A fledging economy that have shrunk the spending power of Malawian consumers and resulted in fewer CDs being sold on the market and a thriving piracy racket has forced gospel musicians to pursue other forms of getting their product to the buyer. A new trend has developed that has seen artists, mostly gospel musicians, cutting […]
Thousands of Malawians Wednesday converged at Kameza cemetery in Blantyre to pay their last respect to the late Margret Katimba (nee Sauti), wife to gospel star singer Thoko Katimba, who died at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital after a long illness. At exactly 3:09 pm the body of Margret, formerly of the Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation (MBC) […]
Jesus is Coming Soon Ministries has lined-up national prayers in all four regions of the country with issues of gay rights, Lake Dispute between Malawi and Tanzania as well as looming drought topping the agenda. The Blantyre-based Ministry holds its first prayers at Robins Park on Sunday before moving to Great Hall in Zomba on […]
Owners of some music burning centres who experienced the wrath of Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) in the city of Blantyre a week ago have blamed the association for lack of effectiveness. The blame comes following the fact that only four centres’ equipments were confiscated out of many illegal burning centres in the city. One […]
Thoko Katimba might be one of the darling gospel artists who manage to woo a multitude of fans, but over the weekend the Lilongwe-based giant choir, Great Angels has proven otherwise as it surpassed Katimba’s record in controlling unimaginable patronage. The choir which was in Blantyre re-launching its Ndiyende Bwanji DVD and CD had a […]
Coming from a series of controversies, Malawi’s soft-voiced gospel musician Thoko Katimba refuses to bow down to Satan but rather march forward with extra bravado! A month later after successfully launching his latest CD of Ndidzaimabe, he is back on stage. It’s another promising mega show on Sunday at Sheaffer Marquee in Lilongwe as he […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter Renowned gospel artists, Thoko Katimba, who just recovering from storm of debts that resulted in him being arrested in Mchinji, is back in the news for wrong reasosns. The Blantyre-based Katimba of the ‘Werenga Madalitso Ako’ hits the Friday afternoon ‘scandal sheet’ Weekend Times tabloid with fresh allegations that he obtained k470, […]