South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri has no kind words against some Malawi political leaders who always politicises his maize projects. In a scathing Instagram and Facebook post made this week, Bushiri has challenged Malawi political leaders that: “The people of Malawi cannot go to bed on politics. The wonderful people of Malawi do not eat […]
It was all scenes of joy in Thyolo as Enlightened Christian Gathering’s leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri cheap maize hit the district on Monday with markets opening at Number 1 Trading Centre and Khonjeni. Thyolo became the 7th district to benefit from #BushiriCheapMaize after Ntcheu, Salima, Mzimba, Phalombe, Balaka and Thyolo districts. Tens of thousands, as […]
Even with bags on their heads, people in Balaka went home shocked with Prophet Shephered Bushiri’s generosity of selling them maize at a ridiculously low price. Some even went home confessing that if it wasn’t for Bushiri’s cheap maize in their area, they could have languished with hunger. In random interviews with Nyasa Times, several […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has accepted a request by Balaka-based musician and politician Lucius Banda to have cheap maize sold in the district. Initially, Balaka District was not considered in an exercise initiated by Enlightened Christian Gathering’s leader Prophet Bushiri. This was despite the fact that Banda was the first to write Prophet Bushiri, in October […]
Malawi’s maize production will increase by 8.8% in the 2020 crop season as much-needed rainfall helps to raise yields, its agriculture ministry said on Thursday. The small southern African nation, among the poorest in the world, is heavily dependent on agriculture. The sector employs nearly 80% of the population and accounts for two thirds of […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s cheap maize sales has invaded Salima and reports shows thousands of people turning up to buy the staple. According to Bushiri’s spokesperson Ephraim Nyondo, on Tuesday people started gathering as early as 2am to have a share of the affordable maize. “The reception is shockingly amazing but we expected it. We knew when […]
The frenzy of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s cheap maize sales hasn’t spared the academia. In a rare Facebook post, Dr Sunduzwayo Madise, Dean of Law at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, has come in praise of Prophet Bushiri’s cheap maize, saying it will go a long way to help starving local Malawians. He wrote: […]
Group Village Head Mtuwa in Mangochi says he cannot afford a smile and sleep—thanks to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s cheap maize being sold in his area. Mtuwa said his entire village was reeling from acute shortage of the staple, with the little on market being sold at K23 000 per 50Kg. He was speaking on Saturday […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri’S cheap maize continue to shake the country with the latest being Mangochi district where hundreds are walking home smiling, singing praise of the Enlightened Christina Gathering (ECG) church leader. Bushiri, who also heads the Shepherd Bushiri Investments (SBI), is selling the maize at K5 000 per 50 kilogramme (kg) […]
Government says it is committed to responding to the food insecure areas by ensuring that affordable maize is distributed through relief programmes as well as through State produce-trader the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) for those economically stable and that can afford maize. Presenting ministerial statement on food security situation in Parliament on Wednesday, […]
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has conceded that the maize storage facilities does not have enough stocks, falling short with about 197,000 metric tones of the recommended minimum stocks. Nankhumwa said this when he was presenting the ministerial statement on the national food security situation in Parliament on Friday. He said the […]
It is 17:40HRS in Ntcheu district in the Central Region of the Southern African country, Malawi. This is where Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, Leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church has on Wednesday begun selling cheap maize to save close to two million poor Malawians facing severe hunger. Though it is getting dark, people from […]
South Africa-based Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri has a made a shocking revelation, saying he will, this week, start selling maize at K5000 per 50 kg across the country. Maize prices have skyrocketed to K20 000. In his public address monitored on Times TV, he said: “I will be selling the 50KG bag at K5000. I understand […]
Hundreds of households in the area of Magwero of Traditional Authority (T/A), which are grappling with hunger, have Saturday received a timely maize donation, thanks to Christ International Ministries. The ministry’s founder and general overseer, Bishop William Madhlopa, said they were simply doing the acts of charity to fulfil scripture which touts that there is […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Walter Development Kondwani Nankhumw has said the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), the country’s biggest social protection project, will continue as government is set improve the system. Nankhumwa described 2019/2020 FISP program as a success. He said the essence of the programme is to uphold the welfare of the poor. […]
Malawi’s grain reserves are running dangerously low with stocks in the maize silos, the Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR,) stood at a meagre 14000 metric tonnes out of the recommended 217000 metric tonnes needed to feed the nation, pointing to an imminent food crisis. National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) Nasimuko Saukira said traders are not interested to sell […]
At least six family members, including a couple and their two children, believed to have eaten poisoned food have died in Ntcheu district. The incident happened on Tuesday in Muso 2 village, Traditional Authority Ganya in the district. According to Ntcheu Police publicist,. Hastings Chigalu, four members died Tuesday morning while the other two died […]
Hungry stricken families in Chikwawa Nkombezi Constituency together with their legislator, Abida Sidik Mia, sang songs of joy, following the timely response of food relief by the International Organisation for Relief Welfare and Development, Muslim World League. Over 2000 families in the areas of Saopa and Ngabu had benefitted from the distribution of 25 kgs […]