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Feature
Oxygen for Covid fight
In his first interview after recovering from coronavirus disease (Covid-19), UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson remembered gasping for air when…
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National News
Minister inaugurates oxygen plant at Qech
Minister of Local Development and Rural Development Ben Phiri on Friday inaugurated an oxygen plant which will be supplying oxygen…
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Development
Covid ruffles hairdos
Five days a week, Pilira Tsambalikagwa walks from the populous Manje Township to Limbe Market to cut people’s hair or…
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Education
A library at fingertips
When Natasha Tonthola saw her 15-year-old daughter, Comfort-Eugenia, was a slow learner, she decided to do something about it. “My…
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Feature of the Week
Tearful homecomming
In 2019, Madalitso Gombo, from Njolomole in Ntcheu, followed her husband who worked as a gardener in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
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Guest Spot
‘Democracy has won’
Following the recent Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal (MSCA) ruling on the presidential election appeal case, our News Analyst MERCY…
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Feature
Malawian caught in Covid stigma
Call him Chisomo. The 19-year-old from Lilongwe City was among hundreds of African students trapped in Wuhan City, China, four…
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National News
Shire Valley project takes shape
Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Charles Mchacha has commended the contractor of the K175 billion Shire Valley Transformation Programme…
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Feature
Market day in face of Covid-19
It is a Friday at Limbe Market in Blantyre, the time is 4.30pm when most people are knocking off from…
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Feature
Covid-19 restores hospital hygiene
It is Monday noon, a visiting hour at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre. As usual, people are trickling…
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Development
Replenishing trees on farm
A decade ago, Telezina Mofolo, 65, from Traditional Authority Bvumbwe in Thyolo, hardly yielded enough food to nourish her family…
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Feature
Dehumanising face of hunger
For six years, President Peter Mutharika has been promising Malawians that “no one will die of hunger.” But Stelia Nyadani…
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Feature
‘Hunger kills softly’
Hunger is a silent killer which drastically weakens the body’s defence and opens the way for big killers such as…
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Columns
‘Quality education is an investment for the future’
Yesterday, January 24, was International Day of Education which was celebrated globally around the theme of “Learning for people, planet,…
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Feature
Heatwave threatens tea yields, livelihoods
Tea is rated as the country’s second major foreign exchange earner after tobacco. Last year, revenue from the crop was…
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National News
Ministry commits to girls education
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) Principal Secretary Justin Saidi says the ministry needs girls and the youth to…
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National News
Water for People trains Blantyre schools’ mother groups
Water for People has trained mother groups from 30 primary schools in Blantyre Urban in sewing reusable sanitary pads using…
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Politics
APAM’S k1bn joy
In this interview, our News Analyst MERCY Malikwa gets Association of Persons with Albinism (Apam) national coordinator Overstone Kondowe’s reaction…
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Feature
Offering contraceptives when disaster strikes
We met Belita Tukulani Likhomo in a small village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Ngwelero, Zomba. The 23-year-old is among 975…
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National News
Unesco launches campaign to reduce early pregnancies
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has launched a campaign called ‘Let’s Talk’ to reduce early and unintended…
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