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Repositioning Malawi’s mining sector: From potential to performance

April 10, 2026

Kayelekera Mine in Karonga * Malawi’s mining sector requires a coherent, execution-focused growth strategy, one that aligns regulation, infrastructure, industrial policy, and investment promotion * With the right policy mix, the sector can shift from marginal contribution to a central pillar of economic transformation By Chifipa Mhango, Chief Economist- Don Consultancy Group Malawi’s mining sector presents a paradox, a country endowed with uranium, rare earths, graphite, and gemstones, yet recording mining GDP growth rate trends that remain disconnected from its…

MEC further pursuing High Court’s assessment on relocation for proper and definitive constitutional determination

April 9, 2026

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* The matter was dismissed on procedural grounds and that the substantive constitutional issues raised were not determined by the Court * On this premise, the Commission has resolved that the issues, being constitutional in nature, must be properly and definitively determined by the Court By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) indicates that it is pursuing further the application for judicial review it made seeking a definitive court clarification on whether the directive by President Arthur Peter Mutharika…

NBS Bank reaffirms its support to retired military veterans welfare

April 8, 2026

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* Signs an MoU with MDF extending annual MDF Veterans Golf Tournament lead sponsorship agreement to 10 years * Over the years, the tournament has evolved into a key national platform that brings together the corporate sector, government, and the public * To recognise the sacrifices of retired military veterans while mobilising resources to support their welfare By Duncan Mlanjira NBS Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Malawi’s retired military veterans by signing of a Memorandum of…

Parliament must go beyond approving the 2026/2027 National Budget to ensure resources deliver jobs, services, and improved livelihoods—Speaker Suleman

April 8, 2026

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* As he urges Parliamentary Committees to intensify scrutiny of expenditure, act on audit findings, and adopt real-time, evidence-based oversight * “A budget is not successful because it is passed,” he said at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe. “A budget is successful because it is implemented.” By Duncan Mlanjira At the official opening of National Budget Implementation, Tracking and Oversight Forum today, April 8, 2026, Speaker of Parliament, Right Honourable Sameer Suleman has impressed on Parliamentary Committees that…

Courageous Kids Foundation needs about K9.07 million every month in caring for 98 children

April 8, 2026

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* Including 11 babies under the age of five, some as young as just 3 months old * We kindly ask anyone who can to support us — any contribution, no matter how small, makes a huge difference By Duncan Mlanjira Current enrollment of children at Courageous Kids Foundation in Mpemba is at 98, which includes 11 babies under the age of five, some as young as just 3 months old — and to sustain their every day livelihood,…

Through 20 years of sustained protection and natural regeneration, Mpatamanga Wildlife Ranch recovers into a functioning forest ecosystem

April 8, 2026

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* The land has been actively protected and managed following earlier degradation caused by charcoal burning and illegal logging * Today, the data shows a recovering miombo forest, hundreds of thousands of young trees coming through, and protected species thriving again By Duncan Mlanjira A privately managed indigenous forest, Mpatamanga Wildlife Ranch, along the Shire River in Neno District, is a testimony of a passionate long-term, self-funded woodland restoration programme carried out independently with scientifically verified outcomes. For over…

Malawi must adopt currency board arrangement to end chronic inflation and boost development—economic expert Thomas Ngoma

April 7, 2026

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* Malawi inflation problem is not an economic mystery, it is an institutional failure * For decades, Malawians have lived with 20%+ inflation as if it were normal * This numbness to economic pain has allowed policymakers to rely on the same narrow blunt toolkit of discretionary monetary policy — even though it has repeatedly failed to deliver stability By Duncan Mlanjira Diaspora-based Malawian economic expert Thomas Ngoma — who has advanced a serious agenda that if Malawi is…

Government averts industrial strike planned by fuel transporters

April 6, 2026

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* Allocates 85% of contractual volumes for the current fuel supply to Malawian transporters following concerns of dominance by international transporters * NOCMA addressing concerns of loading delays at sea ports in Mozambique and Tanzania by establishing offices in Beira and Dar es Salaam By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA), in collaboration with the Ministries of Energy and of Transport, has averted an industrial strike planned by Bulk Vehicle Operators Trade Union (BVOTU) from tomorrow April 7…

MP Billy Kaunda ignites profound tributes towards former President late Bingu wa Mutharika

April 5, 2026

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* He was a great man! The son of the soil! He left behind an oversized pair of shoes — so oversized that nobody has ever even attempted to put on—Alfred Bachiwa * One of the great sons of Malawi, selfless and dedicated to serving his fellow countrymen, nothing more and nothing less—Saona Gama By Duncan Mlanjira Member of Parliament, Billy Kaunda’s post on Facebook, in remembering that former State President, Bingu was Mutharika died on this day of…

21 years ago, Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) honoured a call to help Walter Nyamilandu refresh Malawi’s football

April 5, 2026

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The 21-year-old picture that was taken at an event Walter Nyamilandu organised to honour the efforts of his SKC-led marketing team * Nyamilandu is now tasked amongst the Parliamentary adhoc committee to conduct a fresh inquiry into the plane crash that claimed SKC’s life eight others game By Duncan Mlanjira Dyson Kondeni Musa, the social media football analyst with a perfectionist detail to events, has brought to attention an episode in Malawi’s football that took place some 21 years…