President Peter Mutharika has hired former director general of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa, as chief advisor to the president on communication and strategy. Presidential press secretary Fredrick Ndala asked to confirm did not deny but asked for time to verify the proper designation. However, Malopa on Thursday confirmed to Nyasa Times that he […]
Malawi government will abide by the court order to pay former director general of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa, K62 million (about $156 000) for unfair dismissal by former president Joyce Banda.. Malopa will smile all the way to the bank as he becomes yet another public officer to be compensated with millions of […]
Former director general of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa, has challenged that government will have to abide by the court order to pay him K62million (about $156 000) for unfair dismissal, saying even at international court he will still get justice. Malopa will smile all the way to the bank as he becomes yet another […]
Late president Bingu Mutharika is the one who fired former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Director General Bright Malopa who was compensated with a whopping K62.5 million by the Industrial Relations Court for unfair dismissal. Reacting to news that Malopa had been compensated K62.5 million by the IRC, Minister of Information and Civic education who is […]
Former director general of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa, will smile all the way to the bank as he becomes yet another public officer to be compensated with millions of Kwacha from taxpayers in Malawi for unfair dismissal under the Joyce Band reign. Industrial Relations Court (IRC) on November 29 2013 awarded Malopa K62.5 […]
Former MBC chief executive officer Bright Malopa who is now based in South Africa stole the show when appeared at Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) convention currently underway in Blantyre. Malopa, believed to be one of the strategists for Peter Mutharika the DPP leader, appeared dressed in full Scottish attire. Different dignitaries both […]
The biography of fallen novelist Legson Kayira I will try has been re-launched with new revelations and is now on Amazon selling as an e-book.. According to Bright Malopa, CEO of Rivonia Media group, the group that has funded a reprint of the 1965 bestseller, the official launch of the book was held at Riverside Sun Hotel […]
Former director general of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa, has disclosed that he will in April throw a house warming party at his sprawling Chapima Castle in Blantyre’s posh Nyambadwe Township. Malopa, who will get about K40 million as compensation for unfair termination of his three year contract following a default judgment delivered by […]
Six months after Bright Malopa was booted out of state brodcaster MBC as Director General, his troops are still harvesting what they together planted, the recent being Lapken Chauluka a Cameraman who has been demoted to a studio Cameraman, for publicly insulting President Joyce Banda when he was the vice president. A source at MBC […]
Malawian author Legson Kayira, who died last week, was hailed as a pioneer and a brave man during his burial at the West London Crematorium, Kensal Green in London on Tuesday afternoon. Kayira is famed for his 1964 award-winning novel I Will Try in which he documents his adventure when he walked a distance of over 4,500 […]
The late Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika’s legal adviser Allan Ntata says he is seriously contemplating running for the position of Secretary General of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). DPP has lost its secretary-general Wakuda Kamanga who has dumped the party to join the governing People’s Party. The former ruling party will hold its national convention next […]
The MBC employees who on Wednesday last week held a vigil demanding their salaries had already pocketed part of their perks, Nyasa Times has learnt. The employees who were once redeployed to other government institution before being reinstated by the High Court, and had not been paid their wages since September last year, staged a […]
More heads continue to roll at state broadcaster MBC both Television and Radio, the latest one being internal transfers that have seen self styled news analyst Mzati Nkolokosa moved to research department. Nyasa Times investigations have revealed that Mzati, a loyalist to the previous Bingu wa Mutharika government has been posted to the once non-functional MBC’s research department as […]
Tidzakumana pamtengo wakachere; pothera nkhani – Lucius Banda By all accounts, Mrs. Joyce Banda has hit the ground running as President of the Republic of Malawi following the sudden death of former President, dictator Bingu wa Mutharika, on April 5th., 2012. Media reports are replete with accounts of how she is busy repairing relations with multilateral […]
Top notch criminal investigations experts have demanded that the new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ralph Kasambara should include former MBC TV boss Bright Malopa and Chimwemwe Banda in the case where the infamous ‘Midnight Six’ orchestrated a failed “constitutional coup d’état” following the death of president Bingu wa Mutharika. The law experts say […]
Office of President and Cabinet say Nyasa Times correctly reported on April 5 that fired chief executive of state-run Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), Bright Malopa was sent on an indefinite leave on the issue of MBC–TVM merger. When Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda ascended to the top job, the appointment of veteran broadcaster Benson Tembo […]
New Malawi President Her Excellency Joyce Banda has surely got too much on her plate to cleanse the government machinery of corruption and dubious claims Nyasa Times has established. As the whole nation is observing a 30-day mourning period for the fallen Malawi leader Bingu Wa Mutharika, some senior members at the national broadcaster, Malawi […]
Newly appointed Director General for the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Dr Benson Tembo has said that he has an enormous task to transform the state broadcaster into a more reliable state broadcaster. Despite having the highest number of employees and best equipment in the country, MBC is currently facing stiff from private radio stations including […]