Malawi Times

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:35:21 +0000
Shrinking donor aid puts social protection on brink
By Mcloyd Chilangiza: Malawi is facing rising economic and social pressure as declining donor support exposes its heavy reliance on foreign aid for social protection and humanitarian programmes, The Daily Times can reveal. An analysis of Treasury doc...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:32:25 +0000
Court to decide on Amaryllis confiscated funds today
ISSUED RESTRICTIONNOTICE—ACB acting Director General Gabriel Chembezi By Mercy Matonga: The courts are today expected to deliver a ruling on whether to uphold a restriction notice imposed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to prevent Yusuf Invest...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:30:05 +0000
FDH Bank Premiership returns with Lilongwe derby
Action in the FDH Bank Premiership returns this weekend after a three-week break with all roads leading to Civo Stadium in Lilongwe where the first Capital City derby of the season will take place. The showdown between Silver Strikers and Civil Servi...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:24:30 +0000
Creck strengthen technical panel
By Llywellenie Mpasa: Creck Sporting Club have strengthened their technical panel with the hiring of Gerald Phiri Senior and Fischer Kondowe. Phiri Senior has signed a year-long deal as coach Ernest Mtawali’s assistant while Kondowe is fitness trai...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:21:04 +0000
Early citrus breakthrough in FAO-China-Malawi South-South Project delivers poverty relief
AT WORK—Liang Food and Agriculture Organisation (Fao) Malawi recently completed a mid-term field assessment and praised the overall progress of the fruit introduction project. Led by Chinese senior agricultural expert Liang Suiquan, the team succes...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:05:27 +0000
Visual artist brings longest art exhibition
A longest art exhibition will walk its course later this month in Lilongwe led by renowned visual artist Elson Kambalu. The exhibition dubbed ‘Towards Malawi’s Best’ starts on June 26 through to November 30, 2026. Kambalu, who is also a filmmak...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:07:40 +0000
Bus baby
A total of 753 women and children affected by xenophobic attacks in South Africa arrived at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre in nine buses Thursday. That said, it was Halima Thom, who delivered in transit to Malawi, who caught the attention of many people....

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:03:49 +0000
‘Chilima changed his mind on funeral trip’
By Pemphero Malimba: Officials who were working in the Office of the Vice President (OVP) Thursday gave an account on logistics prior to the plane crash that killed State vice president Saulos Chilima and eight other people. Chilima, former first la...

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:00:48 +0000
‘Break the bank’
FCB Nyasa Big Bullets’ new coach Wedson Nyirenda has asked the club to help him build a competitive squad by signing at least four players. Speaking at a press conference in Blantyre Thursday ahead of Sunday’s FDH Bank Premiership match against K...

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:45:42 +0000
Exports diversification faces myriad glitches
Malawi’s effort to reduce dependence on tobacco and diversify its agricultural production base has yielded less fruit, with the leaf still accounting for nearly 60 percent of export earnings. This is according to a Foreign Trade Statistics Report b...

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