President Jacob Zuma of South Africa will today, Monday, come face to face with his “sister” Joyce Banda of Malawi, two weeks after his gaffe about Malawi’s road network. President Banda was expected to leave Malawi Monday afternoon for South Africa to attend a Joint Southern Africa Development Community/International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (SADC/ICGLR) Summit in […]
Malawi has said South African President Jacob Zuma’s recent controversial remarks which he made about Lilongwe would not damage relations between the two nations after a clarification by South African government. Malawian foreign ministry spokeswoman Quent Kalichero said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times that after Malawi Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume’s […]
Malawi government has accepted an apology from South African government over President Jacob Zuma’s disparaging remarks about the country. Zuma sparked controversy on Tuesday with disparaging remarks about Malawi and Africa generally when discussing South Africa’s road infrastructure, he said: “We can’t think like Africans in Africa generally. We’re in Johannesburg. This is Johannesburg. This […]
South Africa clinched Africa Netball Championship over hosts Malawi Queen with a narrow in of 54-52 at Blantyre Youth Centre before a record partisan crowd. The Queens gave false hopes to home supporters- who gave vociferous support- when they gave a spirited performance but within a minute before the final whistle they conceded 3 baskets […]
Malawi President Dr Joyce Banda will join fellow leaders at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town in South Africa from May 8 to 10, 2013. According to Presidential Press Secretary, Steven Nhlane, the Malawian President and global leader will map out ways of how to speed up economic diversification, boost strategic infrastructure and unlock Africa’s […]
President Joyce Banda on Tuesday received credentials from four new ambassadors who will represent their countries in Malawi. The colourful ceremony took Place at Sanjika Palace in the commercial capital Blantyre. The envoys are from South Africa ( Cassandra Mbuyane Makone), Republic of Iceland (Maria Erla Marelsdottir), Kingdom of Sweden ( Lars Ronnas) and Islamic Republic of Iran […]
“Malawi the warm heart of Africa looks forward to your investments.” This is the message High Commissioner Designate to South Africa, Stella Ndau made on Friday in her presentation to potential investors and fellow Ambassadors resident in South Africa at an Ambassador’s and CEO’s Networking Luncheon hosted by the Africa Exchange in association with the […]
Malawi Police in the northern city of Mzuzu have arrested a South African national for attempting to defraud Standard Bank Mzuzu branch of MK2 million using fake American Express Travelers’ Cheques. Mzuzu Police Station Public Relations Officer Sergeant Maurice Chapola confirmed the arrest of Bonface Mkosi, 47 of Short Street in Cape Town, South Africa. […]
Malawians living in Johannesburg, South Africa, should start preparing as the country’s musicians Piksy, Armstrong, Biriwiri and Annie Matumbi are this month expected to perform in the rainbow country. Piksy and Armstrong, renowned for their hits Unamata and Ndamusowa, respectively, will be returning to South Africa after their previous performances in Sandton few months ago, […]
In a bid of venturing into the ever-elusive international music market, Lucius Banda, indisputably the biggest name in Malawi music, is seeking the helping hand of renowned South African musicians to help him out with his 17 album, Time. Speaking exclusively to Nyasa Times prior to his South African sojourn, the musician said in South Africa, he will […]
The body of a Malawian woman who was shot dead last week by an Asian trader in South Africa cannot be traced, family members have confirmed. The development has forced the relations to seek the intervention of the Malawi Embassy and the South Africa Government to help investigate the whereabouts of their departed family member. […]
Malawi’s R&B singer, Lawrence Khwisa, better known by his stage name Lulu, is at the end of this month expected to perform in Cape Town, South Africa. Scheduled to take place on 29th September, the show, which has been organised by Malawians based in RSA, will be held at Obz Lounge in Observatory, Cape Town. […]
A Malawian woman in her 30’s was on Monday shot dead in Rustenburg, South Africa by an Asian. The victim is identified as Memory Chisanga from Ntchesi township in the Capital Lilongwe . According reports, Chisanga was shot by an Indian on Monday evening when she was throwing stones at his shop. Police and relatives […]
The second session of the South Africa-Malawi Joint Commission for Cooperation (JCC) begins in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria (Tshwane) on Friday, September 7. The session is expected to be co-chaired by South Africa’s Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, and his Malawian counterpart, Ephraim Mganda Chiume, who is leading the Malawi […]
As a Malawian, the August 16th Marikana Mine massacre in South Africa invoked the kinds of questions Malawians asked on 20th July in 2011. Why did police shoot to kill? Was there absolutely no non-violent methods the police could have used? Were the demonstrators so violent police had no option but to shoot to kill? What were the economic […]
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda has appointed three new envoys for China, UN and South Africa. In the announcement was made by Secretary to the President Bright Msaka, the former Director of Administration in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Charles Msosa, has been posted as the to be the permanent Representative to the […]
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Tuesday held a meeting with her South African counterpart Jacob Zuma at the latter’s official residence in Pretoria, South Africa, where the two leaders discussed bilateral economic cooperation, among others. In a telephone interview from Johannesburg, President Banda’s Press Officer, Tusekele Mwanyongo told Nyasa Times that this was a follow-up […]
Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) has expressed interest to work with the Government of Malawi especially with President Joyce Banda as she makes plans of how to take Malawi to the next level. Graca Machel, wife to former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is a co-founder of the institute, made the assurances in South Africa […]