Tobacco, the country’s green gold, has raked in US$271 million, US$60 million more than last year at the same tobacco markets, same time. The spokesperson of Tobacco Auction Floors, Thom Khanje, said same time last year, the tobacco market raked in US$205 million. He said this was unprecedented forex the country desperately needs since the […]
Malawi’s Auction Holdings Commodities Exchange (AHCX) has commended the Malawi government for advising farmers to use commodity exchanges in the selling of their crops as one way of fetching better prices as well as getting access to finance using their produce as collateral. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development and the Ministry of Industry, […]
Media body, Misa-Malawi officials have lobbied parliament to reject the Access to Information bill describing it as undemocratic and designed to serve a small group of the ruling elite. The Misa-Malawi chairman Thom Khanje told MIJ radio Thursday the government “has heavily doctored and butchered the draft bill that it is now useless and cannot […]
Government has said all is set for the tabling of the much talked controversial Access to Information bill in parliament which starts its deliberations from Monday. Justice minister Samuel Tembenu said the bill has been finalised as the cabinet has nodded for it to be tabled in the 193 strong House. “The bill is ready, […]
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Namisa) Malawi chapter has advised President Peter Mutharika to refrain from attacking journalists and local media houses. The media watchdog’s statement ollows Mutharika’s outburst at a news conference he held on Thursday at official Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe aimed at updating Malawians on his recent trip to United Nations General […]
Axa Bus Company, one of the leading bus service providers, has provided Misa Malawi with a Deluxe Coach to Misa Malawi for its members to travel to Mzuzu where they will celebrate this year’s World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) Saturday May 3. The celebrations will be held under the theme ‘Let Journalism Thrive: Towards Better Reporting, […]
The Access to Information (ATI) Bill, which Malawi President Peter Mutharika promised to implement and expedite its enactment process, is not among the items on the agenda for the sitting of Parliament which started on Monday. But Mutharika, who has been promising to expedite the process to enact the Access to Information Bill into law, says […]
Hundreds of journalists and other Blantyre city residents on Saturday, January 31, 2015 braved heavy rains to attend the fundraising braai organised by journalists under the banner ‘Media Action 4 Society’ to raise funds for flood victims in Blantyre city and rural areas. Top of the pile was a K1 million donation from Mota Engil […]
Blantyre based journalists will on Saturday, January 31, 2015 host a braai on the gardens of Motel Paradise in Blantyre to raise funds for flood victims in affected areas of Blantyre city and rural. Media Institute of Southern Africa-Malawi Chapter (MISA-Malawi) chairperson Thom Khanje is chairing the initiative which has also drawn members of Blantyre […]
The Malawi chapter of the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA-Malawi) on Tuesday called on President Peter Mutharika to reverse his decision on the redeployment of Dr. Benson Tembo from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA). Tembo was a Director General at MBC and has since been redeployed to MACRA […]
Thom Khanje of Times Group on Saturday got elected the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter chairman. Khanje was elected in Lilongwe after beating George Kasakula editor of Weekend Nation with a resounding victory by obtaining 163 votes against 64. He takes over from Anthony Kasunda. Khanje pledged to “serve the media well” […]
This coming Saturday is no ordinary day for journalists in Malawi, as they go to the polls to elect leaders for the media body, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter. The polls this year have drawn unprecedented attention and hype as two senior journalists, Thom Khanje of Times Group and George Kasakula of the […]
Times Group Head of Business News Thom Khanje has donated K50,000 (about $100)towards the Friends of Limbani, an initiative aimed at raising money to support former Malawi News editor Limbani Moya’s kidney transplant in India. Limbani, who flew to India on November 20 2014, requires an extra K1.25 million (about $2 500) to finance his […]
Battle lines have been drawn at the forthcoming Media Institute for the Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi chapter elections and its a two horse race for the top post. Nation Publications Limited (NPL) Weekend Nation editor George Kasakula will face Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) business editor Thom Khanje for the position of chairman on December 13 in Lilongwe. Speaking in an […]