Prohibiting of misleading adverts of tariffs by telecommunication companies in Malawi is key for regulating retail pricing, Incyte Consultant Managing Director David Rogerson has said. Rogerson was speaking in Blantyre when Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) was meeting telecommunication companies on plans by the regulatory body to start regulating phone tariffs. Macra engaged Incyte Consultant, […]
The mandatory registration of SIM cards countrywide is in operation effective June 1 2017, Minister of Information, Communication and ICT Nicholous Dausi has said. SIM is an abbreviation for Subscriber Identity Module. A SIM card is a valuable memory card, which stores all the information on phone, like pictures, videos, and music and contact numbers. […]
There is a feeling that significant changes to guarantee freedom of the press have not yet been put in place, Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter chairperson Tereza Ndanga has said. Ndanga said as Malawi is celebrating this year’s 53rd Independence Day, it should be noted that the media is still facing challenges […]
Broadcasting regulators, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) continues to pursue its plans to ban media giant Times Group from showing on Times TV a television talk show ‘Hot Current’ on Times TV which is gaining popularity in Malawi as following the ‘truth telling’ discussion which is hosted by marverick broadcaster Brian Banda. The program which is […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has announced t hat it will start using the Consolidation ICT Regulatory Management System ( CIRMS”, dubbed “spy machine”, from September this year after the nod from Supreme Court. MACRA Director General Godfrey Itaye told reporters at a news conference that following the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling made on […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has saved Malawi government from paying K97 billion damages Malawi Mobile Limited (MML), the country’s third cellular phone service provider licenced in April 2002, demanded in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Afrcan (Comesa) court as compensation for loss of revenue for unlawful cancelling of contract. According to court documents seen […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says the physical addressing and post code project which it rolled out in December 2016, is proving to be a success. According to Clara Mwafulirwa, MACRA Communications Officer, the progress on the project has so far been good and commendable. She pointed out that they are almost complete with the […]
The Malawi government cash cow, the Malawi Communication Regulations Authority (Macra) is a Father Christmas on ‘call’ because it bails governments’ broke and ailing ministries on the blink of an eye. Investigations corroborated by documents in Nyasa Times possession reveal that MACRA spent about K66 million between July 2015 and April 2016 in bankrolling the […]
The Malawi government cash cow, the Malawi Communication Regulations Authority (Macra) is a Father Christmas on ‘call’ because it bails governments’ broke and ailing ministries on the blink of an eye. Investigations corroborated by documents in Nyasa Times possession reveal that MACRA spent about K66 million between July 2015 and April 2016 in bankrolling the […]
The Malawi government has appealed the ruling of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Court of Justice First Instance Division that found that the COMESA Court has the jurisdiction to hear the case between the Malawi Mobile Limited (MML) , the government and nd Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra). Attorney General (AG) […]
At around 11:35 am, Vitumbiko Muotcha’s phone rings but hangs up before he answers it. Vitumbiko from Mbendera Village, Traditional Authority (TA) Somba in Blantyre being a job seeker, quickly rushes to buy airtime with optimism of receiving good news but alas, his K100 is depleted just after getting the details of the caller from the […]
Broadcasting regulators, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) plans to ban media giant Times Group from showing on Times TV a television talk show ‘Hot Current’ on Times TV which is gaining popularity in Malawi as following the ‘truth telling’ discussion which is hosted by marverick broadcaster Brian Banda. The program which is featuring Times Group Editor-in-Chief […]
The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (Macra) has recruited a well known ruling DPP cadet operative as an office assistant at the cash rich institution without calling for any interviews for a fair recruitment process. Nyasa Times can reveal that Macra Director General Godfrey Itaye under instructions from Local government minister Kondwani Nankhumwa hired the DPP […]
Director of Information Gideon Munthali has commended the Malawi Regulatory Authority (MACRA) for reviewing its broadcasting licensing framework, a development that has seen 50 radio stations getting licenses in the country. Speaking Monday in Mzuzu during commemoration of this year’s World Radio Day, Munthali said the review has eased the way people that want to […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says it is in the process of establishing studios and centres of excellence for capacity building in the production of local content for the television industry in the country and abroad. MACRA’s board chairperson Mervis Mangulenje said this on Tuesday in Lilongwe during the opening of a three day […]
Malawi’s biggest media firm, the Times Group, which has been critical of the government and investigated controversial maize contracts, has said there is a plot to completely shut them down, saying the action of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to shut the group’s offices in Blantyre on Friday over allegations unpaid taxes is one of the […]
A vocal human rights organisation, Centre for the Development of People (Cedep) has alerted the United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland that Malawi government is muzzling the media freedom. In the alert sent to OHCHR, Cedep executive director Gift Trapence informed that government through the Malawi Communications Regulatory […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) has said the decision by Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to fine it $1 250 (about K930,000) over remarks Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua made during an interview with the radio, is unfair. Macra director-general Godfrey Itaye summoned management of the radio station to a meeting on […]