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PROPHET BUSHIRI: SPIRITUALITY, SHOWBOATING, AND THE POLITICAL PANDERING GAME
Religion
19 hours ago

PROPHET BUSHIRI: SPIRITUALITY, SHOWBOATING, AND THE POLITICAL PANDERING GAME

Self-styled Prophet Shepherd Bushiri is a figure both admired and reviled in equal measure.
AK
Analysis By Chiletso Kumbepula
JANE ANSAH’S POLITICAL SOFT UNDERBELLY EXPOSED
Politics
1 day ago

JANE ANSAH’S POLITICAL SOFT UNDERBELLY EXPOSED

Across Africa, political dramas often echo each other with uncanny precision. In Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua rose to power alongside William Ruto after their joint victory in the 9 August 2022 elections. At the time, their alliance symbolized unity, electoral strategy, and a shared populist momentum.
AK
Analysis By Chiletso Kumbepula
THE MOST DANGEROUS JOURNEY EVER ATTEMPTED: THE TRUTH ABOUT GOING TO THE MOON
Technology
2 days ago

THE MOST DANGEROUS JOURNEY EVER ATTEMPTED: THE TRUTH ABOUT GOING TO THE MOON

Going to the Moon is often celebrated as humanity’s greatest achievement, but behind the glory lies a reality that is far more terrifying than most people realize.
FR
Focus Reporter
LEADER OF OPPOSITION SIMPLEX CHITHYOLA BANDA ARRESTED
Crime
2 days ago

LEADER OF OPPOSITION SIMPLEX CHITHYOLA BANDA ARRESTED

Malawi’s Fiscal Police in Lilongwe have today, April 12, arrested Leader of the Opposition, Simplex Chithyola Banda.
FR
Focus Reporter
PDP WELCOMES BACK DISTRICT GOVERNOR, DEFECTORS FROM NPP
Politics
3 days ago

PDP WELCOMES BACK DISTRICT GOVERNOR, DEFECTORS FROM NPP

The People’s Development Party (PDP) on Saturday, April 12, 2026, received and formally welcomed into its ranks a group of members who have defected from the Nationalist Patriotic Party (NPP) whose leader is Dr. Daniel Dube.
FR
Focus Reporter
LOCAL FARMERS PERSPECTIVE ON FOREIGN FARM INVESTORS
Business & Economy
5 days ago

LOCAL FARMERS PERSPECTIVE ON FOREIGN FARM INVESTORS

Of course, policy inconsistency remains one of the more reliable engines of our poverty. We drift along with all the strategic certainty of a canoe without a paddle, no one quite knows where we’ll be in two years, let alone five. Our politicians, it seems, practice likaomba othelatu: governance by improvisation, occasionally seasoned with optimism.
KM
Kondwani Bell Munthali
MEC DEFIES APM EXECUTIVE ORDER YET AGAIN
General
6 days ago

MEC DEFIES APM EXECUTIVE ORDER YET AGAIN

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has once again signalled its resistance to an executive directive ordering the relocation of its headquarters from Lilongwe to Blantyre—setting the stage for a deepening institutional standoff with far-reaching constitutional implications.
FR
Focus Reporter
REAL CASUALTIES OF BUSHIRI, THOM MPINGANJIRA IRON MAN CONFERENCE
Business & Economy
6 days ago

REAL CASUALTIES OF BUSHIRI, THOM MPINGANJIRA IRON MAN CONFERENCE

Over the past week, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri hosted a men’s conference framed as a platform for personal and spiritual development. According to its stated objectives, the gathering sought to inspire men to take responsibility within their families and society, strengthen their capacity to provide economically, and cultivate discipline across key areas such as work, entrepreneurship, and faith.
SA
Soviet Kabungwe News Analyst
SNAKES AND LADDERS: HOW CORRUPTION FIGHTS BACK IN AMARYLLIS HOTEL SAGA
Business & Economy
1 week ago

SNAKES AND LADDERS: HOW CORRUPTION FIGHTS BACK IN AMARYLLIS HOTEL SAGA

When the Reserve Bank of Malawi took the stand before PAC on 12 March 2026, it submitted that, given the gravity of the matter, it had guided that funds already transferred in the purchase of the Amaryllis Hotel—estimated at around K72 billion—be frozen, and that all loans serviced using those funds be reversed and treated as unpaid.
FR
Focus Reporter
CHAKUFWA: THE UNBOWED UNIONIST WHO HELPED BREAK MALAWI’S ONE-PARTY STATE
Opinion/Commentary
1 week ago

CHAKUFWA: THE UNBOWED UNIONIST WHO HELPED BREAK MALAWI’S ONE-PARTY STATE

LEGACY PROFILE: On April 6, 1992, Chakufwa Thom Chihana walked into Kamuzu International Airport fully aware of the risks that awaited him. Malawi was still under the iron grip of Hastings Kamuzu Banda and the Malawi Congress Party—a regime intolerant of dissent and ruthless in its preservation of power.
FE
Focus Editorial
FOCUS Malawi Easter Message 2026
Opinion/Commentary
1 week ago

FOCUS Malawi Easter Message 2026

Easter is a profoundly significant day for Christians around the world and especially here in Malawi, a nation that prides itself as God-fearing. The depth of this day is visible everywhere—from churches to communities, and even in the public spectacle of national leaders, who symbolically carry the cross in solidarity with the suffering of Jesus Christ.
FE
Focus Editorial
IS DPP THE LATER-DAY CHIKANGAUDE CHA MTHENGO?
Opinion/Commentary
1 week ago

IS DPP THE LATER-DAY CHIKANGAUDE CHA MTHENGO?

When I was young, growing up in Thondwe, Zomba, folklore was a powerful tradition of storytelling—a vital way to pass knowledge from one generation to the next, long before TikTok disrupted the landscape. Every evening after dinner, before bed, my grandfather would gather us around to tell stories from medieval times, when, as he liked to say, “cows used to lay eggs.”
SA
Soviet Kabungwe News Analyst

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