Malawi Times
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:59:49 +0000What is in the budget?
By Kingsley Jassi:
As Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation Joseph Mwanamvekha presents the 2026-27 national budget to Parliament in Lilongwe today, all sectors are pregnant with expectations on the issue of economic turnaround...
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:57:10 +0000Amaryllis issue refuses to die
By Isaac Salima
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has faulted the acting Director General of the Anti- Corruption Bureaus (ACB), Gabriel Chembezi, for clearing officers involved in the planned purchase of Amaryllis Hotel by Public Service Pension Trust F...
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:54:55 +0000Nomads to offer entire coaching panel new deals
TNM Super League champions Mighty Wanderers are set to offer their title-winning coach Bob Mpinganjira and his entire coaching panel new contracts ahead of the new FDH Bank Premiership season, expected to kick off in May.
Bob has McDonald Mtetemera a...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:23:09 +0000Committee exposes political interference in Neef loans
By Mercy Matonga:
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Corporations and State Enterprises has expressed concern over National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef)’s recent work trajectory.
It says the fund has “significantly” devi...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:21:37 +0000K59 billion still needed for lean season response
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) requires K59 billion to fully implement its 2025-26 Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme.
Dodma Commissioner Wilson Moleni said this Wednesday.
Moleni estimated the programme’s total f...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:19:30 +0000‘Deeper macroeconomic challenges unresolved’
The World Bank says although the new administration has taken meaningful early steps to strengthen expenditure controls, increase revenue collection, bolster debt sustainability and restore policy discipline, deeper structural and macroeconomic chall...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:17:12 +0000Queens consultant optimistic on targets
The new performance consultant-cum-coach for the Malawi National Netball Team, the Queens, Debbie Fuller is hopeful that her team may break into the world’s top seven and qualify for the 2027 Netball World Cup.
Fuller made the remarks after she was...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:14:27 +0000Fam unveils nominees for coach, young player awards
The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has unveiled nominees for the 2025 coach and young player of the season awards.
Fam released the list of nominees Wednesday ahead of Fam Football Awards.
The awards are scheduled for March 6 in Blantyre.
The l...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:11:52 +0000Fear, frustration as thieves target household electricity connections
NSEMBE—Some wires had been cut
By Pemphero Malimba:
The appetite for stealing copper wire has intensified in the country, leaving many people in fear, especially those without brick-fenced houses.
For many years, thieves have been stealing electric...
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:18 +0000Malawi Has Talent winner to star at Beam strategy launch
FIRST FLIGHT—Kadankowa hugs his wife before departure at Bakili Muluzi International Airport in Blantyre
Malawi Has Talent by Goshen City Season II winner Isaac Kadankowa has started getting openings.
In the latest case, he is set to perform at the...