Chakwera condemns status of Chileka Airport, JB says to reconstruct
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera recently condemned the status of the Chileka International Airport in the country’s commercial city of Blantyre which has prompted President...
View ArticleMangochi chief gives pig farmers 7-days to leave ‘Islamic State’
Village Headman Busiri of Traditional Authority Chowe in Malawi’s eastern resort district of Mangochi has issued a seven-day ultimatum to his subjects rearing pigs to leave his area failing which he...
View ArticleCourt gives Chihana 7 days to defend convention election
The High Court in Mzuzu has given the embattled Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) faction led by Enoch Chihana seven days to defend its election victory at the controversial convention. Judge Dingiswayo...
View ArticleDaza spells out his job description as Malawi governance minister
Minister responsible for Good Governance in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Chris Daza has explained his job discription after a good section of Malawians questioned his appointment. Speaking...
View ArticleMiss Blantyre beauty pageant Sat at Malawi Sun Hotel
The Miss Blantyre Beauty Pageant returns this Saturday at Malawi Sun Hotel where 12 contestants from the commercial capital are expected to compete for the crown. Confirming the news to Nyasa Times,...
View ArticleMalawi Finance Minister signs 8.7m euros financial agreement with EU
Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba and the Director for East and Southern Africa and Africa Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Coordination at the European Commission, Francesca Mosca, on...
View ArticleMalawi rank highly on countries with most suffering people
Malawi, christened the Warm Heart of Africa, is among three African countries and 16 world countries with the miserable people, with 27 out of every 100 of the country’s population claimed to be...
View ArticleMandela death: Malawi joins world to pay tribute to an ‘epitome of humility’
Malawians have joined the world in paying their tributes to the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela, 95, after President Jacob Zuma had announced Mandela’s death just before...
View ArticleProfile of Nelson ‘Madiba’ Mandela
The anti-apartheid hero was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the...
View ArticleDiamonds dealt with terrible blow ahead of Rainbow Paints semis
The Diamonds Netball Club has been dealt with a big blow ahead of their semi-finals on Saturday against Glass Bank in the Rainbow Paints Top Six Series following a fresh injury to their slippery goal...
View ArticleNelson Mandela knew how to deploy the moral high ground
When, after 27 years, Nelson Mandela was finally released from prison, the world marveled at his generous spirit, even temperament, genteel manners, disarming wit, ready smile and lack of bitterness....
View ArticleMaskal, Pop Dogg UK tour extended: Next stop Nottingham, Manchester and Glasgow
Malawi’s Afro-R&B singer, Maskal, and Ireland-based hip-hop artist Pop Dogg, have extended their UK tour with additional Nottingham and Manchester shows in England before moving to Scotland. The...
View ArticleCourt convicts PP governor over extramarital affair with married woman
The Mangochi First Grade Magistrates Court has convicted and fined K20, 000 ruling Peoples Party (PP) District Governor for Mangochi-Namwela Lucius Nakwanje for having extramarital affair with a...
View ArticleFracas at Skyway University, students seek court redress over exams
Fracas erupted Friday afternoon at Skyway University in Blantyre when some students engaged in a fight with administration personnel during a protest the scholars staged following a discovery that the...
View ArticleLutepo granted K50m bail, ordered to declare wealth: Malawi cashgate
The High Court in Zomba on Friday granted bail to businessperson Oswald Lutepo. Lutepo who handed himself to the police on 6th November 2013 is being charged with theft contrary to Section 278 of the...
View ArticleI won’t resign, I might just win by landslide – Malawi President Joyce Banda
Malawi President Joyce Banda who has been under fire from the coalition of civil society organisations to step down and pave way for an interim government after graft revelations lifted the lid on...
View ArticleWorld Cup draw 2014: Ghana, USA, Germany and Portugal in ‘Group of Death’
Host nation Brazil will kick off next year’s soccer World Cup against Croatia in Sao Paulo on June 12 following the draw held on Friday. Brazil were grouped with Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon. Defending...
View ArticleClive Macholowe dies a God-fearing man
Former convicted armed robber Clive Macholowe has died, Nyasa Times has learnt. Macholowe, who suffered stroke in 2005, died on Friday. His young brother Felix Macholowe confirmed. “Yes Clive is dead,”...
View ArticleMphwiyo will ‘cooperate’ with investigators, family insists on privacy
The family of shot Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo have insisted that the gun-shot survivor needs privacy from the media to recuperate but he is committed to cooperate with authorities...
View ArticleMalawi donors spell doom: ‘It will take time to resume aid’
Malawi’s donors under Common Approach to Budgetary Support (CABS) who recently suspended $150 million in budgetary aid over the looting of public funds from government coffers, say it will take time...
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