Sheik Abdul Kalisinje who was an executive member of United Democratic Front (UDF)and Radio Islam journalist Abdul Aziz Onile have passed on . Kalisinje passed on at Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Blantyre on the night of Tuesday,14th July, 2015. Until Burial will take place on Wednesday, July 15th, at Liwonde in Machinga District. Death […]
Muslim families in the country are encouraged to send their children to Madrassa for them to acquaint themselves with Islamic knowledge including reciting the Holy Quran. National leader of Muslims in the country Mufti Abbas said this on Sunday in Blantyre during the presentation of awards to those who participated in the National Holy Quran Recitation competition. […]
Malawi’s only Islamic radio station Radio Islam on Thursday suspended broadcasting its usual programs in respect for the two prominent Muslims, an award winning journalist Sraj Suleiman and Sheikh Aman Matiya who died the same day but different causes at Mwanza district and Mwaiwathu hospitals respectively. Except news broadcasts the radio had since morning been airing Quran […]
Supporters of ruling People’s Party (PP) on Sunday afternoon roughed up a journalist working at Malawi’s only Islamic radio, Radio Islam in an attempt to stop him from taking pictures of the convoy of the leader of opposition Democratic Progress Party, Peter Mutharika which passed by their truck which broke down in commercial town of Limbe. The […]
Reports reaching Nyasa Times indicate that prominent sheikhs in Malawi early last week stormed offices of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) demanding an immediate withdraw of a fine it imposed on the country’s only Islamic radio station, Radio Islam for unprofessional conduct. Macra had recently slapped Radio Islam with a $625 (about K260, 000) fine for denigrating […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has slapped Radio Islam with a $625 (about K260, 000) fine for denigrating the Christian religion, mostly stating that Jesus Christ is not the son of God. Macra has imposed the fine on Radio Islam for breaching Clause 2(a) of the Third Schedule to the Communications Act and Clause […]
Pressure continues mounting on the newly elected chairperson of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi, effectively becoming presidential candidate in 2014, to abandon his post of Minister of Economic Planning and Development. The PP leader President Joyce Banda appointed Atupele into her cabinet soon after she attained the country’s leadership following the death […]
Malawi’s Radio Islam director Muhammad Osman on Wednesday paid back unconditionally all the money he instructed his administrator Fatima Jafali to deduct from the workers’ salaries for failing to sign the log book. Inside sources told Nyasa Times that the management had succumbed to the pressure from angry workers who stormed the executive director’s office […]
There was drama at Radio Islam Tuesday Morning when workers one by was coming from the payments room grumbling after management cut their salaries for reporting late at the station last month. Inside sources told Nyasa Times that the station director Muhammad Osman introduced the log book three month ago on his own without consulting […]
In Malawi, Muslim artists are abandoning traditional rhythms and are turning to modern genres like R&B and hip-hop. The change of tune has helped the Islamic musicians attract larger audiences. However, some Muslim groups have banned some of the songs for what they say un-Islamic. Among the artists who have taken the country’s Islamic song […]
All programs on Malawi’s only Islamic radio station, Radio Islam were suspended on Wednesday from morning to midnight when the station closes except its 7:30 p.m news bulletin which comes back to back in English and Chichewa. Instead the station was airing Quran recitations and condolence messages as one way of mourning the death of […]
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 […]
The executive arm of the Malawi government which comprises the President and its cabinet ministers is accused of being arrogant and demeaning functions of other arms of government for its failure to respect approval of parliament on the working conditions for the judiciary workers. The support staff of the judiciary are currently staging an indefinite […]
Fingers of blame are pointing at Malawi government authorities for the increased cases of child trafficking in the country. The blame largely stems from the reluctance of government authorities to take the anti-human trafficking bill into parliament despite its approval by the cabinet some years ago. The panelist on the Radio Islam’s hottest panel discussion […]
Capital Radio and Radio Islam are reported to have been disturbed with the position taken by the Malawi Communications Reguratory Authority (Macra) for publicly warning them for alleged breach of licence conditions. Sources from the both radio stations told Nyasa Times in separate interviews that the issues at hand was already sorted out during private […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has issued warnings to Capital FM Radio Limited and Radio Islam for airing programmes it said breached their Licence terms and conditions and section 52 (2) of the Communications Act. Macra said Capital Radio insulted Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika during their ‘Day break Malawi’ Programme of April 28th, […]