Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has argued that the murder case of the late MacDonald Masambuka, a person with albinism where 12 people including a Roman Catholic priest are defending themselves against the charge of murder, has attracted “public interest” and “attention” hence its application that it can be broadcast live on national TV and radio. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has dragged the public broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) for biased broadcasting as well as seeking an injunction against specific programs it airs with hate messages. A summon obtained on Thursday at High Court of Malawi, Lilongwe district registry under civil cause 254, MCP is […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been challenged to ensure there is level playing field in the May 21 Tripartite Election by among others press taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to open up the airwaves to all parties during the 60-day official election campaign period. The opposition are accusing MBC – on both television and its […]
The official campaign period for the May 21 Tripartite Elections which started this week will surely be a frenzy of activity. But with all due respect, political parties and candidates have been campaigning for a long time. In my view, the main narrative of the official campaign period is to try and sanitise the last […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has applied to the High Court to cover live the murder case of the late MacDonald Masambuka, a person with albinism where 12 people including a Roman Catholic priest are defending themselves against the charge of murder. However, the move by MBC has raised suspicions of foul play as the government […]
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which organised a nationwide demonstration last year, have confirmed that they will hold another peaceful protests on March 27 over numerous social ills happening in the country. The members of the Human Rights Defenders’ Coalition (HRDC) made the announcement in Lilongwe on Sunday during a news conference. Addressing journalists, HRDC Regional Chairperson […]
Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Henry Mussa, has taken on the public broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), encouraging it to open up to opposition candidates and electoral stakeholders especially as the county heads towards the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Mussa h reassured the general public that the MBC will remain open to serve all Malawians […]
Seasoned journalists in the country have hailed President Peter Mutharika for being awarded and named the “Promoter of media freedom in Malawi, saying the Head of State has deservedly been recognised. Tax-payer funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) presented the award to Mutharika during the glamorous 2018 MBC Innovations Awards at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. According […]
Former Radio 2 FM Dj now MBC TV Anchor and Producer Dickie Shumba propularly known as the Diktator has emphasized the need to streighthen links between Africa and the Arab world for the benefit of youths in the two regions. Addressing World Youth Forum at Sharm El sheik in Egypt on Sunday, Shumba said training […]
Firt Lady Getrude Mutharika joined hundreds of women from across the country at at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi on Saturday where she chilled, interact and dine with them during the high-level annual celebration of Malawi Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) Radio 1 interactive programme, Zokonda Amayi Macheza. The public broadcaster recognise the women for the initiatives they have […]
Tax-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has confirmed that it has disciplined its reporter Austin Kakande for damaging the reputation of the news organisation after the public disapprove a false news picture on the Mzuzu dual carriage way project which it published. MBC posted a caption story on its Facebook page about the project’s progress by […]
President Peter Mutharika’s used an interview program on the state controlled Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on Thursday which pleaded innocent to the contentious K145 million donation suspected to have been proceeds of crime in much-publicised Malawi Police Service (MPS) food rations scam. The K145 million payout to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was deposited by Pioneer Investment Limited in […]
President Peter Mutharika has reshuffled some parastatal boards, putting the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the eastern region Julius Paipi to sit on Higher Education Students Loans and Grants. Paipi is infamous for his insults of the Muslims in the country which forced the DPP to disassociate itself from. The eastern region […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Vice President, Sidik Mia, has asked taxpayer funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) journalists to reflect on their professionalism as the country is celebrating the 54th year of self-rule. Mia said despite having some progress in some areas like in infrastructure, the country is still facing challenges that outweigh what has been achieved since […]
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has filed its defence in the case in which former first lady Callista Mutharika has dragged it to court together with governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secretary general Greselder Jeffrey Wa Jeffrey, demanding a K500 million compensation for defamation. The public broadcaster MBC has been sued for allegedly broadcasting live the words that […]
The taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has received K1.8 billion from the K84.7 billion allocation to subvented organisations in the 2018/19 National Budget after government defeated an opposition motion to reduce to K1 their funding for producing pro-government propaganda despite relying on funds from taxpayers holding divergent political views. Dowa North East Member of Parliament, […]
Parliament on Wednesday turned into a boxing arena and the punching bag as the government and opposition legislators battled over media professionalism and ethics as well perceived poor parliamentary coverage. Making his contribution on Media, Information and Communications parliamentary committee report, Chitipa south MP Werani Chilenga accused journalists covering the House proceedings of unprofessionalism, unethical […]
Lilongwe rural central MP Lobin Lowe has asked parliment not to approve the vote for state controlled Malawi Broacasting Corporation (MBC), saying the broadcaster works for the ruling than the nation. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Lowe said MBC was more of a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broadcaster than a public broadcaster run on tax […]