Malawi Government has fired its Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, Tourism and Civic Education, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi and has since appointed former Station Manager for Galaxy Radio, Gerald Viola, as the new director, Nyasa Times understands. Galaxy Radio belongs to the family of former President Bingu wa Mutharika. Viola has been joined at […]
Director of Information and Civic Education Chikumbutso Mtumodzi on Friday rubbished a report posted on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) mouthpiece, Malawi Voice online nee outlet that he had obtained a court injunction to stop announcement of election results. The report claimed Mtumodzi has travelled to Blantyre to obtain a court injunction. But the Director of […]
Director of Information and Civic Education Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has commended the American Government for supporting his ministry and the country at large to improve communication of government information. Mtumodzi made the remarks at the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Lilongwe Monday when he presided over official opening E-media training for Ministry of Information and Civic Education. Government has […]
Malawi government has reacted to media reports that quoted state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) chairperson Sophie Kalinde linking the need for Malawians to know what President Joyce Banda declared as her assets to efforts towards getting to the roots of cashgate. In a statement issued on Saturday by Director of Information, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, government […]
Malawi government has taken swipe at Voice Mhone, a spokesperson for the coalition of the Malawi Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are leading the voice of dissent against president Banda’s handing of cashgate scandal saying he is not a man to be trusted and that he has indelible track record. In an unsigned statement but […]
Board Chairperson of Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (Congoma), Voice Mhone has accused government of embarking on propaganda campaign against him and other activist but has since vowed that “we are not going to relent or be distracted”. Last Thursday, the newly appointed Director of Information in the ministry of information, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi accused Mhone of […]
Ministry of Information and Civic Education has cleaned up its act, and the newly appointed Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, is all set to retool his staff in makeover to freshen a team he’ll lead into revamping the ministry. Mtumodzi on during a familiarization meeting that was organized for the ministry’s senior and […]
As the prosecution case against Chikumbutso Mtumodzi collapsed over allegations of keeping firearms, government has reappointed him as director of information in the Ministry of Information and Civic Education. The former presidential press offer under late Bingu wa Mutharika served as director of information after leaving State House between 2009 and 2010. He was moved […]
Prosecutors will discontinue a case involving Deputy Principal Secretary for Ministry of Disabilities and the Elderly Chikumbutso Mtumodzi on allegations that he was keeping guns. Mtumodzi, former presidential spokesman, was arrested former head of CID Bob Mtekama, accusing him of keeping firearms. Police said they found a bayonet and an AK 47 toy gun at […]
A new radio station set to be on air in the country soon is a Lilongwe based Dziko FM radio station. According to the radio’s Chief Executive Officer, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, Dziko FM was on July 2013 fully gazetted by the government Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) as a national radio station following the issuance of […]
Malawi Fashion Week (MFW) chief executive officer Dawa Loga-Lemberger has been invited to attend this year’s Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) scheduled to take place from August 1 to 3. Loga- Lemberger has been invited alongside Minister of Tourism and Culture Rachel Mazombwe Zulu, according to a letter from AFWL. The letter states that Loga-Lemberger […]
As fashion enthusiasts in Malawi start to experience four days of fashion through the Malawi Fashion Week 2013; Malawi fashion culture has been described as amazing and rich in African culture. South African superstar model Neetasha Singh, who is in the country for the Malawi Fashion Week 2013 (MFW) slated for May 31 to June […]
Malawi Fashion Week (MFW) has selected 35 models who will participate in the MFW scheduled for May 30 to June 3 this year in Lilongwe. According to a press release dated February 25, a total of 57 models participated in the audition which took place at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on 23rd – 24th February, 2013. The […]
Two of the country’s top fashion designers, Lilly Alfonso and Rose Kaleke have expressed excitement about the introduction of the Malawi Fashion Week (MFW), the major fashion event in the southern African nation. The first of its kind in the history of fashion designing in the country, the inaugural MFW is scheduled to take place […]
As the fashion industry is on the rise, with Malawian designers now getting international recognition, the country will this year witness the birth of its first ever Fashion Week. Known as the Malawi Fashion Week, the event, which will be bringing together local and international designers, is the brainchild of Dawa Loga-Lemberger and Chikumbutso Mtumodzi. […]
All is not well at Lilongwe Standard Publications, new publishers of Standard newspaper with staff at the company not paid their salaries for September up to date. Standard newspaper was previously owned by Lilongwe businessman Reegan Nkhoma before being taken over by former presidential secretary Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, who had wanted to hand it over to […]
Barely few weeks into production, crisis has hit Lilongwe based latest weekly newspaper company, Standard Publications Limited. The newly launched media house, which has hired some of Malawi’s seasoned journalists has lost its founding Managing Editor, Bakali Maulidi, just two weeks into life following disagreements boardering on misconduct. Apart from Maulidi, a former Blantyre Newspapers […]
It is the case of a vicious hunter being hunted, but as Nyasa Times investigates it seems there’s beef between the hunter and the hunted. One is claiming that revenge is being served cold and that it is nothing but political persecution while the other claims he is only doing his commissioned work which is enforcing the law. Top-notch […]