President Peter Mutharika on Monday appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s HARDtalk programme where he was interviewed by anchor, Zeinab Badawi in which among other things he commented on Malawi’s online leading news site Nyasa Times. Pillars of Progress BBC’s journalist pressed Mutharika to explain why Malawi is struggling to make progress while it is […]
A Malawian Investigative Journalist, Collins Mtika has emerged the 2015 overall winner for Haller Development Journalism Prize, carting away with MK2.6 million, a prize that aims to encourage closer scrutiny and wider exposure of crucial development issues in Africa. The Haller Foundation’sethos has always been to share knowledge and ideas to achieve economic development, and […]
Malawi has dominated this year’s prestigious Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television, Arts and Sports Awards (BEFFTA) astoundingly scooping five medal awards at an alluring ceremony held at the weekend at Central Hall Westminster in London. Malawians subjugated the glamorous and glitzy 7th BEFFTA awards with a staggering eight nominations in total in an assortment of categories […]
Malawi’s legendary jazz musician Wambali Mkandawire has earned a global nomination together with online publication Nyasa Times and a number of Malawians in UK have been nominated at the 2015 Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts Awards (BEFFTA). The BEFFTA is Europe’s biggest award ceremony celebrating black and ethnic personalities in entertainment, film, fashion, television […]
The Nyasa Times media group has filed at the High Court an acknowledgement of service of writ of summons filed by President Peter Mutharika on defamation and the online publication is proceeding with the defence. Mutharika sued Nyasa Times alongside former presidential aide Allan Ntata over Ntata’s article which was posted on various media networks […]
Former presidential aide Allan Ntata has hired lawyer Gustav Kaliwo to defend him in the defamation lawsuit filed by President Peter Mutharika over Ntata’s article which was posted on various media networks including social-media platform Facebook, and on Nyasa Times on June 22 this year, alleging the President is implicated in the K92 billion Cashgate. Mutharika sued […]
Following reports that President Peter Mutharika served Nyasa Times court summons through the press for alleged defamation, the online publication has indicated that it intends to mount “a vigorous defence” and believe the matter will help the battle to fight wrongful self-enrichment in Malawi. In a lawsuit filed at the High Court in Blantyre, the President […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has rushed to court to file defamation charges and seek an order restraining leading online publication Nyasa Times from further publishing the issue of K92 billion Cashgate linked to the Head of State. The law suit also includes Mutharika’s fierce critic barrister Z. Allan Ntata and the President wants to be […]
The Centre for Investigative Journalism Malawi (CIJM) and Nyasa Times Media Group have joined hands in a year long project geared at strengthening investigative journalism in Malawi. Among some of the terms of the MOU signed between the two media institutions, CIJM will organise cutting edge training in investigative journalism to be facilitated by international […]
Malawians who struggles to access Facebook due to slow internet connectivity have something to smile about as Facebook has launched a new version of its social network app, designed to give access to web users in areas with poor connectivity. The app, called Facebook Lite, is 1% of the size of Facebook’s main app and allows users […]
Finance Bank through its chairman Dr. Rajan Mahtani has demanded One Million United States Dollars (US$1,000,000.00) from Nyasa Times as damages in a defamation claim for a column is published recently. Mahtani and Finance Bank of Zambia have hired Malawian law firm Mvalo and Company, seeking the damages over an article authored by Lowani Mtonga, saying […]
Creative writer and online journalist Pius Nyondo has been appointed Nyasa Times Senior Sub-Editor. Before his appointment, Nyondo, 20, was sub-editor responsible for features and special projects. He replaces Lucky Mkandawire who left Nyasa Times and now works for Nation Publications Limited (NPL). Nyasa Times editorial director Thom Chiumia described Nyondo’s appointment as necessary and a step forward for the country’s crop of youthful […]
Malawi flagship online news source, Nyasa Times has named “Malawi media” and journalist Raphael Tenthani as its ‘Person of the Year’ for work in informing the masses during the year of elections, playing rightful role as public watchdog and also keeping the nation updated on cashgate scandal. The Record The Nyasa Times introduced the ‘Person of […]
Nyasa Times has become the first online publication to win the Standard Knockout Football Cup online media award with its sports reporter Alex Mezalumo also scooping the award for best reporter for online during the Media Awards Ceremony on Thursday at Atmosphere Restaurant in Blantyre. Celebrated sports journalist Garry Chirwa retained the Standard Knockout Football […]
Two leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) have cautioned President Peter Mutharika against taking the path of his predecessors who in one way or the other attempted to cripple the operations of the media especially those which were deemed to be critical of the […]
President Arthur Peter Mutharika told a news conference in Blantyre on Monday on his recent US trip that Malawi’s popular online publication, Nyasa Times is “obsessed with him”, claiming there are always negative stories about him on the news site. After taking a jibe at Nyasa Times recently from Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York […]
Malawi’s leading media group Blantyre Printing and Publishing (Times Group) Chief Executive Leonard Chikadya on Monday cancelled a K100, 000 cheque; a contribution towards an initiative to raise funds for one of its fired editors Limbani Moya who is battling with chronic kidney failure disease and needs a kidney transplant in India. An accountant at […]
The media in Malawi has been asked to level the playing field in its reporting in the run up to the country’s May 20 tripartite elections. The call comes from a media monitoring and evaluation unit established to monitor fairness and accuracy in reporting the May 20 presidential, parliamentary and local government polls. According to […]