Nine-year-old Saneie Masilela of South Africa has become the world’s youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he tied the knot with last year, according to reports. Dressed in a silvery tuxedo, baby-faced Saneie clutched the hand of mother-of-five Helen Shabangu – her children are aged between 28- and 38-years-old – as they...
Boy, 9, marries 62-year-old mother of five
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Malawi Sunbird Search for a Star auditions starts
Auditions for the country’s music talent show, the Sunbird Search for a Star (SSS) 2014 edition, will commence this Monday 21 July as scheduled. According to the sponsors of the show, Sunbird Tourism, all is set for the search scheduled start at Sunbird Ku Chawe Hotel in Zomba. “Preparations are going on well and come...
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APM directs Che Nkope to get treatment on Malawi govt funds
President Peter Mutharika has directed that government should fund the medical trip of renowned radio personality and musician Nicholas Mbonela, popularly known as Che Nkope, Minister of Information has said. About K7 million (US$17 031.6) is needed for Mbonela’s treatment. He is currently admitted to Blantyre Adventist Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) pending travel to...
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Ma Blacks end UK tour, cancels Ireland show
Malawi music heavyweights, The Black Missionaries, on Saturday night had a final show of their UK tour at Luton and the band has since returned home cancelling a scheduled Ireland show on July 25. “It has been a successful tour. We have had fantastic shows and we are happy that people enjoyed our performances,” band...
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Malawian actress Flora Suya to star in Zambian movie
Malawi’s leading actress, Flora Suya, has landed a spot as a leading character in an upcoming Zambia movie titled Chenda. A statement from Diamond Creative, the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nominee plays the role of “Chenda”, a married woman who fails to bear children, which in turn makes her husband find a concubine. “He...
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Zim’s Mtukudzi, more international acts in Malawi Lake of Stars lineup
As dates to the Lake of Stars keep drawing closer, the organisers continue unveiling international acts billed to perform at the three-day international arts festival slated for 26-28 September, 2014 at Sunbird Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi. Added on the list are Zimbabwean sensational female singers Selmor Mtukudzi (daughter to Zimbabwe’s music legend Oliver Mtukudzi) and...
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Lilongwe to chill with Carlsberg street party
All is set for the Lilongwe Carlsberg Street Party which will take place on FridayFriday sunset to Saturday morning along the Independence Drive. Carlsberg Malawi Communications Officer Towera Pilling said the street part has been organised to celebrate 50 years of independence. “Carlsberg has been in Malawi since 1968, 4 years after our countries...
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Lucius Banda to release 18th album ‘Thank you’
Legendary musician Lucius Banda has said he is in the studio working on his 18th Album titled ‘Thank you’. The self proclaimed ‘soldier of the poor’ told the Malawi News Agency (Mana) that he plans to release a 13 track album by November, 2014. “I can confirm that I am currently working on my 18th album...
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Tay Grin geared for Manchester show Aug 2
Malawi’s top rapper, Limbani Kalilani, better known by his artist name Tay Grin, says he is set to give a splendid performance in Manchester on August 2 where he will perform. The Nyau King has been in Glasgow where he performmed alongside Mafilika and other European artists at the Scotland-Malawi concert as part of the...
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Malawian inspired fashion hits Africa Fashion Week London
Malawi, already in the news for its successful netball Queens who are adored by the British media, is on August 8, 2014 set to return into fashion reviews, as its inspired designer Mia Nisbet will showcase at the prestigious Africa Fashion Week London. Mia, based in Manchester, said in an interview with Nyasa Times that...
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Tay Grin says Malawian artists must embrace culture
Malawi’s hip-hop artist, Tay Grin, says his trip to Scotland where he went to perform at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Festival, has taught him that artists need to embrace their culture if they are to grow the art industry in their countries. The rapper, who is also known as Nyau King, was speaking after his...
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Scottish hip-hop Stanley Odd added to Malawi Lake of Stars lineup
Stanley Odd, a hip-hop group from Scotland, will be one of the headliners at this year’s Lake of Stars (LOS) festival to be held in September at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi. Lake of Stars organizers confirmed in an interview , saying Stanley Odd will be among the 12 Scottish creatives shortlisted to come to the...
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Profile: Zani Chiumia SA based Malawian hip-hop artist
If showbiz was a pot of gold then Zani Michelle Chiumia has the Midas touch; born to Malawian parents in Cape Town on 21 November 1988. Zani is the concept that illuminates what entertainment should look, feel and sound like. Zani has her roots in Malawi where she lived all through her high school years...
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Piksy, Mlaka to headline Miss Malawi UK Sept 13
Organisers of Miss Malawi UK beauty pageant have announced date and venue of this year’s contest with an extensive makeover for the beauty title including a music concert by two top Malawian based artists. Directors of H&K Events, Kondwani Bowoyeke Munthali and Henry Dokowe Ngwira, who are organisers of the beauty contest, said they have...
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Malawians in South Africa hold beauty pageant
Malawians living in South Africa have introduced their own beauty contest in the rainbow country, called Miss Malawi SA, with the first beauty queen to be crowned this October. The beauty pageant is being hosted by an association of Malawians and Friends in South Africa (MAFSA). According to MAFSA, the objective of the competition is...
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Mpamba offers discount on Malawi Lake of Stars tickets
Lake of Stars (LOS) official telecoms partner and Malawi’s premier mobile network provider TNM, today proudly announces launch of a 25 percent ticket discount to the festival for customers who buy tickets through the company’s mobile money service, Mpamba. TNM’s Public Relations and Sponsorship Manager, Limbani Nsapato said customers who buy their tickets to the...
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Fashion Africa to restore the true Malawian fashion
In a bid to raise the Malawian flag across the World through Malawian culture, Fashion Africa is undertaking a massive production and campaign to restore the true Malawian fashion. Fashion Africa which is a brain child of Tour Africa Incorporation (TAI) came up with this evolution after realizing how unrecognizable the dressing code of Malawi...
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Lusubilo Band of Karonga to perform in South Korea
Karonga-based Lusubilo Band will, in October this year, conduct a 10 -day music trip to South Korea courtesy of the country’s (Korean) volunteers in that country, Malawi News Agency has learnt. Lusubilo Band’s tour to the Asian country is purposed to expose Malawi’s traditional music and record their second album. Formed in 2010, the youthful...
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Zodiak broadcaster Mwanoka weds
Zodiak Broadcasting Service presenter Joseph Mwanoka on Saturday August, 2014 tied a knot with his long time sweetheart Bridget Kum’bweza at a colourful ceremony in Lilongwe. The officiation took place at the Catholic’s Mtima Woyera Parish in the morning before a reception at the St Peters Anglican Church in the Capital City, Lilongwe. The wedding...
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25 picked in Search for Star: Malawi talent show
Sunbird Search for a Star talent show has selected 25 contestants for studio auditions from which the best 16 will be selected for the first round of second edition of the show. Sunbird Tourism Limited public relations officer Akossa Mphepo said the contestants have been selected after auditioning in Mzuzu, Zomba, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Salima and...
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