Malawi Times

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:43:53 +0000
Maize traders lose patience
By Wezzie Gausi: Tension gripped Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, Sunday after agitated maize traders staged protests by barricading the John Chilembwe Road with tree branches. The protest was sparked by a decision from the State-owned National Food Res...

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:36:09 +0000
Fresh push for pardon guidelines review
By Isaac Salima: Civil society organisations (CSOs) have resuscitated calls for the country to review guidelines that govern the pardoning of prisoners. The guidelines were last reviewed in 1999. Centre for Human Rights, Education, Advice and Assist...

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:29:55 +0000
Joyce Mvula out of Queens
The Malawi National Netball Team will be without experienced shooter Joyce Mvula in two major tournaments after the Leeds Rhinos player announced that she is pregnant. She made the announcement on Saturday. Due to the development, Mvula said she was ...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:09:56 +0000
How land crisis squeezes Shire Valley communities
By Emmanuel Chilemba: In Traditional Authority Makhwira area in Chikwawa District, learners have to walk uphill to access Nkudzi Community Day Secondary School (CDSS). That was the only piece of land available for the District Development Fund proje...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:04:34 +0000
Community, estate in 13-year fight over land in Kasungu
HARD HIT—Locals By Nelson Gonjani: Across the country, unresolved land disputes continue to flourish. In Kasungu District, one such dispute has persisted for more than 10 years, trapping over a hundred households in a prolonged legal limbo and put...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:57:16 +0000
Peter Mponda, Masters Security agree 3-year deal
Former FCB Nyasa Big Bullets coach Peter Mponda has agreed to sign a three-year deal with Masters Group of Companies who have reportedly acquired Baka City’s top-flight league status. Masters Security Group of Companies acting Chief Executive Offic...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:53:46 +0000
Hammers, Silver battle for quarterfinals slot
Silver Strikers and Mzuzu City Hammers will lock horns in the 2025 Castel Challenge Cup round of 16 at Rumphi Stadium this afternoon. At stake is a place in the quarterfinals against defending champions Mighty Wanderers next week at a venue yet to be...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:50:59 +0000
NBM Women’s Premiership finale on
The inaugural National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Women’s Premiership will conclude tomorrow at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe. This comes after the Football Association of Malawi (Fam) moved back the NBM Women’s Premiership match between Silver Strikers L...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:48:09 +0000
How light and water are bringing hope to deprived rural schools and health centres
POWER OF ELECTRICITY—Kacheka printing examinations at her school By Sphiwe Dorias: Milumbe Community Day Secondary School in rural parts of Mulanje District is basking in the glory of an historical achievement. For the first time since its establi...

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 11:42:06 +0000
The politics of maize
Maize hoarding continues to be one of the most persistent and damaging problems affecting Malawi’s food security system. Year after year, the same patterns repeat themselves. Traders buy maize from desperate farmers at low prices, hoard it in antic...

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