Millions are set to tune in for a private broadcaster Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) this Thursday as it conduct a presidential running mates debate at Bingu International Convention Center in Lilongwe. In an interview with Nyasa Times, commercial affairs and public relations director for ZBS Bridget Mkandawire said demand for tickets to attend the live […]
American Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has hailed the leading private owned media house Zodiak Broadcasting Station for its zeal in promoting girls’ education in the country through its initiative dubbed ‘Girl Child Awards’. Among other things the Girl Child Initiative is believed to have accelerated the performance of young girls in various secondary schools […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS), the country’s biggest and privately owned media house, has announced that it will have all its programmes and adverts’ fees halved for all women participating in the forthcoming May 21 tripartite elections with a goal to boost their morale. ZBS managing director, Gospel Kazako, said that women are deprived so many […]
The ruling Democratic progressive Party (DPP) has woken from its deep slumber to follow the footsteps of three month old United Transformational Movement (UTM) in using private media to cover its rallies live on television. For four years, DPP ignored private media houses with television and other social media platforms like Times TV and Zodiak […]
Malawian tax authorities on Wednesday stormed privately-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) in Lilongwe and asked one of the country’s biggest media firm to settle its unpaid taxes or face shut down, Nyasa Times understands. The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) which last year closed offices of the country’s biggest media firm, the Times Group, which was critical of […]
The Malawi Police Service is, once again, on the spot for assaulting and injuring journalists at work — two Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) reporters were attacked by a group of police officers in Mzuzu on Friday. The police officers behaving like hired goons, attacked Musase Cheyo and Towera Kumwenda – both from Zodiak – who were covering a joint sweep by […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has summoned privately-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) for airing ad advert from the civil society organisations (CSOs) organising the April 27 nationwide protests to petition President Peter Mutharika and his administration on governance shortcomings. The advert is inviting people to join the demonstrations which will be held in Karonga, Mzuzu, Lilongwe, Blantyre […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) managing director Gospel Kazako has urged authorities to be transparent in administering scholarships. He made the remarks on Wednesday at St. Marys Girls Secondary School in Zomba during a Top Girl Child Award presentation that Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) organised for girls who scored six points in the 2017 Malawi School Certificate […]
First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has expressed concern over the growing tendency by some parents who are influencing their children to marry at a tender age at the expense of education. Madam Mutharika expresses the concern during an award ceremony of 10 girls who scored six points during last year’s Malawi School Certificate of Examinations (MSCE) […]
As a way of appreciating the crucial role that late Sam Mpasu played in the country, one of the leading private electronic media organization, Zodiak Broadcasting Services will broadcast the funeral live on radio today. The late Mpasu who was found dead at his home in Blantyre on Thursday 15th of February will be laid […]
President Peter Mutharika has hit out at some of the media outlets in the country of reporting fake news, insisting that he is not aware of any ministers involved in the mismanagement of the public funds. Mutharika had faced demands to axe seven ministers reportedly implicated in the ‘grand corruption’ financial analysis report. But appearing on independent broadcaster […]
Privately-owned Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) recently featured President Peter Mutharika in a special program which was aired on both radio and television seeking clarification on some issues affecting the country. This was the first time for a private media organization to be given an opportunity to interact with the Head of State. ZBS managing director Gospel […]
Ten girls that performed extremely well during the 2016 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations have been awarded during this years Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) Top Girl Award ceremony held at St. Marry’s Secondary School on Friday. The Top Girl Award Initiative was introduced in 2006 to encourage a girl child to excel in […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) has said the decision by Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) to fine it $1 250 (about K930,000) over remarks Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua made during an interview with the radio, is unfair. Macra director-general Godfrey Itaye summoned management of the radio station to a meeting on […]
President Peter Mutharika has reportedly blown a staggering K30 million just in a week he has overstayed in the US after the UN general assembly. Privately owned Zodiak Broadcasting Services has come up with rough estimates on how much the President and his entourage are blowing tax payers money. This comes at a time when […]
Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) said it presented its side of the story when the broadcaster’s two representative met officials of Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) after being h summoned over remarks Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua made during an interview with the radio. Teresa Ndanga, director of news at Zodiak, said […]
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has summoned private owened Zodiak Broadcasting Service to a disciplinary hearing which is to be held in Blantyre, following an exclusive interview which the station offered to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) vice-chairperson Kamlepo Kalua . Kalua, who is also Rumphi East member of Parliament (People’s Party-PP) and PP third […]
An announcer at private Zodiak Broadcasting Service, Joe Mwase, and his secret married lover, Rita Chaima, spent last night at Kawale Police Station following a fight he picked with the lover’s husband. Our source reveals that the woman’s husband, Arnold Flao, has been asking his wife about her affair with Mwase but she kept on […]