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Mitundu road thrills farmers
Masauko Radson is a youthful farmer in Mwinimudzi Village outside Lilongwe City. He grows potatoes and soya beans for sale…
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Traditions inspiring Mbenje fishery
Since 1951, Mbenje Fishing Island in Salima on the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi has gained special recognition for its…
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The lost glory in education standards
A few months ago, a video clip of Malawi’s youngest legislator, Fyness Magonjwa from Machinga, grappling to fluently speak English in…
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Reclaiming Thyolo’s banana status
Stories abound that when a baby cried in Thyolo, the mother gave it a banana before breastfeeding it. That is…
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Lessons from coal rails
Families living on graphite-rich clay in Malingunde, Lilongwe, have learnt from communities along Vale Logistics’ railway in Mwanza what not…
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Ntcheu’s labour pains
On Saturday around 8am, Margret Tchasitoni left for Ntcheu District Hospital on a motorcycle that cost her K2 500. When…
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UN experts for coal-free future
As Malawi switches to coal seams to boost its on-off electricity supply, experts have warned that this is not a…
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Reviving banana yield
Lilongwe may not be a major banana-growing district the size of Mulanje, Thyolo, Nkhata Bay and Karonga. However, Frank Washoni…
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Fighting armyworms traditionally
Farmers hit hard by fall armyworms are turning to bitter concoctions to eliminate the invasive pest confirmed in 2016. Native…
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Rugged roads of Mzimba
Mbalachanda and Euthini residents in Mzimba are forced to commute at night to beat time-wasting bumps on the abandoned M1,…
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Towards diverse bites
What crop gives you food as rainy seasons become shorter, firewood as trees vanish and relish when the pockets run…
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Know top primary school
Natiswe Primary School in Dedza is the country’s best school in this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education (PSLCE)…
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How Phalombe school expressed PSLCE joy
Having sent 72 pupils to various secondary schools, 35 teachers at Dzenje Primary School in Phalombe were handed a dozen…
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Buried in e-waste, Malawi gasps for way out
In most trading centres across Malawi, heaps of unusable electronic devices noiselessly signpost passers-by to the repairers. The stockpiles also…
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Know PSLCE brightest star
At the foot of Chambe Peak on Mulanje Mountain lies Nkanda Primary School, which has produced the highest performer in…
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Scramble for same old cake
With rapid population growth, Malawi is struggling to provide quality education, jobs, healthcare and other basics. According to the 2018…
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Bamboo for climate action
Hundreds of rows of giant bamboo grow about an hour outside of Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. It is an…
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Utilising drones to deliver health supplies
New health applications for drones and UAVs are being considered to mitigate logistical problems and make health-care distribution more affordable.…
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Youths rising brick by brick
Stanley Banda, from Mataka Village in Chiradzulu is living his dream, building his life brick by brick. The bricklayer, 29,…
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Economic exclusion at work
At 11, Chrissy Zimba, a researcher at the African Union Youth Volunteer Corps, suffered a spine injury and a doctor…
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