Malawi Police say they are following positive lines of enquiry following a deplorable wanton destruction of former President Bingu wa Muntharika’s Ndata Farm at the mausoleum Mpumulo wa Bata or “Peaceful Rest” that has shocked the family. Police has since arrested one suspect arrested 18-year-old boy, suspected to be mentally disturbed, Ernest Mayaya Wailesi from Mitabali Village […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday paid unexpected visit to Dedza Secondary School and donated K2 million to buy food and use in sports activities. Mutharika once schooled at Dedza Secondary School together withhis brother and the country’s former president late Bingu wa Mutharika.. His visit excited students at the school which is popularly known as Box 48, […]
President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) has unveiled plans to officially inaugurate Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), the brainchild of the country’s late President Bingu wa Mutharika which coincidentally was constructed at his home in Ndata, Thyolo district. The university was opened without fun-fare by the previous Joyce Banda regime which said it […]
Despite having fewer public universities, Malawi Government’s red tape is affecting the official opening of the country’s fourth public university, Nyasa Times understands. Government is yet to show commitment on the institution, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), almost two years after completion of its construction. Officials have announced this week the university, situated […]
The imposing Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must), which is located within former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s Ndata farm, being constructed with a grant from the Chinese government amounting to 79 million dollars would be ready before end of 2012. Minister of Education and Technology Eunice Kazembe said on Monday in Parliament that the ultra-modern […]
Late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s Ndata Farm manager Chifundo Chapola was killed in a road accident in the wee hours of Friday. He hit a stationary vehicle on his way to Ndata Farm in Thyolo on the Nansadi road. Chapola is a brother to Malawi’s former First Lady Callista Mutharika. His body was brought to College […]
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 […]
The Limbe Magistrate Court has acquitted journalist Ernest Mahwayo, who was arrested in September last year for taking pictures at the late President Bingu wa Mutharika’s Ndata Farm without permission. Mahwayo, a sub-editor for Mkwaso newspaper – a vernacular publication published by Montfort media, a publishing Company owned by the Catholic Church in Balaka district, […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Mutharika says late president Bingu wa Mutharika’s controversial multi-million dollar multi-roomed White House style Ndata Farm House which shows obscene opulence has five bedrooms contrary to what he said were incorrect media reports of 85 rooms. Speaking at the sombre funeral ceremony in the southern tea-growing district of Thyolo on Monday, […]
The body of late president Bingu wa Mutharika will arrive back home in Malawi on Saturday April 14 at the Kamuzu International Airport, according to government. Mutharika was taken to South Africa on April 5 clinically dead after he suffered a fatal heart attack and had to be embalmed there. Chairperson of the committee to […]
Taj Mahal like state of the art burial place at Ndata Farm Malawi’s late president Bingu Mutharika will be buried on April 23, a member of a special state funeral team has disclosed. Mutharika’s body is expected to be flown back home from South Africa on Thursday April 12. According to Minister of Local Government, […]
Malawi government has announced that the body of late president Bingu wa Mutharika is scheduled to be repatriated to Lilongwe from South Africa on Thursday, one week after his death. The body will lie in state until the burial ceremony expected at the weekend. A final resting place has not been decided on, but a […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika is in trouble with villagers at his retiring home Ndata in Thyolo district who are demanding compensation for their land which the President has snatched from them for the construction of a shopping mall. Mutharika is constructing a shopping mall near the Malawi (Mikolongwe) University of Science and Technology (Must) at […]
The Limbe Magistrate Court in Blantyre has set aside December 28, 2011 as the day Montfort Media journalist Ernest Mahwayo will know his fate on whether or not he has a case to answer. According to Mahwayo’s lawyer, Lusungu Gondwe, the court will make its ruling on the day after all parties in the case […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times President Bingu wa Mutharika’s close aide, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma has defended the Head of State for his multi-million kwacha mansion at Ndata Farm in Thyolo, saying it is only “five-bedroom” and a modest residence. One of the 20 demands in the petition the civil society organisations presented to the President […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times This first picture of President Bingu wa Mutharika’s White House style of his Ndata House shows obscene opulence by the Head of State of an impoverished nation. Mutharika is called by the civil society organisations in Malawi to declare his assets and explain financial sources that enabled him to buy […]