Malawi Times

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:37:39 +0000
Air force backs plane condition
By Pemphero Malimba Zomba Air Base officials yesterday told a parliamentary ad hoc committee that the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) aircraft, a Dornier 228, which carried then Vice President Saulos Chilima and his delegation, was airworthy at the time ...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:33:05 +0000
South African official criticises Malawi on repatriation delays
By Pemphero Malimba: KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has criticised Malawi for what he says is a shortage of buses to repatriate its nationals from South Africa, warning that the situation is worsening congestion in holding camps. Ntuli made the re...

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:29:14 +0000
Fam dealt court blow
The High Court in Blantyre has ordered the Football Association of Malawi (Fam) to allow three de-linked associations to attend this Saturday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Sunbird Livingstonia in Salima as affiliates. Fam expelled the three ass...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:55:59 +0000
Urbanisation Efforts ‘stall’
Kingsley Jassi: Malawi is struggling to make traction in urbanization, a key pillar in the Malawi 2063 development blueprint as the rural population is swelling in poverty, signalling policy failure to utilize the rural resources for transformation. ...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:49:09 +0000
Vendors offer low prices for maize
By Brenda Kayo: Spot checks in several districts have established that farmgate prices for maize fall below the K1,050 minimum for a kilogramme set by the government. Farmers in Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Dowa and Lilongwe districts testify that they are s...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:48:30 +0000
Court dismisses ACB’s bid to extend K5 billion account freeze
By Mercy Matonga: The Magistrate Court in Lilongwe has dismissed an application by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to extend a restriction order on accounts linked to Yusuf Investments after questioning the sufficiency of evidence provided in suppo...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:44:16 +0000
Roads Authority advances Makanjira bridges project
The Roads Authority (RA) has identified a contractor to construct nine major bridges along the 100-kilometre Mangochi-Makanjira Road. According to officials, the works will be funded by the World Bank at a cost of $24 million. Roads and Bridges Compo...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:41:52 +0000
US club heaps praise on Temwa after extending deal
National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) side Kansas Current City has said extending the contract for Malawian women’s footballer Temwa Chawinga was the club’s priority. Current co-owners Angie and Chris Long were reacting to Temwa’s three-year ...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:40:47 +0000
Economists cautious despite inflation fall
The fall of inflation and fuel prices cut last week may have eased some pressure but economic commentators caution this should not raise expectations too high. National Statistical Office (NSO) announced that headline inflation declined to 23.4 perce...

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:34:35 +0000
Lazarus Nyemera, Luke Milanzi take charge of Dedza Dynamos
FDH Bank Premiership side Goshen City Dedza Dynamos have appointed Lazarus ‘Deco’ Nyemera and Luke ‘Bruno’ Milanzi as interim coaches. This follows the suspension of head coach Alex Ngwira alongside his assistant Christopher Zinyongo, striker...

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