Agriculture Minister Roza Fatchi Mbilizi’s office has moved to counter accusations of corrupt dealings in Malawi’s fertiliser procurement system, with her team alleging that a smear campaign is being orchestrated by trading firms with a vested interest in the sector. According to the minister’s team, Export Trading Limited and Farmers World Limited are behind efforts […]
The legendary outfit that backed Evison Matafale during the very birth of his music career is dusting off their instruments for a comeback show — nearly 25 years after the reggae icon’s tragic death shook the nation. Wailing Brothers, the band Matafale recorded his groundbreaking debut album Kuimba 1 with back in 1999, are set […]
Malawi’s political and media circles are braced for fireworks as Capital FM has launched a brand-new current affairs show, providing “explosive narrative setting” that could shake up the country’s broadcast landscape. The station — long regarded as one of Malawi’s most influential and fiercely independent broadcasters, renowned for championing democracy and good governance — has […]
Malawi’s Junior Flames let out a huge sigh of relief on Monday as they bounced back from opening-day heartbreak with a thumping 3-0 victory over Botswana in the COSAFA U-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Mozambique. The result couldn’t have come at a better time. Having crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Zambia in […]
Dalitso Kabambe, the former central bank governor who now leads the opposition UTM party, has put his finger on something Malawi’s official statistics tend to understate: a currency can look “stable” on paper while remaining acutely scarce in practice. His warning that commercial banks are now capping individual foreign-exchange disbursements at just $200 is a […]
Malawi’s netball team, the Queens, have secured their place at the 2027 Netball World Cup in Sydney with a commanding 82–22 victory over Nigeria in their Pool 2 Africa Qualifiers fixture. It was a display of near-total control. Malawi set the tone from the first whistle, taking a 21–6 lead at the end of the […]
Malawi Parliament has summoned the former head of Malawi’s telecoms watchdog to answer explosive questions over what authorities really knew — and when — during the desperate search for Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s missi ng aircraft. Daud Suleman, ex-director general of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), has been ordered to appear before the Ad Hoc […]
Women’s football in Malawi is on the up — and National Women FA president Adelaide Migogo says National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc’s cash injection deserves the credit. Migogo delivered the praise on Saturday at the launch of season two of the NBM Women’s Premiership League, held at Mpira Stadium in Chiwembe Township, Blantyre, declaring […]
The Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash says it’s on track to wrap up the third phase of its probe by the end of October, after hammering out a fresh six-week schedule to grill key witnesses involved in the search and rescue operation. Committee members were locked in lengthy talks over the revised […]
Malawi’s football giants are laughing all the way to the bank — with Mighty Wanderers, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets, Silver Strikers and Ekhaya FC revealed as the biggest earners from gate revenue after the opening round of the 2026 FDH Bank Premiership. The figures, verified by the Super League of Malawi (SULOM) on Monday, confirm […]
A Lilongwe fabrication firm has come to the rescue of Mchesi Primary School, handing over 100 desks in a move that’s brought huge relief to a school that had been battling a chronic shortage. CH3 Interactions, based in Mchesi, splashed out MK6.9 million to maintain and restore the desks, delivered as part of the company’s […]
Malawi is being denied the chance to fight back against climate change because a staggering 24 percent of the national budget is being swallowed up by debt repayments, campaigners have warned. ActionAid Malawi (AAM) Climate Justice Focal Chairperson Jimmy Chimalizeni made the explosive claim during an aerobics event the organisation jointly staged with fellow NGOs […]
Football-mad fans packed out stadiums across Malawi for a thrilling opening weekend of top-flight women’s football, delighting sponsors who have just ploughed a staggering K2.3 billion into the beautiful game for the 2026/27 season. National Bank of Malawi plc risk and compliance manager Charles Ulaya said bosses were left hugely impressed by both the quality […]
Malawi has never reached a World Cup and has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations only three times, in 1984, 2010 and 2021, so the Flames have never had the export pipeline of Senegal, Ghana or Nigeria. What it does have is a small, stubborn line of players who found a way into European […]
Malawi’s Export Development Fund (EDF) has struck a partnership with FDH Bank to open four new Gold Trading Centres in Karonga, Mzimba (Jenda), Mangochi and Blantyre, as the state-backed fund seeks to draw a greater share of the country’s gold trade into formal channels. The tie-up extends EDF’s purchasing network beyond its existing outposts in […]
On 16 September 2025, Malawians went to the polls to elect a President, Members of Parliament and Councillors. The incumbent, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, standing on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket, polled 3,035,249 votes (56.76%), defeating his rival, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera, who garnered 1,765,170 votes (33.01%). The election has been […]
A Malawian government minister currently on a governance course in China has used the moment to renew his call for the long-awaited Mzuzu–Usisya road, holding up China’s model of blending farming with tourism as proof of what Malawi could achieve at home. In a Facebook post, Ben Phiri pointed to Usisya in Nkhata Bay as […]
Malawi’s top-ranked professional golfer, Paul Chidale, produced a strong showing at the Pearl of Africa Sunshine Development Tour at Entebbe Golf Club in Uganda, finishing as runner-up in the event. Chidale carded rounds of 67, 64 and 69 to finish on nine-under-par 204, four strokes behind eventual champion Ronald Rugumayo of Uganda. He shared second […]