The Journalist Union of Malawi (JUMA) has insinuated that Malawi President Peter Mutharika may have taken advantage of poor salaries many Malawian journalists receive in the various media houses to attempt to bride them with K50,000 for fair coverage. Mutharika is on record of dishing out K50, 000 to over 80 journalists he invited for […]
Times Group Head of Business News Thom Khanje has donated K50,000 (about $100)towards the Friends of Limbani, an initiative aimed at raising money to support former Malawi News editor Limbani Moya’s kidney transplant in India. Limbani, who flew to India on November 20 2014, requires an extra K1.25 million (about $2 500) to finance his […]
Malawi’s human rights group Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has described President Prof Peter Mutharika as a hypocrite of “highest order” if the first six months of his tenure are anything to go by. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times on CHRR’s reaction to the current political and economic issues affecting the […]
Four editors of Times Media Group which owns several newspaper titles in Malawi and a television station have donated to Chritian Organisation of Oprhans in Malawi the cash they received from Malawi President Peter Mutharika in what is widely criticised as a bribe to silence the Malawi journalists from playing their watchdog role. Mutharika gave envelopes […]
Media practitioners that had dinner with President Peter Mutharika at Sanjika Palace last Tuesday have been commenting on revelations that the Head of State gave the cash handouts of K50,000, saying they were rather ‘ambushed’ to receive the money. Times TV editor and columnist Graciun Tukula first went public about the money that was given […]
Malawi law professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa has called for President Peter Mutharika to voluntary resign as Head of State or impeachment proceedings to be commenced against him for “bribing” media practitioners that had dinner with him at Sanjika Palace last Tuesday. Chirwa, a professor of law at the prestigious University of Cape Town in South Africa, told Nyasa Times that the […]
Friends of Limbani, a task force that took trouble to raise funds for former Malawi News Editor Limbani Moyo, who was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012, has made a fresh appeal to well-wishers for K1.25 million to finance an anti-injection injection bill for the journalist. Moya flew to India on October 23 for kidney […]
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem”-Ronald Reagan Last Tuesday it pleased President Peter Mutharika to invite the Muckraker and a horde of his type to wine and dine with him at the hilltop edifice of Sanjika Palace Hastings Kamuzu Banda bequeathed to the nation. Of […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has denied reports that he previously proposed federalism and proportional representation in the country, describing them as two possible ways of doing away with concerns of regional marginalisation. Addressing the National Constitutional Review Conference in Lilongwe, held from 28 to 31 March 2006 titled ‘Towards a More Manageable Constitution, Mutharika, then […]
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture Chimwemwe Banda has advised President Peter Mutharika to seriously consider the enactment of the Access to Information Bill saying it will help in curbing corruption which has been rampant in the country. Banda made the remarks at Sanjika Palace on Tuesday evening where President Mutharika […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday promised to be more media-friendly during the meeting with journalists which the President hosted at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre pledging government’s support for freedom of press so that media practitioners are working in a conducive environment. The Malawi leader said since he ascended to the Office of President, his government has not […]
About five months after the country experienced some elections fever during Malawi’s 2014 My Tripartite Elections that saw president Peter Mutharika get into power, the media fraternity will have two elections, back to back, to elect new leadership. This weekend on 22nd November, Malawi’s journalists will be replacing their president and vice president for the Journalists […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday hosted journalists from both print, electronic and online media houses at official Sanjika Palace in Blantyre where he was persuaded to consider signing the ‘Table Mountain Declaration’ that urges governments in Africa to abolish “insult laws” and set free press high on the agenda. During the presidential interface, journalists […]
Battle lines have been drawn at the forthcoming Media Institute for the Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter elections and its a two horse race for the top post. Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Weekend Nation editor George Kasakula will face Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) business editor Thom Khanje for the position of chairman on December 13 in Lilongwe. Speaking in an […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has called off the meeting with journalists which was scheduled for Friday at Sanjika Palace. Ministry of Information said on Thursday that presidential interface which would have been “an opportunity for the media to interact with the President on various issues pertinent to the [media] industry and the country,” has been cancelled. […]
Malawi’s new President Peter Mutharika plans to next week meet with journalists from all media houses in the country, including online Nyasa Times as Sanjika Palace in Blantyre on Friday, according to Ministry of Information. Secretary for Information Ministry, Chimwemwe Banda said in an invitation that the presidential interface will be “an opportunity for the media to interact […]
On 1st November 2014 Weekend Nation newspaper published an investigative piece on corruption and malpractices at immigration offices in Blantyre, particularly its passport-issuing department/ section. It was a refreshing piece of journalism that is becoming rare these days, not only in Malawi but across the boarders as well. The Weekend Nation team that worked on […]
Times Television news and current affairs editor Gracian Tukula on Tuesday hosted journalists from his company’s rival media empire Nation Publications Limited (NPL) to a sumptuous luncheon at a chic eating place in Blantyre. Tukula, one of the senior editors at Times Media Group, invited over 30 NPL newsroom members of staff who included journalists, photographers, technical […]