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Bitter pill
When we met James Walala at Mkwate bus stop in Blantyre’s Machinjiri Township on Wednesday, crowds were walking to work.…
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Entertainment News
A night of verse in room B
Apart from hosting tutorials, Room B at the University of Malawi’s (Unima) Chancellor College (Chanco) is renowned for being…
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Feature
Ugly face of teen pregnancies
On November 1 2018, 15-year-old Sovenia Yusuf lay writhing in agony in a maternity wing at Lulanga Health Centre in…
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Q & A
Class of 2014 under scrutiny
The last but one meeting of members of Parliament elected in 2014 begins next week on Monday. Our reporter…
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Feature
Fears of the next deluge
A bleak forecast has sparked anxiety and uncertainties in the Shire Valley, where 2015 floods ripped homes, displaced millions…
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Unpacking the 1967 Mwanza War
In October 1967, Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s former Cabinet minister, Yatuta Chisiza led 16 other rebels into Malawi through Mwanza to…
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National News
Oxfam sets customary land committees in phalombe
Oxfam is supporting communities in Phalombe to establish customary land committees (CLCs) in Phalombe District to help smallholder farmers…
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Q & A
Campaign fever
With barely seven months to the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, primary elections are underway, alliances are under negotiations and…
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National News
Mulli’s Lhomwe, DPP link draws outrage
Months after disputing the link between Mulhako wa Alhomwe and governing DPP, the cultural grouping’s chairperson Leston Mulli has…
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Feature
No fire, no flour, no food
The mid-day sunshine is blazing in group village head (GVH) Alumando in Chikwawa. It is lunchtime, but many residents…
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Feature
Gone with the wind
For 24 hours, violent winds battered homes and blew away roofs in a vast plain on the northern part of…
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Development
Water for everyone
Tucked in a remote pocket of Chikwawa District, Marita Nelson grew up walking long distances in search of safe drinking…
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National News
UTM holds Phalombe rally amid political threats
Despite threats to stone people going to Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s United Transformation Movement (UTM) rally in Phalombe, on Satarday multitudes…
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Feature
The joys of mbeya fertilisers
On the foot of Chambe Peak on Mulanje Mountain stretches a slope upon which a half-hectare garden lies thriving…
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Q & A
Unpacking Aford leadership dilemma
Alliance for democracy (Aford) wrangles are refusing to die following the emergence of two factions that are led by Enoch…
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National News
UTM endorse Sept 21 demos
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has pledged United Transformation Movement’s (UTM) support to the civil society organisations (CSOs) demonstrations planned for September…
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National News
DPP’s cancelled ‘Blue Day’ angers CSOs
Civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed anger over the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s postponement of their ‘Blue Day’ yesterday…
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Editors Pick
Road that leads to Sunrise
To many, news that Charles Shemu Joya’s movie The Road To Sunrise has won this year’s Africa Magic Viewers Choice…
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Business News
Egenco outlines plans to boost power output
Electricity Generation Company of Malawi (Egenco) says it is set to scale-up electricity output in its efforts to address…
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Business News
MBS warned against compromising standards
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Henry Mussa has warned Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) against compromising standards following…
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