Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has encouraged journalists in the country to scoop more than one Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) media awards which Malawi will host come 2021. Speaking during the Sadc Media Awards launch at Mzuzu Hotel Friday, the minister said Malawi has many talented journalists and as such he expects a lot […]
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Gospel Kazako said there was need for proper audit in the ICT sector for the government to know investments and gaps within the sector. He said this Wednesday in Blantyre where he visited Globe Internet to discuss some of the things which is tapping power from the fiber cable […]
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako has urged Malawians to be utilizing post office services amidst increased use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) globally. He was speaking Wednesday when he presided over the commemoration of World Post Day at Lwezga Health Centre in Karonga. Kazako said regardless of ICT becoming the simplest and cheap means […]
Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Gospel Kazako has described the Access to Information Act (ATIA) as a crucial tool in achieving the long awaited transparent government in the era of democracy. Kazako was speaking in Lilongwe, at a validation conference on regulations for the yet-to-be-implemented Access to Information Act which was operationalized on September […]
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako has urged the media in the country to avoid indulging in corrupt practices as they are custodians of sanity. Kazako gave the advice on Tuesday in Blantyre during a National Anti-Corruption Strategy II (NACS) dissemination workshop for the media aimed at updating the practitioners with anti-corruption knowledge. He said people […]
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako, on Monday described the country’s National ICT Policy and the Malawi Digital Broadcasting Policy as “myopic” and “counterproductive” saying they limit the growth of local businesses in the sector. The minister observed this at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi at the commencement of a four-day review process for the National ICT […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has said Malawi has a government that listen to the people and a prudent leader who will always adhere to the people’s needs, as the three-month old Tonse Alliance administration has finally gazetted the date for commencement of Access to Information (ATI) Act. Kazako, who is the government spokesperson, said in […]
Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Gospel Kazako says the nine-party Tonse Alliance administration led by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) will proceed with its plans to construct houses for members of parliament in all 193 constituencies whether some people like it or not. The plans were announced by President Lazarus Chakwera in his State of the […]
Public broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), highly considered as a mouth piece for former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), has committed to changing the face of its bulletins, saying no news source is barred from featuring on its platforms. This commitment, according to internal communication Nyasa Times has seen between news management and the reporters, […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said the late Elson Soko – who played the role of Anyoni in Pamajiga radio soap opera that is aired on Malawi Broadcasting Station (MBC) – was amazingly talented with full of artistic bones in his body. Nankhumwa was speaking at the funeral service for the late Soko […]
Government officials and religious leaders are today locked in a crucial meeting in Lilongwe which will decide whether to lift the strict 10-member congregation for religious gathering or not. Public Affairs Committee (PAC) publicity secretary Gilford Matonga said the quasi-religious organization members are participating in the talks as religious leaders not representing the views of […]
Malawi government has made an impassioned appeal to the erstwhile ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to provide it with a contrary figure on the amount of money the Peter Mutharika administration plundered during the six years it was in power after the party claimed President Chakwera exaggerated the over K1 trillion (over $1 billion) was […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kadzako says the long-awaited Access to Information (ATI) Act will come into force this year, declaring that the Tonse Alliance government has nothing to hide. Kadzako said this Wednesday when he officially opened a meeting on guidelines for Access to Information Act. He is personally attending the meeting in Lilongwe. “As […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has said the spate of arrest on suspected people to have looted public resources or were involved in criminal activities during in the immediate past Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regime are not politically motivated. The DPP spokesperson Nicholous Dausi has claimed that the Tonse Alliance administration were concentrating their efforts […]
The newly-appointed Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has been persuaded by Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAf) to expedite the operationalisation of the Access to Information Act (ATI) and free up Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to function as a public broadcaster. President Lazarus Chakwera appointed a 31-member Cabinet on Wednesday, with Kazako, a veteran broadcaster and […]
Owner of Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) Gospel Kazako has been appointed by President Lazarus Chakwera as Minister of Information and becomes the new government’s spokesperson. Chakwera Wednesday named a 31-member full Cabinet, which comprises 23 full ministers and 8 Deputy Ministers. In a statement released by Chief Secretary to the Government, Zangazanga Chikhosi, the full […]
Private-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) managing director Gospel Kazako has hit at Information ministers over their routine familiarization tours to media houses which fail to solve problems the news organisations face in the country. Kazako said this when Information minister Mark Botomani, who is also government spokesman, visited Zodiak offices in Lilongwe. “They always come […]
Much as the comfort zone is loved and cherished by many, Zodiak Broadcasting Station managing director Gospel Kazako defied the odds. Despite his status in the society and some notable achievements he has made in the media industry, he had to go back to school where he has earned a degree in communication and cultural […]