Malawi Times

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:10:14 +0000
Battle for CDF refuses to die
By Pemphero Malimba: Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have proposed several recommendations to the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament (LAC) regarding the management of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). These include the need to adopt...

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:07:31 +0000
Government moves to sustain National Youth Service
By Pemphero Malimba: The government says it is developing legislation to govern the National Youth Service (NYS) programme in the country. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Patricia Wiskes disclosed this while making a ministerial statement in Pa...

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:01:11 +0000
Scorchers, Zambia share spoils in 1-1 stalemate
Malawi Women’s National Football Team and Zambia put the good neighbourliness principle to practice when they equalled power in a 1-1 stalemate at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe Sunday. The draw means the Scorchers have failed to register a win...

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:00:49 +0000
When anger costs own security
In a remote area under Traditional Authority (T/A) Mponda in Mangochi District, a sense of fear and insecurity has gripped the community, following the vandalism of a police unit earlier this year. The destruction of Katema Police Unit in March 2025 ...

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:21:03 +0000
Experts weigh in on equality, years after the Beijing declaration
There are calls for increased investments, stronger enforcement of legislation and deeper partnerships for Malawi to address persisting inequalities women and the youth are facing. We sought reactions from various stakeholders on how Malawi has perfo...

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:18:54 +0000
Sattar cases in legal ‘mess’
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says the Office of the Attorney General (AG) holds the key to determining the fate of United Kingdom-based businessman Zuneth Sattar’s corruption-linked cases, particularly regarding the admissibility of evidence so...

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:16:36 +0000
Court blocks redeployment of police commissioners
By Mercy Matonga: Judge William Yakuwawa Msiska Friday granted an injunction stopping government from implementing the redeployment of five senior Malawi Police Service (MPS) officers to the civil service. The five officers, all holding the rank of ...

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:13:40 +0000
Scorchers scorched
Zimbabwe stunned hosts Malawi 2-1 in the opening match of the Three Nations Women’s Football Tournament at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe Friday. A brace from Ethel Chinyerere in the first half was enough for the Mighty Warriors to secure a his...

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:55:48 +0000
Ngara Community Tech College: Beacon of hope for youths
LAUNCHING PROGRESS—Mutharika officially opening Ngara Community Technical College in 2015 By Lewis Msasa: Perched on the shores of the breath-taking Lake Malawi, 40 kilometres from Karonga Town in the northern Malawi, Ngara Community Technical Col...

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:47:18 +0000
Varsities caught in political games
Governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is transforming Malawi’s public universities into repositories for senior officers displaced from their previous roles. For the first time in the country’s history, public universities are being used a...

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