Sombre mood engulfed HHI Cemetery on Friday morning as Malawi Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) Radio 2 personality Juliet Royo was laid to rest. As the white casket was lowered onto the grave at exactly 11:00 am, choir members were singing, “Mzimu Woyera bwerani mutifungatire popeza adotolo a science nzeru zatha.” The husband to the late Juliet, who […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has lost Radio 2 FM presenter Juliet Royo who died on Thursday evening at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. She died from birth complications after contracting coronavirus. Tributes have been paid by listeners on social media, where she was described as a “fabulous lady”.MBC acting director general Aiden Gumeni […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) is set to undergo a massive shake-up, with new boss set to be hired with interviews set to be carried by the corporation’s board next week following the sacking of MBC director general Aubrey Sumbuleta. MBC board chairperson the Reverend Vasco Kachipapa said Sumbuleta has been relieved of his duties following […]
State sponsored Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has started a probe into the killing of First Year Polytechnic student Blessings Nyondo as the police and minister of Homeland Security say he was killed by a security officer from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in self-defence. Late Nyondo was a student at The Polytechnic, a constituent college of […]
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said a security officer from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has confessed that he shot First Year Polytechnic student Blessings Nyondo in Blantyre on the night of December 21 2020. Police has been accused that one of its cop shot Nyondo multiple times around Kwacha roundabout and the […]
Public broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has indefinitely suspended its director of news Vincent Khonyongwa and controller of news Greyson Chapita over gross negligence for airing obscene content to disparage the country’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima. MBC spokesperson Felister Chifumbi has confirmed the suspensions following a disciplinary process. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster aired the offensive content in […]
Minister of Information and Malawi government spokesperson Gospel Kazako says President Lazarus Chakwera is not impressed with the slow pace at taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). The straight talking Kazako said this on Wednesday when he met members of staff of the MBC at Golden Peackock in Blantyre. Kazako said MBC is resisting to change. […]
Government has sent on forced leave Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) director-general Aubrey Sumbuleta who is facing allegations of sexual coercion at the public broadcaster. Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has confirmed that Sumbuleta has been sent on forced leave following complaints lodged by some members of staff at MBC. Kazako, who once worked at MBC, […]
State House on Saturday blocked two Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) reporters, George Mkandawire and Alepher Mushani from covering President Lazarus Chakwera’s engagement with the private sector at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. Mkandawire and Mushani, stationed at Television Centre and Radio, respectively, were part of the MBC crew [comprising technicians, cameramen and engineers] that was assigned […]
Tonse Alliance led government has directed Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) employees currently serving in various ministries and departments on secondment to return to the public broadcaster with immediate. Notable names expected to go back to the public broadcaster include, Timpuza Mwansambo, Rejoice Chaponda Shumba, Charles Vintulla, Muhlabase Mughogho, Simeon Shumba and a Mr. Chikagwa Nyasa […]
Despite its commercial viability, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) says it has huge liabilities and wants a bailout on its K4.9 billion tax arrears and K1.2 billion in pension arrears. This was revealed during technical meetings which State vice-president Saulos Chilima had with Parastatals based in the Southern Region to appreciate the reforms being implemented. However, […]
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 […]
One of Malawi’s veteran comedians Elson Soko famously called ‘Anyoni’ has died with tributes pouring in that Malawi has been robbed of one of the brightest talents and a national treasure. Soko, who was diagonised with a heart problems, breathed his last at the Blantyre Adventists Hospital on Saturday. The man who brought entertainment to […]
Thumbs up to Catherine Kunje, an employee of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) for having the courage to share her personal experience on sexual harassment in the workplace, an issue most survivors would not dare talk about. Sexual harassment and abuse is happening not only at MBC, but in other companies, organisations and even in […]
Vice President Salous Chilima on Wednesday held a joint meeting with the top leadership of Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) and Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) to ensure there is power all day, everyday in the country. Chilima said later in the day he also met Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) top management in a drive […]
If there is an institution that Malawians yearn to be transformed, it is Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). Even during the Anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations, reform of MBC was one of the themes that protesters raised. The public broadcaster has completely lost direction. At no time has the corporation stooped so low and reduced itself to a […]
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 […]