By Samuel Kalimira Terms of office for Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu mayors have expired, clearing the way for fresh elections, The Daily Times understands. The Ministry of Local Government has, through a memo addressed to city councils, remind...

By Serah Chilora Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has sued National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) over the use of the controversial Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) as one of the International Commercial Terms (incoterms). Nocma adopted the D...

By Isaac Kambwiri When 34-year-old Regina Chasweka’s husband died unexpectedly in 2015, she was reduced to making soliloquies. Hopeless and with nobody to talk to, she sadly discovered that she was just a lonely woman standing on the big stage of l...

By William Kumwembe Tobacco industry regulator, the Tobacco Commission (TC), has set an ambitious target of increasing tobacco output to at least 180 million kilogrammes (kg) per year within the next five years. Last year, the country produced 118 mi...

By Mabvuto Kambuwe The wrangle between Football Association of Malawi (Fam) and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took a new twist on Saturday when the association defied a court order by stopping the State-run broadcaster from broadcasting live ...

Despite all the 6-year old fuss about Mombera University (now renamed M’mbelwa University), there is literally nothing to show for all the noise. Yet over K1 billion was spent on the project in one year. By Rebecca Chimjeka The Mombera University p...

By Mabvuto Kambuwe The Capital City will be divided for at least 90 minutes when Silver Strikers and Civil Service United renew their rivalry as they clash in the Airtel Top 8 Cup semifinal at Bingu National Stadium this afternoon. At stake is a plac...

By Stephen Dakalira   I cannot say that the musings of one Martha Chizuma, pertaining to the country’s ability to fend off stinking corruption, came as a surprise and were any different from what I have held in mind over the years. A lot of people...

By Taonga Sabola The latest audit of accounts for city, district and municipal councils by the Office of the Auditor-General for the year ended June 2020 has exposed glaring lapses in the management of public funds by authorities. The audit report wa...

By William Kumwembe Malawi is vying in the category of three other countries within the region experiencing rapid increase in debt, the latest Economic Outlook for Southern Africa by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows. The report, titled ‘De...