False

Elections 2025

False information claiming Professor Peter Mutharika believes Malawi Congress Party presidential candidate Dr. Lazarus Chakwera will win September 2025 election

FACT-CHECKED by iVerify

September 1, 2025

The circulating information has no context on where and when Professor Peter Mutharika said that. The spokesperson for Mutharika's party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Mr. Shadric Namalomba (who is also Professor Mutharika's spokesperson) said at no point did the DPP presidential candidate say such things. The purported author, Mercy Matonga, who works for Times Group (a legit media house trading as Times 360 Malawi on social media), also said she did not author such a story. Times Group has also not published such a story on any of its online or offline platforms.

Claim

Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Professor Peter Mutharika believes Malawi Congress Party presidential candidate Dr. Lazarus Chakwera will win the 2025 elections

Rating Justification

iVerify Malawi verified the content and determined that it is false. To arrive at this verdict, iVerify Malawi interviewed the purported author, Mercy Matonga, and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Professor Peter Mutharika’s spokesperson Mr. Shadric Namalomba. Both Matonga and Namalomba said the circulating information was just fabricated to mislead the readers. iVerify Malawi also found that Times 360 Malawi did not publish such information on any of its platforms, online and offline.

Evidence and References

Legitimate Times 360 Malawi on Facebook
https://web.facebook.com/Times360Malawi

Times 360 Malawi on X
https://x.com/Times360Malawi

Times Group website
https://times.mw/

Mercy Matonga and ShadrIC Namalomba interviews.

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