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A big pre-Christmas concert in Lilongwe will feature major headliners and an album launch. Music stars Jetu and Lady Aika are set to perform. Rising artist Angellah Masiku will officially debut her first album, called Muzandilira Amunanga. The event is scheduled for the Water User Garden in...

The National Bank of Malawi is handing out donations across the country for the holidays. Their annual program has given away food and supplies worth one hundred twenty million kwacha so far. The total festive package is two hundred fifty million kwacha, running from early to late December. Each...

A farmer in Ntcheu is using old methods to battle new problems. Grace Semu, from Govati Village under Traditional Authority Phalula, fights climate change and high costs with agroecology. She relies on composted manure, local seeds, and planting trees to rebuild her soil and cut expenses. She...

Malawi placed last globally on a major infrastructure transparency scorecard. The index shows serious problems with corruption and law enforcement in public construction. Governance analyst Mabvuto Bamusi said the issue is especially bad there, blaming low public oversight and poor monitoring of...

The Labour Minister voiced frustration over a stalled technical college project. Joel Chigona visited the nearly finished Nsoni Community Technical College in Chiladzulu today. Construction started back in 2019 but stopped in 2021. The building is about ninety percent complete, yet still not...

Fewer people in Malawi know about human rights now than before, according to official statistics. The National Statistical Office reported awareness dropped from ninety percent to eighty-five percent between 2018 and 2025. NSO Commissioner Shelton Kanyanda revealed this during a report launch in...

The Minister of Local Government will not say who should handle the Constituency Development Fund. Ben Malunga Phiri declined to pick a side between MPs and local councilors. He stated the issue remains under review at the highest government level. President Arthur Peter Mutharika has not signed...

The Local Government Minister told councils they have no more excuses for poor performance. Ben Phiri challenged them during a MALGA general assembly meeting. He stated that significant power and resources have already been devolved to local authorities. Phiri said people on the ground are the...

Police in Blantyre took six people to the scene of Dr. Victoria Bobe's murder. They conducted a reconstruction of the crime. Among the suspects is Raphael Msalanyama Mano, a thirty-five year old former police and intelligence officer from Gaza Province, Mozambique. Dr. Bobe was shot and killed...

An inmate at Nsanje Prison is asking officials to better educate prisoners about their legal rights. Stonald Anthony, held on remand for over two years, made the call during a law awareness session organized by the Malawi Law Commission and the Legal Aid Bureau. He pressed courts and police to...

The government says it will finish building a long-delayed trade school in Thyolo. The handicraft skills school at Thyolo Technical College has been stalled for five years. Labour Minister Joel Masina Chigona stated construction will restart soon. The goal is to complete the project next year...

Malawi has officially hit a major global HIV target, according to UNAIDS. The country achieved the so-called 95-95-95 goals. This means ninety-five percent of people with HIV know their status, ninety-five percent of those diagnosed are on treatment, and ninety-five percent on treatment have...

The national mining authority is planning to put its own officers in local councils. MMRA Director General Mphatso Chikoti revealed this idea at a meeting in Mangochi District. The goal is to tighten regulation of mining operations at the local level. District Commissioners and various...

The government handed out maize to hundreds of households in Neno District. A total of 346 families received aid in areas led by Traditional Authorities Dambe and Chekucheku. These homes were hit by sudden disasters early in the rainy season. Amos Chandilanga, the acting district disaster risk...

A guy named Mphatso Kampeni just got a major lifetime achievement award in Eswatini. The Malawian expat received the ESwatini Mary Dee award for his community and social impact work. He called the honor a solid confirmation of his long-term commitment to tackling social issues. Kampeni posted...

Part of the fence at Joyce Chitsulo Stadium in Mwanza District has collapsed. This points to a widespread issue with how public projects get built in Malawi. The stadium was just opened three months ago, with Lazarus Chakwera and other politicians in attendance. The contractor, Bonongwe...

The new ESCOM board chair, Alfred Nhlema, says he will try to fix the power supply. He wants more transparency and better operations for the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi. His goal is to make electricity more reliable and accessible nationwide. Nhlema also works as a top officer at...

An elderly man in Zomba is in a bad spot trying to care for his older sister. Cidreck Chitera, 84, looks after his 88-year-old sister, Aidah Cidreck. They live in Masaula village under a local leader named Lawudoni. She has a swollen leg and cannot walk. They have almost no food or decent...

The family of musician Junior King, born Dugulth Ferreira, announced his funeral plans. His wife, Reece Lane, and sister Lucinda Windvogel shared the information online. The service is set for a Saturday morning at Father’s House Church on Patterson Road in North End, Port Elizabeth. Following...

Johannesburg official Mgcini Tshwaku provided an update on the DJ Warras murder case. Authorities identified a female tenant from the Zambesi Building as a person of interest, linking her to hijacked building networks. The victim had a protection order against her before his fatal shooting in...