An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team is back in the country— three months after the last visit—for policy negotiations regarding a possible Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme with Malawi. Ministry of Finance spokesperson Willia...

By Isaac Salima A judicial review case challenging the formation of ad-hoc committees by Speaker of Parliament Sameer Suleman faces uncertainty as there are indications that communication seeking the Attorney General (AG)’s “indulgence” on the...

Mighty Wanderers are a house on fire, burning on and off the pitch and a pale shadow of the team that emerged as champions last season. On Saturday, fans wept after the team’s 2-1 loss to Blue Eagles in the FDH Bank Premiership at Nankhaka Stadium ...

By Bright Mhango: Inside an expansive, newly-built fence in Mingale in Chadzunda in Blantyre sits a tiny structure. It is equally recently constructed. It is a one-room, two-window building, fitted with apparently freshly-made and unvarnished wooden...

President Peter Mutharika Friday assured the banking sector in Malawi of his administration’s commitment to create a conducive operating environment for business growth. He was speaking during an audience with the leadership of the Bankers Associat...

The stakes are high as Mighty Wanderers and Blue Eagles face-off in the final match of the 2026 FDH Bank Premiership first round at Nankhaka Stadium in Lilongwe this afternoon. Whatever result, Wanderers or Eagles will finish top of the first round l...

The Malawi Under-20 National Football Team, the Junior Flames’ hopes of qualifying for the 2026 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) suffered a setback following a 2-0 loss to Zambia. The match was played at Zimpeto Stadium in Maputo, Mozambique yest...

STUNTED HOPE—A smallholder farm maize crop after weeks of dry spell By Farai Shawn Matiashe: Agriculture remains underfunded in Africa as governments struggle to deliver on decades-old promises to dedicate 10 percent of national income to agricult...

Malawi’s vice-presidents have always drunk from a poisoned chalice. The late Justin Malewezi, the late Saulos Chilima, Cassim Chilumpha, Joyce Banda and Khumbo Kachali know this story. Each, at different points and under different circumstances, ex...

By Mercy Matonga: Tributes have been pouring in for Zimani Kadzamira, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima), diplomat and brother to Cecilia Kadzamira, former official hostess for Malawi’s founding president, Hastings Kamuzu B...