A strong call has gone out to Malawi’s Information Minister Patricia Kaliati to mend existing strained relations between Mutharika’s administration and journalists which has forced private media to shun covering presidential and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) functions. Malawian journalists from private median organizations started boycotting attending presidential functions especially press conferences last year […]
A day after the death of seasoned journalist George Dambula, another dark cloud has fallen and Malawians are in great shock following the death announcement of Mayeso Chirwa who until his death was an Information specialist at the United States Embassy in Malawi. Chirwa died a sudden death wee hours of Friday February 3 at […]
Malawi media freedom worsened in the past year, according to the latest report by international media rights advocate group Reporters Without Borders. In the latest ranking of 179 countries, Malawi tumbled 67 places to 146th spot on the list – the biggest fall in the index and of any country in the world. The Paris-based […]
Journalists in the country have been urged to write the truth about Islam religion to avoid misleading the masses. The remarks were made by Sheikh Dinala Chabulika who is the National Coordinator for the Islamic Information Bureau when he hosted a one day workshop on Islam and the Media with non Muslim journalists, in Limbe. […]
Malawi human rights defenders have hailed the citizens use of social media on the Internet and the role Nyasa Times web-based interactive news is playing to help more people know, demand and defend their rights. This was said during a public debate broadcast live on Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and also streamed online. The public […]
Background It is interesting that since the debate on (Consolidated ICT Regulatory Management System -CIRMS) also known as ‘spy machine’ started, Civil Society Organisations and human rights activists have not been very vocal on the issue. Their stance might be understandable given the technicalities involved and the damn lies emanating from the Malawi Communications Regulatory […]
You may loathe or adore it. Online publication Nyasa Times has done it with flying colours. It is the number one online ‘Newspaper of the Year’, courtesy of a survey. The Malawi Media 2011 survey was undertaken by Malawi2014 between November 24 and December 4 2011 where respondents gave 77.2 per cent to Nyasa Times online […]
I do not write because I enjoy writing; I write because I have to! As a democracy most of us ought to make comments on what we think is right, or indeed, wrong with the direction our beloved country’s democracy is taking and, silence is not an option! And if our fate be determined by […]
Man-about-town Black Moses, who was working with the slain Polytechnic student Robert Chasowa, has condemned President Bingu wa Mutharika for subjecting journalists to a hostile environment that was full of intimidation from ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cohorts during the rally press conference on Monday at Kamuzu International Airport. Mutharika intimidated the press corps accussing […]
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed in the Malawi Constitution, but it is still not being fully enjoyed by the country’s citizens, a human rights lawyer has said. Lawyer, Habiba Osman told a radio programme on Trans World Radio that Malawi has made positive changes from what the situation used to be during the reign […]
Thugs suspected to to be ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) operatives broke into the offices of the Nation Publications Limited at Hannover in the central district of Blantyre on the night of Tuesday. The thugs broke into the building through the window of the Human Resource Manager and took his computer. They also searched through […]
Malawi’s Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has complained that the media in the country is struggling to access information on mining because the players involved are reluctant to release it. CHRR’s Communications Officer Luke Tembo said the challenge is affecting the media’s efforts to relay relevant information that can help uplift the mining […]
Presidential spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba has defended the actions of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters who booed and threatened to rough journalists for asking President Bingu wa Mutharika probing questions on Monday during the press conference at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. The press conference was hijacked into a political rally for the DPP where […]
Last Monday’s events at the Kamuzu International Airport where President Bingu wa Mutharika was addressing the press must serve to remind all Malawians that while we consider our country to be a democracy, we are, as a matter of fact, only a whisker away from sliding back to the dark days of authoritarianism where the […]
Two of Malawi’s leading Human Rights organisations, Centre for Human Rights Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of the People (CEDEP) are demanding that President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government must put in place political reforms that will be in line with good governance, respect for the rule of law, freedom of expression and […]
Malawi’s Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa-Malawi) has reported to the United Nations Human Rights Committee that journalists were receiving death threats allegedly for publishing articles that are deemed critical of President Bingu wa Mutharika and his government. The UN committee met Misa-Malawi, the Centre for the Development of People (Cedep), the Malawi Human Rights […]
We Can Save Our Newspapers–If we want I write this because I love journalism, also because I want journalists to be valued and paid for what they produce. And I focus on newspapers because their survival is in danger. Malawi had over 30 newspapers in early 1990s, including three dailies: The Daily Times, The Daily […]
Capital FM Straight Talk programme host, Brian Banda, has claimed he is living dangerously after receiving death threats. Banda said he receive a death threatening text on his mobile phone, warning him that he will die if he continue to be critical of government and President Bingu wa Mutharika. The message said he is likely […]