North Chiefs want law banning freebies
Chiefs in the northern region have asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to push for legislation that will bar the distribution of handouts during electioneering saying such practices influences...
View ArticleMalawi’s Lake of Stars back in Mangochi
The award-winning Lake of Stars (LOS) arts festival will be returning to the shores of Lake Malawi this year, and making an announcement the organizers disclosed the event will be back at Nkopola Lodge...
View ArticleTop civil servants testify in cashgate case
Three Senior Government Officials from different Departments on Wednesday testified before High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga in a Cashgate case in which Sibonile Thawani is accused of theft and money...
View ArticleMalawi gov’t set to release K92bn audit report: DPP leaders implicated
The Malawi government is this Sunday March 23, 2014 set to release an audit report into the plunder of government resources amounting to K92 billion which occurred during the Democratic Progressive...
View ArticleMajekete at it again: Failing to pay Silver, Epac, Civo
Silver Strikers fan Japhet Majekete, who was the key figure in the organization of the recent Lilongwe High Four Soccer Bonanza has again courted controversy after he and the tournament’s organising...
View ArticleAFORD calls for violent-free campaign: Launches wing at Mzuni
Malawi’s opposition party Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) has called on all youths in the country to tread a violent-free campaign ahead of the May 20 tripartite elections. AFORD deputy secretary...
View ArticleMEC backs plans to borrow electoral material from Zimbabwe
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC(Officials have backed their plans of borrowing lamps and tents from Zimbabwe saying they wouldn’t borrow them from other African countries because they are very far...
View ArticleMalawi launches official elections campaign
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on political parties in the country to practice clean, civilized and issue based campaign and not personality based. MEC Chairperson Justice Maxon...
View ArticleLawyers fined for ‘improper dressing’ during cashgate trial
Three lawyers representing Sibonile Thawani who is accused of pocketing over K80 million from government without supplying any goods or services were on Wednesday fined K10,000 each; for improper...
View ArticleMajekete at it again: Failing to pay Silver, Epac, Civo
Silver Strikers fan Japhet Majekete, who was the key figure in the organization of the recent Lilongwe High Four Soccer Bonanza has again courted controversy after he and the tournament’s organising...
View ArticleKabwila, Chisi cases delay ballot paper printing
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) says is waiting for the High Court ruling on cases filed by two of opposition members, Umodzi Party (UP) president Professor John Chisi and Malawi Congress Party (MCP)...
View ArticleWakuda barred from contesting
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disqualified presidential adviser on political and communication affairs Elias Wakuda Kamanga to contest as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Kasungu North East...
View ArticleMutharika denounces violence: Asks JB to withdraw ‘slander’
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Peter Mutharika has spoken against the acts of political violence that happened in the country this week and asked President Joyce Banda to...
View Article‘Red carpet’ Malawi Achievers Awards UK tickets sale deadline Sunday
Ticket sales to the much hyped inaugural Malawi Achievers Awards (MAA) UK on March 29 at Leicester Marriot Hotel will be cut off on Sunday the organisers of the event have announced. Malawi Achievers...
View ArticleThomson to advocate for reduction of presidential powers
Independent aspiring parliamentarian for Chikhwawa North Constituency, Harry Thomson has promised the electorates that once he is voted back into parliament he would make sure that the country’s...
View ArticleNew politics: MCP’s Juliana Lunguzi
In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) National Executive member and aspiring legislator for Dedza East, Juliana Mdamvetsa Lunguzi, says if elected on May 20, she will...
View ArticleK92bn audit report tabled to Malawi Parliament: DPP leaders implicated
The Malawi government has released an audit report into the plunder of government resources amounting to amounting to K92 billion ((US$226 044 226)) which occurred during the former ruling Democratic...
View ArticleDPP has violence in its DNA – Malawi newspaper columnist
One of influential newspaper columnist, George Kasakula has tackled the issue of Thyolo political violence in his My Diary column published in the Weekend Nation newspaper which Nyasa Times reproduces...
View ArticleDPP’s Chilima wins in running mates final debate
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) running mate, Saulosi Chilima, redeemed his previous lacklustre showing, by pulling off an outstanding performance in the second and last Zodiak Broadcasting...
View ArticleChikaonda warns of population bulge on Malawi economy
Chief Executive Officer of Malawi’s largest conglomerate Press Corporation, Prof. Mathews Chikaonda, who was recently appointed by the President Joyce Banda to head one of her advisory think tanks,...
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