Weekend Times

The Weekend Times is a weekly newspaper based in Malawi. It is published by Blantyre newspapers Limited (BNL) which is owned by the family of the former dictator of Malawi, Kamuzu Banda[1].

Recent Controversy

The paper published a front-page story implicating that the wife of the Zimbabwean president had been having a secret affair.

President Bingu of Malawi (using the National Archives of Malawi) banned the Weekend Times on October 29, 2010. He argued that it was being published illegally because it had not been properly registered[2].

The ban was over ruled by the Malawi High Court in Blantyre.

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.pressreference.com/Ky-Ma/Malawi.html Page describing the press in Malawi. Accessed 30th December 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/court-allow-banned-malawi-newspaper-back-on-the-street.html Nyasa Times article on the banning and subsequent over ruling by the courts