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Entertainment News
Kambalu lines up two movies
Five years ago, visual artist Elson Kambalu decided to venture into film-making. The youthful painter embraced the motion picture…
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Entertainment News
Court convicts rapper
Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday convicted rapper Born Chriss for insulting the modesty of songbird Kwin B.…
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Mother tongues beautify Malawi
Good people, learning a second language is totally worth the effort. Knowing two or more languages expands your knowledge and…
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Feature
Miyambi Yatsopano typewriter lives on
Take a break from your noiseless, portable computers and smartphones! Is it not time to take a minute of silence…
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Entertainment News
Learning by doing saves children
New evidence shows training in diet diversity helps mothers tackle under-nutrition in Malawi, showing significant improvements in just three weeks,…
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‘Children by choice, not by chance’
Since its genesis in 1987, Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM), the local arm of Marie Stoppes International, has opened 29 clinics…
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National News
Muluzi backs youth access to contraceptive
Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi has amplified calls for expanded access to contraceptives to safeguard the youth from sexual…
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Guest Spot
‘Families requested elevation of Yao chiefs’
Chief’s involvement in politics and the elevation of two Lhomwe group village heads in the Yao-dominated have ignited questions over…
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Silence at Area 30: Madise speaks
Good people, blaming new technologies for widespread piracy is a trite excuse. In this country, we once blamed a computer…
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Society
Let beads scatter
It gets far more replays than many will acknowledge publicly. Its story is as laughable as it gets—a tale of…
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National News
Bishops weigh in on K320m book case
‘Catholic bishops in the country have assembled a team of four lawyers to challenge a case in which Malawi Writers…
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Development
Welding shattered futures
When we met recently at Nasawa Technical College in Zomba, Kumbukani Kamwendo sounded optimistic to make up for the lost…
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National News
High Court frees 24 convicted of renewed ‘vakabu’ offences
The High Court in Lilongwe on Friday ruled that the arrest of 24 people in a police sweeping exercise was unlawful. The…
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Mvona’s book ban: Who sleeps on duty?
Good people, it is pleasing that government has heeded the call to strike Kusintha Maganizo ndi Nkhani Zina off the…
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Feature
Deadly, expensive, preventable
Triumph over polio calls for more funding for vital vaccines, our Features Editor JAMES CHAVULA writes. Charles George was…
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Strike Mvona’s anthology off syllabus
Good people, curriculum makers at Malawi Institute of Education (MIE) have approved new books for secondary schools. What students learn…
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Politics
‘Government must honour pro-ACB’ promises’
Who will watch the watcher? Recently, President Peter Mutharika put this question to Members of Parliament (MPs) who often…
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Of Mugabe and unsung heroes
Good people, Tuesday was a great day for those who have been counting down to the fall of Zimbabwe’s second…
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Chinga’s house of war
A good person, Grace Chinga was a great artist and the size of her fan base was simply unmistakable the day…
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Development
Education changes lives
In September 2003, almost 50 students enrolled for media studies at the Malawi Polytechnic in Blantyre. In what was the…
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