By Wezzie Gausi: The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Constitution (Amendment) Bill of 2025 is expected to return to Parliament after the expiry of the 21-day constitutional waiting period following President Peter Mutharika’s decision to withh...

By Mercy Matonga: Six police officers convicted of the murder of Buleya Lule are believed to be among the 222 inmates pardoned by President Peter Mutharika as part of the Christmas and New Year celebrations, some highly placed government sources have...

Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has downplayed reports linking Malawi National Football Team Coach Kalisto Pasuwa with a vacant job at Dynamos FC in his native Zimbabwe. Pasuwa, who has a running contract with Fam until January next year, is rep...

By Wezzie Gausi: The government says it is still consulting stakeholders on domestic debt restructuring, even as Malawi moves closer to concluding broader debt restructuring negotiations with external creditors. In an interview, Secretary to the Trea...

Commercial banks have, effective January 6, 2026, revised the reference rate to 25.2 percent, from 25.3 percent in December 2025, representing a 0.1 percentage point decline. The commercial bank reference rate, also known as the benchmark lending rat...

The year 2025 was one of the most challenging periods for Malawi’s private sector in recent memory. Both large companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) faced a fragile and constrained business environment. While some macroeconomic indicato...

The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) recorded exceptional performance in 2025, with the index rising above 260 percent to emerge as Africa’s top performer once again. In this interview with CHIMWEMWE MANGAZI, MSE Chief Executive Officer John Kamanga dis...

Veteran gospel musician Allan Ngumuya is revisiting some of his old songs to breathe life into them. This is part of 40th anniversary celebrations this year. The seasoned musician, who is based in the United States, said yesterday that out of 180 of ...

Music Crossroads Malawi on Tuesday hosted an open masterclass aimed at making creatives understand the 21st century musician. The programme was facilitated by Sunniva Hovde, who is an Associate Professor in Music at the Department of Teacher Educatio...

By Pemphero Malimba & Daniel Zimba: The percentage of female Cabinet representatives has fallen from 29 percent to 25 percent following a reshuffle made by President Peter Mutharika on Monday night. In his initial post-September 16, 2025 General...