President Peter Mutharika’s spokesperson, Gerald Viola, has dismissed the letter published by Nyasa Times on Friday as ‘partly manipulated’ saying the letter was tampered with by Galaxy FM management who inserted his current position as Presidential Press Secretary. The letter that asks government departments and agencies to advertise on Galaxy FM Radio which belongs to […]
Even when Malawians are yet to recover from losing the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) due to unbridled political interference and Cash-gate; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has now turned on government ministries and departments, directing them to conduct business with Galaxy Broadcasting Company owned by the President Mutharika family and a mouth-piece of the […]
Galaxy FM Radio reporters have not been paid their meagre per-story wages in the last six months without any convincing explanations, accusing their employer of being “insensitive.” Nyasa Times understands that the reporters, most of them stringers in almost all the districts in the country, were only rigorously used prior to the May 2014 tripartite polls […]
Galaxy FM Senior Sports Presenter Dickson Chivwati Gondwe (DCG) on Saturday, May 30, 2015 exchanged marriage vows with his sweetheart Chifundo Kudzula, also a journalist at Sheaffer Conference Hall in Lilongwe before celebrating the wedding at SOS Children’s Village where friends, relatives, journalists and other well wishers joined the celebrations. Nyasa Times’ Alex Mwazalumo captured some of the exciting […]
Galaxy FM, which belongs to the family of former president Bingu wa Mutharika and ‘far from adhering to the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Services’, has been condemned for it’s conduct likely to prejudice public order and tranquillity. This follows a broadcast on 27 May claiming that the Lilongwe Police had seized a Malawi Electoral […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has imposed a fine of $625 on private radio, Galaxy FM for contravening the provisions of the Code of Conduct for broadcasting Services. Macra imposed the fine after finding the radio station of guilty of breaching clauses 3 and 5 of the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Services contained in the […]
Station Manager for the privately owned, Galaxy FM Radio, Alfred Banda, risks arrest for allegedly selling the station’s transmitters, Nyasa Times understands. Banda is being accused of selling the radio station’s three transmitters without the knowledge of the company’s management, according to sources close to the station. Banda, sources confided to Nyasa Times, is alleged […]
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party has reacted to the statement from Misa-Malawi over the arrest of Galaxy Radio journalist Sylvester Namiwa arguing the Joyce Banda administration is not bent towards gagging the media but warned the media that the freedom and democracy in the country are not an open cheque for unprofessional journalism. Police nabbed Namiwa on […]
Media rights watchdog MISA- Malawi has condemned the arrest of Galaxy Radio journalist Sylvester Namiwa for broadcasting contents of a document that implicated Vice President Khumbo Kachali in the Capital Hill cash-gate scandal. Misa-Malawi has also, at the same time condemned overzealous reporting from journalists urging them to stick to professionalism. Police arrested Namiwa on Tuesday and charged him with […]
Malawi’s Vice President Khumbo Kachale has distanced himself from allegations of his links into the plunder of public funds in which K20 billion is reportedly is reported to have been looted from government coffers since 2005. Recent reports have indicated that Kachale is linked to the Crossmarketing company which has been listed as one of […]
Malawi Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Tuesday sued Galaxy radio for K1 billion through lawyers Gift Nankhuni and Partners for defamation in Lilongwe. This follows “careless” reporting by Galaxy radio Gerald Viola and Sylvester Namiwa who linked Kachali to a company called Crossmarketing which they said was deleted from IFIMs system on 16 September 2013 by Geoffrey […]
Mercenary journalism or simply partisan outlook. Six legal firms in Malawi have confirmed that they have received the process of suing Galaxy Radio and hordes of social media commentators after a botched up smear campaign that might lead to the closure of the already debt ridden radio station owned by the family of former president […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has given Galaxy FM radio station 14 days to resume transmission or else have its licence revoked. The Lilongwe-based radio station, owned by Duwa Mutharika Mubaira, daughter to former Malawi President late Bingu wa Mutharika has been off-air for over a month due to accrued debts to various firms […]
Malawi’s only private radio station transmitting on satellite, Galaxy FM, has been forced to close down due to financial constraints. The station owned by late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter Duwa Mutharika Mubaira was given both television and radio licenses by the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) when Bingu was still in power. The radio, […]
Malawi’s only private radio station transmitting on satellite, Galaxy FM, has for close to a fortnight stopped doing programmes and airing news but only playing music as it is facing technical hitches, Nyasa Times sources have confirmed. The station owned by late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s daughter Duwa Mutharika Mubaira was given both television and radio licenses […]
Two renowned broadcasters, Steve Liwewe Banda and Joshua Kambwiri have turned down job offers from galaxy radio despite helping setting up the station, it has been established. Banda and Kambwiri were among other celebrated broadcasters who initially helped setting up the radio station owned by former President late Bingu wa Mutharika but currently being managed […]
Veteran broadcaster and former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) boss Patrick Khoza has taken charge of late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s Galaxy radio replacing Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, Nyasa Times has learnt. Senior employees at the newly established radio station have confirmed the development. The source confided to Nyasa Times, members of staff at the station were informed […]
It never rains for Malawi’s president Bingu wa Mutharika, but it pours this time the Malawi leader who has recently touted himself as a rich man is failing to pay over K30 million he owes former Guardian Newspaper employees’ gratuities a month after the paper had folded up. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of the […]