Former MBC Director General Tony Kandiero dies

Death has been announced of former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) General Manager, Tony Kandiero.

Kandiero died at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in Blantyre Monday morning, February 15, 2021, after battling cancer.

He worked for MBC for 23 years and served as its General Manager between 1980 and 1988 before joining the foreign service.

His career as a diplomat took him to Zimbabwe and Botswana, Court of St. James’s (London) and the United States. Kandiero was also Malawi’s Ambassador to Finland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico on non-residential basis.

Born on March 21, 1940, Kandiero also served in several boards at home and abroad.