Malawi Times
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:11:44 +0000Chimwendo out of custody
The High Court in Lilongwe Wednesday ordered the immediate and unconditional release of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General (SG) Richard Chimwendo Banda, ruling that his continued detention was unlawful and unconstitutional
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:07:12 +0000Fears rise for safety of persons with albinism
By Bertha Banda:
Malawi may be sliding back into a period when people with albinism lived in fear, a fear that now appears to be resurfacing in communities across the country.
From a missing man in Mulanje to a tampered grave in Dowa, recent inciden...
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:03:51 +0000Super League rebranded to FDH Premiership
FDH Bank plc has redefined the landscape of domestic football after pumping in a whooping K5 billion to take over Super League sponsorship.
The league has now rebranded to FDH Bank Premiership as the bank will inject K1 billion annually for five year...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:36:41 +0000Banks bleed Malawi dry
By September 2024, 25-year-old Jarson Phiri stood on the threshold of promise. He had secured a place at one of Lilongwe’s private universities, a hard-won achievement that carried with it the hopes of upward mobility and a better tomorrow.
January...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:59:31 +0000Government refuses to shed off Sunbird shares
By Kingsley Jassi:
The government has rejected calls to reduce its 71 percent shareholding in Sunbird Hotels Limited, despite pressure from minority shareholders seeking greater public participation in the profitable hotel chain.
Press Corporation Li...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:56:07 +0000Fisp delivers little value, says economist
Malawi’s Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp) delivers limited impact on food security despite consuming over two-thirds of agriculture and food-sector spending, an economist has warned.
In an interview, economist Marvin Banda said continued relian...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:51:36 +0000TNM staff get 3-month bonus, 20% pay rise
Malawi Stock Exchange listed-Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM) has rewarded employees with bonuses equivalent to three months’ salary and a 20 percent pay increase following record financial performance in 2025.
The mobile network operator’s board ap...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:43:13 +0000Court adjourns case on rights of street beggars
By Daniel Zimba :
The High Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court in Blantyre, has adjourned to January 20, 2026 a case in which 13 street beggars with disabilities are challenging a section of the Penal Code that criminalises begging.
The applican...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:33:50 +0000Student loan recovery surges by 54 percent
By Emmanuel Chilemba:
The Higher Education Students Loans and Grants Board (HESLGB) has recorded a 54 percent increase in loan recovery, rising from K678.4 million in 2024 to over K893.8 million in 2025.
The institution’s Communications Manager, M...
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:29:58 +0000When mob justice stings perpetrators
VICTIM OF MOB’S WRATH—Chapananga Police Unit
By Emmanuel Chilemba:
On July 1, 2023, Chapananga Police Unit in Chikwawa District had infrastructure that rose above the ground of the Shire Valley district.
By the end of that month, it had been redu...