Airtel disqualifies K1m winner, plumber wins in new draw
Airtel Malawi has disqualified its first Airtel Money ‘Kutola Chikwama’ Promotion K1 million winner after being found to be in breach of terms and conditions of the competition. Miracle Kumwima, who...
View ArticleVoter registrations cards for sale: Two nabbed with 64 voter IDs
Police in Ngabu, Chikhwawa have arrested two people who went around buying voter registrations cards from about 64 people at undisclosed amount. The two, Patrick Losi 40 years old and Fred Njanji 37...
View ArticleMalawi Golf Union to take action over golfers immoral behaviour
Blantyre Sports Club golf section will take action against two Country Club Limbe golfers Levi Kapito and Imran Daudi for protesting violently the results of Old Mutual Customer Day golf tournament...
View ArticleMalawi Network of People Living with HIV to hold national conference
The Malawi Network of People Living with HIV (MANET+) in conjunction with its member organizations will hold a national conference for people living with HIV (PLHIV) from Wednesday, August 28 to 29 at...
View ArticleCourt convicts choirmaster for impregnating choir member
A First Grade Magistrate’s court in Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka has sentenced a 21 year old man to six and half years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling and impregnating a 14 year-old...
View ArticleBingu’s children withdraw Tigresses sponsorship
The four-year-old marriage between Tigresses Netball Club and late President Bingu wa Mutharika is finally over after the family announced it will no longer sponsor the team. The late president rescued...
View ArticleUSAID, Malawi faith groups in population, family planning weekend
Malawi’s development partner, USAID in collaboration with the country’s six major religious mother bodies will hold a Population Weekend during which people will be sensitized on the benefits and...
View ArticleKaronga voters demand change on voter registration dates
People in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are pushing for a change on the registration date which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) allocated to them saying they will be busy cultivating in...
View ArticleMalawi hosts SADC sugar meet
The Malawi sugar industry is hosting a two day Annual Conference of the Federation of SADC Sugar Producers (FSSP) in Blantyre. About 150 delegates from the SADC region attended the conference which is...
View ArticleMalawi Govt bureaucracy affects opening of science university
Despite having fewer public universities, Malawi Government’s red tape is affecting the official opening of the country’s fourth public university, Nyasa Times understands. Government is yet to show...
View ArticleMalawi chieftaincy wrangle: Zambian senior Ngoni chief for 8-year-old as...
Zambia’s Inkosi ya Makhosi Mpezeni has endorsed an eight-year-old boy as the rightful heir to the throne of Inkosi Zulu of Mchinji District and has urged family members to proceed and crown him. The...
View ArticleBusiness as usual for gov’t as trimming of funding exposes the poor
Funding for government ministries and departments in Malawi has been trimmed by half this month following a directive by the treasury. This should read “following a directive from the Office of the...
View ArticleSIKU Transport ‘shuts down’: MRA impounds 100 vehicles for tax evasion
Business has come to a standstill at SIKU Transport after the public tax collector, the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA), impounded close to 100 vehicles on Monday and Tuesday. The development follows...
View ArticleNorthern region chiefs pledges forming committees on safe motherhood
Chiefs in the northern Malawi are expressing commitment towards efforts of reducing maternal deaths among women in the country through mobilization of communities on safe motherhood. The commitment was...
View ArticleMalawi’s Mwawi in Australia all star netball squad
Malawi Queens shooter Mwawi Kumwenda has capped a memorable season for Peninsula Waves by making it into an all start Victory Fury select side that features top players from the Australia’s Victoria...
View ArticleMalawi Revenue Authority vigilante to beat K340bn revenue target
The country’s revenue collecting body, Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has said although this year’s revenue target of K338.9 billion poses a great challenge to the body, it will make sure that all tax...
View ArticleThe Malawian body politic: New Nyasa Times columnist
My name is Silence Chihuri, I am a Zimbabwean lawyer with great interest in politics and I am based in Scotland and I do hereby introduce my new column on Nyasa Times “The Malawian Body Politic”....
View ArticlePP scrambling for aspirants in the north, demanding fuel
Peoples Party (PP)officials in Mzuzu have shared aspirants among themselves whom they have been vigorously campaigning for so that their chosen aspirant emerge as the torch bearer during the...
View ArticleBT United dates KB in semis: Malawi Carlsberg Cup
lantyre United FC have set themselves a grudge Carlsberg Cup semi final home tie against ruthless soldiers Kamuzu Barracks after edging Mponela United 1-0 in a quarterfinal match played Thursday,...
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