Malawi
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:46:27 GMTGovernment Clarifies On 'Relatives' in Presidential Delegations
[Nyasa Times] Government has issued a statement to explain why President Lazarus Chakwera travelled with his family namely the First Lady, son-in-law, Sean Kampondeni, and daughter Violet Chakwera amidst serious media frenzy and social media gossip r...
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:46:24 GMTMalawi President Chakwera Fails to Impress On 1 Million Jobs, Nepotism, Blames Predecessor in Hardtalk Interview
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera who is in the United Kingdom (UK) for a Global Education Summit featured on BBC HARDtalk interview on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 where he was grilled on a wide range of issues including creation of 1 mi...
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:25:50 GMTGovt Reaffirms Its Commitment to Universal Health Coverage
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Health and Population Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has reiterated the government's commitment to delivering quality health services in line with the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) strategies.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:25:50 GMTMinister Laments Unfinished Projects
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, has expressed dismay over a number of unfinished projects under her ministry, some of which commenced in 2017.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:25:50 GMTMalawi President Chakkwera Fails to Impress On 1 Million Jobs
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera who is in the United Kingdom (UK) for a Global Education Summit featured on BBC HARDtalk interview on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 where he was grilled on a wide range of issues including promises of a cr...
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:25:47 GMTHigh Court Orders Medical Stores Trust to Pay Reliance Trading
[Nyasa Times] The High Court has ordered Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) to pay Reliance Trading K234,600,001.500 for 1, 400 N95 face masks that the company supplied to CMST.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:13:30 GMTMary Chilima Interacts and Donates Assorted Items to Children With Disabilities
[Nyasa Times] Big-hearted Malawi Second Lady, Mary Chilima on Tuesday spent most of the day on Tuesday in Ntchisi north in the area of T/A Chilooko interacting and donating assorted items to mothers with children with disabilities.
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 06:43:38 GMTPeople Line Up for Covid-19 Shots After Expired Doses Were Burned
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- Malawians have again begun to line up to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Malawi ran out of doses in June amid a rise in COVID-19 infections and just weeks after the government burned 20,000 unused doses that expired ...
Wed, 28 Jul 2021 08:13:34 GMTWanderers Looks Into the Future - Holds Inaugural Board Meeting
[Nyasa Times] Mighty Wanderers Football Club 2021 Limited has made some changes in how it will be operating its football club following their first Board Meeting, which was conducted last Friday at Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre.
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:36:11 GMTRwanda, Malawi Sign Extradition Treaty
[New Times] Rwanda Police and Malawi Police Service (MPS) have signed an extradition treaty that will enable both countries to surrender suspected criminals for prosecution to each other.
Thu, 29 Jul 2021 06:36:03 GMTRwanda, Malawi Police Chiefs Hold Bilateral Meeting
[New Times] The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza is in Malawi where he held discussions with his counterpart Dr. George Kainja, as the two forces re-commit to reinforce their cooperation and explore more areas of partnership against tran...
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:05:35 GMTMutharika Refuses to Grant Interview to ACB Over Tpin Abuse
[Nyasa Times] In a dramatic twist of events, former President of the Republic, Peter Mutharika, has issued a statement expressing his "reluctance" to grant an interview to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with the alleged abuse of his T...
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:05:31 GMTMCP Legislator Mcsteyn Swithin Mkomba Succumbs to Covid-19
[Nyasa Times] Tears of sorrow are refusing to dry at the Malawi Parliament! Barely 43 days after the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member of Parliament for Nkhotakota North East, Martha Lunji Chanjo, was buried after succumbing to Covid-19, the ...
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:06:07 GMTAssets Declarations Directorate Compiling Data for Listed Public Officers
[Nyasa Times] The Office of the Director of Public Officers' Declaration (ODPOD) says it is conducting an annual declaration exercise, which will also see the compilation of data for all the listed public officers in all government ministries, depart...
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 08:42:53 GMTNkhata Bay Man Gets 21-Year Jail Term for Raping Niece
[Nyasa Times] A magistrate court in Nkhata Bay has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Martin Kaunda, to 21 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his niece.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 08:40:25 GMTEgenco Moves to Achieve Sustainable Power Generation for Malawi
[Nyasa Times] In an effort to address the problem of erratic power supply, the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has engaged an extra gear to develop a 50-megawatt solar plant in Salima.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 08:37:47 GMTWorld Star Betting Donates K23m Worth of Facemasks
[Nyasa Times] World Star Betting, a London-based global betting company, has donated one million medical facemasks to the Malawi Government to assist in the fight against the Covid 19 pandemic.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:32:13 GMTChatha Residents Rebuff Blantyre City Council Over Plan to Collect Revenue
[Nyasa Times] Residents of Chatha, along Chileka airport road in Blantyre have rejected a proposal by the Blantyre City Council to start collecting revenue after faulting the property valuation process used.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:25:05 GMTTackling Drug Pilferage From the Grassroots
[Nyasa Times] Communities surrounding Makanjira Health Centre in Mangochi have, for decades, lived with the harsh reality of a dysfunctional health system.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:19:59 GMTMinister Kachale Banda Visits Crocodile Farm in Salima
[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Industry Roy Kachale Banda over the weekend visited Nyika Farms Limited, which is breeding and rearing crocodiles for skin and meat in Salima.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 07:53:15 GMTPresident Chakwera Arrives in London
[Nyasa Times] His Excellency the President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has arrived in London, United Kingdom today.
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:52:54 GMTHealth Minister Chiponda Says Covid-19 Claims 1,513 Lives So Far, 33 in Last 24 Hours
[Nyasa Times] As of Monday, July 26, 2021, cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 49,009 cases including 1,513 deaths (case fatality rate at 3.08%) and that out of these cases, 2,564 are imported infections and 46,445 are locally transmitted, Health minis...
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:48:33 GMTKhumbo Kachali Represents Chakwera At Livingstonia Synod Induction of General Secretary
[Nyasa Times] Khumbo Hastings Kachali, erstwhile Vice President of the Republic of Malawi during
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:10:29 GMTWanderers Cruises to Quarter Finals After Whipping Chitipa 4-0 in FDH Bank Cup
[Nyasa Times] Marauding Mighty Wanderers FC were on rampage as they welcomed their club's President, Dr Thom Mpinganjira in grand style with a sweet victory as they walloped Chitipa United 4-0 to book a quarter final place in the FDH Bank Cup on Satu...
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:39:39 GMTPresident Chakwera Flies to London For Education Summit
[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has this evening departed the Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) for the United Kingdom where he is expected to participate in this year's Global Education Summit.
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:09:41 GMTCriminal Probe Sought After Malawi Police Compensate Rape Victims
[VOA] Blantrye, Malawi -- Malawi's government has paid thousands of dollars in compensation to women who allegedly were sexually assaulted by police officers during post-election protests. Lawyers for victims and human rights campaigners, however, sa...
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:12:54 GMTHarry Hammers Into FDH Bank Cup Quarter-Finals
[Nyasa Times] Former Wanderers sweeper, Harry Nyirenda, on Saturday guided Ekwendeni Hammers into the quarter-finals of the FDH Bank Cup.
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:30:55 GMTUK Opens Up Market for Malawi's Agro-Business Sector
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's largest development partner, the UK Government, has announced that they are geared to opening up the Agro-business trade and investment for its former protectorate, Malawi as a way to get more Malawian products on the British r...
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:36:06 GMTThom Mpinganjira Officially Unveiled As President of Wanderers FC 2021 Limited
[Nyasa Times] Thomas Mpinganjira was on Thursday officially unveiled as president of Wanderers Football Club 2021 Limited and he hit the ground running by presiding over the company's first full Board meeting on Friday.
Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:01:00 GMTFrom Lilongwe to Tokyo for Boniface, Malawi's Judo Olympian
[RFI] From a township of Malawi's capital Lilongwe to the Olympics in Tokyo, judoka athlete Harriet Boniface, 28, is one of the young women in Africa who hopes to make a mark in a sport which has been, for a long time, considered a male discipline.