By Clever Mwale President Peter Mutharika has delegated senior government officials to preside over this year’s Remembrance Day events as part of a cost-cutting measure aimed at reducing state expenditure. The commemorations, which honour Malawi’s war veterans, will take place on Sunday, November 11 in Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu, marking the end of the annual […]
By Wezzie Gausi in Johannesburg , South Africa: The 21st African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a call for African journalists to move beyond exposing individuals and focus instead on the systems that enable corruption and abuse of power. Held at the University of the Witwatersrand, the three-day conference has […]
Malawi could earn an estimated €280 million (about K581 billion) annually from coffee exports if the crop is processed to international standards and fully traceable to farmers, officials revealed in Lilongwe on Thursday. To read more click, http://times.mw/etimes/
For over a decade, millions of Malawians have been struggling to put food on the table. What began as a seasonal crisis has become a persistent threat to livelihoods, and to Malawi’s economic future. Behind the hunger lies a deeper story of a nation whose growth is being quietly drained by food insecurity, soaring food […]
By Isaac Salima: Amid a biting economic squeeze, the government has introduced a string of cost-cutting measures which it says are aimed at saving money and resources. Thursday, Chief Secretary Justin Saidi announced 12 expenditure control measures that the new administration has pledged to implement. The measures include a cut to fuel entitlements, which will […]
By Pemphero Malimba Defence lawyers in a case in which 11 people are accused of nine charges related to a political violence incident at Mbowe in Lilongwe have asked the Senior Resident Magistrate (SRM) court in Lilongwe for an order restraining the police from making further arrests of the suspects after they were granted bail. […]
Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has faulted match officials assigned to take charge of the Mighty Wanderers and Ekhaya FC fixture at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre for abandoning it without following proper procedures. Read more click:- https://times.mw/etimes/
The United Kingdom (UK) has expressed concern over pre-election attacks by panga-wielding thugs on peaceful protesters, allegedly in the presence of security forces. Speaking during Malawi’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, UK Ambassador for Human Rights to the UN, Eleanor Sanders, commended Malawi for conducting peaceful […]
By Daniel Zimba: A recent study by the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme (MLW) has found that 47 percent of adults admitted to central and district hospitals in Malawi suffer from two or more chronic illnesses, a condition that reportedly reduces survival chances. The study’s lead investigator, Felix Limbani, told The Daily Times Wednesday that the […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Malawi that urgent economic reforms are needed to stabilize the country’s finances, curb inflation, and protect the local currency. The message came at the conclusion of a week-long mission to the country, described by the IMF as “very productive”. IMF Mission Chief for Malawi, Justin Tyson, briefed reporters […]
What we are witnessing in Malawi is not law enforcement — it is harassment dressed as justice. The police’s repeated practice of rearresting people moments after courts grant them bail is a gross affront to the rule of law and an insult to the constitutional principles this nation stands upon. Today’s drama at the Lilongwe […]
Malawi has recorded a troubling rise in suicide cases this year, with 482 people having taken their own lives between January and September alone, according to statistics released by the Malawi Police Service. The figure—described by mental health professionals as “deeply alarming”—highlights a growing national crisis that remains widely unspoken and heavily misunderstood. Deputy National […]
Mzimba legislator Catherine Mzumara has declared that she is ready to testify in the ongoing calls for a new investigation into the plane crash that killed former Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and eight others, saying Malawians deserve to know the truth once and for all. Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Mzumara said she will […]
Prominent writer and social commentator Onjezani Kenani has sharply criticized the Peter Mutharika administration for what he describes as a senseless purge of some of the best-performing public servants, following news that the government has transferred Prince Phwetekere, the highly respected Executive Director of the Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board, to Domasi College […]
Parliament has confirmed five legislators—Fred Penjani Kamlepo Kalua, Chifundo Makande, Daniel Chitonya, Ismail Mkumba, and Beatrice Roseby Mwale—as commissioners for the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) for the 2025–2030 cohort. The confirmation, made during Friday’s sitting of the 52nd Session of Parliament, was met with unanimous approval from both sides of the House, signaling cross-party confidence […]
Agricultural officials have warned farmers across the country against planting too early, saying the rains received so far are not yet reliable enough to support germination and sustained crop growth. The caution comes after reports that some farmers have already started planting following light rains in several districts this week. In Mulanje, for example, farmer […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed both the unlawful detention and bail applications filed by wildlife crime convict and corruption suspect Yunhua Lin. Delivering his ruling, High Court Judge Redson Kapindu said Lin remains a flight risk and that the seriousness of the offences he faces could compromise the integrity of ongoing court proceedings […]
The Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe has granted bail to 11 people accused of committing violent theft and malicious damage to property at Mbowe in Lilongwe in February last year. In his ruling, Senior Resident Magistrate Wanangwa Nyirenda said the State failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify its request for the suspects to […]
The Government’s newly announced Expenditure Control Measures are not just administrative adjustments or routine fiscal housekeeping. They are a political signal—clear, loud, and uncomfortable. A nation that, only months ago, boasted of “homegrown solutions” and a sovereign path to recovery is now rolling out measures that read like they were photocopied directly from an IMF […]
Stock market investors attribute the recent abnormal surge of share prices on Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) to limited stocks which could be addressed by attracting new listings and issuance of rights shares. In a statement, the Minority Shareholders of Listed Companies (Misalico) said that the increase in demand while positive has pushed share prices to […]
Did you know that at least three in every five schoolchildren have no desk or chair, but plastic waste could be part of the solutions to lift these learners off the dusty floors? Our contributor Christian Mwase reports: In Malawi’s overcrowded classrooms, boys and girls sit on cold floors where they bend and bow discomfortingly […]
Agricultural officials have cautioned farmers against planting now, saying the rains experienced are not adequate to sustain crop germination. The advice follows reports that some farmers have started planting after their areas received rains this week. In Mulanje, Thokozani Botomani, a farmer at Nande Village, Traditional Authority Mabuka, said she decided to plant because she […]
Defence lawyers have pleaded with the Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court to put on check the police over their repeated arrests of 11 suspects accused perpetrating of political violence in the immediate-past regime. Filing an application for the suspects’ bail yesterday, defence lawyer Moses Nkhono said that the State wanted the suspects to keep paying […]
Minister of Transport and Public Works Feston Kaupa yesterday opened the K37 billion Lilongwe Bridge with a pledge of government’s commitment to ease mobility challenges in the country. The minister said the five-lane bridge, constructed with funding from the Government of Japan, will address traffic congestion in Lilongwe and boost connectivity as it sits on […]
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council member States have put under the spotlight Malawi’s human rights situation, calling on authorities to act on several recommendations to address existing gaps. During the ongoing 50th Session of the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, the council spent about three hours reviewing Malawi’s status. The […]
In a move akin to desperate situations demand desperate measures, the Malawi Government has unveiled austerity measures aimed at cutting public spending and restoring fiscal discipline for the remainder of the 2025/26 financial year. Unveiling the measures yesterday through a directive to all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), Chief Secretary to the Government Justin Saidi […]
Malawi risks losing about $75 million (about K148.8 billion) due to low funding absorption for the Transforming Agriculture through Diversification and Entrepreneurship (Trade) Programme meant to improve sustainable livelihoods in rural areas. The project, which came into force on August 28 2020, for six years up to September 30 2025, has a total funding of […]
Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has opened an investigation into circumstances that led the abandonement of a TNM Super League match between Mighty Wanderers and Ekhaya FC on Wednesday at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. Six minutes into the second-half and with the two sides in a deadlock, heavy rains made the pitch unplayable and visibility […]
Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) and its partners have asked the government to ensure that mining activities directly benefit communities, warning that weak regulation continues to expose people to exploitation and environmental harm. Speaking on Wednesday in Lilongwe during a conference hosted by EAM in collaboration with Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and Danish Church Aid, […]
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