Nyasatimes Breaking News in Malawi
Otsatira chipani chotsutsa cha Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) asonyeza kudabwa ndi kukhudzidwa ndi kusunthidwa kwa gavanala woyang’anira ntchito za chipanichi m’chigawo cha pakati m’boma la Mangochi, a Sanudi Sande.
In a jaw-dropping rebuke that has shaken both the Church and political corridors, the CCAP Nkhoma Synod has disowned a controversial visit by pastors to former President Peter Mutharika’s Page House residence, branding it a gross misrepresentation and a breach of church conduct.
A bombshell sex scandal has rocked Malawi’s football fraternity, with Football Association of Malawi (FAM) executive member Daud Mtanthiko at the center of explosive sexual harassment allegations involving a female official from the Malawi Women’s National Team, The Scorchers.
The political storm around the alleged visit of CCAP Nkhoma Synod ministers to former President Arthur Peter Mutharika’s (APM) Page House has taken a new twist. On the surface, the Synod’s official statement, dated April 15th, 2025, categorically distances itself from the visit, declaring that only six of its 267 ministers were involved—and that they acted in their personal capacity, not as official Synod representatives.
In the latest episode of “Politicians Gone Wild: Malawi Edition”, MCP Central Region chairperson Patrick Chilondola has made a dramatic U-turn on his viral roast of UTM’s firebrand Patricia Kaliati—but only if she stops dragging the President like a broken WiFi cable.
With just five months before Malawi heads to the polls on September 16, civil society organisations (CSOs) are sounding the alarm over a serious funding gap for voter civic education—pleading for K30 billion while donors remain silent.
With 2025 elections fast approaching, the United Transformation Movement (UTM) has roared back into the spotlight, unveiling a bold, no-nonsense blueprint that promises to haul Malawi out of economic stagnation and political dysfunction.
As Malawi heads toward its high-stakes general elections on September 16, 2025, two political giants—President Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and former president Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)—find themselves trapped in a dilemma that could define the future of their parties and the leadership of the country beyond 2030.