Government has removed controversial Chimwemwe Banda from national broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, (MBC) and has redeployed her to Ministry of Local Government. Banda was working as MBC’s Director of News and Programmes. Recently Nyasa Times sourced a letter sent to President Joyce Banda by the MBC staff who paid gratitude to the new President over […]
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 […]
The controversial Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC’s) Director of News and Programmes, Chimwemwe Banda has grown thick skin daring Malawi’s First Lady, Callista Mutharika, accusing her of gossiping with female employees at the broadcaster, Nyasa Tmes can reveal. Details are just emerging on how the MBC’s second in command dressed down some MBC television employees back […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is not happy with the maladministration by Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Director General Bright Malopa has moved in to stop the merger of the two state broadcasters, Television Malawi and the radio MBC, Nyasa Times understands. Malopa and his second in command, Director of News and Programmes Chimwemwe Banda had […]
Beleaguered Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Director of News and Programmes, Chimwemwe Banda, on Sunday appeared at the national remembrance prayer of worship for Rev John Chilembwe at Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) in the southern tobacco growing district of Chiradzulu trying to reach out to politicians and senior government officials that may save her from losing […]
After Nyasa Times reported that state broadcaster MBC director of news and programmes Chimwemwe Banda described presenter Marie Segula as “ugly” for television, human rights activist Seodi White has slammed Banda for abusing rights of fellow women. The remark ignited a furious backlash and First Lady Callista Mutharika also condemned the “crass” remarks. She made it […]
I will refer to the theory of “brain lateralization”, the idea that the two halves of the brain’s cerebral cortex (left and right) perform different functions, to explain the careless behavior by Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) managers in the way they have treated their workers in the past few months. My conclusion is that there […]
Director General for state-controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Bright Malopa has been elected vice president of African Broadcast Media Partnership (ABMP), an a elite club of 38 public broadcasters responsible for major global campaigns. According to a letter sent to Malopa by Angela Stewart-Buchanan of the network’s board, Malopa will be on the position “along with Ms. […]
Details are quickly emerging that after insults hulled at state broadcaster MBC TV presenter Marie Segula by her boss director of programs and news Chimwemwe Banda, the First Lady Calista Mutharika had a short comment on the fiasco. Top brass businesswomen, political influentials and journalists who were available at the Comesa 1st ladies function at […]
Malawians have vented anger over news and revelations that state broadcaster MBC News and Programmes director Chimwemwe Banda called her junior ‘ugly’. Friday tweets on Twitter and writing on social chat network Facebook, Malawians say Banda must either resign or sacked for her demeaning remarks on TV presenter Marie Segula which led the young girl […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV faces a fresh legal tussle after they fired over 20 employees giving them a month notice to wind up duties. Among the employees are Dyson Milanzi, Maria Bauleni, Bester Nyangwa, The staff was promised fulltime employment after they were engaged in as temporary employees two years ago. Director of Programs […]
A former employee of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) TV Mary Segula was harassed by Director of News and Programmes, Chimwemwe Banda, forcing her to resign for being called “ugly”. Reports indicate that the whole issue started when Banda shouted insults at an official at the Office of the President and Cabinet ( OPC) public events desk for […]
As tensions remain high at State controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) over the merger of the radio and TV, employees look forward to a meeting with management which has been postponed from November 11 to 18. The meeting was scheduled to take place from 12 noon Kwacha studio where MBC TV is housed. Inside sources […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Director General Bright Malopa awarded himself a salary of about K1,300,000.00 million despite government implementing a zero deficit budget where new recruitments, salary increments, foreign travel and any other luxurious purchases by government ministries, departments and agencies have been suspended. In a leaked document that Nyasa Times has got in its […]
Bosses at the beleaguered Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will be standing in court docks to explain malice in their actions when restructuring the entity and on the other side explain to Anti- Corruption Bureau and President Bingu wa Mutharika why they didn’t engage independent consultants to handle the process. They were four in number and […]
An airbrush by President Bingu Wa Mutharika on management of the reconstituted Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) which was led by Director General Bright Malopa has created a kids play over people’s future inviting scores of lawsuits in the process. Mutharika summoned Malopa, Chimwemwe Banda (Chairperson of Transition Committee), Felistus Chikusilo Director of Finance, Mateyu Controller […]
Employees at the state owned Malawi Broadcasting Corporation have this week started receiving letters of either redeployment or end of their work at the institution. New letters of appointment indicating a harmonised salary for employees of both radio and TV were handed out and indicate that the new structure has demoted most employees. The Post […]
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 […]