Malawi Times
Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:19:27 +0000Anxiety 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 +0000Aviation 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 +0000Slap 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 +0000Admarc 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 +0000Archaic 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 +0000Report 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 +0000Government 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 +0000Council 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 +0000Forex 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 +0000Silver 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 ...