Malawi
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:24:10 GMTActivist Mayaya Raises Human Rights Concerns Against Maneb Board
[Nyasa Times] Human rights activist Billy Mayaya has raised human rights and governance concerns against the manner in which Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) executive director Gerald Chiunda and five others were suspended following the lea...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:58:20 GMT8 Bullets Players Recover From Covid-19
[Nyasa Times] Eight Nyasa Big Bullets players, who were in self-isolation after testing for Covid-19, have returned to training after recovering from the pandemic.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:57:43 GMTHow Covid-19 Hit Malawi Cabinet - the Kamuzu Palace Meetings
[Nyasa Times] Strategy meeting for the 2025 elections by Malawi Congress party (MCP) gurus in December 2020 at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe may have contributed to the Covid-19 attack on some cabinet members who lost two of their colleagues on Tuesday.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 08:12:25 GMTChakwera, Chilima Lawyers Get Paid From Govt, Treasury Confirms
[Nyasa Times] Two legal teams that represented President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice-President Saulos Chilima in the May 21 2019 presidential election nullification petition have been paid the legal fees by government after the courts ordered they be p...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:36:33 GMTDeputy Minister Abida Mourns Loss of Husband Mo Mia 💔
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia, who is also legislator for Chikwawa Nkombezi Constituency spoke out in mourning Wednesday following the death of her husband Mohammed Sidik Mia who was minister of Transport and the governing Malawi C...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:36:33 GMTChilima Readies Coherent Strategy for Malawi to Combat Covid-19
[Nyasa Times] After President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday proclaimed a state of national disaster and directed that the country's second-in-command Saulos Chilima leads a ministerial task-team to review Covid-19 guidelines in order to respond effecti...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:36:27 GMTMwanamvekha Suspends DPP Meetings
[Nyasa Times] Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopeful Joseph Mwanamvekha has suspended all party meetings - trying to understand the micro economic challenges people in the country are facing - due to the rising cases of Co...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:18:29 GMTMutharika Saddened Covid-19 Mortality Rate in Malawi Spiking At Alarming Levels
[Nyasa Times] Former President Peter Mutharika has expressed sadness over the death of two cabinet Ministers and has since suggested that the leadership and citizens come up with decisions that will save lives from the coronavirus pandemic.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:35:57 GMTCovid-19 Kills Two Cabinet Ministers
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Transport Sidik Mia has died, a day after the country lost another Minister of Local Government Lingstone Belekanyama to coronavirus pandemic and President Lazarus Chakwera is "devastated" on the death of his Cabinet members...
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:12:38 GMTWorrisome Log-Standing for Chitipa Utd
[Nyasa Times] That Savenda Chitipa United Football Club is anchoring the TNM Super League log table with only a single point from 7 games is a worrisome reality for all the supporters of the club.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:10:32 GMTRains of Terror Cut Off M1 Road At Enukweni in Mzimba
[Nyasa Times] The only reliable, Mzuzu-Karonga M1 road is impassable after culverts at Enukweni between Mzuzu and Bwengu in northern district of Mzimba collapsed due to heavy rains, rendering it impassable to motor vehicles.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:18:34 GMTChakwera Assures Frightened Malawians We'll Overcome Covid-19's 'Crusade of Death'
[Nyasa Times] 'Come what may, we shall overcome!' President Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday had to do some straight talking to convince frightened Malawian that we can safely overcome the coronavirus pandemic's brutal "crusade of death" and declared a St...
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:52:57 GMTGovt Refuses to Close Schools Amid Covid-19 Cases Spike
[Nyasa Times] Government has refused to bow down to pressure to close all schools as the country continues to face unprecedented rising cases of coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19).
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:03:09 GMTOmbudsman Tells Ministry Officials Off Secondary School Selection Probe
[Nyasa Times] Ombudsman Martha Chizuma has told ministry of Education off the investigations into how the selection into public secondary school selection was done.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:03:08 GMTCovid Scare At Blantyre SEC School, Student Tests Positive
[Nyasa Times] A Blantyre Secondary School student has tested positive to Covid-19, heightening calls for the government to close schools.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:03:05 GMTSecretary for Information Dies of Covid-19 - Minister Says Civil Service Has Lost 'An Asset'
[Nyasa Times] Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Information Ernest Kantchentche died on Monday morning of Covid-19.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:01:50 GMTBelekanyama Becomes First Malawi Minister to Die From Covid-19
[Nyasa Times] Minister Local Government, Lingson Belekanyama, has been confirmed to have died of Covid-19, becoming the first minister and lawmaker in the country to succumb to the disease.
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:00:36 GMTMBC Security Officer Shoots Poly Student in 'Self-Defence'
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said a security officer from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has confessed that he shot First Year Polytechnic student Blessings Nyondo in Blantyre on the night of December...
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:15:00 GMTMalawi to Demand Covid-19 Test Certificates From Returnees
[Nyasa Times] Government will now be demanding Covid-19 test certificates from returnees on arrival at borders following violent protests yesterday by returnees from South Africa who were demanding that they be released from a quarantine centre in Bl...
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:13:37 GMTProphet Bushiri Opens Lilongwe High-Tech Studios As International Demand for Services Soars
[Nyasa Times] The allure of Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's online services continue to be globally irresistible with the recent being the exponential rise of people accessing his services since he opene...
Tue, 12 Jan 2021 07:13:43 GMTWanderers Winger Richards Out for At Least Six Weeks
[Nyasa Times] Struggling Mighty Wanderers have been dealt a major blow with the news that left winger Rapson Richards could miss up to six weeks with a knee injury.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:17:01 GMTReturnees From South Africa Torch Prison Facilities, Protest Quarantine
[Nyasa Times] Property has been destroyed at Mapanga Prison Training College in Blantyre following a scuffle between Malawians who recently returned from South Africa and police officers.
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:16:00 GMTSpiraling Covid-19 Infection Rate As Chakwera Turns to Prayer
[Nyasa Times] Malawi continues to register spiralling coronavirus infection rate and public hospitals are struggling to cope with the second wave with 15 related deaths reported on Sunday and 269 new virus pandemic cases have been registered with 15 ...
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:10:19 GMTBanda Signs Off With a Brace As Bullets Wallop KB - Ntopwa Beat Karonga Utd
[Nyasa Times] Nyasa Big Bullets' wonder boy Peter Banda who is set to leave for FC Sherriff Tiraspol of Moldova, where his former teammate, Charles Petro ply his trade, on Sunday played his final game before his trip signing off with a brace to help ...
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:29:29 GMTOpposition Leader Nankhumwa Raps Tonse Govt Over Form One Selection
[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition in parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa has described this year's Form One selection in public secondary schools as flawed, saying the selection process was marred by favourism and political interference.
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:29:29 GMTPolice Moves in Fast to Enforce Covid-19 Preventive Measures
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Police have moved in fast to enforce Covid-19 preventive measures as the country has lost 12 people in the past 24 hours due to virus pandemic.
Sun, 10 Jan 2021 20:29:26 GMT500 Malawian Returnees Arrive From South Africa
[Nyasa Times] At least 518 Malawian returnees arrived in the country from South Africa yesterday through Mwanza border amid concerns from some quarters in society that the returnees were escalating cases of Covid-19.
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:14:08 GMTDate Set For Bushiri Extradition Hearing
[Nyasa Times] Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has on Wednesday sustained its 20th November 2020 ruling which said that Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife, Mary, should appear before their extradition hearings through a way of summon not arrest.
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:24:10 GMTMalawi Coaches Body Censure Tigers Over Yasin Sacking
[Nyasa Times] The National Football Coaches Association of Malawi has expressed anger over Tigers FC's management's decision to fire Rodgers Yasini as the club's Head Coach at the beginning of this week.
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 16:24:08 GMTMalawi Govt Develops Pabwalo Online Platform to Bridge Communication Gaps Between Citizens and Duty-Bearers
[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Civic Education and National Unity has developed an online Government-Citizens Engagement platform, which has been designed to foster greater communication and engagement between duty-bearers and rights-holders.