Nyasa Times interview with BWB spokesperson on prepaid water supply
The Blantyre Water Board (BWB) last year introduced the prepaid water system to its customers. Currently, the Board is still running the project’s “three-month” pilot phase, which started in April...
View ArticleMalawi to produce magazine for Liberian President
Malawi government through the Ministry of Information intends to produce a souvenir magazine in honour of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf who is expected to visit the country on 1st February,...
View ArticleMalawi delays payment of civil servant salaries
Civil servants are expected to get their January salaries next month in what Malawi’s newly appointed Accountant General Thomas Makiwa said is due to almost a payroll hitch. Accoutant General disclosed...
View ArticleProphet backtracks, now says JB to remain Malawi President
A Malawi Prophet, who in 2013 claimed that a man from other regions in Malawi apart from the Southern Region will triumph during this year’s tripartite elections based on the prophecy he received that...
View ArticleCashgate: Golden opportunity for radical changes in Malawi
The much widely publicised looting of government coffers has become a marker differentiating a Malawian public services workforce from that of other countries. Noticeably, abuse of tax payers’ takings...
View ArticleLet’s woo investors, revise laws later – Malawi Mining Official
Malawi cannot turn away investors in the extractive industry despite the fact that legislation in the sector is archaic and not in tandem with international trends, a Ministry of Mines official has...
View ArticleNo help for kidney patients at Queens Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Malawi’s commercial capital of Blantyre, the biggest referral hospital in the Southern Region, is operating without dialysis machines – forcing kidney...
View ArticleMwawa wins primary but PP declares a rerun
The internal wrangling in the People’s Party (PP) primary elections sees no sign of ending as another bitter dispute has erupted in Balaka Central East where Yusuf Mwawa, former Education Minister and...
View ArticleMalawi Police accept ‘shortcoming’ in cashgate investigations
Malawi police have confessed that investigations regarding the looting of public coffers, cash-gate, at Capitol Hill have been hard for them, saying the process will need even a lot more time to be...
View ArticleDiamonds, MTL Queens clash in in OG Issa final first round game
Netball lovers will this Saturday flock to Blantyre Youth centre in the commercial city of Malawi to witness the final first round encounter involving Diamonds and MTL Queens in the O.G Issa Southern...
View ArticleMereka demands K6m from Sakala: Council pulls out from Maba polls
Just a day after Nyasa Times published a story that Malawi Boxing Association (Maba) had barred Sports Council secretariat from presiding over the body’s elections in Liwonde, Council’s administrative...
View ArticlePrince of M’mbelwa to wed in April
Mzimba District Council also known as M’mbelwa District Assembly in northern Malawi, has announced that the wedding of the Crown Prince of the Inkosi Ya Makhosi M’mbelwa Chieftaincy, Mkhosi Jere to his...
View ArticleFracas in Phalombe as DPP dumps candidate, fires constituency committee
Fracas ensued between opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters and officials in Phalombe South Constituency on Tuesday following party’s decision to dump legitimately elected...
View ArticleJB accepts Mia’s resignation, Msonda says PP’s big blow
The resignation of Transport and Public Infrastructure Minister Sidik Mia from Cabinet and from the ruling People’s Party (PP) as vice president for the Southern Region, has been accepted by President...
View ArticleMalawi court discharges Chikago unconditionally
The Blantyre High Court has unconditionally discharged former Malawian ambassador to Japan Dr. John Chikago in a corruption matter he was co-charged with former President, Bakili Muluzi. Judge Healey...
View ArticleQueens Baton in Malawi: Veep Kachali leads welcoming show
The Queens Baton Relay Race on Friday, January 24, 2014 reached Malawi after passing through 13 of the 71 destinations it is expected to cover ahead of the 20th Commonwealth Games scheduled for...
View ArticleMakondetsa scoops ‘Best Male’ artist in MAM Music Awards
Chileka-based reggae artist, Anthony Makondetsa aka “Mr Cool” Friday night scooped the “Best Male” award in the Musicians Association of Malawi (MAM) Music Awards 2013-2014 held at Bingu International...
View ArticleAtupele unveils Faustace Chirwa: UDF candidate for Chitipa Central
President of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Atupele Muluzi on Friday unveiled Malawi’s renowned women’s rights activist, Faustace Chirwa, as the party’s candidate for Chitipa Central constituency....
View ArticleCourt finds MRA guilty: Ordered to compensate 210 ex-employees for unfair...
About 210 former employees of Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) now have a reason to afford a broader smile after the Industrial Relations Court in Blantyre ordered the firm to compensate them for unfair...
View ArticleMia a ‘blow’ to PP -analysts from University of Malawi
Political science lecturer at the Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi Dr Mustafa Hussein says the departure of Sidick Mia from the ruling People’s Party (PP) is a big...
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