MALAWI BREAKING NEWS

Malawian musician Phyzix was left beaming with pride after receiving a surprise package in the post — his very own YouTube Silver Creator Award, handed out to mark his channel smashing the 100,000 subscriber milestone. The singer couldn’t resist sharing the moment with fans, posting a photo on…

Social media commentator Onjezani Kenani has challenged civil society organisations opposing Parliament’s planned public inquiries into public institutions, questioning what is wrong with investigating corruption. Kenani’s comments follow a press briefing by civil society organisations, led by…

The government is backing a winter maize seed project at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), aimed at tackling shortages in the availability, affordability and accessibility of seed under this year’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). The scheme is being run through…

After nine months of uncertainty that threatened to stall the momentum of women’s football in Malawi, the National Bank of Malawi (NBM) Women’s Premiership is finally set to return — and this time, with an eye firmly on the global stage. The Football Association of Malawi (Fam) confirmed that the…

Malawi’s main opposition party has redrawn its internal political geography, in a restructuring exercise that signals its determination to rebuild from the ground up after last year’s bruising electoral defeat. The Malawi Congress Party’s national executive committee, meeting in Lilongwe, pressed…

There was a conspicuous absence at the Malawi Congress Party’s national executive committee meeting in Lilongwe on Wednesday — not of any person, but of a single word: succession. For all the closed doors and careful stage-management at the party’s City Centre headquarters, the one issue dominating…

A hotly-anticipated parliamentary report into the controversial purchase of Amaryllis Hotel is finally ready to be tabled — bringing to a head months of wrangling over a star witness who never testified. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has wrapped up its probe into the Public Service…

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has confirmed a nationwide power outage, which began at 10:45pm on Wednesday, September 9, 2026. The blackout was confirmed in a statement more than two hours after it started. Escom said the outage followed a system shutdown, though the cause…

Grammy Award-winning Kenyan musician Bien-Aimé Alusa Baraza, best known as a member of Afro-pop sensation Sauti Sol, is set to headline this year’s Kumbali Live Music Concert in Lilongwe. The star will take to the stage on 25 October, sharing the bill with Malawian artists Driemo, Praise Umali and…

There is something almost quaint about the idea that a single, unemployed man from Thyolo, acting entirely alone and on principle, might halt the machinery of a national parliament. And yet that, in essence, is the story of Austin Mkoka, who this month obtained a court injunction preventing…