Tag: Media

Media meets president Joyce Banda, engage in frank talk

Published on June 27, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday met media representatives at Sanjika Palace in the commercial capital, Blantyre where they raised […]

Good journalism governs forever

Published on June 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

By Idriss Ali Nassah It has been nice and quiet of late without the talking head of Hetherwick Ntaba. Of […]

TVM was operating illegally, dissolved

Published on June 6, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi’s former minister of Information and Civic Education Patricia Kaliati on Monday told Parliament that Malawi Television (TVM) which, since […]

MP wants Facebook,Twitter and other social media unblocked at parliament

Published on May 23, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A lawmaker in Malawi has appealed to government to enable the legislators start accessing Facebook at his workplace (parliament premises) […]

Media freedom in Malawi is promised new landscape

Published on May 5, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Media freedom in Malawi has been commonly deplored, but amidst the political transition that brought Malawi its first female head […]

Late Mutharika still fights media

Published on April 30, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Although the late president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika has passed, his past relationship with the media still continues to […]

Government attacks media again

Published on March 12, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Government has opened a fresh attack on the media, the recent being an order that its departments should stop buying […]

MISA concerned about growing intolerance of media freedom in Malawi

Published on March 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

The Regional Secretariat of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) notes, with profound distress, the growing intolerance of media […]

Malawi: Dismissed Journalist Raises Concern Over ‘Espionage’ Within Media Fraternity

Published on March 11, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

A journalist working for a private newspaper, The Eye Witness, claims he has been fired for allegedly expressing his views […]

Information Minister Attacks Newspaper’s Assessment of Government

Published on March 3, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi Minister of Information, Patricia Kaliati has lashed at The Sunday Times over a cabinet assessment report done and published […]

KALIATI HITS AT ‘ACTION GIRL’

Published on February 22, 2012 by FACE OF MALAWI

Minister of Information and Civic Education, Patricia Kaliati, has condemned the Weekend Times for publishing ‘Action Girl,’ popularly known as […]

Malawi government is looking for ways to regulate online media.

Published on December 11, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

LILONGWE: Malawi Human Rights Commission chairperson John Kapito says human rights defenders in Malawi are living dangerously although playing a […]

Malawi media suppressing local content – Study

Published on September 8, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Malawi media is said to be slowly becoming a tool for suppression of local content and local languages according to […]

Malawi slaps 16.5% VAT on newspapers | JIMMY KAINJA

Published on June 30, 2011 by FACE OF MALAWI

Newspapers in Malawi used to be exempt from sales tax. But earlier this month the finance minister announced they would […]