One of the People’s Party (PP) aspiring parliamentary candidates for Blantyre City South has accused Minister of Information and Civic Education and MP, Moses Kunkuyu of barring aspirants to hold meetings or interact with constituents until 2014 campaign period kicks off. Kunkuyu, three weeks ago met PP constituency officials at his home base in Manase […]
Tempers flared Thursday morning at Blantyre City Council (BCC) civic offices when a group of parliamentarians in Blantyre demanded for the resignation of the entire management. This happened during a meeting the council held with the lawmakers who demanded an explanation on why it is taking long for the council to release funds for projects […]
The Joyce Banda administration has warned activists against any plans for anti-government protests on economic policies that are biting consumers hard, saying calls for demonstrations are “irresponsible and unpatriotic.” Consumers’ Association of Malawi (Cama) say they will mobilise people to stage a mass consumer protest and Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma) has backed […]
Minister of information and Civic Education Moses Kunkuyu on Monday summoned the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board of directors to press them to renew the contract of its Director General Charles Nsaliwa which expires this Friday. Kunkuyu summoned the Macra board to a meeting which was held at a top notch Blantyre restraunt Casa […]
Some depots selling the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) fertilizer have been temporarily closed in Blantyre after a crash erupted between buyers, Minister of Information and Civic Education has confirmed. The depots in Chilomoni, Chirimba and Manyowe Townships were closed on Thursday after some differences exploded among farmers, which spilled into a scuffle as the […]
Agree to disagree! Malawi and Tanzania on Saturday confirmed talks collapsed on the long-running border dispute over Lake Malawi, thought to sit over rich oil and gas reserves, on matters of principle. Malawi claims sovereignty over the entirety of Lake Malawi, Africa’s third-largest lake, while Tanzania says it is entitled to 50 percent of it. Lake […]
Malawi government is assuring people in the country that it will continue to distribute the country’s staple food maize to the vulnerable and needy who are hit by food shortages. According to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee report of October 2012, there are about 2 million Malawians facing hunger in this country. Information and Civic […]
Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament has approved the appointment of High Court Judge Rezine Mzikamanda as the new Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director. President Joyce Banda appointed Justice Mzikamanda as new director of the anti-graft body last week and government submitted his name to the Public Appointments Committee of Parliament for confirmation. On Tuesday, government spokesman […]
Traditional and religious leaders in the southern Lower Shire Valley have demanded explanation from government on what it is doing to make neighbouring Tanzania pay over its claims over Lake Malawi. Malawi and Tanzania currently have a dispute over ownership of Lake Malawi. Tanzania calls the lake, Lake Nyasa, while Malawians call it Lake Malawi. Residents of […]
Government intends to introduce new means of technology in the country’s post offices aimed at enhancing Malawi Postal Corporation (MPC) service delivery and securing the survival of old means of sending mail. Speaking to the media as the country commemorated World Postal Day Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu said it remains the wish of government to […]
The Minister of Information, Moses Kunkuyu has directed Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) to give Television Licence to Joy Television Limited which was revoked in 2007. Kunkuyu said this on Friday during his familiarisation tour to Joy Radio Fm station which is located in Naperi, commercial city of Blantyre. He said broadcasting plays a very […]
Malawi has been elected as member for the influential Universal Postal Union (UPU), the world’s postal services governing body, Nyasa Times has learnt. Confirming the development, Principal Secretary in the information ministry Anthony Livuza told said the decision to vote for Malawi was reached in Doha, Qatar where members agreed unanimously to elect Malawi into the union. […]
Malawi government on Monday said a fake account was created on social networking website Facebook with an aim to “tarnish” President Mrs Joyce Banda’s image as a user announced that the Head of State had resigned. “It is not a rumour, I am really resigning this office has failed me. Grass is greener on the […]
Malawi government has dismissed media claims that the Chinese government has withdrawn the funding for the state-of-the-art stadium project Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. Government spokesperson that also doubles as minister of information and Civic education Moses Kunkuyu on Sunday whacked the reports, describing the news as “untrue”. “The genuine agreement that was signed is still there […]
Germany Government has dismissed media claims that it will not release budget support to Malawi until 2015 describing the news as “absolutely wrong” adding that the European country is pumping more money into the country now than ever before. Similarly, Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu said in a press briefing in Lilongwe on Friday that […]
Malawi Government has made clarification on President Joyce Banda’s entourage to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to be held in New York, saying each delegate taken on board on the trip will have a role to play and that by involving players from various sectors on one trip the government will save a great […]
The Blantyre Urban District Education office Friday launched ‘adopt a school campaign’ aimed at calling on stakeholders to finance the construction and rehabilitation of school facilities including toilets and classroom blocks in order to improve the quality of primary education in the country. Speaking when he presided over the official launch of the campaign at […]
Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Atupele Muluzi, has laid out Malawi government’s ambitious short-term economic recovery plan, saying the Joyce Banda administration will cut expenditure. President Banda inherited sluggish economy from the late president Bingu WA Mutharika’s administration. Addressing the media in the capital, Lilongwe, Muluzi disclosed that the economic blue-print entails that Capital […]