Malawi
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:23:05 GMTMzuzu Woman Becomes Millionaire Through Airtel Yabeba
[Nyasa Times] The 5 million Kwacha Grand Prize in Airtel Yabeba promotion has gone to a 21-year-old woman from Mchengautuba in Mzuzu.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:18:48 GMTCommentators Hail Vuwa Kaunda for Suing Electoral Body
[Nyasa Times] Social media commentators have hailed the decision by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker for Nkhata Bay Central Constituency, Symon Vuwa Kaunda, to drag Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to court for the loss he incurred to rec...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:10:54 GMTFootball Body Fines Silver Strikers On 9 Counts, Gets a Ban
[Nyasa Times] Football Association of Malawi (FAM) have found Silver Strikers guilty of nine counts of misconduct charges that took place during the 2021 FDH Bank Cup semifinal match against Nyasa Big Bullets at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe on August 1...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:02:07 GMTChimwendo Banda Says Malawi Making Tremendous Strides in National ID Issuance
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said Malawi has made tremendous strides in issuing to over 10 million citizens a modern biometric identity card and link the identity card with several other services such as...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:19:04 GMTMore Support Icam Lake Conference As Fdh Financial Holdings and Lifeco Pump in a Total of K7m
[Nyasa Times] FDH Financial Holdings and LifeCo Holdings Limited joined the support towards the successful hosting of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Malawi (ICAM) annual Lake Conference at Sun 'n' Sun Holiday Resort in Mangochi by injecting a ...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:25:29 GMTPress Cane Donates K10.5m Hospital Items to Chikwawa District Hospital
[Nyasa Times] Ethanol distiller, Press Cane Limited, a subsidiary of conglomerate Press Corporation has donated hospital items worth K10.5 million to Chikwawa District Hospital as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:07:56 GMTFarmers to Pay K7,500 for a Bag of Fertilizer in Affordable Inputs Programme
[Nyasa Times] Farmers will this year part ways with K15, 000 to redeem two bags of fertilizers each in the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has disclosed.
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:07:06 GMTCaptain Tours Injects Over K500m More Into Its Fleet - Launches Courier Service
[Nyasa Times] Captain Tours Bus Company - one of the leading bus service companies in Malawi - has added four state-of-the-art buses to its fleet, bringing the total number of the buses to 11.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:21:06 GMTPolice Arrest Mozambicans for Trafficking Persons in Mangochi
[Nyasa Times] Police in Mangochi have arrested two Mozambican nationals for trafficking six young Malawian men into Mozambique, Police Spokesperson there Amina Tepani Daudi has disclosed.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:21:06 GMTIndia Offers to Help Malawi Attain Middle-Income Status By 2030
[Nyasa Times] Government of India has expressed commitment to share its technologies, academic and technical knowledge and experience to assist the Government of Malawi in its target to become a middle-income country by 2030.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:20:59 GMTConstitutional Court Grants Times Radio Permission to Broadcast Live DPP Election Case
[Nyasa Times] Taking cognizance that only a few people will access the court room during the Democratic Progressive Party's appeal case of the fresh presidential election, the High Court -- sitting as a Constitutional Court -- has granted Times Radio...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:10:05 GMTPolice Gives Matindi Owner, Nselebo Ultimatum to Refund Duped Former Minister Chilenje
[Nyasa Times] Police in Blantyre have given Matindi Private Schools crooked owner, Elvis Nserebo up to September 19, 2021 to refund K15 million, which he and a self-anointed prophet, Andrew Kambeja swindled former Speaker of Parliament and an erstwhi...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:14:25 GMTStandard Bank Launches Unayo - New Service to Tap the Unbanked
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's leading bankers, Standard Bank on Wednesday moved up the business horizon and launched Unayo, a seemingly excellent services platform with an aim to connect businesses, customers and communities and in the long run provides a s...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:00:16 GMTAlliance One Tobacco Renovates Kamuzu Central Hospital's Paediatric Section
[Nyasa Times] Management of Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) has commended tobacco buying and processing company Alliance One Tobacco Malawi Limited for renovating the entire children ward at the Capital city's based referral hospital a development that...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:44:14 GMT10+ Her Period, Her Pride Donates Sanitary Pads to 58 Schools in Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene
[Nyasa Times] A youth initiative operating under the banner 10+ Her Period Her Pride on Tuesday donated reusable sanitary pads and tablets of soap to 58 primary and secondary school-going girls in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Chiseka as on...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:21:06 GMTThieves Breaks Into Court, Steal Computer
[Nyasa Times] In a bizarre but calculated crime act, tough-and-heart-hardened scheming thugs have invaded and ransacked Thyolo Resident Magistrate Court offices and stole a work station equipment a Dell computer unit, the Police have confirmed.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:58:39 GMTCPRI Discourages Sharing of Suicide Notes and Images
[Nyasa Times] Connect Plus Resource Institute (CPRI) has made an impassioned appeal to the public and online media platforms, pleading with them to desist from sharing suicide notes and images, saying the tendency has potential to cause more harm, in...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:54:12 GMTFour Drug Pushers Jailed for 20 Years in Mangochi, Vehicle Forfeited
[Nyasa Times] The Mangochi Senior Resident Magistrate Court has on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 sentenced Jafali Phiri, 34 and three others each to 5-years imprisonment and forfeited a Toyota Sienta they used to ferry Indian hemp on September 8, 202...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:45:40 GMTExperts Deplore Demeaning Teachers' Treatment At Promotion Aptitude Test in Dedza
[Nyasa Times] A horde of social commentators and education experts have bemoaned the degrading treatment 2 600 teachers were subjected to when they took a promotion aptitude on Tuesday in Zomba where they were sat down in the open Dedza Football Stad...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:43:19 GMTPost Office and NRB Staff Attack Service Users for Complaining Over Delayed Service
[Nyasa Times] Praise-seeking Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) and National Registration Bureau (NRB) officers on Wednesday exchanged bouts with service users whose only crime was to complain about delays to start operations at the centre.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:41:59 GMTNBM Donates K3m to Icam for Annual Lake Conference
[Nyasa Times] The country's leading commercial bank, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has supported the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (Icam) with a K3 million donation for its annual lake conference scheduled for 16-18 September 2021 ...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 07:57:59 GMTMalawi Demand FAM Audited Accounts Before Bailout
[The Herald] THE Minister of Youth and Sports, Ulemu Msungama, says his Finance counterpart, Felix Mlusu, has asked for the Football Association of Malawi's financial report.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:34:03 GMTThe Shrinking of Lake Chilwa
[Nyasa Times] In Southern Malawi, a landlocked south-eastern country in Africa, temperatures have been infamously known to get extremely hot. Most residents would have noted the year 2012, where most residents saw scorching temperatures that threaten...
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:36:43 GMTMutharika Case for Nullification of Election of President Chakwera Pushed to 29-30 Sept
[Nyasa Times] The Constitutional Court - hearing the case in which former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants the nullification of the election of President Lazarus Chakwera in the June 23 Fresh Presidential Election (FPE) - has set Septe...
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:35:37 GMTPresident Chakwera Spokesman Calls for Accurate Reporting
[Nyasa Times] The newly-minted President Lazarus Chakwera's acting Press Secretary, Anthony Kasunda has challenged journalists in the country to always striving to thrive serving the Malawian by reporting issues affecting the lives of the masses accu...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:54:15 GMTJuba to Officiate Fdh Cup Second Semi-Final
[Nyasa Times] The National Referees Association (NRA) has announced names of people that will officiate the second semi-final match of the FDH Bank Cup between Silver Strikers and Mighty Wanderers at Bingu National Stadium on Sunday.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:34:03 GMTVuwa Kaunda to Seek High Court Intervention On His K600m Demand From MEC
[Nyasa Times] Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of Parliament for Nkhata Bay Central Constituency Symon Vuwa Kaunda has disclosed that he will seek the intervention of the court on his K600 million claim from the Malawi Electoral Commission (...
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:34:01 GMTPolice Arrest Mzuzu Prophet for Encroaching Kaning'ina Mountain Top
[Nyasa Times] Police in Mzuzu City are keeping in custody a soi-disant and self-proclaimed prophet for encroaching and illegally making his home Kaning'ina Mountain, a natural preserve situated just outside the precincts of Mzuzu City since 2018.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:03:54 GMTElectoral Body, CMD and Covid-19 Task Force Nod to By-Elections
[MEC Malawi] A tripartite meeting of the Commission, the Centre for Multiparty Democracy Board and the Covid-19 Task Force has agreed that the Commission should proceed with holding of by-elections in the four areas that are vacant.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:02:21 GMTElectoral Commission Meets Public Affairs Committee On Boundary Review
[MEC Malawi] As part of the ongoing sensitisation and engagement of stakeholders, the Malawi Electoral Commission on Wednesday, 8th September, 2021 held a meeting with the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) over the review of constituency and ward bounda...