Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested a teacher who allegedly raped a student right away in administration block at school. Police have identified the suspect teacher as Goodrich Nkhoma from Kasenga, Mbalachanda. He is a teacher at Kapando Community Day Secondary School. The suspect has been detained at Euthini police station . Nkhoma was once […]
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Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Economic Cooperation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the final day of his two-day working visit to the ‘rainbow nation’. Chakwera arrived in South Africa on Thursday through Waterkloof Military Airbase in Pretoria and held bilateral talks with his South African counterpart before […]
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US-based Malawian artist Svn. The. Singer. has f released his new 6-track EP “Before Winter.” This comes as Svn’s second full-track project after the release of his album, “Brknhrts” back in October last year. Born Joshua Zagabe, Svn. is known for his soulful, playful melody and vocals. His whole sound brings you into his world and […]
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Renowned hip hop artist, Phyzix, will storm Mzuzu on November 20, 2020 promising an exciting performance a year after he performed in the city. “We wanted to completely cancel the show in the north because of COVID-19 pandemic. “However, after considering possible preventative measures on the ground, I felt it necessary to entertain my fans […]
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Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) zealots on Friday hijacked and nearly messed up a government sponsored clean-up campaign function at Songani Market in Zomba. The DPP cadres were ferried in lorries to the venue of the launch in Zomba-Malosa constituency where guest of honour was Minister of Industry, Roy Kachale. The DPP cadres arrived […]
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Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), the country’s tax collector has suspended two of its directors and three other officials. According to a notice, bearing the signature of MRA Commissioner General John Bizwick, seen by Nyasa Times, the suspended officials include director of finance Sam Zuze and director of tax investigations Steve Kajombo. Other three officials who have been […]
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Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) is not looking good as Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has descended on them, exposing a procurement scandal amounting to about K1825866022.79. In its letter dated 12th November 2020 to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) boss Reyneck Matemba, HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence notes allegations of abuse of office in the procurement of […]
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Leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife have left South Africa and are in Malawi , Nyasa Times has learnt and confirmed with the prophet himself. Bushiri and his wife travelled to Malawi despite surrendering all their travelling documents to authorities in South Africa after they were granted […]
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Muslim Youth United (MYU) will offer free testing for diabetes during is annual Blood Donation Camp it has organised on Sunday as part of observing the World Diabetes Day that falls today, November 14. The free diabetes testing will be offered from 10am-2pm at Mpingwe Sports Club in Limbe for brothers and Rawdhatul Yatama Orphange […]
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I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. – John […]
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Learners from Kamkodola Primary School in Lilongwe on Friday caused havoc and disturbed classes by stoning the school premises demanding that their Development Fund (DVF) be refunded. The learners are suspecting that the school is mismanaging the fund. The rioting students were stoning the school buildings while singing sitilora, sitilora. As teachers were converging for […]
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If the coronavirus pandemic has provided any lesson, it is this; in a global, interconnected world, the welfare of people everywhere is vital to the well-being and safety of the entire world. Depriving any group of their basic rights – even those thousands of kilometres away – ultimately impacts everyone. As Palestine’s Special Envoy to […]
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Despite her ‘personal liaisons’ with National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA) acting Chief Executive Officer Helen Buluma, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka has said he cannot go against President Lazarus Chakwera instructions to “address the anomaly” of appointing Buluma as acting CEO and it has been releaved that she will not be sacked because she gave a […]
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Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has expressed serious concern with regards to appalling problems that smallholder farmers across the country are facing to access and buy cheap fertilizer and seeds under the government’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) —the successor programme for the Farm Input Subsidy. Subsistence farmers have been sleeping outside retail fertilizer stores […]
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First Lady Monica Chakwera has hailed Malawian professional women in diaspora for taking action to stand against rape and violence against women and girls which has become rampant in the country. Madame Chakwera made the remarks on Friday in Pretoria, South Africa during a meeting organised by professional women living in South Africa. The meeting […]
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President Lazarus Chakwera has rejected assertions that he facilitated to smuggle Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on the President’s plane out of South Africa on Friday when the Malawi leader was returning home from a two-day visit of Pretoria. Some social media outlets have been setting the narrative that Bushiri, leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) […]
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President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday led students, teachers and parents in commemorating Kamuzu Academy (KA) founder’s day in Mtunthama, Kasungu. The country’s founding president the late Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu Banda opened the school on November 21 1981. Accompanied by the First Lady Monica Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, the President dwelled on the […]
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Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa), an initiative that lobbies for more transparency in the region, in partnership with Parent and Child Health Initiative (PACH) Trust is set to establish a Malawi Health Investigative Journalism Platform in Malawi. The platform will be established under enhancing accountability and transparency in the management of Covid-19 response and a health sector budget […]
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The Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbytery (CCAP) is to replace the historic Henry Henderson secondary school structure in Blantyre with an ambitious education institution just a stone throw away from the historic place. The synod unveiled plans to construct a K1billion magnificent Henry Henderson School Of Excellence ( HHSE) next to Mwaiwathu Private Hospital […]
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United General Insurance (UGI) Friday awarded six best students in the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Vice Chancellors’ excellence awards. UGI chief executive officer Bywell Chiwoni who presented the awards together with MUST Vice Chancellor Professor Address Malata said UGI is committed to nurturing Malawi’s effort to rise as an international innovation and […]
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