[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition Simplex Chithyola Banda has called on government to immediately reverse the newly announced 100 percent increase in public university tuition fees, warning that the decision risks denying thousands of academically deserving but financially disadvantaged students access to higher education.
[Nyasa Times] ARMED police swooped on Malawi's seat of government in a dramatic show of force -- sparking fears of a major security incident at the heart of the nation's power.
[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has broken its silence over a purportedly leaked audit report on the management of the 2025 General Election, accusing those behind its circulation of undermining the official audit process and presenting an incomplete document as though it were a final report.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi has launched a renewed national push to confront a largely overlooked public-health emergency: rising deaths and injuries linked to pesticide poisoning, including a growing number of suspected self-poisoning cases involving Highly Hazardous Pesticides.
[Nyasa Times] The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military plane crash has heard fresh testimony from Kelvin Sentala, a close acquaintance of the late vice-president Saulos Chilima, who sought to clarify a widely discussed remark attributed to Chilima shortly before his death.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's parliamentary inquiry into the military plane crash that killed vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight others has heard testimony pointing to fragmented command procedures, informal requests and impractical travel plans in the days before the fatal flight.
[Nyasa Times] Former Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Colleen Zamba, has strongly defended the government's response to the military plane crash that claimed the lives of former Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others, insisting that officials did everything that was expected of them under unprecedented circumstances.
[Nyasa Times] The proposed Kasiya Rutile Project in Lilongwe District could remain in operation for more than 70 years, far exceeding its initially modelled 25-year mine life, according to findings from a definitive feasibility study conducted by Sovereign Services Limited.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Minister of Mining, Thoko Tembo, M.P., has reaffirmed the government's commitment to maintaining a stable, transparent and predictable investment environment as it advances sector-wide reforms designed to strengthen regulatory clarity and long-term investor confidence.
[Nyasa Times] A detective has told the High Court how a suspect accused of murder and rape led investigators to the body of his alleged victim and admitted the crimes in a recorded video interview, in testimony that cast a stark light on one of Malawi's most disturbing criminal cases.
[Nyasa Times] The Chepiti family in Blantyre has appealed a ruling by the Blantyre District Land Tribunal which found that land they say they have occupied for more than a century belongs to the Catholic Church.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Ad Hoc Committee probing the June 2024 military plane crash has received testimony that sharpens scrutiny of the decisions surrounding vice-president Saulos Chili
[Nyasa Times] Experts have expressed cautious optimism that Malawi can still meet its 2030 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) targets, but have warned that significant financing gaps and coordination challenges must be urgently addressed if the country is to stay on track.
[Nyasa Times] As Malawians in South Africa face rising anti-migrant tensions and appeals for repatriation support grow louder, one homegrown technology platform has unexpectedly become central to the national response.
[Nyasa Times] The National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc SME Day Exhibition was not only a marketplace for entrepreneurs but also a memorable entertainment spectacle, with thousands of patrons thronging Springs Park in Mzuzu to enjoy electrifying performances by music stars Eli Njuchi and Saint Realest.
[Nyasa Times] Mpico plc, a subsidiary of Old Mutual plc, has installed a new water system worth more than K30 million at Chiwamba Health Centre in Lilongwe as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
[Nyasa Times] Thousands of academically gifted but financially struggling Malawians risk being priced out of public universities after institutions announced a 100 percent increase in tuition fees, a move the Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has described as abrupt, inequitable and a serious threat to equal access to higher education.
[Nyasa Times] Standard Bank plc has appointed Alex Mkandawire as the substantive Chairperson of its Board of Directors, the bank announced on Thursday.
[Nyasa Times] TNM has kicked off a nationwide hunt for Malawi's next music star -- with a jaw-dropping K120 million prize on the line.
[Nyasa Times] A Malawian political commentator has alleged that former Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zanga Zanga Chikhosi walked away with three luxury government vehicles after being fired -- without paying for any of them.
[GroundUp] Immigrants say threats and evictions forced them to flee their homes
[Nyasa Times] A Deputy Minister has allegedly crossed a significant constitutional line by secretly recommending to the appointing authority that his own line minister be removed from office, according to claims circulating on social media gossip platforms.
[Nyasa Times] A fiery open letter posted on Facebook has accused senior officials in the Ministry of Lands of illegally allocating more than 30 hectares of prime city-centre land in Lilongwe to a single investor, Nyasa Manufacturing Ltd, sparking fresh questions over governance and political influence in one of Malawi's most sensitive ministries.
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's push to meet global water and sanitation targets by 2030 is facing mounting pressure, with senior officials and development partners warning that the country must accelerate reforms, strengthen accountability and find new ways to finance essential services.
[Nyasa Times] The parliamentary inquiry into the June 10, 2024 military aircraft crash that killed Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others continues to expose the distance between official account
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's public universities have quietly triggered one of the most consequential policy shifts of the year: a doubling of tuition fees for generic students, from K650,000 to K1.3 million.
[Nyasa Times] The Office of the Ombudsman has delivered a scathing indictment of Malawi's Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services, concluding that access to critical immigration services has effectively become a matter of who can pay the most, with corruption, political interference and institutional failure replacing fairness and the rule of law.
[Scrolla] More than 150 buses are due at Beitbridge as the Durban repatriation site closes, with most of its 7,000 people already moved to Musina. Buses without proper travel certificates are being stopped at Beitbridge and sent to a truck stop, leaving passengers stranded for hours.
[Nyasa Times] Pan African Mining Limited has strongly refuted reports circulating on some media platforms and social media claiming that it exported 2.5 tonnes of granite from Malawi to India, clarifying that only 67 kilograms of carefully prepared composite exploration samples were legally sent abroad for specialised scientific analysis.
[Nyasa Times] An eerie silence, broken only by muffled sobs, engulfed Committee Room 251 at Parliament Building in Lilongwe yesterday as three widows of victims of the June 10, 2024 Chikangawa military plane crash laid bare the emotional scars they have carried for more than two years.