Malawi Times
Tue, 05 May 2026 07:10:55 +0000Government in talks over Salima Sugar row
By Wezzie Gausi:
The government will this week begin mediation talks aimed at resolving the dispute surrounding Salima Sugar Company.
The mediation talks follow an ongoing dispute between the government and AUM Sugar over shareholding in Salima Suga...
Tue, 05 May 2026 07:06:36 +0000Celebrating excellence
Times Radio, which is under The Times Group, has been named Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa)-Malawi Radio Station of The Year (2026). This transpired at the Misa-Malawi Awards event held in Salima District on Sunday. The event was a culminat...
Tue, 05 May 2026 07:03:26 +0000FDH Bank lifts suspension on sports sponsorship
The uncertainty surrounding FDH Bank plc sports sponsorship has been cleared after the bank lifted its temporary suspension Monday, ending days of speculation and unrest.
FDH Bank suspended its sponsorship, amounting to K7.5 billion catering for vari...
Mon, 04 May 2026 11:19:38 +0000Medf sweats over loans
By Benadetta Chiwanda Mia:
The Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (Medf), formerly National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef), has recovered K8 billion from its K240 billion loan portfolio during a two-month recovery campaign.
The recovered amount re...
Mon, 04 May 2026 11:14:05 +0000Misa calls for media tax incentives
By Pemphero Malimba
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa)- Malawi has urged the government to introduce tax incentives for media institutions in the country.
Misa-Malawi Chairperson Golden Matonga said this had the potential to transform operati...
Mon, 04 May 2026 11:10:58 +0000OPC lauds media’s watchdog role
Commentators Sunday remembered the country’s former president Bingu wa Mutharika with calls for the country to take a legal route that compels policymakers to be implementing recommendations made by commissions of inquiry.
The Office of the Preside...
Mon, 04 May 2026 11:01:22 +0000CSOs protest Ngora CEO’s ‘secondment’
By Pemphero Malimba
A group of 17 civil society organisations (CSOs) is asking the Office of the President and Cabinet to withdraw the purported secondment of Non-governmental Organisations Regulatory Authority (Ngora) Chief Executive Officer Felix ...
Mon, 04 May 2026 10:52:36 +0000The missing voice of courage in Malawi’s music amid national crises
Malawi is, once again, in familiar crises. Fuel is scarce, foreign exchange is hard to come by, tobacco prices are low and the cost of basic commodities continues to rise. Farmers, civil servants, businesspeople and everyone is crying. For many citiz...
Sat, 02 May 2026 14:09:40 +0000Government on rescue operation
STRUGGLED TO GET THE SYSTEM—The Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services
After nearly a decade of foreign control, the Malawi Traffic Information System (Maltis) is now back in the hands of the government.
Principal Secretary for the Ministry...
Sat, 02 May 2026 14:05:34 +0000Peter Mutharika celebrates workers as engine of development
By Daniel Zimba & Mercy Matonga:
President Peter Mutharika has said his administration remains committed to ensure welfare of workers, which he described as engine of national development.
He said government would continue to promote and safeguar...