Malawi President Joyce Banda has disappointed the media fraternity after she refused to endorse the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for repeal of criminal defamation and ‘insult’ laws and for putting press freedom higher on the agenda in Africa. Representatives of the media presented the Table Mountain Declaration to President Banda at Sanjika Palace […]
As the quest for media independence continues, Malawi has been described as having a relatively free media environment with a legal apparatus to support the practice. This was raised during a media debate organized by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter under the theme ‘Relevance of a free and independent media in […]
“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”- Thomas Jefferson I am sure President Joyce Banda must have been having a terrible day or she simply might have waken up from the wrong side of her executive bed […]
Newspaper columnist George Kasakula wrote in a scathing ‘My Diary’ column published in Weekend Nation on Saturday April 27 critiquing President Joyce Banda on comments that the Malawi ‘irritating’ media ‘killed’ president Bingu wa Mutharika. The column is re-posted below, full text: Can Steven Nhlane, as State House press secretary, do journalism in Malawi and the public […]
After Malawi President Joyce Banda accused the country’s media of being responsible for death of her predecessor President Bingu wa Mutharika who died following a heart attack in April last year, the Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu has leapt to redeem the situation by saying government would like to re-assure the media that it is […]
Malawi’s newspaper giant Times Media Group has fired Editor of its Daily Times, Dan Nyirenda. Nyirenda has fallen victim in what the company calls restructuring and re-organising process. Sources said Nyirenda received his letter informing him that his position is untenable at the daily paper on Tuesday. Nyirenda declined to comment when reached by phone. […]
Sombre mood engulfed thousands of people’s faces at College of Medicine in Blantyre on Tuesday as the body of the deceased Principal Secretary for Information Anthony Livuza was being repatriated to his home village in Mulanje. Livuza died on Sunday at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre after succumbing to blood clotting and kidney failure that […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda told a delegation of Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) at Sanjika Palace that she stopped reading newspapers because of the criticism on her administration which she noted some derives from gutter journalism. However, President Banda hailed the media for the commendable work done in the continued fight against corruption. The […]
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi says journalists in the country need to reposition themselves and always strive for professionalism to enhance their credibility as the country marches towards tripartite elections. Misa Malawi chairperson Anthony Kasunda made the sentiments Saturday in Mzuzu during the start of activities marking the commemoration of World Press Freedom […]
Two Malawian journalists, Wezi Nyirongo, a sub-editor at the privately owned Capital FM and Mwai Mtumodzi a sub-editor at Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) FM have qualified to compete in the 2013 media awards organized by Gender Links slated for South Africa on April 21. This comes after winning the awards at local level which […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda is continuing the culture of ‘press rallies’ which late president Bingu wa Mutharika was conducting. President Banda held a news conference at Kamuzu Palace in the capital Lilongwe on Monday, on return from visits to the United States and Britain in the presence of political party cohorts, who created a hostile environment to journalists […]
Malawi journalists are expressing concern over President Joyce Banda’s continued culture of ‘press rallies’ which late president Bingu wa Mutharika was conducting. The concern follows a news conference held by President Banda at Sanjika palace on Saturday, on her arrival from Equatorial Guinea in the presence of political party cohorts, who created a hostile environment to […]
Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda has said her administration is reviewing Mines and Minerals Act, Petroleum Policy and Petroleum Act to ensure the local population benefit from the mineral resources the country has. President Banda said this on Friday in Parliament when she delivered a State of the Nation address at the opening the 44th session […]
Malawi is one of the countries that have made the biggest improvement on the Reporters Without Borders 2013 World Press Freedom Index, climbing up by 71 positions s from 146 to 75 since last year. According to Reporters Without Borders, Malawi has improved since the change of politics after the death of late president Bingu wa Mutharika and […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said her government would fight corruption in all its forms with commitment and vigour, warning that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will not spare anyone, including high ranking officials in government, if they engage in corruption. The President made the warning on Tuesday when she led Malawians and the media fraternity in […]
Drug Fight Malawi (DFM) and the Malawi Alcohol Policy Alliance (MAPA) have beckoned Malawian journalists to intensify their reporting on alcohol abuse and its harmful effects which deter the country’s socio- economic development. The beckoning dominated a media training workshop in Lilongwe on Thursday which the two organisations organised to orient journalists on how best […]
Radio stations in Malawi on Thursday went ahead covering live the progress of the nationwide demonstrations despite the ban imposed by the Malawi Communications Regulator Authority (Macra) on the same. Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) organized the protests in a bid to force President Joyce Banda’s government to reconsider its economic policies which have brought […]
Malawi Police has called on citizens to desist on posting updates on social media such as Facebook and Twitter on the consumers nationwide protests on Thursday against a currency devaluation and inflation. Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito, whose organisation is planning the demonstrations said while he appreciate it is police’s role to provide […]