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Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:11:52 GMT
Chilima Crash Investigation Highlights Systemic Lapses in Malawi's Chain of Responsibility
[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

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:11:57 GMT
Pressure Grows On Malawi to Deliver WASH Reforms Amid Funding Shortfalls
[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 ...

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:12:02 GMT
Malawi's University Fee Hikes - Warning Signs Policymakers Can't Ignore
[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.

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:11:57 GMT
Immigration Services 'Sold to the Highest Bidder' - Ombudsman Exposes Rot, Bribery and Political Capture
[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 m...

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:55:48 GMT
Musina Swamped As Malawians Stuck At Border With Wrong Papers
[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, le...

Malawi Times

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:17:24 +0000
Seeking closure
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, ...

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:14:16 +0000
MSCE exams start today
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...

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:07:46 +0000
Silver go top
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...

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:03:51 +0000
Malawi’s minerals rush: When economic promise runs against environmental, cultural concerns
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, ...

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 10:49:45 +0000
Officials suspended over USAID project materials
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...

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