It is not necessarily the often cited shortage of judicial officers that is leading people to stay up to 10 years on remand. But the slow wheels of justice and the subsequent increase in backlog cases, as some highly placed judicial officers have told Nation on Sunday, is also a sum of lack of proper…

The efforts we take in life are never lost, as lived by the first female Associate Professor of Law at Chancellor College Ngeyi Kanyongolo. Ngeyi joined the college under the Bachelor of Education programme in 1987. Before then, she had never seen any lawyer or aspired to be one. During her first year of college,…

Some countries are viewing Malawi as a ‘no-go zone’ following the disputed May 21 Tripartite Elections, whose results attracted protests, mainly from the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), in some parts of the country. The political atmosphere has forced the Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI) to postpone to August the 31st…

Contrary to government officials, including President Peter Mutharika assurance that Bingu National Stadium (BNS) would be generating enough revenue, the facility is struggling to make ends meet. Built with a $70 million (about K50 billion) loan from China, payable in 20 years, the stadium is failing to attract potential top-flight league teams because of high…

ANDREW NYONDO, STAFF WRITER South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has appealed to Malawi and other countries in Africa to pursue justice and good governance to avoid socio-political turmoil on the continent. Mogoeng is the guest speaker at the Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepers Forum being held at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. His…