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Silver Strikers appoint Patricio Kulemeka as interim head coach after parting ways with Peter Mgangira

September 9, 2026

Patricio Kulemeka * Interim 1st assistant coach is Mapopa Msukwa and the 2nd is 2025 Women’s Football Coach of the Year Andrew Chikhosi * Kulemeka led Silver Strikers Ladies as head coach at the CAF Women’s Champions League-COSAFA Botswana 2026 Qualifier By Duncan Mlanjira Silver Strikers, who announced yesterday (September 8) that it has parted ways with head coach Peter Mgangira, has today disclosed that it has replaced him in the interim by Patricio Kulemeka. In a press release…

NBM Women’s Premiership 2025 Golden Boot winner Deborah Henry undergoes successful surgery

September 9, 2026

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Deborah Henry in action in the only match she played for Silver Ladies at the CAF Women’s Champions League-COSAFA Botswana 2026 Qualifier * The Silver Strikers Ladies’ forward sustained a distal fibula fracture during the team’s opening match of the CAF Women’s Champions League-COSAFA Botswana 2026 Qualifier * She was part of Malawi Scorchers historic appearance at the WAfCON as an unused sub in all five matches played By Duncan Mlanjira Silver Strikers Ladies forward Deborah Henry, who sustained…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…