Malawi’s tobacco regulator has urged growers to begin preparations early for the 2026/27 season, warning that timely field management and adherence to recommended farming practices will be crucial to producing leaf capable of attracting stronger prices on international markets. Speaking during an inspection of the ongoing field licensing and Know Your Grower (KYG) registration exercise […]
The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has said public broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has been summoned to a hearing in a period of seven days to hear its side on the controversy of airing obscene content to disparage the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima. But despite MBC being widely condemned by media professionals and […]
President Peter Mutharika has reshuffled some parastatal boards, putting the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the eastern region Julius Paipi to sit on Higher Education Students Loans and Grants. Paipi is infamous for his insults of the Muslims in the country which forced the DPP to disassociate itself from. The eastern region […]
University of Malawi (Unima) political scientists have said that the three former Cabinet ministers regarded a s nomadic politician who on Sunday joined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will add no value to the governing party. The three are Ken Lipenga, Henry Phoya and Brown James Mpinganjira, well known as BJ. Also joining DPP […]