Jooma survives car wreck: Malawi newly appointed economic minister
Malawi’s newly appointed Economic and Development Minister Ralph Jooma Saturday morning survived an accident after his official vehicle, a white Toyota Camry, overturned in Balaka. The minister was...
View ArticleFilm industry has potential to develop Malawi – President Banda
Malawian President Joyce Banda has described the film industry as another potential area which given attention could develop the country. Banda was speaking in Lilongwe during the African Movie 2013...
View ArticleOf this week’s developments in Malawi, a commentator’s take (verbatim)
“Without wanting to appear to toot my own chitoliro, let me say I remember being the first to mention (at least on Nyasanet and FB), early on or around April 6th, 2012, that cabinet and government...
View ArticleNtata trashes Malawi treason charges: Calls for Chiume’s arrest
Former presidential legal advisor Allan Ntata has has said there is a lot that is missing in the Commission of Inquiry report to support criminal convictions and expressed surprise at his inclusion...
View ArticleMalawi sex workers accuse Police, health workers of harrasment
Malawi Police officers and health workers have been mentioned as the worst people in as far as sexual harassment and abuse as well as promotion of stigma and discrimination among commercial sex workers...
View ArticleCallista breaks into tears over Mutharika’s stolen gold rosary, prays for...
Malawi’s former First Lady Calista Mutharika broke into tears during a memorial mass for late President Bingu wa Mutharika at Holy Ghost Parish in Ndirande, Blantyre as she narrated how her late...
View ArticleMalawi 2014: What kind of leader does Malawi need?
As Malawians; in Malawi or the diaspora the one element that brings us together in agreement is the development of our people, our nation. With elections looming, politics (and I mean dirty politics)...
View ArticleJoyah’s genius inside out:The beginnings of a Malawian film genre
When your first movie is as phenomenally remarkable as Shemu Joyah’sSeasons of a Life, it becomes inevitable that your next movie will be judged in comparison to the first movie. Which is what is...
View ArticleTreason suspect Vuwa Kaunda rearrested while flying out of Malawi
One of Malawi’s treason suspects Symon Vuwa Kaunda has been rearrested in the capital Lilongwe as he tried to board a flight heading for Europe. National Police Headquarters spokesperson Rhoda Manjolo...
View ArticleMalawi leader to address Scottish parliament, seek more British aid
Malawi President Joyce Banda will address the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday where she is visiting to be part of the commemorations for 200 years since the death of missionary Dr David Livingstone....
View ArticleSilver pip Bullets in Malawi Presidential Initiative on Sports launch
Super League defending champions Silver Strikers Saturday had a superiority edge over Presidential Initiative on Sports (PIS)Trophy defending champions Big Bullets beating them 1-0 in a game that was...
View ArticleJB marks David Livingstone birth as Scotland gives new £5m aid to Malawi
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Sunday joined Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond to mark 200 years since the birth of Scottish missionary Dr David Livingstone. President Banda visited the David...
View ArticleTay Grin kicked out of P Square’s Malawi show
Politics met entertainment at P Square’s Lilongwe event when local hip hop musician Tay Grin was forcibly evicted from the event at Lilongwe Golf Club on Saturday night. Tay Grin, real name Limbani...
View ArticleMalawi, Scotland enter into football partnership
Malawi and Scotland has entered into a football partnership announced when President Joyce Banda on Sunday travelled to Hampden Park in Glasgow where she presented the Scottish Communities League Cup...
View ArticleTwo First Merchant Bank employees in the cooler for MK6m fraud
Police in Mzimba have arrested two employees of First Merchant Bank (FMB) Mzimba branch on allegations that they swindled MK6 million clients’ money through fraudlent means and false accounting. Bank...
View ArticleVuwa granted bail, lawyer says court cleared him to travel: Malawi treason...
Treason suspect and Nkhata Bay Central member of Parliament (MP) Symon Vuwa Kaunda has been granted bail after he was re-arrested by Malawi Police in Lilongwe for allegedly violating bail conditions...
View ArticleUniversity of Malawi guard’s private parts severed, dies
A 60-year-old Duncan Lemani who was security guard at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi in Zomba has died while receiving treatment at Zomba Central Hospital after...
View ArticleOops! We goofed, apology to Harrison Kalua, Coffee Association of Malawi...
Nyasa Times briefly carried a story on Monday March 18, 2013 titled ‘Malawi coffee boss Harrison Kalua arrested for defilement.’ The article was swiftly taken off-line after it was discovered the...
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