Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi chapter has welcomed the decision by President Joyce Banda’s government to remove value added tax (VAT) on newspapers and internet services. The former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) introduced a standard VAT rate of 16.5% on several goods which included newspapers last year when late president Bingu wa […]
The Malawi National Assembly has scrapped off the draconian Section 46 of the Penal Code permitting the government to ban media outlets that information minister declares contrary to public interest. Most of the MPs who spoke on the Bill supported the move to scrap the section with only a lone voice of DPP legislator for […]
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 […]
Malawi Diaspora Forum says it welcomes government for “listening” to suggestions to repeal unpopular laws during the forthcoming session of Parliament. There have been calls from opposition parties, media, civil society including a social justice and advocacy arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi -CCJP to repeal the bad laws enacted by the Bingu wa […]
Leaders of the dialogue group between the Malawian government and civil society have backed suggestions to repeal unpopular laws during the forthcoming session of Parliament. There have been calls from opposition parties, media, civil society including a social justice and advocacy arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi –CCJP to repeal the bad laws enacted […]
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 […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika holds the view that there is blatant anti-government bias in Malawi private media, according to his spokesman Hetherwick Ntaba. Ntaba noted that there is bias and inaccurate reporting of Malawi journalists hence failure to attract government officials for interviews. He was responding to a question by Capital Radio Straight Talk host […]