Malawi Times

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:19:27 +0000
Anxiety mounts as June 30 nears
By Isaac Salima: Some Malawians awaiting repatriation from South Africa amid Afrophobic attacks have expressed anxiety as June 30 approaches, a date linked to a planned crackdown on undocumented foreign nationals. March and March, a citizen-led move...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:56:52 +0000
Aviation engineers urge caution in crash inquiry
By Wezzie Gausi: Current and former Malawi Air Force engineers have cautioned the Parliamentary inquiry into the Chikangawa plane crash against making technical conclusions without the support of qualified aviation accident investigators. They warne...

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:54:06 +0000
Slap in the face
All 16 FDH Bank Premiership clubs have declined a Football Association of Malawi (Fam) invitation to attend the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Salima District Saturday. The clubs made the resolution during a virtual meeting held Thur...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:43:51 +0000
Admarc banks on prisons, schools to offload maize
The Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) says it is relying on institutional buyers such as schools and prisons to help clear carryover maize stocks estimated at 23,000 metric tonnes (MT) as of May this year. Admarc spokesperso...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:43:50 +0000
Archaic regulation stifles Malawi mining sector growth
Malawi continues to regulate its mining sector using portions of legal instruments that are over 40 years old, a situation experts say is affecting growth of the sector. Twice, over the years, the country has attempted to transform the sector through...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:38:59 +0000
Report exposes extensive harassment of schoolgirls
By Deborah Madeya: An Afrobarometer report has revealed that 31 percent of school-going girls in Malawi face discrimination, harassment or requests for sexual favours from their teachers. This exceeds the continental average of 27 percent and is hig...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:37:47 +0000
Government coupon rate drops to 10 percent
By Kingsley Jassi:   The latest Treasury notes auction, held on June 22, 2026, saw the government’s low borrowing appetite driving the coupon rate to 10 percent. The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) sees this trend working well to ease the cost of...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:34:42 +0000
Council calls meeting over poor national team results
The Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) has summoned sports associations to review the performance of Malawi’s national teams in international competitions. The two-day consultative meeting will take place at Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Lil...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:33:01 +0000
Forex woes push Bakhresa to shut wheat plant down
Bakhresa Malawi Lim­ited has shut down its wheat pro­cessing fact­ory in Limbe, Blantyre City, blam­ing for­eign exchange short­age the coun­try is facing. The move will pull 15,000 met­ric tonnes (mt) of wheat flour products off the mar­ket...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:26:34 +0000
Silver Ladies in final push for Caf tourney
Silver Strikers Ladies are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for the 2026 Caf Women’s Champions League Cosafa qualifiers. The tournament is scheduled to run from August 6 to 15 in Botswana. As part of preparations, Silver Ladies held ...

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