
Unless he wants to hide in a sheep’s skin akudziwa kuti ndi wolf kkkkkkkkkk. Pa low abwana.