Malawi Agency Shuts Down Joy Radio, Citing Political Ties
Region: MalawiThe Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has shut down Joy Radio Station with immediate effect after revoking its licence for what it called ‘breaching its licence conditions’. Accord... more
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No economic sense for Malawi’s nuclear power plant - Paladin
Region: Malawi
Despite Malawi’s venture into uranium mining, the company carrying out the project says it does not make any economic sense for the country to ‘even think of establishing its nuclear power plant’. Malawi... more
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PTA Bank gives Air Malawi Seven Days to Pay back a US$7.9m Loan
Region: MalawiThe Preferential Trade Area (PTA) Bank has given the about to be liquidated Air Malawi seven days to repay a K1.1 billion (US$7.9 million) loan the airline got in 2005. Air Malawi used the loan to purchase a Boein... more
Views: 870Museum Site Established after Dinosuar and Human Fossils Excavation
Region: MalawiThe discovery of dinosuar and Human fossils in Karonga District situated in the Northern Region of Malawi has led to the establishment of an excavation site which will be under the newly established Karonga C... more
Views: 1000Witchcraft Strife Storms Malawi
Region: MalawiCases of witchcraft have stormed Malawi that the Malawi Police Service has confessed that without any backing legislation it is failing to handle such cases, which are coming in hundreds each week. Just last week ... more
Views: 1276Malawi Involves Soldiers in Fighting Deforestation
Region: MalawiThe Government of Malawi has decided to start using soldiers from the Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) as a desperate measure to arrest the on going deforestation, which is threatening its forestry reserves. T... more
Views: 804Death: A Mocking Foe in the Fight against HIV/AIDS
Region: MalawiMalawi’s Community based organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS are complaining that death is mocking their efforts against the pandemic. Officials of one such organization told me that... more
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Malawi’s Public Broadcasters Going Commercial
Region: MalawiMalawi’s two Public Broadcasters; Television Malawi and the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation, have defied calls by the private sector and other sectors not to go commercial. Government announced in September last yea... more
Views: 567Malawi Reduced Under-five Mortality by 29% By 2007
Region: MalawiUnited Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) said Malawi reduced its under-five mortality by 29 per cent by 2007 because it has put a number of things on a right course. UNICEF country representative for Malawi Ms. Aida... more
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Malawi Severs Ties with Taiwan and Switches to Mainland China
Region: MalawiMalawi has ended weeks’ speculation when it announced today that it has severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established new ties with Mainland China. Making the announcement at its Capitol Hill in Lilongwe Forei... more
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I am GREGORY GONDWE, 32-year-old Malawian journalist currently working as Regional Editor for Zodiak Broadcasting Station.
Initially I was a senior reporter as well as Features Desk Head for
Malawi's The Chronicle which disbanded last year. I was a Malawi
stringer for the African News Dimension network but also worked as a Malawi Correspondent for The Windhoek based The Southern Times.
I started practicing journalism in 1993 when the country was
undergoing transition from one party dictatorial rule to multi party
democracy while I was still pursuing my secondary school education.
Briefly, My career span through newspaper reporting where I have
produced quality news and feature stories for major publishing houses
for the country's daily newspapers; The nation and The Daily Times two
Weeklies, Malawi News and The Weekend Nation besides stringing for the
country's public broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation.
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