Poly student wins Miss Blantyre 2013: Nerani Nthara
Nerani Nthara, a student at the Polytechnic, was crowned the new Miss Blantyre on Friday night at a beauty pageant held at Malawi Sun Hotel. There were ten models that were competing for the Miss...
View ArticleACB blows K15 billion to probe Malawi cashgate: ‘More to be spent’
Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has disclosed that it has so far blown K15 billion investigating the corruption scandal that has swallowed up to a third of the budget of the impoverished country....
View ArticleOpposition monitors shun Mzuzu registration exercise over allowance
Some political party monitors belonging to the United Democratic Front(UDF) Democratic progressive Party(DPP) and Alliance for Democracy(Aford) and Malawi Congress Party(MCP) are shunning the...
View ArticleLead from the back- Mandela’s lesson to leaders
The earth is covered with a dark cloud.Tears flows like Nile river in the chicks of mother Africa crying for the tree which provided shade in the days of hot sun and shelter in times of heavy rain....
View ArticleHellen Mpinganjira sidelined in Malawi Olympic Committee polls
Malawi Olympic Committee General Secretary Hellen Mpinganjira will have a tough time to maintain her position in next year’s elections. Mpinganjira could pay the price for failing to retain the...
View ArticlePolytechnic Catholic Students Choir launches DVD Sunday
All is set for the launch of Polytechnic Catholic Students Choir’s first ever DVD Tipembedze Mulungu this Sunday afternoon at St Pius Catholic Church hall in Blantyre. The choir’s coordinator, Trevoir...
View ArticleNew vessel to replace Ilala on Lake Malawi: It’s MV Chambo
Authorities from Marine department have declared MV Chambo, a new vessel from Mozambique owned by Mota Engil which has come to replace the grounded MV Ilala. The vessel which docked at Nkhata-Bay port...
View ArticleMalawi activists renegade from CSOs ‘civil disobedience’ call
A grouping of civil rights organizations under the Forum for National Development (FND) have denounced the proposition by the Grand Coalition calling for “civil disobedience” arguing that active...
View ArticleRabson Shaba faces tough test from Kalaile Banda in Mzimba South East
Mzimba South East MP Rabson Shaba is seeking a second return to opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) following pressure from ruling People’s Party supporters who are backing Ackson Kalaile...
View ArticleMeeting of inspiration, my tribute to Mandela – Davis Katsonga
The Apartheid system made Tata Nelson Mandela a very angry young man and that was the image of Mandela most people had of this anti-apartheid icon. When he came out of jail after serving twenty seven...
View ArticleChaos in Mulanje as DPP cancels primary elections’ voting
Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials were forced to cancel their primary elections for Mulanje South Constituency on Thursday following nasty scenes that swamped Mulanje...
View ArticleFirst Merchant Bank faces probe over Malawi cashgate
First Merchant Bank risk intense investigations on its operations over dubious bank transactions contributing to the Capital Hill Cash-gate scandal, Nyasa Times understands. FMB will be taken to task...
View ArticleMalawi declares 3 days national mourning for Mandela
Malawi Government on Saturday declared three days of national mourning from Monday to Wednesday in respect of South Africa’s former president, the late Nelson Mandela. Mandela died on Thursday from...
View ArticleMalawians expect ‘vital information’ from Mphwiyo – PAC
Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) who are interviewing prominent people suspected to have played a hand on the cashgate scandal have said they are pinning their hopes to get vital...
View ArticleJB storms Ndirande, assures better life for Malawi citizens
President Joyce Banda on Sunday assured the people of squatter Ndirande Township in the commercial city of Blantyre that her People’s Party (PP) government will ensure improved living standards for...
View ArticleMzuzu’s Lady Pace signs to Trap Entertainment
Mzuzu-based up-and-coming female rapper Lady Pace will partially become a Blantyre resident as she has signed a recording deal with the commercial city’s Trap Entertainment. Lady Pace, real name Mwayi...
View ArticleChisi delivers public lecture at Chanco: Pledges 50 universities, 15 ministers
Opposition Umodzi Party (UP), led by Professor John Chisi, says it will open 50 universities across Malawi if voted into power next year. The UP leader made the pledge when he gave a public lecture at...
View ArticleAirtel wins Africa Operator the year 2013
Bharti Airtel, which own Airtel Malawi on Thursday won this year’s African Operator of the Year Award at CommsMEA Awards gala dinner held at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai. Airtel, a leading...
View ArticleMafco reclaim top spot, as Civo crash BT United: Malawi TNM Super League
Mafco FC, alias Soccer Instructors on Sunday, December 8, 2013 reclaimed the top spot on the TNM Super League log table after edging Azam Tigers 1-0 in a match played at Chitowe Stadium in Dwangwa....
View ArticleMalawi’s ruling PP supporters beat Radio Islam journalist
Supporters of ruling People’s Party (PP) on Sunday afternoon roughed up a journalist working at Malawi’s only Islamic radio, Radio Islam in an attempt to stop him from taking pictures of the convoy...
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