The Malawi chapter of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) on Tuesday called on President Peter Mutharika to reverse his decision on the redeployment of Dr. Benson Tembo from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA). Tembo was a Director General at MBC and has since been redeployed to MACRA […]
The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says it has not yet started using Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System (Cirms) machine- also known in the local media as spy machine – four months after the authority got a nod from Supreme Court of Appeal to start using the machine due to contractual matters. Macra bought the […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) director general BensonTembo has been redeployed to Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) where he will be assuring the position of as “Technical Advisor on digital migration” with immediate effect. According to MBC , Tembo bid farewell to the top management officials on Friday, and said he would still be part of […]
A new radio has hit the airwaves in Malawi, called Dziko FM, with former presidential spokesman Chikumbutso Mtumodzi heading the private broadcasting station. Under Chule Holdings, Dziko FM is being listened from 104.3 FM. Dziko FM was on July 2013 fully gazetted by the government Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) as a national radio station […]
Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi’s aspirations to run Joy-TV alongside Joy FM radio, which were thwarted when Malawi government switched off the television broadcasting, has been given a lifeline as the country’s first private television station will re-start its transmission. Muluzi said on Monday that Joy Media Group which also owns Joy Radio want the […]
Malawi Communication and Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has warned community radio stations not to personalize the ownership of the community broadcasting to avoid losing its main meaning and the purpose which is serving the communities. Speaking during the official opening of the Community Broadcasting Training on Monday in Liwonde, MACRA Director of Broadcasting, Fergus Lipenga, said they should take community […]
Local human rights and consumer activist, John Kapito has urged Malawi regulatory Authority (Macra) to take urgent action to tackle overcharging by mobile phone companies. Kapito said r the country has witnessed mobile phone “rip-off” with unjustified increase in tariffs for voice and data services. Recently, the leading mobile-phone service provider, Airtel Malawi hiked its […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Malawi has given the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) a go ahead to use the Consolidated ICT Management System (Cirms), commonly known among Malawians as the spy machine. The use of the machine was suspended after two Malawian ‘concerned’ citizens Hophmally Makande and Eric Sabwera sued the MACRA not […]
Burial of veteran broadcaster-cum-politician James Chimera who died on Saturday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, at age of 72, will take place on Tuesday. According to a programme released by the family, Chimera’s body will be buried at HHI cemetery in Blantyre. “Burial will be held on Tuesday at HHI cemetery in […]
Beleaguered former Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Charles Nsaliwa was removed from his position at Macra last week after reports that he was championing the implementation of the most feared gadget Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System known as ‘spy machine’ which was stopped by the Courts. Inside sources confided to Nyasa Times that […]
President Peter Mutharika has replaced Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Director General Charles Nsaliwa with Andrew Kumbatira, former Malawi Post Master General, Nyasa Times has learnt. Mutharika has appointed Godfrey Itaye as the new post master general ti replace Kumbatira. Nsaliwa whose three-year contract was renewed in 2012 has been to Ministry of Information, Tourism and […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) says it will continue to broaden its monitoring infrastructure in order to closely monitor the fast growing Information Communication Technology (ICT) industry. MACRA’s Director General, Charles Nsaliwa said this in Balaka District on Saturday during the commissioning of its fifth Frequency Monitoring Management (FMM) equipment which has been constructed […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has said the rolling out of the Television White Spaces (TVWS) project, currently in its pilot phase, will take Internet to the rural masses. The TVWS project is being implemented by Macra in collaboration with the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College physics department, with an aim of providing broadband […]
A new Christian radio station has hit airwaves in the capital city Lilongwe. It is known as Pentecostal Life FM. Station Manager of the radio Kelvin Shema told Nyasa Times that the radio has been established in order to bridge existing gaps in the broadcasting industry. Shema said most Christian radio station miss out news […]
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) is advising broadcasters not to broadcast any campaign material from political parties and candidates on their broadcasting stations after campaign period which closes at 6am on Sunday as required by the Parliamentary and Presidential Act. The regulator says in a statement that it is only the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) that shall announce official results […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has warned that it will suspend all phone-in programmes during the elections period should broadcasters in the country continue letting callers use hate speech. MACRA Director of Telecommunication, Lloyd Momba said Wednesday in Lilongwe at a broadcaster’s workshop that the organisation will use its powers to impose serious sanctions on […]
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 […]