“I owe my allegiance to the people of Malawi, the owners of MBC.” The newly minted Director General for Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), George Kasakula says his priority is to turn the public broadcaster into a professional body. Kasakula, who is Times Group Editor-in-Chief and an alumni of University of Leeds said: “I am going […]
As Malawi commences this year’s farming season, journalists have been urged to ensure that they promote good agriculture governance by exposing irregularities in the allocation of resources and policies in the entire agriculture sector. Dr. Teresa Davis, team leader for the Support to Parliament and Media to Strengthen Governance in the Agriculture Sector (SPMSGAg) Programme, […]
Malawi News editor-in-chief George Kasakula defiantly said that Times Group would continue to publish its newspaper titles despite having the newsroom and other operation offices locked up under police guard and indeed their Saturday publication was in circulation. The paper appeared on the streets with the lead story of the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA closure […]
Malawi’s flagship newspaper, the Daily Times, has printed an apology over the photo caption story, which depicted the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth who are painting their faces and bodies in party colours and main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youth in decent berets in revolutionary red. The publication of the photo caption story titled “Sport […]
Instead of addressing issues that are of concern to Malawians, President Peter Mutharika chose to engage in his favourite pastime of picking fights with the media on arrival from the United States . I am deliberately avoiding describing his arrival as coming from United Nations General Assembly because that is merely the excuse which was […]
Times Group Editor-In-Chief George Kasakula has said Malawi needs to seek God’s intervention through prayers to give the country a “game changer” leader, cementing his claims that incompetence of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government is so telling that it can be felt. Kasakula, who is one of DPP-led government’s most acerbic critics, said during a a radio programm […]
The incompetence of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government is so telling that it can be felt, Times Group Editor-In-Chief George Kasakula has declared on the popular ‘Hot Current programme on Times Television and Times Radio. In a programme monitored by Nyasa Times on Friday through Times Radio online streaming, Kasakula, who is one of […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francis Kasaila and Times Group Editor In-Chief, George Kusakula on Friday traded barbs during a live televised programme Hot Current on Times television as the minister accused the renowned writer of advancing opposition Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) agenda. Hot Current, according to the hosts Kasakula and Brian Banda, is designed to […]
Broadcasting regulators, Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) plans to ban media giant Times Group from showing on Times TV a television talk show ‘Hot Current’ on Times TV which is gaining popularity in Malawi as following the ‘truth telling’ discussion which is hosted by marverick broadcaster Brian Banda. The program which is featuring Times Group Editor-in-Chief […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on Friday shut down Malawi media giant Times Group , demanding K675 million in unpaid taxes but the publishers of Daily Times newspaper accused the authorities of trying to silence it. The outstanding bill is on non-payment for Value Added Tax, Corporate Tax, Fringe Benefit Tax, Withholding Tax, Pay As You […]
An influential newspaper columnist has gone to town accusing the Peter Mutharika led administration of “ genocide” over report that 19 out 44 new born babies are dying every 28 days in the northern district of Mzimba, saying government is “doing it intentionally”. George Kasakula, editor-in-chief of Times Group writing on his ‘Hitting the nail’ […]
Times Group photojournalist Snowden Kadzakumanja on Saturday received an award at Media Institute for South Africa (Misa) Malawi chapter gala for a picture of Malawian President Peter Mutharika falling down outside of Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe in January this year. The awards were part of the 2016 World Press Freedom Day under the theme ‘Fostering Freedom […]
Malawi media giant Times Group has appointed former Nation Publications Limited editor George Kasakula as Editor-in-Chief. Kasakula crossed the floor recently and took over the Editorship of Times Group flagship newspaper Malawi News apart from helping at the newly launched Times TV. But Times Group CEO Leonard Chikadya told an internal conference of the media […]
How do I begin this? I mean, how do you start to say bye to your readers after sharing opinions and interacting with them for a good seven years? But, as a believer in God, I hold the view that it is the ultimate secret that the Almighty has hidden from humankind. No matter how […]
After poaching The Nation Editor Gracian Tukula from Nation Publications Limited (NPL), Times Group has pounced again, this time luring away George Kasakula who is currently Editor of Weekend Nation. Nyasa Times sources at both NPL and Times Group said Kasakula is currently serving notice and will cross the floor anytime to take over the Editorship of Times […]
Thom Khanje of Times Group on Saturday got elected the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter chairman. Khanje was elected in Lilongwe after beating George Kasakula editor of Weekend Nation with a resounding victory by obtaining 163 votes against 64. He takes over from Anthony Kasunda. Khanje pledged to “serve the media well” […]
This coming Saturday is no ordinary day for journalists in Malawi, as they go to the polls to elect leaders for the media body, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter. The polls this year have drawn unprecedented attention and hype as two senior journalists, Thom Khanje of Times Group and George Kasakula of the […]
Times Group Head of Business News Thom Khanje has donated K50,000 (about $100)towards the Friends of Limbani, an initiative aimed at raising money to support former Malawi News editor Limbani Moya’s kidney transplant in India. Limbani, who flew to India on November 20 2014, requires an extra K1.25 million (about $2 500) to finance his […]