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Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:43:13 GMTSouth Africa Shares New Plan to Work Better With Neighbouring Countries On Trade, Security, Immigration and Growing the Economy
[Nyasa Times] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address yesterday in Parliament, setting out his government's priorities for 2026 and emphasising the country's commitment to peace, prosperity and cooperation wi...
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:23:43 GMT'Illegal, Unreasonable and Null' - High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda Destroys Justin Said's Decisions
[Nyasa Times] In a hard-hitting judgment that has sent shockwaves through Capital Hill, High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has ruled that Chief Secretary Justin Said acted outside the law, abused his powers, misled the Court, and made decisions that ...
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:23:42 GMTPride Is Expensive - Bushiri Tells Malawi's Youth to Drop Ego and Work Hard
[Nyasa Times] Renowned Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri has delivered a blunt and uncomfortable message to the country's youth, warning that pride, excuses and laziness are silently destroying their future.
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:23:42 GMTCDEDI Warns Finance Bank Ruling Will Hurt Malawians and Damage the Economy
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's leading governance watchdog, the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), has launched a strong and unapologetic attack on the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal, warning that the decision to...
Fri, 13 Feb 2026 07:23:41 GMTHigh Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda Slams Malawi Media for Ignorance, Propaganda and Embarrassing Journalism
[Nyasa Times] High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda has delivered one of the harshest and most humiliating attacks ever made by a Malawian judge against the country's media, accusing journalists and media houses of ignorance, propaganda, distortion of c...
Malawi Times
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:10:06 +0000Budget pegged at K10.978 trillion
PURSE KEEPER—Mwanamvekha arrives at Parliament to present the budget
By Kingsley Jassi:
A few minutes after 2 pm Friday, inside the chamber of Parliament in Lilongwe, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Joseph Mwanamvekha, rose ...
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:04:51 +0000Economists groups laud budget on borrowing restraint, growth
The Economics Association of Malawi (Ecama), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Malawi (Icam), and the Bankers Association of Malawi (Bam) yesterday gave positive ratings to the K10.987 trillion national budget delivered by Finance Minister Jo...
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:59:43 +0000Clubs differ on football calendar kick off
The 2026 football season kick off date has drawn mixed reactions from the football fraternity as some players might suffer from burnout due to inadequate rest.
This comes after the Football Association of Malawi (Fam) Friday announced that the 2026 f...
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:49:51 +0000Mzimba’s gold rush creates buzzing commercial hub while stampeding on farmland, environment
CLAY WATERS—Lupachi River which the mining site is located
By Joel Phiri:
At Kamchocho Village in Traditional Authority Mabilabo in Mzimba District, the once fertile landscape along the Lupachi River has been transformed into a chaotic gold rush s...
Sat, 28 Feb 2026 08:44:07 +0000Why our economy suffers
There have been several troubling revelations showing how badly our economy has been hit over the past few years.
The mega farms debacle, together with National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) loans ending up in the wrong hands, paints a worrying pi...