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TNM celebrates remarkable 2025 financial and customer growth; awards staff 3 months salary bonus, increases 2026 salary with 20%

January 13, 2026

* Profit after tax for the year ending December 31, 2025 is expected to be between K20.915 billion and K22.879 billion, representing an increase of 108% to 128% * 2025 marks a clear turnaround for TNM. Our improved service quality attracted more customers, which in turn strengthened our financial performance * This did not happen by chance. It is a result of our people’s disciplined and consistent effort—CEO Michel Herbert By Victor Singano Jnr. The country’s leading mobile network providers,…

Mutharika at 100 days: High expectations, limited reform and unanswered questions

January 12, 2026

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* The issues that led to the party being voted out in 2019 have not been forgotten by the public. Corruption, policy inertia, and disregard for accountability remain red lines for many Malawians * If this administration fails to listen, to reform, and to clearly break with past practices, the current goodwill will evaporate quickly * Hope alone is not enough — it must be matched by credible action, transparency and a genuine willingness to govern differently from before…

46,000 people to benefit from clean potable water to communities sorrounding Shire Valley Transformation Programme

January 12, 2026

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* By October this year some farmers will start receiving water for irrigation as temporary intake construction is at about 66% complete and is expected to be operational by April * Substantial progress has been made on the main canal from intake with about 70% of construction works completed as permanent intake is expected to be completed in 2027 By Pempho Nkhoma, MANA As part of the Shire Valley Transformation Programme (SVTP), about 46,000 people from the sorrounding communities…

100 days of direction: An assessment of President Peter Mutharika’s early governance and economic record

January 12, 2026

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The 7th President of the Republic of Malawi, Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika * In a country grappling with deep macroeconomic stress, food insecurity, institutional fatigue and public disillusionment, the first 100 days matter less for dramatic results and more for direction, intent and policy posture * From the outset, President Mutharika has placed governance discipline at the centre of his leadership message * His early rhetoric on corruption, accountability and public service efficiency has been unusually direct Analysis by…

Falling Lilongwe City streets advertising billboards terrifies the public

January 8, 2026

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* Is it poor workmanship or vandalism and stealing of foundation reinforcement bolts and nuts sold to unregulated scrap metal merchants? * Vandals suspected to be street connected groups of people who routinely loiter beneath the billboards — especially two cases that have happened in Lilongwe * Such conduct naturally places them among the prime suspects in the loosening of the reinforcement bolts By Duncan Mlanjira There have been two incidents in the Capital Lilongwe where two huge advertising…

President Mutharika scraps off Minister of State portfolio held by Gangata; Appointed as Minister of Natural Resources

January 6, 2026

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* Adds Chipiliro Mpinganjira as Gangata’s deputy; Edgar Tembo as Deputy Minister of Industrialisation, Business, Trade & Tourism and Thoko Tembo as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation & Water Development * Chimwemwe Chipungu elevated to Minister of Lands, Housing & Urban Development from Deputy Minister of Health By Duncan Mlanjira In his first Cabinet reshuffle since he assumed office in October, President Arthur Peter Mutharika has made some changes which include scrapping off the Minister of State portfolio of…

The political economy of oil in Venezuela: Power, policy and persistent decline

January 5, 2026

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* The political economy of Venezuela’s oil industry is a story of immense potential undermined by political overreach, institutional decay, and economic mismanagement * Oil empowered the state, but it also weakened the foundations of accountability and productivity. Today, Venezuela stands as a stark reminder that natural resource wealth, without strong institutions and disciplined policy, can entrench poverty rather than eliminate it Opinion piece by Chief Economist Chifipa Mhango Venezuela’s oil industry is one of the most striking illustrations…

Maduro in custody at New York detention centre as Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela

January 4, 2026

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* Maduro and the First Lady Cilia Flores, were taken from the capital Caracas to the Metropolitan Detention Centre in Brooklyn to face drug trafficking-related charges * He has previously denied being the leader of a drug cartel as Venezuela has announced a state of national emergency and denounces the “military aggression * US oil companies would also fix Venezuela’s “broken infrastructure” and “start making money for the country”, Trump says * Trump’s comments may signal to some that…

Only 3 African Union countries Ghana, Gambia, Benin along with those from SADC and COMESA granted visa-free entry into Malawi

January 3, 2026

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* Visa exemption for SADC and COMESA countries only applies for those that do not subject Malawians to a visa requirement * Along with those that hold Laissez-Passer whilst on official duty for SADC, COMESA, United Nations, African Union and Africa Development Bank By Duncan Mlanjira Ghana, Gambia and Benin are the only African Union countries along with those from Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Common Market for Eastern & Southern Africa (COMESA) that have been granted visa-free…

DStv customers to be upgraded to next top package for free once they pay for subscription

January 2, 2026

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* The ‘We Got You’ promotion runs between January 1 to February 28 reconnecting customers and new DStv subscribers By Duncan Mlanjira Ever paid less and unlocked more? — DStv does through ‘We Got You’ promotion, which has been rolled between January 1 to February 28 reconnecting customers and new DStv subscribers. In a statement, DStv takes cognizance that “January is the month where life picks up speed again – school runs, budgets tighten, and homes everywhere start looking…