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Malawi News Journal
Malawi Assemblies of God appoints acting president: Chakwera retires with university plans at advanced stage
Malawi Assemblies of God announced on Friday that it has appointed its Deputy President, Rev. Nelson Banda to serve as acting president following an early retirement of Malawi Congress Party presidential hopeful, Rev. Dr. Lazarus Chakwera. In a statement made available to Nyasa Times, the church’s secretary general Rev. Benitto Chisamba, confirmed that Chakwera has [...]
Malawi Police arrest murder suspect in Mzimba
Police in the northern region district of Mzimba have arrested a 30 year old man suspected of murder. Mzimba police station spokesperson Sargent Gift Nyirongo confirmed the arrest of Godwin Nyirongo of Kapaika village, T/A Khosolo in the district. Nyirongo said the man is suspected of murdering Nephan Nyirenda of Maluza village, T/A Mabulabo on [...]
Malawi Pres. Banda commends Lions Club: ‘Africa needs to invest in youth, women’
Malawi President Joyce Banda has commended the Lions Club for their role in complementing government’s efforts through the provision of essential services in addition to alleviating people’s suffering. Speaking on Friday when she opened the 51st Annual Convention for the Lions International District 412 at Sun and Sand Holiday resort, Mangochi, the Malawi leader noted the [...]
Malawi paired with Zimbabwe in Cosafa Cup draw
Malawi national soccer team will face Zimbabwe in the quarterfinals of the 2013 edition of the Council for Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) to be played between 6th and 21st July. This has been confirmed following a draw COSAFA held on Friday night at the Southern Sun Ridgeway Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia. Host country Zambia [...]
Malawi ruling PP says T/A Bvumbwe ‘chillaxing’ not hiding
Malawi’s ruling People’s Party (PP) has dismissed reports that Traditional Authority (T/A) Bvumbwe in Thyolo is hiding after receiving death threats, saying the youthful chief may be on vacation elsewhere. T/A Bvumbwe, who has crossed paths with PP over remarks at the funeral of High Court judge Joseph Manyungwa attended by President Joyce Banda on [...]
Malawi Activists Worry About President's Refusal to Sign Press Accord
Malawi President Joyce Banda has refused to endorse the 2007 Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for a repeal of criminal defamation and ‘insult’ laws in order to protect freedom of the press. Numerous press freedom and civil society organizations have endorsed the declaration, including President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, Liberia’s president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and South African ...
Malawi Telecom Limited renew sponsorship with MTL Queens
Malawi Telecom Limited Company renewed its sponsorship deal MTL Queens on Thursday following the company’s K8 million sponsorship for one year to the netball giant which was presented in the commercial city of Malawi, Blantyre. MTL acting Chief Commercial Officer Zaine Bwanali described their relationship with MTL Queens as cordial and that they are satisfied [...]
PP irks Chief Kyungu at Rev Mwambila’s funeral: Calls Malawi politics ‘uncivilized’
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga in northern Malawi says Malawi politics is uncivilized, saying they are no limits on how Malawian politicians should politic. “From election year to election year it’s always politics. When are you going to have time for development? Let’s resist from talking politics and focus on development,” Kyungu said in his native [...]
MCTU warns Malawi govt on Middle East job initiatives
Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) has cautioned government to tread carefully on exporting Malawians to foreign lands, barely days after government announced it will be sending job seekers to the Middle East. Government said illt wi export labour to Kuwait and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. “Applicants must be Malawians citizens, have a [...]
Malawi govt turns down tuition fee reduction for Chanco students
Government has rejected concerns raised by self-sponsored students of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) in their petition over reduction of tuition fees as well as increasing their living allowance (MALSWITCH). A Nyasa Times source said the decision was communicated to the students through the Council for the University of [...]
Malawi VP Kachali begs Livingstonia CCAP Synod to tone down: Pays tribute to Rev Mwambila
Malawi’s Vice President Khumbo Kachali has asked the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia to direct their concerns to government using established church channels, arguing that Malawi’s President Joyce Banda and himself were bona fide members of the Church’s guild. “We look up to the church for direction. My plea is that without politics we are all [...]
Police nab suspect in Malawi Pres. JB purported resignation letter: Dave Namusanya
Malawi Police are keeping in detention Dave Namusanya as a suspected author of a purported resignation letter of Malawi President Joyce Banda advising the Speaker of Parliament that she can no longer execute duties due to alleged “health problems”. Namusanya is a graduate of the University of Malawi , he studied Media and Development at [...]
IMF prescriptions hurting Malawi: Congoma says economy heading towards its deathbed
The Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma) on Wednesday said International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescriptions imposed on Malawi such as a combined dose of 49 percent currency devaluation; floatation of the kwacha and removal of subsidies of fuels is hurting Malawians. Congoma board chairperson Voice Mhone accused President Joyce Banda for implementing in full [...]
JB says labour, job creation ‘top of agenda’: Malawi Labour Day pictorial
Malawi on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating the Labour Day which falls on the first day of May every year. Speaking during the celebrations, President Joyce Banda said her administration “values the contributions of all the workers in this country both past and present.” The celebrations in Blantyre, whose theme was [...]
JB happy Malawi Kwacha stabilizing, assures workers
President Joyce Banda led the commemoration of the Labour Day in Malawi by reiterating her faith in the fundamentals of her economic policies which have seen the country’s bill stabilizing. Speaking when she presided over the commemorative celebrations at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, President Banda said that the stabilization of the Kwacha provides the framework [...]