Kampepuza Road Accident: Six Rushed to Hospital, Others Trapped

Published on October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM by Edgar Naitha 195 words • approx. 1 min read Information reaching this publication indicates that six people have been rushed to Ntcheu General Hospital following a serious three-vehicle accident at...

Blood Thinners & Anti-Obesity Shots Dominate Medicare Drug Spending

From diabetes injectables to blockbuster blood thinners, a handful of drugs account for a sizable share of Medicare’s pharmacy bill. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao, ranks the most common drugs by total Medicare spending in...

Over 64% of Malawi’s MPs Have Failed to Return to Parliament: Here is Why!

Malawi’s 2025 parliamentary election has delivered a strong and painful message to most of its lawmakers: voters have had enough. Parliament Nyasatimes analysis has revealed that from the 2019–2025 cohort of Parliament, only 70 out of 193 Members...

OPINION | Free Secondary Education Is Malawi’s Most Radical Leap Toward Equality

Malawi has finally taken a step that history will remember — the decision to make secondary education free from January 2026. Critics call it reckless. Realists call it revolutionary. And if the lessons from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Zambia...

Turning Drops into Harvest: Malawian Farmers Defy Water Woes with Drip Irrigation

The sun burns fiercely over the dusty plains of Kapata Mahowe in Mzimba’s Manyamula area, Northern Malawi. The once-green fields now lie cracked and bare, the wind carrying with it the scent of dry earth and the quiet murmurs of struggle. Women...

Minister of Health updates National Assembly on Mpox outbreak in Namibia

Statement by Esperance Luvindao, minister of health and social services, at the National Assembly, Windhoek – 21 October 2025. I rise to address the assembly regarding the recent outbreak of mpox in Namibia. On 18 October 2025, the Ministry of...

Exclusive Part1: How party loyalism, nepotism undermine government progress

…The Maravi Post’ Exclusive Investigation-Part 1… As the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government under President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika takes the helm, it inherits a complex and troubling legacy left by the preceding Malawi...

Abuakwa South MP calls for health laws to tackle Africa’s inequality crisis

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has called on African lawmakers to take bold legislative steps to close the continent’s widening healthcare gap and make access to quality health services a fundamental right for every...

Zimbabwe and Malawi governments to cover expenses for N1 bus crash victims

Following the tragic N1 bus crash near Louis Trichardt, the governments of Malawi and Zimbabwe have stepped in to support the families, promising to pay for all of the victims' medical and repatriation costs. In a meeting with Limpopo government...

Implementing a Diaspora Policy: Malawi’s Missing Key to Unlock Billions in Investment

Malawians abroad have the potential to become one of the nation’s largest sources of foreign direct investment—if policy catches up with opportunity. Hannington Gondwe is the CEO of the UK-Malawi Chamber of Commerce and an advocate for trade and...

Man Arrested for Allegedly Killing Brother-in-Law Over Mattress Dispute in Lilongwe

Published on October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM by Edgar Naitha 184 words • approx. 1 min read Police in Lilongwe have arrested Khobidi Themuthemu’s 47-year-old father on suspicion of murdering his brother-in-law following a long-standing dispute over a...

Hospital technician arrested for K6.1 million equipment theft

Police in Zomba have arrested a laboratory technician at Zomba Central Hospital for allegedly stealing medical equipment and consumables worth about K6.1 million. The suspect, Ian Kambwala, 32, from Laiti Village, Traditional Authority Bvumbwe in...

Zambia Receives Mobile Labs To Assist With Infectious Disease Response

Still contending with several significant infectious diseases, including cholera, Ebola and mpox, Southern Africa recently received a “game-changer” in the fight to prevent and contain outbreaks. As part of a civil-military partnership, Zambia’s...

Hospital Technician Arrested Over Theft of Equipment at Zomba Central Hospital

Published on October 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM by Edgar Naitha 124 words • approx. 1 min read A laboratory technician at Zomba Central Hospital has been arrested for allegedly stealing hospital property, including valuable equipment and consumables....

Dr. Kingsley Agyemang Urges African Lawmakers to End Health Injustice

Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has urged African lawmakers to take decisive legislative action to bridge the continent’s widening healthcare gap and ensure that access to quality health services becomes a...

‘Going down the drain’: Atlanta global health work imperiled by U.S. aid cuts

Sudden cuts to U.S. global health aid this year have hit Atlanta-based international nonprofits hard, spurring layoffs of close to 1,000 workers, and imperiling their mission to help millions of people access food and life-saving health services....

Inside Malawi’s K6.2 Billion COVID-19 Scandal: How Chakwera’s Administration Failed to Protect Public Funds

By Suleman Chitera | Investigative Editor How Malawi’s K6.2 Billion COVID-19 Funds Were Abused Under the MCP Government Meta description: An investigative exposé on how the Lazarus Chakwera-led administration mishandled Malawi’s K6.2 billion...

Ranked: America’s Most Common Drugs by Medicare Spending

Ranked: Countries With the Most Years in Poor Health See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

The Fiscal Risk of Political Suspensions: How Unlawful Dismissals Cost Malawi Millions

Every time a new administration takes office, Malawians witness sweeping changes across government ministries and parastatal organizations. While such shake-ups are often justified as efforts to enhance efficiency and accountability, they...

Malawi Mission Confirms Four Nationals Among Survivors of South Africa Bus Tragedy

193 words • approx. 1 min read Officials from the Malawi Mission in South Africa, led by High Commissioner Stella Ndau, visited the site of the tragic bus crash in Limpopo Province to assess the situation and check on Malawian nationals involved....