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Ekhaya FC part ways with both head coach Enos Chatama and team manager Francis Khan
September 9, 2026
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* The club maintains that decisions have been made after a thorough review by the club’s leadership, aligning with its strategic objectives for the current season and beyond By Duncan Mlanjira A day after announcing the departure of head coach, Enos Chatama, Ekhaya FC has also parted ways with team manager Francis Khan. In both statements released by Chief Executive Officer, Thando Mhango, the team maintains that the decisions were made after a thorough review by the club’s leadership…

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Lot 3 of M1 Road rehabilitation between Jenda and Mzimba turnoff exceeding 86% completion
September 8, 2026
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* The project also includes climbing lanes to improve safety and traffic flow, particularly for heavy trucks on steep sections of the road By Duncan Mlanjira As of the end of August 2026, Lot 3 of M1 Road rehabilitation between Jenda and Mzimba turnoff continues to register significant progress, with key activities now exceeding 86% completion. On its official Facebook account, the Roads Authority reports that 43km out of 47km has been surfaced, and that construction of major and…

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EGENCO refutes reports alleging it is hiring diesel generators from external sources
September 8, 2026
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* Maintains that it has never hired and does not intend to hire any diesel generators, whether from within Malawi or from outside the country * EGENCO already owns diesel generators located at Mapanga in Blantyre, Kanengo, Lilongwe A in the Centre and Lubinga in the North * The company is not seeking to hire generators, but rather to restore its own generators to operational status By Duncan Mlanjira Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) has refuted reports circulating being amplified…

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Tabitha and Faith Chinzimu on collision course in 2026/27 UEFA Women’s Champions League
September 8, 2026
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* Tabitha’s French side OL Lyonnes are eight-time winners of the UEFA Women’s Champions League * Chinzimu’s Swedish club BK Häcken are inagural UEFA Women’s Europa Cup champions By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Scorchers teammates, Tabitha Chawinga and Faith Chinzimu will play against each other when their sides, France’s OL Lyonnes and Sweden’s BK Häcken, respectively, will meet in the 2026/27 UEFA Women’s Champions League on December 16, 2026. OL Lyonnes, who lost 0-4 to Barcelona in May’s UEFA Women’s…

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Malawi, Tanzania agree to deepen economic ties in raw materials value addition and regional markets
September 8, 2026
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Malawi Minister of Industrialisation, Business, Trade & Tourism, Simon Itaye speaking in Dar es Salaam when opening the 3rd Malawi–Tanzania Trade and Investment Forum * Minister Itaye calls for Malawi and Tanzania to turn long enjoyed bilateral relations into stronger commercial relationships * To convert geographical proximity into market proximity; political goodwill into commercial partnerships * And regional agreements into actual movement of goods, services, investment and people By Duncan Mlanjira During the opening of the 3rd Malawi-Tanzania Trade…

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Malawi draws in another Chinese investor to modernise Lake Malawi transport hub
September 8, 2026
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* The new investor Hongtai Group to set up modern Monkey Bay shipyard to construct new cargo and passenger vessels on Lake Malawi * The first vessel is expected to set sail on the lake in one-and-a-half years time * This comes six weeks after signing a pact with Xiao Xiang Investment to expand Lake Malawi vessels with four new ones By Kondwani Magombo, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Ministry of Transport & Public Infrastructure has signed a further memorandum…

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Karonga district tops in MSCE exam results based on proportion of distinctions at 11.41% pass rate
September 7, 2026
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* Followed by Dedza (9.89%), Rumphi (8.54%), Zomba Urban (8.21%), Mzimba South (7.63%), Nkhatabay (6.87%), Mzuzu City (6.86%), Mulanje (6.77%), Lilongwe West (6.76%) and Chiradzulu (6.67%) * Out of the 188,169 candidates that sat for the 2026 examination, 111,510 have passed — representing 59.26% pass rate * Top 10 city day schools are Ndirande Hill (Blantyre Urban, 17.47%), Chichiri (Blantyre Urban, 12.05%), Katoto (Mzuzu City, 10.08%), Bwaila (Lilongwe City, 10.07%), Zingwangwa (Blantyre Urban, 9.89%), Chinsapo (Lilongwe City, 9.79%), Luwinga…

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CDH Investment Bank sponsors K5 million towards Institute of Internal Auditors governance forum and annual conference
September 7, 2026
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* To held under the theme; ‘The Currency of Trust: Governance as Strategy, Assurance as Proof’ * Which speaks to Malawi’s ambition to build a more resilient economy through industrialisation * An objective that requires close collaboration among government, the private sector and financial institutions By Duncan Mlanjira CDH Investment Bank has sponsored K5 million to the Institute of Internal Auditors Malawi (IIA Malawi) in support of the Institute’s annual conference, which is underway from today till Thursday (September…

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Renowned scholar and poet Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga launches three books
September 7, 2026
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* ‘Nasiwero ndi Ndakatulo Zina’, ‘Taming the State of Mind’ and ‘Writing Odyssey’ * He encourages Malawians to cultivate a culture of reading saying it acts as a bridge connecting the writers to their audiences By Mussa John Witness, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Renowned Malawian poet, scholar, translator, and higher education administrator, Dr. Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga — best celebrated for the poem; ‘Ndidzakutengera Kunyanja Ligineti’ — has launched three books adding to a trove of literature he has authored….

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Tanzania’s President Samia’s husband dies in hospital
September 7, 2026
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* Ameir Hassan was an agricultural academic who largely kept a low public profile * He became Tanzania’s first First Gentleman after President Samia took office in 2021 By Alfred Lasteck & Hafsa Khalil, BBC Africa The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar. The country’s Vice-president Deogratius Ndejembi — who made the official announcement of Ameir’s death — said Hafidh Ameir Hassan, who kept a…

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