State prosecutor in the case involving online journalist, Justice Mponda has blamed “internal politics” for delaying conclusion of the matter after principle witness, Reverend Malani Mtonga failed to turn up for trial on Monday. Mtonga, who is set to testify against Mponda, failed to take it to the witness box at Lilongwe Magistrates Court after […]
President Joyce Banda’s special advisor Reverend Malani Mtonga is one of the two State witnesses to testify against online journalist Justice Mponda in court on January 14, 2013 ho was arrested on Monday, October 15, 2012, for allegedly insulting President Joyce Banda and publishing false information. According to court documents, sourced by Nyasa Times, Ntonga claims to […]
Editors in Malawi media houses are being called upon to take a leading role in highlighting the issue of population growth in this southern African country. The call from representatives from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) follows reports that Malawi will have difficulties in taking care of its people in the years to come if […]
A survey purporting to show people’s views on President Mrs. Joyce Banda’s maize distribution programme across the country is fake and a campaign gimmick aimed at discrediting the President in her benevolent work, according to State House. The Nation newspaper was during the past week asking people to vote YES if they agree that President Banda […]
Rita Marley, the widow to the late reggae music legend Bob Marley arrives in Malawi on Saturday morning to join the Malawian President Joyce Banda as honourees at the Seventh Annual African International Media Summit (AIMS) to be hosted at the Bingu’s International Conference Centre in Lilongwe on 17th and 18th November, 2012. Malawi’s President will be […]
The National AIDS Commission (NAC) has organized a series of capacity building workshops for Malawian media to improve the way journalists think about and practice HIV/AIDS reporting. The workshops are scheduled to take place in all the three regions in the country, with the Central Region Workshop set for tomorrow (Thursday), November 15 at the […]
The demotion of Malawi’s renowned crime buster Bob as police detective director has reportedly affected investigations of a case involving online journalist, Justice Mponda, who was arrested on Monday, October 15, 2012, for allegedly insulting President Joyce Banda and publishing false information. Mtekama was in charge of the case and news about his demotion came […]
Mr Justice Mponda of Malawi Voice, an online publication, was arrested this week. Mr Mponda, aged 27 years, has been a journalist for some time, having been a stringer for Malawi News and other notable media bodies before becoming associated with Malawi Voice. His arrest, we are told, was prompted by an article published by […]
The Malawi Government says it is pleased to note that police apprehended an online journalist who allegedly published false news as that is being disrespectful of the rule of law, which it does not tolerate. However, it says it is pleased with the fact that the journalist was brought before a competent court of law […]
A 27 year old journalist arrested in connection with publishing false information after basing a report on a fake Facebook account for President Joyce Banda, has been released on bail. Justice Mponda, a journalist for Malawi Voice, an online publication, was formally charged at Lilongwe Magistrate Court with one count of publishing false information after […]
Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) has condemned the arrest of Malawi Voice’s online editor, Justice Mponda and says it considers his detention and treatment as unconstitutional and retrogressive for Malawi’s nascent democracy. Mponda, 27, was arrested by heavily armed police officers in the early hours of Monday at his Chiwembe […]
Malawi Police Service has pressed charges of criminal libel, insulting the president and false publications to an online editor for Malawi Voice, Justice Mponda, in connection with “cooked up” stories. Southern Rehgion police spokesman Superintendent Nicholous Gondwa said they have charged the journalist with three counts and that his file has been open in Lilongwe […]
Police in Blantyre have arrested journalist Justice Mponda for publishing stories on Malawi Voice online deemed seditious, false and treasonous aimed at fomenting public anger against the Joyce Banda administration, Nyasa Times has established. Mponda was picked in the wee hours of Monday by heavily armed police officers in an armored vehicle at his Chiwembe residence in […]
In a move that may be seen by a number of media practitioners and some members of the public as having a negative impact on media freedom and freedom of expression, the government of Malawi, led by President Joyce Banda, has introduced a Bill that seeks to regulate and control online communications in Malawi. “The […]
Malawi government is considering enacting a f irst ever electronic legislation that among other issues would regulate on-line media. According to the just completed draft legislation known as E-Bill, the move seeks to limit the freedom of speech by certain principles of public order as is the case with television, radio, or written press. But […]
The Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) officials on Sunday swallowed their pride and apologized for mistreating members of the media who came to cover the official opening of the organization’s 5th Quadrennial congress at Malawi Sun Hotels in Blantyre on Friday. Making the apology at the close of the three-day conference, MCTU’s outgoing secretary […]
Journalists, who went to cover the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) 5th Quadrennial Congress at Malawi Sun Hotels in Blantyre on Friday, left the venue a disappointed lot after being released without being given neither lunch nor an upkeep allowance, as it has always been the norm. The scribes were particularly annoyed as the incident […]
Barely few weeks into production, crisis has hit Lilongwe based latest weekly newspaper company, Standard Publications Limited. The newly launched media house, which has hired some of Malawi’s seasoned journalists has lost its founding Managing Editor, Bakali Maulidi, just two weeks into life following disagreements boardering on misconduct. Apart from Maulidi, a former Blantyre Newspapers […]