Malawi is on course to archiving the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) 2013 and the International Telecoms Union’s 2015 deadline to implementing digital broadcasting, officials say. Ministry of Information director Isaac Cheke Ziba who recently headed a team to the fourth SADC Digital Broadcasting Migration forum in Mozambique told Nyasa Times that prospects are high […]
For two weeks now some readers of Weekend Nation newspaper especially those that love the column “Cut the Chaff” have been disappointed to see that the column is no longer appearing. “The column is not there for two weeks now and there is no word from the paper why that development. I am a worried […]
Senior media lecturer at University of Malawi’s Polytechnic, Grey Mang’anda, says there is need for the media and stakeholders to establish a vibrant association for journalists against child labour as a way of fighting the growing child labour practices in the country. Mang’anda made the call on Wednesday during the 3-day-long National Labour Conference held […]
Journalist Ernest Mahwayo who was arrested in 2011 for taking pictures at late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s Ndata farm has dragged Malawi government to court demanding a hefty compensation of K50 million, Nyasa Times can reveal. Mahwayo was nabbed while taking pictures without permission at the farm situated in Thyolo district and spent some days in the […]
In an effort to foster their interests through sharing of ideas, experiences and opportunities, Malawian female photographers converged in Blantyre during the week where they set up a women’s group. The Women’s Desk will be a wing of the photographers’ mother body, Photographers Association of Malawi (PHOTAMA), which was established 14 years ago. In an […]
China says is committed to support the media in Malawi through strengthening of cooperation in the broadcasting and film sectors. Minister of Information and Civic Education, Moses Kunkuyu said this after he returned from China on Saturday where he attended a meeting dubbed the Forum on China Africa Media Cooperation, scheduled from 22 to 25 […]
Malawi journalists remain concerned that President Mrs. Joyce Banda has not departed from the culture of ‘press rallies’ which late president Bingu wa Mutharika was conducting. Banda has been addressing news conferences in the presence of political party cohorts who would heckle journalists whenever they ask probing questions. The Malawi chapter of the Media Institute of […]
President Joyce Banda Sunday commended journalists in the country for their professional reporting on the wrangle between Malawi and Tanzania over Lake Malawi. The President made the commendation in Lilongwe the during press conference soon after her arrival from Mozambique saying if journalists in the country reported in the same way their counterparts in Tanzania […]
The Journalists Union of Malawi (JUMA) has strongly criticised the Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ), for the firing of 13 of its staff members. JUMA says it is in support of the demands raised by the fired in April this year, which are valid. MIJ, says the union, should not have been resistant to improving […]
Malawi media owners from the private sector on Friday formed a new organization known as the Association of Media Owners (AMO) with the aim pulling from one direction to play a greater role in the transformation of the country. In a statement, the media owners announced that AMO will be established as a Trust and […]
The Regional Governing Council of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) says it recognizes the positive actions by the new government in Malawi led President Mrs. Joyce Banda in facilitating the work of the media particularly the repealing of repressive media laws and the opening up of the airwaves. The Malawi government recently awarded […]
The country’s media watchdog, Misa-Malawi , has lauded the Joyce Banda administration for living up to its word by issuing several television and radio licenses to private operators. Misa chairperson Anthony Kasunda was reacting to news that the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has issued 15 licenses to radio and television stations. Kasunda told Nyasa Times that […]
Malawi News Agency (Mana) will be launching a website to enhance people get informed on development programmes of the country. Speaking Wednesday, during testing presentation in Lilongwe Director of Information and Civic Education, Isaac Ziba explained that the website would give Malawians an opportunity to read stories anytime they wanted, saying this would create a […]
Malawi’s media owners have been asked to raise perks for journalists in view of the soaring cost of living impacted by the recent devaluation of Kwacha. The call has been made by the Journalists Union of Malawi (JUMA), a body that advocates for welfare of scribes in the country. In a statement made available to Nyasa […]
President Joyce Banda has assured the media fraternity that her administration will table and pass into law the Access to Information Bill and ensure that those media practitioners are accorded the freedom they deserve to do their work professionally. The Bill was drafted in 2003 and aims at creating a conducive environment for access to […]
Dean of Education and Media Studies at the Polytechnic a constituent college of the University of Malawi, Grey Mang’anda, has described Malawi journalists as cowards for failing to write balanced stories for fear of being intimated or tortured by some powerful politicians. Mang’anda said this on Monday in Blantyre during the start of the four-day Broadcasting Ethics and […]
A stitch in time serves nine. Malawi President Joyce Banda’s recent press conference at Chileka Airport when she was returning from an overseas trip rekindled the media of the ‘press rallies’ late president Bingu wa Mutharika was conduting. During Mutharika’s reign, journalists complained that the news conferences were done in the presence of political party […]
Malawi’s media giant, Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) or the Times Group, has taken a bold step to reshuffle positions to a youthful crop amidst fears of retrenchment. Media group of companies which has sacked head of Times Courier, Stella Hara , is now being led by long serving Brian Ligomeka, as the Managing Editor. Old timer Limbani […]