The Center for Social Concern (CfSC) has challenged journalists in Malawi to engage an extra gear in the dissemination of information on Public Finance Management and development projects in order to enable citizens to hold their duty-bearers accountable. CfSC is a faith-based organization working to transform the unjust structures through research and advocacy to ensure […]
A media expert has asked President Lazarus Chakwera to act on Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Cabinet ministers who are threatening journalists in the country. Dr. Anthony Gunde, a communications lecturer at Chancellor College said the threats are uncalled for. This follows the condemnation of the threats by Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter . […]
National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust through its Sadc Regional Integration Project has started engaging the media to popularize regional integration and its protocols to the public as Malawi is preparing to assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc. Nice/Sadc Regional Integration Project Coordinator, Enock Chinkhuntha said this in Lilongwe on Friday during an […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has advised the management of the newly launched Kasungu community radio station to desist from airing political programs in order to promote unity in the district. Kazako said this on Thursday when he was officially opened the radio which is to be set up in the district. The minister said instead the […]
Tributes are pouring in for the late James Chimpweya, a photojournalist who until his death this morning, worked for the Nation Publications Limited. Chimpweya, who was about to retire, collapsed on Saturday in Chikhwawa where he went to cover a function. Journalists have taken up in various social media platforms to describe Chimpweya as a […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri’s spokesperson has blamed some journalists for spreading what he said are false stories that a number of lawyers have abandoned the ECG leader in his legal battle. Ephraim Nyondo says on his Facebook wall that the speculation on the matter is as a result of what he called careless packaging of information […]
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa), an initiative that lobbies for more transparency in the region, in partnership with Parent and Child Health Initiative (PACH) Trust is set to establish a Malawi Health Investigative Journalism Platform in Malawi. The platform will be established under enhancing accountability and transparency in the management of Covid-19 response and a health sector budget […]
Minister of Information Gospel Kazako has encouraged journalists in the country to scoop more than one Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) media awards which Malawi will host come 2021. Speaking during the Sadc Media Awards launch at Mzuzu Hotel Friday, the minister said Malawi has many talented journalists and as such he expects a lot […]
Social media is awash with the distribution of fake news but to curtail it through regulations, there is need for the right professionals to describe and define what is fake news rather than solely leaving it for politicians. This was observed by media managers during one of the presentations in the day-long national conference on […]
Exceptional journalists who have reported well on girls and women rights will on Saturday be decorated with half a million kwacha each at a Malawi Institute of Southern Africa (Misa)-Malawi chapter courtesy of Plan International. The cash prizes will be in the categories of print, electronic and online. According to a media statement, Plan International […]
Minister of Information, Gospel Kazako has urged the media in the country to avoid indulging in corrupt practices as they are custodians of sanity. Kazako gave the advice on Tuesday in Blantyre during a National Anti-Corruption Strategy II (NACS) dissemination workshop for the media aimed at updating the practitioners with anti-corruption knowledge. He said people […]
Veteran journalist Aaron “Akwete” Sande has passed away after losing the battle to Cancer. Sande died at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre on mid-morning Thursday shortly after being admitted. “It is a very sad day for journalism,” lamented Limbani Moya, another veteran currently working in media monitoring at Macra. Sande, 58, worked at state […]
The terrain of Malawi mainstream media and, also, that of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) isn’t looking pretty. We have entered a disturbing chapter in our democracy as far holding governments to account is anything to go by. There is no denying here: Most key media houses and vibrant CSOs have been strategically folded in government […]
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has facilitated the formation of an association against Trafficking In Persons (TIP). Chairperson Memory Chisenga said the association seeks to address knowledge and capacity gaps among journalists on issues of trafficking in person. “We have named the group Anti Human Trafficking Forum whose aim is to have […]
Zomba-based Infinity Media Group has launched a Malawi Heritage magazine which covers the country’s cultural heritage, ranging from traditional dances, food, language and health aspects. The magazine has taken a diversified approach in giving a picture of Malawi. On one part, some selected physical features, such as Lake Malawi, which have overtime received a lot […]
The Malawi media has been commended for their professionalism to achieve robust and inquisitive coverage in the just conducted court sanctioned fresh presidential elections by a consortium comprising of the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), the Public Affairs Committee and the Mhub. But the civil […]
Malawi media fraternity is mourning the dead of veteran journalists Dr Tikhala Chibwana , who passed on in Lilongwe on Sunday, June 7, 2020 after a week-long battle with stroke. Media Insititute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawichapter where Chibwana was a Trustee of MISA Regional Secretariat and Africa Director for Women in News, described him […]
Government has called on the media to be objective in its political reporting ahead of the crucial presidential election on July 2. Minister of Information and government spokesperson Mark Botomani said in an interview on Sunday as journalists commemorated World Press Freedom Day. “Journalists should not provoke the situation. They should be responsible. We need […]