Linking JB assets to cashgate is unacceptable – Malawi govt reacts
Malawi government has reacted to media reports that quoted state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) chairperson Sophie Kalinde linking the need for Malawians to know what President Joyce...
View ArticleBullets win IntoSports Cup
Big Bullets FC lived up to their reputation as off-season cup specialists when they edged their age-old rivals Mighty Wanderers 1-0 in a second leg tie of the K5 million Into Giants Peace Cup played...
View ArticleMalawi CSOs hit back at critics: ‘Citizenry have turned into spectators’
Some Civil Society Organisations leaders in Malawi have hit back at their critics who have of late accused them of being passive in taking government to task, arguing that the blame should be extended...
View ArticleAtupele promises cashgate purge in Malawi
The opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential torchbearer for the May 20 tripartite elections, Atupele Muluzi has urged voters in the Lower Shire to vote for him if they want government...
View ArticleThe jig is up, Joyce Banda’s Malawi can’t continue dancing around cashgate
The game is over for President Joyce Banda now that the country’s main bilateral aid giver has spoken. Britain will not resume aid to Malawi until those involved in the stealing of public money...
View ArticlePP hires chiefs to defend JB on maize handouts
The ruling Peoples Party (PP) on Friday involved traditional chiefs to back-up President Joyce Banda’s practice of giving out handouts especially maize at political rallies. The party hired 11 chiefs...
View ArticleMisa Malawi suspends JB’s press aide Nhlane on its forum
Media rights watchdog MISA- Malawi has suspended Presidential Secretary Steve Nhlane on its Google internet discussion forum which boasts of over 1 500 journalists on accusations that he intimidating a...
View ArticleKabwila tells constituents court will save her candidacy
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson Jesse Kabwila on Sunday conducted a whistle stop tour in Salima North west where she assured constituents that she is going to stand in the forthcoming May 20...
View ArticleNyasa Times sweep TNM media awards in Malawi Super League
TNM Limited, sponsors of the K65 million TNM Super League on Saturday presented awards to deserving teams and individuals, including journalists who provided best coverage for the league in the 2013-14...
View ArticleBritain told ‘hands off’ from cashgate: ‘Let Malawians solve our own problem’
Chairperson for the Council for Non-Governmental Organizations in Malawi CONGOMA Voice Mhone has told the British government authorities in Malawi to stop dictating on how Malawi government should...
View ArticleAssani says Malawi lawyers have own cashgate scandals
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Fahad Assani, has advised the country’s lawyers against rushing to condemn civil servants as thieves when they are also involved in their own cashgate...
View ArticleBishop Bvumbwe calls cashgate ‘tragedy for Malawi’
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi (ELCM) Bishop, the Right Reverend Dr Joseph Bvumwe has said the plundered public resources in the Capital Hill cashgate scandal has affected development which...
View ArticleMalawi Martyrs day: Time to honour the befallen in earnest
Martyrs Day March 3 presents Malawi with yet another special occasion and opportunity to soberly reflect on how the country has lived up to the ideologies, sacrifices and virtues for which our departed...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi clears UP leader Chisi, case in court
Disqualified opposition Umodzi Party (UP) president, Professor John Chisi was cleared by University of Malawi (Unima) to contest in the May 20th tripartite elections, documents Nyasa Times has sourced...
View ArticleMartyr’s Day: Malawi’s opportunity to reflect
The Malawi Congress Party dictatorship (1964 – 1994) established Martyr’s Day, March 3, to allow Malawians a full national holiday to remember those who fought for Malawi’s independence from Britain....
View ArticleMinister Jooma orders Admarc official arrest: Police dismiss charges
Minister of Economic Planning Ralph Jooma on Friday abused his ministerial powers and orchestrated arrest of Admarc officer, Maside Chambo for refusing to provide storage for maize belonging to the...
View ArticleI’m not under arrest – Mphwiyo
Gun-shot survivor former budget director Paul Mphwiyo has told Nyasa Times in an interview that he is not under arrest as rumours went viral on social media that he was in police custody. Reports have...
View ArticleFire guts down Kasungu Teachers’ Training College office block
Fierce fireSunday midnight razed to ashes Kasungu Teachers’ Training College (TTC) office block which was the Craft, Arts and Technology (CRT) department and housed 1200 mattresses that were being...
View ArticleMalawi refunds Global Fund K400m it misappropritaed
The Malawi’s National Aids Commission (NAC) has refunded the Global Fund on tuberculosis, Aids and malaria $937 905 (about K403.3 million) following abuse of funds which took place during the...
View ArticleUK auditors to face Malawi’s parliamentary committee over cashgate report
Officials of the British accountancy firm, Baker Tilly, which released an independent audit report into a systematic looting of public money- the cashgate scandal – will appear before he parliamentary...
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