As the Big Brother Africa (BBA) season 8 dubbed The Chase gets underway on Sunday in South Africa, MultiChoice Malawi has lined up several activities aimed at offering the best to the people.

Lilongwe ICA Marque was full of overwhelming joy as gospel music fans utilising the Kamuzu Holiday danced to a gospel music charity show bringing together some of the industry's very best.

REGGAE group Jupiters was a force to reckon with several years ago before it went into oblivion. Now the group is back to reclaim its position on the local music scene.

THE Association of Teaching of English in Malawi (Atem) regional finals took place over the weekend where schools competed to book a ticket to the national finals set for Lilongwe on May 25.

ETHNO-musician Waliko Makhala has praised a US non-governmental organisation Komai for partnering with a local organisation Friends of Claude Ho in Thyolo (Fochta) to launch a music project.

Lilongwe based musician Skeffa Chimoto, well-known as the jamming machine, left the country on Friday with his Real Sounds Band to represent Malawi at the concerts marking the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Some members of Malawi Writers Union (Mawu) have questioned the amendments of the Annual General Meeting, attended by only 20 members that extended the executives stay in office by a year.

Veteran musician Paul Banda made a rare appearance on Friday at L's Burg Leisure Centre in Lilongwe performing with the country's oldest group Alleluya Banda. The musician sparked during the concert where he dished out over 10 songs and was on stage for more than an hour.

Blantyre-based group, Writers Block, will on Saturday hold a prize presentation ceremony at Stella Maris Secondary School for the short story writing competition it conducted targeting selected secondary school writers clubs from within the commercial city.

Malawi's film The Last Fishing Boat on Saturday won the Best Achievement in Soundtrack award during the 9th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) grand finale held at Gloryland Cultural Centre, Bayelsa in Nigeria.

STAND-UP comedian Daliso Chaponda has praised Malawians for supporting him and his fellow artists by patronising his performance in Lilongwe in large numbers.

Visual artists in the country have received little attention in the country but a new window has opened as artist Nyangu Chodola is set to represent the country at Our Bodies Do workshop on performance live art in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June.

In an effort to preserve the country's rich music and other old material, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has commenced on a digitisation process.

The Censorship Board of Malawi has given a go-ahead to stand-up comedian Daliso Chaponda after testing his jokes prior to his show Presidents of Laughrica this weekend where the artist is scheduled to perform alongside other two international comedians.

Artists are expected to take centre stage with performances tomorrow at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe as MultiChoice Malawi launches what it dubs an affordable digital television service known as GOtv that uses the latest generation Digital Video Broadcast Standard (DVB-T2).

Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) on Wednesday released a list of accredited civic and voter education service providers for the 2014 tripartite elections and the list includes dramatists and musicians.

Entertainers Promotions finally pulled the new look Malawi Police Orchestra out of their den in Zomba to dish out their vibes at Motel Paradise in Blantyre on Friday night.

In a gesture that signals approval, Zimbabwean top female artist Cindy arrived in the country yesterday for a video shoot with Malawi's top videographer Chipiliro Khonje.

The Music Crossroads Academy in Lilongwe starts classes today and has since registered 25 students, the country director Mathews Gayighayi Mfune said.

The recent Film-in-A-Box training, organised by Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in partnership with the Film Association of Malawi (Fama) and the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture, has already started bearing fruits, with the creation of six short films.