Elections 2025
True
Court has indeed rejected Chakwera, MCP application to stop MEC from declaring results
In an interview with iVerify Malawi, judiciary spokesperson Ruth Mputeni confirmed that the circulating document is real.
Elections 2025
True
Court indeed dismissed former First Deputy Speaker’s application against MEC
The court ruling on the application that iVerify Malawi has seen confirms that High Court Judge Violent Chipao dismissed Kazombo's application due to errors, including typos.
Elections 2025
True
Dr. Dalitso Kabambe indeed congratulated Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on ‘winning’ the presidential election
The UTM posted the congratulatory message on its Facebook page and the party spokesperson, Felix Njawala, also confirmed to iVerify Malawi that the press statement was from the UTM party president.
Elections 2025
False
Fake letter claiming MCP has conceded presidential election defeat
The purported signatory of the letter, Malawi Congress Party (MCP)Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda, has dismissed the letter through his Facebook page.
Elections 2025
False
It is false that Brian Banda of Times Group has been suspended
Brian Banda appeared or was heard on Times Group platforms, including Times TV and Times Radio, a day after the of his suspension was circulated. He also disputed the claim of his suspension in an interview with iVerify Malawi.
Elections 2025
True
It is true that the Constituency Returning Officer at Nkhoma in Lilongwe, reportedly, wanted to commit suicide
A report by police at Nathenje in Lilongwe confirmed that a man is suspected of having jumped into a sewage system in an attempt to commit suicide. It is reported that people found him in the sewage system around 10pm.
Elections 2025
True
Some electoral materials from Nkhatabay district to National Tally Centre indeed had no seals
An analysis of the live coverage of proceedings at the National Tally Centre shows that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials and party monitors spent a long time arguing about the lack of seals on some of the Election Management Devices and how to handle the situation.
Elections 2025
False
It is false that Civil Society Elections Integrity Forum is calling for immediate release of election results
The Civil Society Elections Integrity Forum (CSEIF) press conferences on 2025 elections are being held openly and covered live by various media outlets and none of them has pressured Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to release results.
Elections 2025
False
Photo headlined ‘Malawi incumbent, leading’ falsely attributed to BBC Focus on Africa
In a post on its X handle, BBC News Africa says it is aware of a fake photo falsely attributed to the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme that is circulating online, but the BBC did not publish that photo about the Malawi elections.
Elections 2025
True
Kasungu DC indeed returned constituency results for not tallying
The Kasungu District Commissioner, James Kanyangalazi, told the media that he sent the Constituency Returning Officers for Kasungu South and Kasungu South West for taking to the District Tally Centre results sheets that could not tally. Kanyangalazi said the figures on manually filled results sheets and system-printed results sheets were different. The same happened in Chikwawa district.
Elections 2025
False
It is false that MDF has taken control of MACRA offices
Head of International Relations and Corporate Communication at the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA), Limbani Nsapato, said all MACRA offices were operating normally on September 18, 2025. Some people corroborated and said they were in their offices at the time iVerify Malawi talked to them.
Elections 2025
False
Circulating district voter turnout numbers falsely attributed to EU Election Observers
The European Union Observation Mission 2025 says the data circulating and attributed to the mission are not from the mission.
Elections 2025
False
Fake letter claiming ‘Vitumbiko Mumba’ requested MRA to grant clearance of property to Zimbabwe
Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba has disowned the letter describing it as fake. Malawi Revenue Authority says it is not aware of such a letter/request.
Elections 2025
False
It is false that the Malawi Defence Force released a statement on 2025 elections
The Malawi Defence Force released a statement a statement that dismissed the fake statement in a statement dated 15 September 2025 that Malawi Defence Force Public Information Officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kelvin Kayanula signed.
Elections 2025
False
Fake conceding statement claimed to be from ‘Dr. Michael Usi’
Dr. Michael Usi, the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi, already told the media that he does not have a page named 'Dr Michael Usi' and the conceding statement is not available on his official Facebook page 'Office of the Vice President - Malawi'.