Malawi Times

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:57:05 +0000
Hotel report now in
The long-awaited Public Accounts Committee (Pac) report on the controversial Amaryllis Hotel transaction has been completed and submitted to the parliamentary secretariat, but Parliament says Malawians will have to wait until the House formally adopt...

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:49:07 +0000
Farmers endure bruising tobacco season
By Justin Mkweu: Tobacco farmers are counting the cost of a bruising marketing season after falling prices, lower sales volumes and a high rejection rate squeezed their earnings as the marketing season closes today. Figures analysed from AHL Tobacco...

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:40:33 +0000
1st round casualties
A storm has swept through the FDH Bank Premiership as seven coaches have been fired in the first round, Times Sport can reveal. The figure has already surpassed last year’s record. Four teams changed coaches at the same stage last season. Read more...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:09:44 +0000
Hemp hype up in smoke
By Mcloyd Chilangiza: Malawi’s ambition to rake in about $700 million in forex from industrial and medicinal hemp is in limbo, six years after the cash crop was legalised. What was once touted as a game-changer and, potentially, a substitute for to...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:04:50 +0000
Forex shortages could increase loan defaults
Persistent foreign exchange shortages are threatening business operations and could increase loan defaults among import-dependent firms, the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) has warned. The warning comes amid continued foreign exchange pressure, with the...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:59:35 +0000
More shocks ahead; unpacking Malawi’s state of preparedness
By Kingsley Jassi: Growing at a pace slower than the population, Malawi’s economy has been dipping into a crisis hard to pull out from, amid more shocks likely to worsen the vulnerability. Serial shocks have, perhaps, not caused the economic meltdo...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:54:44 +0000
Temwa gets 2nd successive Ballon d’Or nomination
Malawi Women’s National Football Team striker Temwa Chawinga continues to hog the limelight after she was nominated for the 2026 Ballon award Organisers of this year’ edition released the list of 30 beat women’s footballers in the world yesterd...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:25:27 +0000
Ekhaya fire Chatama
By Praise Majawa: Ekhaya FC have fired head coach Enos Chatama just two weeks after he guided the club to their maiden Airtel Top 8 triumph. Chatama, whose two-year contract was due to expire in January next year, said yesterday he only learnt about...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:18:21 +0000
Miss Malawi First Princess back home
By Jimmy Chazama: Miss Malawi First Princess Irene Navicha returned home from the Miss World pageant in Vietnam Tuesday through Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. Navicha failed to grab the global crown for Malawi which went to Joheirry Mola ...

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:23:53 +0000
China pledges support for African journalists
By Chimwemwe Mangazi in Beijing, China: Assistant Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Hong Lei Tuesday welcomed journalists from the Global South to Renmin University of China for the opening of the China International Press Communic...

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