Malawi Times

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:25:42 +0000
Mixed fortunes for Fisp
By Isaac Salima, Samuel Kalimira & Dalitso Kampira: Some Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp) beneficiaries have started redeeming inputs in some parts of the country, with inputs yet to start arriving in other parts, The Daily Times has establi...

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:37:03 +0000
CDF Bill sent to Legal Committee
By Mercy Matonga: The highly-contested Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Amendment Bill will return to Parliament next week, after legislators failed to agree on whether it should be passed immediately or subjected to further scrutiny. This follow...

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:28:19 +0000
Bullets back on top
The 2025 TNM Super League title race took a new twist with FCB Nyasa Big Bullets dislodging Mighty Wanderers from the summit following a dominant 2-0 win over Kamuzu Barracks (KB) at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe Thursday. Following the victory, Bullets h...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:36:00 +0000
997 Police Rapid Response back
By Isaac Salima: The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has reintroduced its emergency service, dubbed ‘997 Rapid Response’, in a move it says will enable it to swiftly respond to emergencies and acts of robbery. This comes barely a week after some mem...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:30:26 +0000
MCP MPs under fire over absence
By Wezzie Gausi: All Malawi Congress Party (MCP) members of Parliament (MPs) were absent during Wednesday afternoon’s sitting of Parliament, with some independent legislators also missing, leaving much of the opposition side of the chamber visibly...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:28:20 +0000
Court rebuffs former State House official
By Pemphero Malimba: The Lilongwe First Grade Magistrate Court has denied bail to former State House deputy chief of staff Godfrey Arthur Jalale, who is being accused of stealing four dogs at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. First Grade Magistrate Robert ...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:25:46 +0000
Fischer drags Bullets to Labour Office
Immediate-past FCB Nyasa Big Bullets assistant coach Fischer Kondowe has filed a complaint with the Labour Office in Blantyre, calling out the team for unlawful dismissal and termination of contract. This comes two weeks after the club claimed that t...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:22:44 +0000
K5 billion debt haunts Sports Ministry
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is struggling with over K5 billion debt, dating to 2022. Sports Minister Patricia Wiskes made the remarks in a ministerial statement delivered to Parliament in Lilongwe on Tuesday. She said the ministry was y...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:13:29 +0000
Meningitis: A scientific battle, not witchcraft curse
BENEFIT FROM MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS—Facilities such as Zomba Central Hospital By Zuze Sebastian Matoliro: Many Malawians live at the crossroads of culture and medicine, where fevers are often blamed on spirits and where delayed diagnoses cost lives ...

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:48:43 +0000
Police storm Lazarus Chakwera’s house
Police descended on former president Lazarus Chakwera’s house in Area 10, Lilongwe City, Wednesday. A police source confided in us that they were looking for some things that were associated with the New State House in Lilongwe. When The Daily Time...

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