About 18 people, including Mary Chilima—spouse to the late vice president Saulos Chilima—and former secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba are this week bound to testify in the ongoing public inquiry into the June 10, ...

By Deborah Madeya & Brenda Kayo: The Malawi National Examinations Board (Maneb) has started administering 2026 Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examinations, with a total of 197,502 candidates expected to sit the tests. The figure r...

Silver Strikers climbed to the summit of the FDH Bank Premiership following a 3-0 victory over Red Lions at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe City Sunday. The Central Bankers have displaced Blue Eagles from the summit of the 16-member log table with 17 poin...

ON THE ROAD—Oxpeckers journalist Mbauwo Chavula in Karonga district By Mbauwo Chavula When the Coal and Minerals Group (CMG) opened a mine at Kasantha in Karonga district in 2018, it made big promises. In meetings before the project broke ground, ...

By Mercy Matonga: Four months after workers at Malawi Institute of Education raised alarm over a potential abuse of a USAID-funded government project materials, three senior officials have been suspended. Their suspension follows a forensic audit whi...

By Clever Mwale: Four months after the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that it would be forced to stop food assistance for more than 50,000 refugees at Dzaleka Refugee Camp by the end of June 2026 due to funding shortages, the government is yet to...

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) is relocating its camp from Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, where it has been screening and providing assistance to Malawians being repatriated following Afrophobic attacks in South Africa. Dodma Dire...

By Wezzie Gausi South Africa and Mozambique have emerged as the main destinations for Malawian youths affected by labour trafficking, according to a Labour Trafficking Prevalence Baseline Study. The study by the Centre on Human Trafficking Research ...

By Brenda Kayo: It begins with a promise; a promise of renewed energy, youthful stamina and that of instant satisfaction for a partner. A promise sold in small packets, colourful bottles and unmarked capsules displayed openly in pharmacies, grocery ...

By Isaac Salima: Some Malawians awaiting repatriation from South Africa amid Afrophobic attacks have expressed anxiety as June 30 approaches, a date linked to a planned crackdown on undocumented foreign nationals. March and March, a citizen-led move...