Malawi Government has released 15 of the 20 Zambians arrested and imprisoned some three weeks ago for illegally entering the country and settling in Kasungu National Park. The Malawian authorities arrested 28 Zambians for the offence which is contrary to the Parks and Wildlife Acts sections 32, 33, 35 and 36 of the Republic of Malawi. […]
A Malawian court has convicted 28 Zambians who were arrested last Sunday for illegally entering the country and settling in Kasungu National Park contrary to the Parks and Wildlife Acts sections 32, 33, 35 and 36 of the Republic of Malawi. The Zambians were arrested during an operation Malawian officials from the Parks and Wildlife […]
Thembi Zimba, a Malawian model, has been chosen the face of Zambia’s Top Model 2013. The South African based model confirmed this in an interview with Nyasa Times. Zambia’s Top Model is an event that attracts title holders from different provinces in Zambia. “I will be on all posters, tickets, everything,” she confirmed. “They will […]
A Zambian national suspected to have defiled a Malawian girl has been thrown into jail to serve for 18 years with hard labour. But the Zambian High Commission in the country wants the Malawi Government to release the convict as he is believed to be mentally retarded. The Commission has since written its government through […]
Malawian Judge Lovemore Chikopa faces up to half a year in jail for contempt for disobeying a Ndola High Court order not to proceed with the tribunal set by President Michael Sata to inquire into alleged professional misconduct by three judges in that country. According to a report from the Zambian Daily Nation Ndola High […]
A Zambian national and his Malawian accomplice are under police custody in Malawi’s northern district of Chitipa for allegedly trading fake Zambian bank notes. Chitipa Police Spokesperson, Solemn Chunga, said the two were arrested Wednesday at the district headquarters as they tried to change the fake foreign currency into Malawi kwacha, totaling about K3.4million. Chunga identified the […]
New envoys for Zambia and Russia to Malawi have pledged to help Malawi boost its mining sector which is steadily showing signs of growth. Zambian Ambassador, Charles Banda, and Russia’s Sergey Bakharev said in Lilongwe when they presented their letters of credence to President Joyce Banda. “Malawi is now becoming a mining country and as you know […]
The Chipata High court in Zambia has sentenced two Malawian nationals to death by hanging after they were found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery. According to a report in Zambian Watchdog High court Judge Dominic Sichinga found business man Chancy Mtambalika 35 of Mtambalika Moyo village, T/A M’mbelwa and carpenter Thomas Makina of T/A Chikowi, […]
One of Zambia’s vocal women rights activists, Sarah Longwe, has called on Malawi President Joyce Banda to withdraw Supreme Court Judge Lovemore Chikopa from overseeing a tribunal of three suspended Zambian judges. Her call comes barely two weeks after the Judicial and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (JAWUZ) also asked the Zambian Government to send […]
Trade and tourism ties between Malawi and Zambia will be given a boost next month when Proflight Zambia begins a three-times-a-week service to Lilongwe from Lusaka. The new route, which will be launched on June 4, will be the first international destination for the airline, which already flies to nine domestic points in Zambia, including Lusaka, […]
As Malawians were last week celebrating the life of the country’s founding leader, Dr Hasting Kamuzu Banda, Zambia’s Second lady, Charlotte Scott, silently flew into the country to join in the revels and pay tribute to the fallen ruler. Madame Scott, who arrived in the country Monday this week through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), remembered […]
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) says it will encourage its members and the local private sector to participate in this year’s Zambia International Trade Fair. This follows an invitation from the Zambian government beckoning Malawi to participate at the fair, themed ‘Value Addition Through Global Partnerships’ due in Ndola, Copperbelt Province […]
A Zambian mining company, Kainsha Energy, registered in Lusaka in February 2012, has put in an application for an Exclusive Prospecting Licence for a block in Lake Malawi despite the fact that Malawi is yet to resolve its lake border row with Tanzania. Last year the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Mzuzu Diocese […]
A group of senior Malawi Government officials is in the Zambian capital Lusaka to reportedly buy maize from that government, according to online media reports. Zambian Watchdog quoting unnamed government sources reported that the Malawian officials arrived in that country over the weekend and were accommodated at one of the most expensive Zambian hotels, Pamodzi […]
Malawi Parliamentarians on Saturday, March 02, 2013 showed supremacy over visiting legislatures from neighbouring Zambia, beating the visitors in social football and netball games played at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe. In football, the Malawi MPs won 3-2 with the goals coming from Billy Kaunda, Vasco Chimbalu and David Kaweche. The Malawi side prides itself of bustling […]
Mampi Mukape, Zambia’s R&B singer fondly known as Mampi will next month be in Malawi where she will have Easter holiday performances. Nyasa Times has learnt that the Walilowelela singer will have five concerts in Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mangochi, courtesy of Phindu Promotions. The Lusaka queen’s return follows her failure to show up at the […]
Police in Mchinji on Saturday intercepted 100 bags of UREA and 23:21:0 fertilizer meant to be smuggled to the neighbouring Zambia. According to Mchinji police station public relations officer, Moses Kajawa Nyirenda said the fertilizer was found at a certain house at point zero within the border area of Malawi and Zambia. “We received a […]
Two Malawians have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a Zambian national, Miderick Simasiku Ling’umbwa and later stole his motor vehicle in Lundazi district, Zambia , Police have said. Police said the two are; Chancy Mtambalika,36, of Mtambalika Moyo village T/A M’mbelwa D. Mzimba and Thomas Makina,35, of Semani village T/A Chikowi D. […]