State House – fending off attacks for Malawi Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa remarks that the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed, – have said the statement did not reflect President Peter Mutharika’s position. Nankhumwa, who is also official government spokesperson, made […]
A spin doctor is defined as a political press agent or publicist employed to promote a favourable interpretation of events to journalists. So traditionally party or government spokespersons have donned the title of spin doctors. Others have been more successful at it, making an almost lifelong career out of it. But today we have a […]
A document titled ‘JB Project’ which Malawi Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa cited to call upon President Peter Mutharika to commission a special inquiry over the death of his elder brother, the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed, shows it was signed […]
I, for one, do not think Kondwani Nankhumwa just woke up one day and started yapping, “Every country deserves a presidential jet! Malawi needs one!” No! I do not think the Information Minister is that daft. Government was testing the waters, as it were. Somebody thought it was high time Peter bought his own toy. […]
Malawi’s Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked President Peter Mutharika to commission special investigation over the death of his elder brother, the former president Bingu wa Mutharika claiming he didn’t die a natural death but was rather killed by immediate past president Joyce Banda. Nankhumwa made the shocking remarks during the […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has agreed to an embarrassing U-turn on the proposal for government to purchase a presidential jet in order for the Head of State to avoid airport queues or the “inconvenience” of waiting for flights. Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa said government has decided to reverse a decision on the proposal to […]
The Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito has called for shoppers to don black clothing this Friday and boycott South African goods and services in protest against deadly afrophobic attacks in the rainbow nation. But Malawi’s government said it doesn’t support a call for a boycott of South African products. Kapito said […]
Malawi government has confirmed the death of two Malawi citizens in the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. Minister if Information, Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa told a news conference on Monday in Lilongwe that the bodies of two were repatriated for burial in the country. Nankhumwa identified one of the deceased as […]
Malawi government is ignoring comments by human rights activist Billy Mayaya describing President Peter Mutharika as a “headless chicken” ruling Malawi but hit back at critics who claim government dipped into the public purse to commemorate Mutharika’s so called Liberation Day, saying every individual spent their own money. Mutharika celebrated second anniversary in memory of […]
Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education, Kondwani Nankhumwa, on Tuesday sought to learn more about operations of the Journalists Union of Malawi (Juma). During the luncheon, Nankhumwa who was accompanied by principal secretary Chimwemwe Banda said the meeting was one in many familiarisation activities he was conducting with various key stakeholders. “We recognise that […]
United States government thorough its mission in Lilongwe is training government Public Relation Officers (PROs). Speaking at the opening a three day training workshop for PROs at United States Embassy Public Affairs Auditorium i Lilongwe US Deputy Chief of Mission to Malawi, Michael Gonzales said they are training government PROs to be proactive in giving […]
After Nyasa Times first reported that government has bulldozed Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to authorise payment of US$13, 871.969 to be spent in upgrading the Consolidated ICT regulatory management systems (Cirms) machine otherwise known as the ‘spy machine’, press reports have shown minutes implicating Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa. The Daily Times has reported […]
Last week, Minister of Information Tourism and Culture, Kondwani Nankhumwa, was in the news again. This time, he was complaining and accusing former President, Joyce Banda, of not taking leave of President Peter Mutharika, and not informing government when receiving International awards. He said, as former President, Joyce Banda must follow a protocol (spelled out […]
Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture Kondwani Nankhumwa’s official Toyota Prado TX vehicle which was stolen in Blantyre has been recovered in Mozambique. National Police spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo confirmed the recovery of the vehicle. She after the theft Police informed their Mozambican counterparts in neighbouring countries to help them in the search of the vehicle. […]
The flagship national weekly, Malawi News has queried government’s recent accusations of civil society leaders for reporting abuse of National Aids Commission (NAC) to Global Fund, arguing that before blaming others as being unpatriotic, the government should examine the actions of those who dined and wined on the account of Aids/HIV money and consider whether […]
Minister of Information Kondwani Nankhumwa has confirmed that US$13, 871.969 will be spent in upgrading the Consolidated ICT regulatory management systems (Cirms) machine otherwise known as the ‘spy machine’. The controversial machine was bought from US firm Agilis International at a whopping price of US$6.9 million four years ago. Nankhumwa told a news conference in […]
The United Nation is still placing Malawi among the world´s most impoverished and vulnerable countries under the category of the least developed countries (LDCs). The LCDs according to UN are a group of countries that have been classified as “least developed” in terms of their low gross national income (GNI), their weak human assets and […]
Malawi Government plans to train journalists in economic reporting to improve their data interpretation skills. The training follows recent failure by journalists to interpret data which also turned out to be from wrongly attributed to as the World Bank said it had not even issued out that particular data. Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture […]