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All women flight deck brings the Scorchers home

August 19, 2026

* Captain Yolanda Kaunda and 1st Officer Winnie Msachi including the air hostesses By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Scorchers returned from the historic fairytale run at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) Morocco 2026 were flown on Malawi Air by an-all women flight deck crew. Malawian Aviators Facebook page reported that Captain Yolanda Kaunda and 1st Officer Winnie Msachi flew the flight to Lilongwe International Airport. Malawi Airlines spokesperson Joseph Chikalipo told the Nationonline that the arrangement was made…

Tiyende Limodzi Endowment Fund raises over MK302m towards MK10 billion first-year target

August 19, 2026

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* Designed to create a permanent and sustainable financial foundation for Catholic Church’s pastoral, educational, health, social and community development ministries * Standard Bank Chief Executive Phillip Madinga and acting Managing Director of Centenary Bank Beatrix Mosiwa appointed as the endowment fund’s chairperson and vice-chairperson respectively By Duncan Mlanjira The Tiyende Limodzi Endowment Fund, which the Catholic Church’s Archdiocese of Lilongwe launched on July 25, 2026, has already raised over MK302 million against the MK10 billion first-year target. The…

High Commissioner John Bisika joins fundraising golf for COSECSA College of Surgeons Scientific Conference

August 18, 2026

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* To be held on August 29 at the Lilongwe Golf Club ahead of the College of Surgeons Scientific Conference scheduled for November 27 to December 4 * Whose budget is at US$750,000 (MK1.4 billion) to cater for all coordinated planning logistics for the expected over 1,500 participants * Surgeons save lives — I will tee it up in honour of all surgeons—High Commissioner Bisika By Duncan Mlanjira Dr. Thomas John Bisika, who has just honourably completed his tour…

Speaker Sameer Suleman stresses for MPs dedicated participation in their capacity training

August 18, 2026

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* Individual Parliamentarians’ attendance and participation in the training will be closely monitored * As the 3-week training rolled out on Monday, with dedication to better understand the legislators’ roles in and outside Parliament By Kondwani Magombo, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Speaker of the Malawi National Assembly, Sameer Suleman, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to participate in the 3-week training that rolled out on Monday, August 17, with dedication to better understand their roles in and outside…

Malawi to host East, Central and Southern Africa’s College of Surgeons Scientific Conference

August 11, 2026

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* Malawi to showcases a decade of surgical growth since hosting the prestigious conference for the first time in 2016 * With a budget of US$750,000, Surgical Association of Malawi appeals for stakeholders support to successfully host the event * That will draw over 1,500 medical practitioners to be held at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) from November 27 to December 4 By Duncan Mlanjira Surgical Association of Malawi is set to host the prestigious annual general meeting…

Property owners in Lilongwe’s Malangalanga approve MHC’s significant redevelopment plan

August 11, 2026

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* Malangalanga’s dilapidated staff quarters will be transformed into safe, decent, and affordable housing * To include improved drainage, roads, lighting, and green spaces for families * For years, our civil servants and their families have lived in aging houses — today, that story changes By Duncan Mlanjira After Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) unveiled its plans at a stakeholders meetings to give Malangalanga staff quarters a new facelift, the project has been approved by property owners, who bought land…

South Africa wants Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia to reimburse repatriation costs

August 11, 2026

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* According to SA Home Affairs, as of August 6, 2026, at least 82,875 foreign nationals had been processed at repatriation centres * The repatriations that the department of Home Affairs undertook were not budgeted for By Duncan Mlanjira South Africa’s government is reported to have written to the governments of Malawi, Nigeria and Ethiopia requesting that they reimburse the repatriation costs for their citizens when they fled xenophobic attacks since April this year. A report by online media…

Actors urged to raise awareness on High Court of Malawi ruling on abortion

August 10, 2026

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Rev Martin Kalimbe urging actors to be agents of change on reproductive health * Discussions on sexual and reproductive health are regarded as taboos, and here in Malawi, taboos silence conversations * The silence on some SRHR issues, such as abortion, creates stigma which affects individuals from seeking safe, legal healthcare By Beatrice Ligomeka The Centre for Solutions Journalism (CSJ) has urged actors to use their unique platforms and performances to educate audiences about Sexual and Reproductive Health and…

MUNA successfully completes charity Big Walk to mobilise K950 million support for Kamuzu Central Hospital short stay ward renovation

August 9, 2026

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* It was much more than a physical activity, it represented compassion, unity and a shared commitment to improving healthcare in Malawi — Malawi High Commission’s Chargé d’Affaires, Justice Agness Patemba * Given the scale of the undertaking, MUNA recognises that achieving this goal will require strong collaboration and support from partners in Malawi, the UK and internationally By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawian-UK Nurses Association (MUNA) charity Big Walk in Manchester, United Kingdom, to mobilise K950 million support for…

Chiweta-Karonga road rehabilitation set to commence in November

August 9, 2026

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* Government has found innovative ways of financing infrastructure projects, including securing loans from local banks * All roads that will be constructed by Government will have toll gates so that we can raise money for maintenance and also repay the bank loans * The arrangement would enable government to implement major road projects while ensuring resources were available for maintenance and repayment of the loans By George Mponda, Malawi News Agency (MANA) Minister of Transport & Public Works,…