In October 2025, President Peter Mutharika issued an Executive Order for some four public bodies, including Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec), to move from Lilongwe back to where they were headquartered in Blantyre and Zomba. Mec is the only body tha...

From massive deforestation to pollution to climate impacts such as floods, heatwaves and drought, Malawi is trapped in a vicious cycle of an environment in a state of collapse. In this loop, thousands of people are dying and the country’s farmland ...

The feud between the Football Association of Malawi (Fam) and the National Football Coaches Association (NFCA) has escalated, with the coaches’ body accusing Fam of systematically breaching its own statutes. NFCA has since threatened legal action o...

Commercial banks have lowered the reference rate for June to 20.4 percent from 20.6 percent in May. This extends a downward trend that has gathered pace in recent months as liquidity conditions improve and government borrowing remains subdued. The re...

The government’s intention to restructure its domestic debt has prompted the Malawi Stock Exchange-listed FDH Bank to take a cautionary stance and withhold the disbursement of a K7 billion final dividend for the year ended December 31, 2025. To rea...

By Maxwell L. Chisala, contributor A country’s true character is revealed not by the challenges it faces, but by how it reacts to failure or responds to its inability to solve the problems confronting it—Samuel Huntington in The Modest Meaning of...

By Wezzie Gausi Play­ers in the ICT sec­tor have chal­lenged the gov­ern­ment to move bey­ond policy state­ments and intro­duce tax incent­ives, export sup­port and new legis­la­tion to unlock Malawi’s digital eco­nomy. The calls were ...

By Wezzie Gausi: Questions over the continued stay of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General (DG) Gabriel Chembezi beyond the commonly cited six-month acting period have prompted the government to clarify that his tenure remains lawful and in...

By Justin Mkweu Local authorities are preparing to assess the risk of a possible super El Niño in Malawi following World Meteorological Services’ prediction that it may hit the globe few months coming. A Super El Niño is an unusually powerful El...

Struggling FDH Bank Premiership side Goshen City Dedza Dynamos are reviewing the performance of their coaches after the expiry of a three-match period given to them to improve or get sacked. Dedza General Secretary Mabvuto Mugode said since the techn...