Dalton Limbe Magistrates Court last week convicted and sentenced to 36 months (3 years) William Maulana who was main suspect in the French Culture Centre (FCC) stolen equipment saga. Lawyer, Jai Banda who was last year, formally charged by Police in connection to the stolen equipment testified against Maulana as State witness, court documents show. […]
Blantyre Cultural Centre (BCC), formerly French Cultural Centre (FCC), on Saturday hosted an urban music show which brought together most of the country’s top urban musicians and attracted an enormous audience, despite the rains in the city. The musicians included Maskal, Piksy, BarryOne, Blakjak, Daredevilz, Diktator, Fredokiss and Blackah Fellah & Massa Vega, among others. […]
Malawi Police in Limbe have formerly charged long time music promoter and private practising lawyer, Jai Banda for buying French Culture Centre (FCC) stolen equipment. Jai has been charged with receiving stolen property after the law enforcers last week confiscated from him sound craft mixer and power supply cables. Limbe Police Public Relations Officer, Chifundo […]
Long time music promoter and private practising lawyer, Jai Banda has been implicated as one of the people who bought some of the multi-million music equipment stolen from French Culture Centre (FCC) last year. Unknown thugs vandalized and looted FCC, which government bought from the Republic of France due to lack of security. The hoodlums […]
Finally the French Culture Centre (FCC) re-opens its doors after a year-long closure with Mali’s Afro-pop singer, Salif Keita enlisted as first international headliner to premiere the re-opening. Salif Keita will be performing in Malawi for the first time during this year’s three-day Blantyre Arts Festival (BAF) to be held at FCC early October. BAF […]
After about eight months of inactivity Blantyre’s entertainment mecca the French Cultural Centre will resume its operations anytime, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Daniel Liwimbi has confirmed. This follows Malawi Government’s finalization of a whooping K300 million payment two weeks ago to France for the purchase of Malawian artists’ dream venue. “It has been […]
The Malawi government has finally bought the French Cultural Centre at an undisclosed amount following a public out cry after the French Embassy closed it. Director of Finance and Administration in the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Bishop Kenson Mbwana confirmed the development to Nyasa Times but declined to disclose how much it has […]