[Nyasa Times] The recent visit of Malawi President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera to neighbouring Mozambique has started bearing fruits as evidenced by the landing of 500, 000 litres of petroleum in Malawi through the Mozambican port of Nacala.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed former University of Malawi (Unima) Dean of Faculty of Law Dr Sunduzwayo Madise as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university.

[Nyasa Times] The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Agnes NyaLonje, has disclosed that the President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera-led administration envisages to address challenges of access to schools by 2030 to ensure that all children enjoy their right to education.

[Nyasa Times] Minister Sports Richard Chimwendo Banda has applauded Mukuru and called on private companies as well as the parastatal to start playing a positive role by supporting local sports disciplines as one way of helping in develop sports in the country.

[Nyasa Times] UK-based Malawian netball star Joyce Mvula has joined New Zealand Club, Central Pulse, barely two weeks after announcing that she is leaving Manchester Thunder.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi National Netball Team won the Cosana Tri-Nations tourney after beating Namibia 49-38 in the last game on Thursday at Sports Complex in Blantyre.

[VOA] Blantyre -- Rights groups in Malawi have urged authorities to quickly find and deport a Chinese man who was found to be making and selling exploitative videos of children. A BBC investigation found the man, Lu Ke, paid children to sing and speak Mandarin in disturbing videos that he sold online.

[VOA] Johannesburg -- The Chinese government is working to prevent continued diplomatic fallout and protect its image in Africa after racist videos of African children made by a Chinese man living in Malawi surfaced this week.

[The Herald] ZIMBABWE'S Under-19 team claimed their second victory at the ongoing Confederation of Southern Africa Netball Associations (COSANA) Tri-Nations Cup when they beat Malawi 42-37 yesterday at Kuhes Sports Complex in Blantyre.

[Nyasa Times] Ministers of Education and Training and Science, Technology and Innovation (ET-STI) under the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have converged in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, to follow up on the policy decisions made and the implementation of on-going programmes and initiatives in the ET-STI sector.

[Nyasa Times] Director of Information in the Ministry of Information and Digitalization, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, has asked civic educators under the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) to play a key role in the implementation and success of the Malawi 2063 (MW2063) development agenda.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's highest court, the Supreme Court of Appeal has given former Lands minister Kezzie Msukwa, who stands accused of corruption, a temporary relief from the jaws of the country's graft-busting body, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)

[Nyasa Times] Traditional leaders in Thyolo have commended President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera's administration for demonstrating commitment to rehabilitate the Limbe-Sandama Railway Project.

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal which for sometime has been in short supply of justices of Appeal following a massive exodus and movement of men and women of silk from the bench to retirement has now been gifted with four new judges to administer justice at the country's highest court.

[Nyasa Times] Battle for the ownership of the 166-hectare of land that lies at Chitipi in the outskirts of Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, has taken a new twist with political activist Bon Kalindo now demanding that the Bangladeshi national Muhammad Manan should surrender it to the natives within seven days or face endless vigils at his private home.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi National Netball Team started the CosanaTri-Nations with a resounding victory 60-22 over Namibia at Malawi University of Health Sciences Sports Complex on Sunday.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Maccathy Chakwera has cancelled two International trips as he religiously adheres to austerity measures, saving the tax payer K260 million in the process.

[Nyasa Times] One of the most senior traditional leaders among the Yaos, Paramount Chief Kawinga, has commended President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera for maintaining a good relationship with chiefs across the country, mainly from the Yao tribe.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera is on July 5th expected to preside over the ground breaking for the rehabilitation works of the Lilongwe-Kasungu-Jenda and Kacheche-Chiweta M01 Road, that has been awarded to 4 construction contractors.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has revoked the Television Content License for Rainbow Television over a substantial breach of failing to pay annual license fees.

[Daily Maverick] A Malawian magistrate is expected to ask South African courts to hear witnesses in the extradition case of preacher Shepherd Bushiri.

[UN News] The widespread exploitation of men, women, and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been uncovered by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian Police Service.

[Nyasa Times] President Dr Lazarus Chakwera says there is need for urgent action to enhance agriculture productivity and commercialisation in the country.

[Nyasa Times] Government is urging the academia in diaspora to come back home to help President Dr Lazarus Maccathy Chakwera fix the country.

[Nyasa Times] Social media influencer Joshua Chisa Mbele will on Tuesday know whether he will be remanded on police custody or not after the Lilongwe Magistrate Court adjourned to 14 June, a case in which the state applied to court to have his bail revoked.

[Nyasa Times] Ethiopian Airlines has resumed ticketing services for all travel agents in Malawi with effect from today following the improvement of forex situation in the country barely three week after President Dr Lazarus Chakwera's administration devalued the Kwacha.

[Nyasa Times] The Ministry of Tourism has closed Golden Peacock Hotel in Blantyre.

[Nyasa Times] There has been an overwhelming response from both local and foreign investors to be part of the first ever Private Sector Labs, an initiative of President Lazarus Chakwera.

[Nyasa Times] The Anti-Martha Chizuma grouping says it has postponed its decision to seal off offices of graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday.

[Nyasa Times] Two more ladies teams from across the borders of Malawi have expressed keen interest to take part in this year's FISD International Volleyball Tournament to take place from 5th to 7th August at Katoto Outdoor Courts in the city of Mzuzu.

[Nyasa Times] Graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has summoned former Lands Minister Kezzie Msukwa for questioning on Thursday in Lilongwe.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Matola has clarified that his 'Achule' remarks was not meant to attack ordinary Malawians but rather opposition politicians, who are failing to appreciate the development which the Tonse Government led by President Lazarus Chakwera is doing in the country.

[Nyasa Times] Blantyre Magistrate's Senior Resident Magistrate Akya Mwanyongo has convicted six people involved in the Kamuzu Stadium gate fraud after they were arrested on April 16 during the TNM Super League match between Mighty Mukuru Wanderers and Sable Farming.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of National Unity Timothy Pagonachi Mtambo and senior officials from the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) are in Uganda to learn how that government is running its governance structures and institutions.

[Nyasa Times] Centre for Mindset Change (CMC) has warned that the tendency by politicians and Cabinet ministers to use offensive language on the public podia has potential to inculcate a culture of "disrespecting and insulting one another" among future generations.

[Nyasa Times] Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has written President Lazarus Chakwera asking him to intervene and stop the sale of maize by the Agriculture Development Corporation (ADMARC) to Grain Millers of Zimbabwe saying the decision will likely negatively impact Malawi's food security situation.

[African Arguments] Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight.

[Nyasa Times] The Roads Fund Administration (RFA) has disclosed that three more toll gates will be constructed this year in the central and northern regions.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Minister of Finance, Sosten Gwengwe, has quashed rumours that government intends to devalue the Kwacha further as Malawians are lamenting and feeling the painful pinch of the already 25% devaluation last month.

[Nyasa Times] Governance and political analysts George Chaima and George Phiri have weighed in on the recent apology the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) made at a public rally in Mzuzu.

[Nyasa Times] We, Malawian academics and professionals in the diaspora, note with great concern the growing leadership crisis in Malawi and the worsening socio-economic conditions which have made life unbearable for ordinary Malawians.

[Nyasa Times] DVV International Regional Director for Southern Africa, David Harrington, says media is an important ally in informing the public of the importance and diverse nature of Adult Literacy Education (ALE).

[Nyasa Times] President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera on Tuesday spent his time at Capital Hill where he met some of his Cabinet ministers ahead of the launch of the first ever Private Sector Labs.

[Nyasa Times] Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Social and Community Affairs, Savel Kafwafwa, has hailed a local education-focused organization - based on Need-driven Grassroots Ownership (boNGO Worldwide) - for initiating programmes aimed at addressing inequalities in the education sector.

[VOA] Blantyre -- Malawi wants renewed access to the International Monetary Fund's Extended Credit Facility, or ECF, after a two-year halt.

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that his government has secured a K60 billion ($60 million) soft loan from the World Bank to rehabilitate Kapichira Hydro power in the next six months.

[Nyasa Times] Minister of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife, Michael Usi, says South African controversial dancer, Zodwa Wabantu, is still banned from performing in Malawi despite calls from some quarters for the ministry to rescind its decision.

[RFI] The Malawian hit song, Moyo wa Mtawoni, meaning 'the town life', was released some 20 years ago by musician Ben Michael Mankhamba. It addressed the challenges of living in urban areas and praised the laissez-faire lifestyle of villages.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi Government has successfully defended first round of a four year US$350 million International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility program, the IMF has said.

[Nyasa Times] The Japanese Government, through Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has donated Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to Malawi to improve operations at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA).