Thandiwe Dumbuthsena, a Zimbabwean diplomat in Malawi, who has also served as Dean of Diplomatic Corps for 14 years, is expected to leave Malawi this month at the end of her tour of duty. Dummbuthsena, has been Zimbabwe’s diplomat (not High Commissioner as the title is referred to envoys in the Commonwealth), since 2004. Malawi […]
Malawi government says it has not given political asylum to former powerful Zimbabwean cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, who is wanted back home to answer a slew of allegations relating to corruption. Moyo has been launching brickbats at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government ever since he fled into self-imposed exile, following the fall of former leader Robert […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as president of Zimbabwe, becoming the country’s second leader since independence from white minority rule in 1980. Malawi did not send a delegation but Lilongwe representative in Harare Ambassador Annie Kumwenda attended as Mnangagwa took his oath of office in front of tens of thousands of jubilant Zimbabweans who had gathered […]
From $14,000 alligator skin, gold-plated Giuseppe Zanotti trainers to a Batmobile and private jets furnished in gold, the so-called Rich Kids of Zimbabwe have no shame in displaying their wealth. In a nation where GDP per capita is a lowly £1,593 – less than Afghanistan’s – the wealthy appear more than happy to flaunt their […]
Make no mistake about it; she is now Professor Gertrude Mutharika. The Dean of School of Public Health, Peking University of China, Professor Meng Qingyue conferred on our First Lady an Honorary Professorship at a glamorous event held at Golden Peacock Hotel in the capital, Lilongwe, on Tuesday. The First Lady is now at par […]
Britain’s Got Talent third place finalist, Daliso Chaponda says Zimbabwe, Escom, Vampires and My Pussy My Pride are some of the comedy skits he will dish out at his 5th Presidents of Laughrica show in Malawi. Chaponda disclosed during an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times on Thursday. The funnyman says there a lot of bizarre, crazy […]
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), a state-broadcaster, has announced that the former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who fled to South Africa two weeks ago, is to be made the new president on Friday and has promised to create jobs after returning to take over from Robert Mugabe. The 75-year-old liberation war veteran and stalwart of the […]
Dictator Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, through a letter he sent to Parliament, the speaker of the country’s National Assembly has said. The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him, following a military takeover last week. A letter submitted to parliament by […]
Zimbabwe’s embattled leader Robert Mugabe on late Sunday night failed to announce his resignation as widely expected in a national address on live television, vowed to stay in power. Rumors were swirling before he spoke that Mugabe would resign the presidency. But in his stumbling, 20-minute address, Mugabe made no mention of the deafening calls, […]
Leader of political movement Transformation Alliance (TA) Moses Kunkuyu has said Malawi might find itself travelling on this rough road if President Peter Mutharika and his government ignores the wishes of the people on the electoral reforms bill as citizens may be compelled to effect a bloodless correction to restore democracy. He said what happened […]
Friday, an office worker at a government building took down President Mugabe’s portrait to dust it, as she has done every day for years. Then she paused, unsure whether to put it back up. The portrait is everywhere, from supermarkets, offices and banks. There he is – Mugabe, sitting stiffly in his dark suit, peering […]
The currently political situation in Zimbabwe may take longer to return to normalcy than what the military announced when the seized power few days ago as long-time President Robert Mugabe is reportedly refusing to step down immediately, despite growing calls for his resignation. According to a Reuters report, Mugabe is refusing to step down as […]
More and more organizations and governments are now coming out of their cocoon and start reacting to the events which started unfolding in Zimbabwe from the past few days after soldiers seized power from President Robert Mugabe. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat says in the statement that he is closely following the developments […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Emmanuel Fabiano has said Malaiw government is closely watching the situation in Zimbabwe as the military has taken over, placing President Robert Mugabe under house arrest and detaining senior government officials in what many are expecting to be the beginning of a transition of power. Fabiano said according to Times […]
Current Africa and Zimbabwean hot musician Jah Prayzah of ‘Mdhara Vachauya’ hit will for the first time come to Malawi where he is expected to have two performances on December 23 and 24 at Civo stadium in Lilongwe and Blantyre Sports Club respectively. According to the organisers of the show the 30-year-old award winning star whose real name is […]
Zimbabwe’s military said on Wednesday it detained longtime President Robert Mugabe and seized control of state broadcasters in an apparent coup in the southern African nation. Military vehicles rolled into the streets of the capital, Harare, late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. “We are only targeting criminals around [Mugabe] who are committing crimes that are […]
Malawi government on Sunday was duped into believing a story that transpired to be fake news generated on social media. The initial statement issued by Minister of Information, Communication and Technology Nicholous Dausi said the government was rejecting “lies” in a story by Nyasa Times that Mutharika does not want to be like Zimbabwe’s President […]
Zimbabwe immigration authorities have deported 62 Malawian nationals who were arrested because of lack of proper travel documents and exceeding their stay limits. Mwanza immigration spokesperson Senior Immigration Assistant Pasquale Zulu says among them are 12 women and two children below the age of two years. “The International Organisation for Migration facilitated their trip back into the country in […]