I missed the BBC Hardtalk when Zeinab Badawi was speaking to Professor Peter Mutharika, the State President of the Republic of Malawi. I later leant that there would be a rebroadcast of the program at 6:30pm that same day, and I was all geared up to be in front of the TV by 6:20pm. But […]
President Peter Mutharika ordered investigations into reports that big name multinationals are grabbing land from poor smallholder farmers to diversify from tobacco farming. Mutharika ordered investigations after reports issued by land rights organisations such as ActionAid Malawi and LandNet Malawi earlier this year indicated that Malawi had entered into an agreement through the G8 New […]
President Peter Mutharika on Monday appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s HARDtalk programme where he was interviewed by anchor, Zeinab Badawi in which among other things he commented on Malawi’s online leading news site Nyasa Times. Pillars of Progress BBC’s journalist pressed Mutharika to explain why Malawi is struggling to make progress while it is […]
he BBC will bring extensive coverage of the 30th Africa Cup of Nations staged in Equatorial Guinea. Comprehensive coverage on radio, TV, online and mobile will also feature specially commissioned reports on key players, teams and matches. BBC’s football experts will be reporting from the four host cities – Bata, Ebebiyin, Malabo and Mongomo – […]
Celebrated Malawian rapper, Tay Grin, has expressed his interest to work with different artists in the country to help push Malawi’s music on the international scene. Tay Grin, who just won a Beffta Award as the Best International African Act, said this in an interview with the BBC Radio Northampton in the UK. “Malawi is […]
It is a great honour for me to be here this morning to address The BBC 100 Women Conference. I have been asked to speak on: “Women representation in public life: examining their challenges and opportunities” where I will look at the following questions: “why are there still so few women leaders in many parts […]
Former Malawi president Joyce Banda focused on the the challenges faced by women when she spoke on Tuesday at the BBC 100Women conference in London on Tuesday October 28. In her keynote address, Banda said despite there being progress for women moving into decision making positions as witnessed by the rise of women at all […]
Malawi Former president Joyce Banda who has been in Botswana to lead the African Union (AU) Observer Mission for that country’s 11th general elections held on Saturday returns to London as she has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the BBC’s 100 Women event. Malawi’s former leader was leading a team of 35 trained […]
Former legal adviser to former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika wants the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to pay him compensation over character defamation for claiming that he was a fugitive in England over treason allegations in Malawi. Published reports indicate that Ntata – through his lawyers Spring and Co Solicitors – wrote BBC on […]
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will hold its monthly Africa debate on Africa’s youth population at the College of Medicine Sports Complex, Blantyre. To take place on January 30 with anticipated 100-plus participants, the topic of discussion will be “Africa’s Youth Population; An Opportunity or Risk?” The BBC’s Nkem Ifejika and Nomsa Maseko will co-host the discussion […]
Some people’s lives are written in the stars. Ever since Chakuchanya Harawa stood in front of a studio microphone when he was 12, it was love at first sight. Today, when he talks into the microphone, the whole world listens. “I played a small acting role in Theatre of the Air on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation […]
A report on BBC Focus on Africa television programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Thursday captured Malawians facing economic hardships as the results of devaluation and consequent floation of the kwacha currency. The poor – 39% of the 13 million citizens, living on less than one dollar a day – suffered much from the devaluation, […]
Malawi’s BBC correspondent and Sunday Times ‘Muckraking’ columnist, Raphael Tenthani is hospitalised after a car crash. Seasoned journalist Felix Mponda wrote on his Facebook page that Tenthani was involved in an accident Thursday night in Liwonde. Mponda said Tenthani was transferred to Zomba Hospital for medical attention. He then updated the status on Friday that Tenthani […]